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Here's where masks and vaccines are required in Minnesota

Here's where masks and vaccines are required in Minnesota

The highly contagious delta variant is spreading fast across the country, leading to a flurry of reinstated mask rules and mandatory vaccination announcements. Here’s where you’ll need to mask up in Minnesota, and which colleges and employers are requiring vaccines.
by Grace Birnstengel and Nancy Yang

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A prismatic Prince returns on 'Welcome 2 America'

A prismatic Prince returns on 'Welcome 2 America'

Keyboardist Morris Hayes, a longtime collaborator and friend of Prince, speaks with NPR's Noel King about his experience co-producing Prince's latest posthumous album “Welcome 2 America.”
by Noel King, Phil Harrell and Kelley Dickens

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StoryCorps: As an Army Chorus member, he didn't carry a weapon. His job was to sing

StoryCorps: As an Army Chorus member, he didn't carry a weapon. His job was to sing

Master Sgt. Alvy Powell Jr. sang opera at some of country's most decorated institutions during his 26 years in the U.S. Army Chorus. At StoryCorps, he told his sister that she's his inspiration.
by Eleanor Vassili

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Re-revising 'The History of Jazz'

Ted Gioia first published his “History of Jazz” in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.
by Natalie Weiner

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