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September 11, 2020 4:00 AM

Students step in to refurbish computers as school needs rise

A middle school IT club has found a way to use their skills to revamp old computers at a time when distance learning has made such technology indispensable.

by Myah Christenson

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September 11, 2020 4:00 AM

Photos: What going back to school looks like in a pandemic

It was an untraditional first week of school for thousands of students across Minnesota. Some returned to school buildings — wearing face masks and social distancing — for the first time since the spring, when the state suspended in-person learning as the pandemic took off. Others logged on to their laptops from home for distance learning.

by MPR News Staff

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September 10, 2020 5:13 PM

How are Minnesota's parents doing?

MPR News host Angela Davis dives into the realities Minnesota’s parents of school-age children are facing right now.

by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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September 10, 2020 4:01 PM

St. Paul guaranteed $500 monthly income proposal hits a snag

A pilot program proposed by St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter to guarantee $500 in monthly income to 150 low-income families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit a snag.

by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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September 10, 2020 3:13 PM

U drops men's track, tennis, gymnastics; cites need to cut costs, COVID-19

The University of Minnesota will end men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s gymnastics and men’s tennis as it slashes costs to ease losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Big Ten’s move to postpone football.

by MPR News Staff

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September 10, 2020 12:41 PM

GOP's slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats

Thursday’s mostly party-line vote capped weeks of wrangling over a fifth relief bill that all sides say they want but are unable to deliver.

by The Associated Press

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September 10, 2020 11:41 AM

In a year of social distancing, virus alters Sept. 11, too

In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged.

by The Associated Press

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September 10, 2020 10:30 AM

Is more economic relief from Congress on the way?

Millions of Americans have taken a financial hit during the pandemic. As Congress returns from recess, is more economic relief on the way?

by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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September 10, 2020 8:33 AM

Some hospitals fail to set COVID-19 patients apart, putting others at risk

Nurses say COVID-19 patients have sometimes been housed in the same units as uninfected patients. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.

by Christine Jewett

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September 10, 2020 7:27 AM

Woodward defends decision to withhold Trump's virus comments

Bob Woodward says he needed time to be sure that President Donald Trump's private comments from February were accurate. On Twitter and elsewhere online, commentators accused Woodward of valuing book sales over public health.

by The Associated Press

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