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Vikings head trainer tests positive for COVID-19
Eric Sugarman, who also serves as the team’s infection control officer, confirmed that he and members of his family tested positive for COVID-19. They are in self-quarantine. The Vikings say Sugarman had no recent contact with players.
As Congress fights, analysts warn economy needs help now
As Congress and the White House resume their efforts to agree on a new economic aid package, evidence is growing that the U.S. economy is faltering. And so is concern that the government may not take the steps needed to support hiring and growth.
As $600 unemployment benefits nears expiration, people ask what’s next
For many Americans, expanded unemployment benefits were a lifeline. However, that extra relief is set to expire as unemployment claims go up and as the first of the month draws near.
2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak
Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. 
Target to close on Thanksgiving, ending Black Friday kickoff
The move come as stores are rethinking the Black Friday in-store bargain shopping as they try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen a resurgence in a slew of states. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, announced the move on Tuesday, and at the time, analysts expected more would follow.
Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers
The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.
July 27 update on COVID-19: Minnesota in 'vulnerable state' as cases climb
With more than 2,000 cases confirmed over the past three days, officials on Monday implored people to do better. "We're not asking Minnesotans to mask up for the Health Department,” Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said. “We're asking them to mask up for their own health.”
He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him. Manyang Reath Kher, now living in the U.S., shares his moment of deepest despair — and how he pulled through.