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May 31, 2020 2:32 PM

Cities that remain under curfew; bus service resumes Wednesday

Gov. Tim Walz extended the curfew for the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul Sunday. Here’s a list of many of the metro area communities that remain under curfew.

by MPR News Staff

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May 31, 2020 8:22 AM

Floyd protests: Protesters march, block traffic; Walz extends curfew

Protests continued Sunday morning and afternoon with groups marching on I-94 in St. Paul and I-35W in Minneapolis. A semi truck drove through the crowd on I-35W Sunday evening, it’s unclear at this time if anyone was hurt. Gov. Tim Walz extended the curfew for Minneapolis and St. Paul through Monday morning.

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May 30, 2020 8:31 PM

Floyd protests: Curfew compliance, cops' response ease the chaos

A rapid, overwhelming response by the Minnesota National Guard and law enforcement, together with the willingness of many to heed an 8 p.m. curfew, helped restore order in the Twin Cities Saturday overnight into Sunday.

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May 30, 2020 2:58 PM

Jason Lewis wins GOP nod to take on Sen. Tina Smith

Former U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis won the Republican endorsement for U.S. Senate during an online state convention that spent a lot of time blasting Gov. Tim Walz.

by Tim Pugmire

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May 30, 2020 1:35 PM

Trump urges Minnesota officials to get 'tougher'

The president says the U.S. military is “ready, willing and able” to assist. He said, “we can have troops on the ground very quickly if they ever want our military.”

by The Associated Press

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May 29, 2020 3:44 PM

Trump takes aim at WHO as U.S. economic outlooks worsens

With new U.S. economic numbers highlighting the rough road ahead for a hoped-for rebound, President Trump on Friday took aim at the World Health Organization and China, blaming both for their roles in the pandemic's devastation.

by The Associated Press

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May 29, 2020 2:40 PM

Biden calls George Floyd killing 'an act of brutality'

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee called on the nation to better empathize with the pain of black Americans in the wake of the death of the black man by a white police officer.

by Alana Wise

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May 29, 2020 2:35 PM

'This is not grieving': Fires, looting rock Mpls. in Floyd protests

Gov. Tim Walz called the ongoing mayhem “life threatening” and said he would call up 1,000 more Guard members in the state’s largest-ever civil deployment. The state’s public safety chief said they were battling an “armed … entrenched group of rioters.”

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May 29, 2020 1:52 PM

McConnell says next coronavirus aid bill will be the last

The next round of coronavirus aid will be narrowly focused and will not extend federal unemployment assistance, the Senate majority leader says.

by Kelsey Snell

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May 29, 2020 12:56 PM

Obama on George Floyd's death and the 'maddening' normalcy of racism

Former President Barack Obama has responded to the Minneapolis death that has set off protests and drawn national attention, including President Trump's. Read his full statement.

by Dana Farrington

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