All Things Considered

Tom Crann
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Jabà Noodles use unique business model to build during pandemic
The team behind Jabà Noodles has relied heavily on social media to market and sell the Taiwanese Cool noodle bowls they make to-order every week in the commercial kitchen space they rent in Minneapolis.
COVID-19 in MN: Caseloads accelerating among Black Minnesotans
New data shows cases are growing far faster for Black Minnesotans than for other racial or ethnic groups. Separately on Tuesday, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth ordered city staff and visitors to wear masks in city-owned buildings.
COVID-19 in MN: New, active cases rising but no big surge seen
Minnesota continues to see COVID-19 cases edging higher, but the summer swing shows no signs yet of racing out of control. The state has no plans or power to return to a statewide masking order, the health commissioner said Monday.
'We've had enough': Law enforcement frustrated by continued speeding
Public safety officials say they are fed up with speeding drivers in Minnesota. They say speed is the largest contributing factor to more than 90 fatal crashes, which are up more than 40 percent from last year.
Mayo Platform’s Halamka on new WHO ethics guidelines for AI in medicine
The guidelines say humans — not machines — should remain the decision-makers, the technology must do no harm and doctors must be transparent to help patients understand how it's being used.
Why you should protect yourself from the smoky air
Much of the state will be blanketed by smoky, unhealthy air well into next week. Health experts say the polluted air can be harmful even to healthy people. The fine particles in wildfire smoke are smaller than a human hair and can penetrate into the sensitive tissue deep in our lungs.
COVID-19 in MN: CDC recommends indoor masking for many Minnesota counties
With the rise of the delta variant, the CDC recommends even vaccinated people wear a mask indoors in areas where community transmission is substantial or high. In Minnesota that includes more than 30 counties — including nearly all of the Twin Cities metro area.