The rate of new deaths and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota continues to slow, even as the number of new cases is growing in other states following the resumption of public life. Fifteen confirmed fatalities from COVID-19 were added to the state's death tally on Sunday. The 7-day average number of deaths in Minnesota…
“Contact tracing” has become the term du jour in the coronavirus era, as it’s largely seen as one of our best, time-tested tools to contain the spread of the virus and safely reopen the country. But it’s also controversial, especially with the rollout of digital contact tracing tools, some of which were created by data-greedy…
After the killing of George Floyd, a small Minneapolis fund that is paying bail for protesters saw a huge influx of donations.A mural of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Since his death last week, the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which posts bail for low-income people and protesters, has seen an outpouring of donations.Credit...Jenn Ackerman for The New…
Minnesota officials have identified white nationalist groups operating on the ground amid the protests in Minneapolis and St. Paul over the police killing of George Floyd, the state's Department of Corrections said late Sunday.State Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell told reporters at a press conference that recruiting materials in the form of posters had been located…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…