Coronavirus Pandemic

MDH: 21 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,525 cases reported

MAP: Data for K-12 schools by COVID-19 case rate
Canada thinking of quarantining travelers in hotels
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.
Fauci takes 'liberating' turn at center stage
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, laughs while speaking in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.
Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan
President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.
Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics 'focused on hosting'
Workers stand at the bottom of the Olympic rings at Tokyo's Odaiba district Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are probably going to happen, but almost surely in 2021 rather than in four months as planned.
A man who came to get a COVID-19 vaccine holds his paperwork as he talks to a New York City health department worker outside a closed vaccine hub, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Health experts blame rapid expansion for vaccine shortages

Seniors, educators, child care providers get COVID-19 vaccines in Minnesota's pilot program

Seniors, educators, child care providers get COVID-19 vaccines in Minnesota's pilot program

MDH COVID-19 briefing: Minnesota updates testing guidelines, includes students, young athletes

MDH COVID-19 briefing: Minnesota updates testing guidelines, includes students, young athletes

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 45 new deaths, 2,177 new cases
Lilly: Drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in nursing homes
Biden signs burst of virus orders, requires masks for travel
Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?
President-elect Joe Biden departs a news conference after introducing his nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.

Biden's COVID-19 plan: Masks, testing, more vaccine supplies

Through loss of son, family sharing his light and love with hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Community health centers begin COVID-19 vaccine distribution
COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 50 new deaths, 1,522 new cases
States report vaccine shortages, cancel appointments
MDH: 34 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,237 new cases reported Wednesday

MDH: 34 new COVID-19 deaths, 1,237 new cases reported Wednesday

MDH reports vaccine appointments for those 65 and older filled for the week

MDH reports vaccine appointments for those 65 and older filled for the week

In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, speaks during an event in Wilmington, Del., to announce President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. Walensky, 51, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director after Biden is inaugurated.

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis

Group files lawsuit seeking to block youth sports mask mandate

COVID-19 in Wisconsin: 42 new deaths, 1,525 new cases

COVID-19 briefing: Patience a must as scheduling vaccine appointments for pilot program faces high demand

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Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron smiles as he is honored with a street named after him outside CoolToday Park, the spring training baseball facility of the Atlanta Braves, in North Port, Fla., in this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, file photo.
Health officials worried pandemic may be contributing to spike in antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'
Health officials worried pandemic may be contributing to spike in antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'
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11 and 12-year-old arrested after race leads to crash in St. Paul
MDH COVID-19 briefing: Minnesota updates testing guidelines, includes students, young athletes
MDH COVID-19 briefing: Minnesota updates testing guidelines, includes students, young athletes

International News

Canada thinking of quarantining travelers in hotels

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

Dog spent days outside Turkish hospital waiting for owner

Devoted dog Boncuk looks for his owner, Cemal Senturk, at the entrance of a medical care facility in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Boncuk has spent five days waiting in front of the hospital where her sick owner was receiving treatment. Senturk was discharged from the hospital later on Wednesday and returned home with Boncuk.

World leaders laud US return to climate fight under Biden

In this Saturday, June, 3, 2017 file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga.. World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron were among those welcoming Biden’s decision on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 to rejoin the the Paris climate accord.

UPDATE: Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad, at least 32 dead

Security forces work at the site of a deadly bomb attack in a market selling used clothes, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Twin suicide bombings hit Iraq's capital Thursday killing and wounding civilians, police and state TV said.

Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended ahead of Biden action

In this Dec. 18, 2020 photo, pipes to be used for the Keystone XL pipeline are stored in a field near Dorchester, Neb. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his officials have been in frequent contact with President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration making the case for a long disputed oil pipeline that reports say Biden will cancel on his first day in office.

Gas explosion rips through Madrid building, killing 3

Police officers cordon off Toledo Street following an explosion in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. A loud explosion has partially destroyed a small building flanked by a school and a nursing home in the center of Spain's capital.

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PHOTOS: 2021 Inauguration Day

Capitol Building and stage for the swearing-in is lit as events get underway for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.

PHOTOS: Trump supporters storm US Capitol, break into building

Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Digital Extras

Seniors take time to celebrate as COVID-19 vaccine clinic sets up at the Waters of Highland Park

Seniors take time to celebrate as COVID-19 vaccine clinic sets up at the Waters of Highland Park

New Roles For Meteorologists Ken Barlow & Wren Clair

New Roles For Meteorologists Ken Barlow & Wren Clair

So Minnesota: Gumby and Pokey toys made in Hastings

So Minnesota: Gumby and Pokey toys made in Hastings