Elections & Campaigns
Trump, Biden go after each other on coronavirus, taxes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to handle the surging pandemic and fought over ...
Associated Press, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
News
FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given to hospitalized patients through an IV. The drug, which ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 5:00 pm
Sports
Vikings trade DE Yannick Ngakoue to Ravens for draft picks
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens for draft picks on Thursday, less than two months after acquiring ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:06 am
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Zimmer, Vikings left to ponder where to turn in 1-5 season
EAGAN — Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was assessing his team’s 40-23, Week 6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons with reporters on Monday when the ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 11:01 am
Gophers/NCAA
Harbaugh, No. 18 Michigan face stiff test vs No. 21 Gophers
Here are things to watch during the opening week of play in the Big Ten Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 18 Michigan at No. ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 10:59 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett despite Dems’ boycott
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, keeping ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 10:11 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
Judge dismisses 1 charge against former officer in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd’s ...
by Associated Press, Thursday, October 22, 2020 10:07 am
News
Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of ...
by Associated Press, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 4:13 pm
Elections & Campaigns
Poll: Many in U.S. distrust campaign info
In a presidential election year that has thrown the country’s divisions into stark relief, Americans can agree on this: Misinformation about government and politics is ...
by Associated Press, Wednesday, October 21, 2020 8:57 am
Cops, Courts & Fires
AP review finds most arrested in protests aren’t leftist radicals
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump portrays the hundreds of people arrested nationwide in protests against racial injustice as violent urban left-wing radicals. But an Associated ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 11:57 am
News
Indiana man rescued from northern Minnesota wilderness
ELY — An Indiana man is safe and warm after rescuers found him cold, wet and alone in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of ...
by Associated Press, Tuesday, October 20, 2020 5:00 am
Elections & Campaigns
Some things to know about Minnesota’s atypical election
MINNEAPOLIS — After enduring months of bitter and polarizing political campaigning, Minnesotans eager for the finish line with next month’s election may have to wait ...
by Associated Press, Monday, October 19, 2020 8:21 pm
Sports
Falcons respond to Quinn firing with 40-23 win vs. Vikings
MINNEAPOLIS — With a fresh start and little to lose, the Atlanta Falcons played like it from start to finish. The Minnesota Vikings made a ...
by Associated Press, Sunday, October 18, 2020 9:19 pm
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Longtime Minnesota sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly ...
by Associated Press, Sunday, October 18, 2020 6:33 pm
Elections & Campaigns
Lewis’ hopes for Senate upset may turn on Trump’s fate
STILLWATER — Jason Lewis’ strategy for knocking off Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith has been clear for over a year: For better or worse, the ...