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AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK, MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT GOES VIRTUAL FOR FIRST TIME

MINNESOTA GOP CHAIR: DEMS USING COVID-19 FOR 'COMMUNIST CONTROL'

TRUMP, DEMS CLASH ON BOOSTING MAIL-IN VOTING DURING PANDEMIC

While Wisconsin struggles to hold its primary on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters...

SPANISH SINGER-SONGWRITER LUIS EDUARDO AUTE DIES AT AGE 76

Spanish singer-songwriter Luis Eduardo Aute, whose politically charged songs became popular during Spain's transition from dictatorship...

MORMONS HOLD CROWD-LESS CONFERENCE TO PREVENT VIRUS SPREAD

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual conference will kick off Saturday without anyone attending in person...

AP FACT CHECK: TRUMP, 'WARTIME' PANDEMIC LEADER OR 'BACKUP'?

Is he a wartime president or a backup point man? President Donald Trump seems to go back and forth on that, or both ways at once, in...

WHERE WILL THE BODIES GO? MORGUES PLAN AS VIRUS GROWS

There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand...

TERM LIFE INSURANCE IS CHEAP AND MOST ADULTS SHOULD HAVE PLENTY

Chances are you can buy a policy without ever leaving your home.

HOW TO APPLY PAST FINANCIAL LESSONS TO TODAY'S CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

We don't really have historical antecedents for a lockdown of this scale.

PANDEMIC LESSONS NEED TO BE HEEDED

The tough question is, will we act on the lesson learned?

GLOBAL DIPLOMACY UNDER THE GUN IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

Entire countries are on lockdown, state visits canceled, travel curtailed, key meetings postponed or moved online.

FREIGHTERS IN GREAT LAKES TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST VIRUS

Workers on American and foreign freighters are following new protocols and precautionary measures in the Great Lakes region to prevent...

EXECUTIVE PAY CUTS ARE JUST A START IN THIS GLOOMY TIME

While it's never going to be possible to see a small cut on $7 million in annual pay as painful, there is a case for these cuts as...

TWIN CITIES HOTELIERS MAKE ROOM AT THEIR INNS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, HOMELESS FOLKS

As occupancy plunges, Twin Cities operators are repurposing their properties.

MICHIGAN'S RECORD-HIGH WATER LEVELS COLLIDE WITH CORONAVIRUS

Officials in Michigan are warning that efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic could have a serious impact on relief and repairs during...

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS TESTED BY SURGE OF APPLICANTS

AT FUNERALS IN VIRUS OUTBREAK, MOURNING IS FROM A DISTANCE

No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward...

COMPETITION FOR SUPPLIES SHARPENING AS PANDEMIC WORSENS

Scarce supplies of medical equipment are leading to growing competition within the U.S. and among nations, in what one French politician...

SOME STATES RECEIVE MASKS WITH DRY ROT, BROKEN VENTILATORS

Some states and cities that have been shipped masks, gloves, ventilators and other essential equipment from the nation's medical stockpile...

MARKET REVIEW: HONEYWELL SHARES BOUNCE ON N95 FACE MASK PRODUCTION MOVES

The company said that it is adding manufacturing capabilities at a second location, this one in Phoenix.