Новости за 28.08.2020

"Since the day that we decided not to play the games, it's been a little somber," Lynx forward Napheesa Collier said.

The pledge is part of ramped-up diversity efforts since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis police custody.

Minneapolis won't have a curfew Friday night but will remain under a state of emergency until Monday morning, as the city tries to brace for potentially more unrest. The City Council had been expected to vote on a lease for a temporary site for the Third Precinct but decided to take more time for review.

Several of the state's largest districts won't resume classes immediately after Labor Day, citing a need for more time to get ready.

They are doctors, scientists and researchers working largely behind the scenes to track the virus, dig into data, study the efficacy of drugs and antibody tests, all with a common goal: To crack the code on COVID.

Black and Latinx individuals have the highest age-adjusted rates of hospitalization from COVID-19 and testing was available to all regardless of symptoms, insurance and identification with Hmong, Spanish and Somali language interpreters available.

A decision about a curfew will be announced Friday afternoon.

The pandemic hasn't stopped construction in downtown Minneapolis, where the skyline continues to change.

While the State Fair was canceled, its Fine Arts show is alive and well.

Thursday's game was postponed by a players' walkout, and the teams were trying to play two today at Comerica Park. Juan Minaya and Lewis Thorpe were promoted for the games by the Twins.

The payments will be retroactive to Aug. 1 and could begin to arrive next week.

Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates began highlighting the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Some devoted State Fair lovers are crafting backyard homages, with classic booths and foods.

Stars from Bette Midler to Samantha Bee learn new tricks to adapt in upside-down times.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has endorsed awarding the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for valor in combat, to a soldier who sustained fatal burns while acting to save fellow soldiers in Iraq in 2005.

TikTok celebrities Bryce Hall and Blake Gray are facing criminal charges after they hosted recent parties in the Hollywood Hills despite the city's ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities said Friday.

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The credibility of two of the nation's leading public health agencies is under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts say smack of political pressure from President Donald Trump as he attempts to move past the devastating toll of the coronavirus ahead of the November election.

An Illinois man charged in the beating death of his 5-year-old son might agree to a plea deal in the next few weeks, a prosecutor told the judge on Friday.

Aside from its continuing racial problems, "Minneapolis is a beautiful city," says the North Side-bred funk-rocker.

The Coronavirus caused the Minnesota State Fair to be cancelled but the art show goes on with advance tickets, masks, and social distancing.

Stocks keep ticking higher on Wall Street, and more gains for the S&P 500 on Friday have it on pace to close out its fifth straight winning week.

The United States plans to reduce its military force in Iraq from the current 5,200 to about 3,500 by November, U.S. officials said Friday. The cut would be in line with President Donald Trump's repeated call to bring troops home and his reelection campaign pledge to end what he calls "endless wars."

As CNN anchor Don Lemon put it, this issue is "sticking" in a way that no other — including COVID-19 — seems to be.

President Trump is for the private sector, working men and women, and families. Joe Biden is for the government.