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Sixers' Joel Embiid returns after 9-game COVID-19 absence

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 03: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates against the Chicago Bulls at Wells Fargo Center on November 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees th PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid returned Saturday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing nine games because of COVID-19 protocols.The four-time All-Star hadn’t played since Nov.

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Two Minnesota Best Buy stores hit by large group thefts on Black Friday

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police are investigating after large groups of people stole from two Twin Cities Best Buy stores on Black Friday.According to Burnsville police, at about 8 p.m., a group of 20-30 people ran into the Best Buy store and stole several items.

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Situation at Everson Griffen's home resolves peacefully after apparent mental health incident

Everson Griffen #97 of the Minnesota Vikings looks on prior to the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on November 14, 2021 in Inglewood, California. Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)MINNETRISTA, Minn. (FOX 9) - A situation at the home of Minnesota Vikings has ended peacefully after an apparent mental health incident lead to a response by local police and team staff.The situation had been ongoing since early Wednesday morning before police announced in the afternoon that it had been resolved.Griffen, 33, posted a disturbing video on his Instagram early Wednesday morning showing him holding a gun.

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White House providing billions more in aid for heat, utility bills this winter

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Michigan, Minnesota report COVID-19 surge not seen in months

DETROIT (AP) - Hospitals in Michigan and Minnesota on Tuesday reported a wave of COVID-19 patients not seen in months as beds were filled with unvaccinated people and health care leaders warned that staff were being worn down by yet another surge.Michigan had slightly more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals this week, the first time it had crossed that threshold since spring, while nearly all hospital beds were occupied in Minnesota.

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Minnesota becomes nation's COVID-19 hot spot

Following weeks of rising cases, Minnesota's rate of new COVID-19 infections is now the highest in the nation, and more than 95% of the state's available inpatient hospital beds are filled with patients.

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First big snowstorm of season forecast for northern Plains, Midwest

snowstorm of the season is cranking up across the northern Plains and Midwest. Winter weather alerts through Friday (Credit: Fox News) Heavy snow and blizzard conditions will cause travel problems through Friday for Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Powerful winds with gusts of 60 mph are expected to bring blowing snow, and possibly power outages, for South Dakota and Nebraska. Storm reports for the past 24 hours (Credit: Fox News) The cold front associated with this storm will bring showers and thunderstorms across the Mississippi Valley. Eastern U.S.

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Mike Zimmer: Vaccinated Vikings player hospitalized due to COVID-19

Head coach Mike Zimmer of the Minnesota Vikings looks on prior to the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on September 12, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio. ((Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images))MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said a player who has been vaccinated had to be taken to the emergency room Tuesday night due to COVID-19.Zimmer said that player, who has not been named, is still in the hospital but is stable.

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Schools playing major role in youth vaccination effort

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CDC confirms link between melioidosis patients and aromatherapy spray sold at Walmart

ATLANTA - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the link between several melioidosis patients and an aromatherapy spray sold by Walmart.According to the CDC, lab tests show bacterial strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei that match strains found in melioidosis patients from Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota and Texas.

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Northern states report more COVID-19 activity

Northern states, including Vermont, Colorado, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Minnesota have the fastest rising COVID-19 case counts in the country, according to the New York Times' COVID-19 database.

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COVID-19 Scan for Oct 18, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 dose may affect infection rates, but current data do not show an association between viral dose and COVID-19 severity, according to a review of more than 100 SARS-CoV-2 studies that looks at COVID-19 infectious dose, viral load, severity, and variants.The aggregated findings were included in Clinical Infectiou

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COMMENTARY: What can masks do? Part 1: The science behind COVID-19 protection

Editor's Note: Part 1 of a two-part commentary explains the differences in cloth face coverings and surgical masks, the science of respiratory protection, and the hierarchy of disease controls. Part 2, to be published tomorrow, will outline what makes a good mask study and why so many fail.

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COMMENTARY: What can masks do? Part 2: What makes for a good mask study — and why most fail

Editor's Note: Part 2 of a two-part commentary. Part 1, published yesterday, outlined the differences in face coverings masks, the science of respiratory protection, and the hierarchy of disease controls.

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Spectacular aurora borealis takes over the North American night sky

aurora borealis stretched across the Alberta sky, with purple, pink, teal and green hues dancing and shimmering as far as the eye could see.People across Western Canada, including as far south as the Okanagan in B.C., reported seeing the aurora — but it wasn’t limited to this side of the border.Posts on social media said the light display could be seen by Americans as far south as Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio.WOW! Just spoke with the captain on my flight (@united 225) and he shared this photo from the cockpit this evening from his much better camera. What a shot.

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20 attorneys general file complaint to block USPS 10-year slower service plan

a statement released on Thursday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. "Specifically, the administrative complaint alleges that USPS’ current piecemeal approach to introducing sweeping changes to national delivery standards violates federal law, failing to provide the U.S.

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Routine child, adult vaccinations fell amid COVID-19

A pair of new studies yesterday details lower rates of routine vaccinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one showing reduced weekly immunization rates and up-to-date status in US children, and the other identifying fewer vaccine doses among both kids and adults in Michigan.

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More COVID-19 vaccine mandates coming as U.S. summer surge in cases wanes: officials

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases per day are about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months — all signs that the summer surge is waning.Not wanting to lose momentum, government leaders and employers are looking at strengthening and expanding vaccine requirements.Los Angeles was poised to enact on Wednesday one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates — a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering a bar, restaurant, nail salon, gym or Lakers game.

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Covid-19 patients on blood thinners may have reduced risk of mortality: Study

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Bodycam video: Deputy pulls burning car away from home in Chisago County

CENTER CITY, Minnesota (FOX 9) - What does a vehicle fire, a tow strap and classical music have in common? That’s what the Chisago County, Minnesota Sheriff’s Office asked when sharing body-worn camera footage of a deputy pulling a burning car away from a home earlier this month to prevent a bigger disaster.Deputy Scotty Finnegan was responding to a car fire outside of a house on Sept. 5, notably playing classical music as he raced to the scene.Finnegan first tried to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, which wasn’t successful.

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‘In crisis’: North Dakota hospital seeking 300 nurses amid COVID-19 surge

FARGO, N.D. - An executive at the largest health care system in North Dakota said its hospitals in Fargo could use up to 300 additional nurses to handle COVID-19 cases and is bumping up incentives to fill the void. "We really are in crisis," said Dr. Doug Griffin, Sanford Health vice president and medical officer in Fargo, which serves a metropolitan area of about 250,000 people in North Dakota and Minnesota. Hospitals across the region are filling up with both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients, Griffin said.

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After COVID-19 puts him in ICU, Minnesota man says skipping vaccine is his life's 'biggest regret'

After COVID-19 put him in the hospital, Nick Knack says his biggest regret is not getting vaccinated. (FOX 9) - A 42-year-old father of four in good shape and with no underlying health conditions says not getting the COVID-19 vaccine was the biggest regret of his life.After four days in the Intensive Care Unit at St.

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News Scan for Aug 30, 2021

High-risk adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 who receive a dose of casirivimab and imdevimab have lower hospitalization rates than those who don't, according to a randomized, controlled trial today in The Lancet's EClinicalMedicine. The casirivimab and imdevimab combination is under emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration.Mayo Clinic researchers paired 696 intervention patients with 696

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Multi-state human trafficking operation rescues dozens

said in a news release that a total of 47 victims and sex workers, including two minors, were rescued and 102 suspects were arrested across several states."Operation United Front was an unprecedented human trafficking operation that brought together law enforcement agencies from different jurisdictions – something that rarely happens," Schmitt said.Agencies from other states involved included Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Four victims were rescued in Missouri and two people were arrested.The operation in Kentucky brought in the biggest rescue and most arrests, with 21 victims rescued and 26 arrests made.

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Isanti woman found buried on property of man she was last seen with, arrest made

Amanda Jo Vangrinsven, 32, went missing after she left Isanti VFW on Aug. 5 with a man.

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Travellers double up on COVID-19 vaccine as Delta variant spreads through U.S.

COVID-19 vaccine in Chile earlier this year. A month later, she was in Minnesota getting vaccinated again.Toni, an American living in Chile, was visiting her parents in Minneapolis in April when she got her first Pfizer shot at a CVS pharmacy.

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Study suggests Moderna vaccine may be more effective than Pfizer against delta variant

The observational study, published Aug. 8 and yet to be peer-reviewed, included more than 50,000 patients in the Mayo Clinic Health System, which runs hospitals and clinics in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The study authors noted that the delta variant’s prevalence in Minnesota increased from 0.7% in May to over 70% in July, while the prevalence of the alpha strain decreased from 85% to 13% during the same timeframe. Nationwide, the delta variant accounted for an estimated 83% of all U.S.

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Melioidosis: CDC says 4 infected, 2 dead in US from rare tropical disease

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials are investigating the latest fatal case of a rare tropical disease typically found in South Asia.The unidentified person, who died last month in Georgia, was the fourth U.S.

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NTSB: 3 killed in Victoria, Minnesota plane crash

VICTORIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - Three people died Saturday when a plane came crashing to the ground in Victoria, Minnesota, the NTSB confirms.The crash closed Highway 5 near Rose Street through the night as authorities investigated the crash site.

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Fatalities reported after plane crashes in Victoria, Minnesota

VICTORIA, Minn. (FOX 9) - The sheriff's office says there were no survivors aboard a plane that crashed in Victoria, striking a house Saturday evening.The crash has closed Highway 5 near Rose Street throughout the evening as authorities investigated the crash site.Photos show the plane wreckage in Victoria, Minn.

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Target to require masks for workers in areas with ‘substantial’ COVID-19 transmission

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Target will require team members working in "areas with substantial or high risk of transmission, as defined by the CDC" to wear face coverings beginning on Aug. 3, according to a press release from the retailer."Substantial" and "high risk" are two tiers on the U.S.

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295K pounds of raw beef recalled over possible E. coli concerns

OMAHA, Neb. - A meat processor in Omaha, Nebraska, has recalled nearly 300,000 pounds of raw beef that could be contaminated with E. coli. The U.S.

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Cori Bush camped at Capitol to protest looming expiration of eviction ban

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks with supporters as she spends the night outside the U.S.

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Search warrant: Woman killed in Shakopee was beheaded, suspect in custody

America Thayer, 55, was found beheaded in Shakopee, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. SHAKOPEE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police have identified the woman who was reportedly beheaded in Shakopee, Minnesota Wednesday as 55-year-old America Mafalda Thayer.

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Shakopee murder charges: Man beheaded girlfriend, dumped body in intersection

America Thayer, 55, was found beheaded in Shakopee, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. SHAKOPEE, Minn. (FOX 9) - A man was charged with murder Friday for allegedly beheading his girlfriend and dumping her body in the street in Shakopee, Minnesota earlier this week. Alexis Saborit, 42, of Shakopee is charged with second-degree intentional murder in the death of America Thayer, 55 on Wednesday. According to the charges, Shakopee police officers responded to the intersection of 4th Avenue and Spencer Street around 2:30 p.m.

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Drug compounding helped address drug gaps during COVID

As drug demand surged during the early months of the pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published temporary guidelines to free up a pharmaceutical drug source that seemed much more domestic: drug compounders, or specific pharmacies and outsourcing facilities that make specialized drug formulations.

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R. Kelly allegedly had sexual contact with an underaged boy, prosecutors claim

R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex trafficking trial to hear those claims.Prosecutors aired a wide-ranging raft of additional allegations — but not new charges — against the R&B star in a court filing Friday.

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Push to rename 'Asian carp' amid worries over racism

BATH, IL - AUGUST 6: Hundreds of people descend into the Bath, IL riverfront and beach to take part in the Redneck fishing contest on August 6, 2010 in Bath, IL. The contest, a response to the region's inundation with the invasive Asian Carp, is as m TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Minnesota state Sen.

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Jersey shore prepares for brush with Elsa

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Florida is just starting to clean up from Tropical Storm Elsa, from downed trees, power lines and boats sunk, while thousands go without power.New Jersey and the Delaware beaches are bracing for a glancing blow from the tropical system.A calm night after a beautiful beach day, but come Thursday night into Friday things are expected to change."I never thought that New Jersey had nice beaches, so I'm actually blown away coming here for the very first time," said Ash Sakam. He and his family are in Ocean City for a family reunion.

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Ilhan Omar says every illegal immigrant in US should have 'pathway to citizenship'

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at a campaign rally for Senator (I-VT) and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the University of Minnesotas Williams Arena on November, 3, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Rep.

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COVID hospital cases rose after states reopened in 2020, data show

An estimated 5,319 more US COVID-19 patients were hospitalized each day after states began allowing nonessential businesses to reopen in spring 2020, but a rise in the death rate lagged by more than a month, a study late last week in JAMA Health Forum finds.

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Legal experts share predictions for Chauvin sentencing

Derek Chauvin's latest mugshot after he was booked into prison following his conviction. (Minnesota Dept. of Corrections)MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota legal experts are sharing their predictions for Friday’s sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Kids light fireworks display inside Hy-Vee in Eagan, Minnesota

EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police took a group of juveniles into custody after they reportedly set a fireworks display on fire inside a Hy-Vee grocery store in Eagan, Minnesota Monday afternoon.Police and firefighters responded to the incident at 1500 Central Park Commons Drive, according to Eagan Police Department spokesman Aaron Machtemes.

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Vikings draft pick, former HD Woodson star among 4 injured in DC shooting

H.D. Woodson lineman Jaylen Twyman (55) turns to get the crowd fired up at the end of their victory over Ballou in the 45th annual Turkey Bowl on November 27, 2014 in Washington, DC.

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George Floyd statue unveiled in Brooklyn as Juneteenth marked across US

NEW YORK - A six-foot statue of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of police in Minnesota last year sparked protests and a nationwide reckoning with race, has been put on display in Brooklyn.The sculpture, the work of artist Chris Carnabuchi, was unveiled in Flatbush Saturday morning, as many across the city and region celebrate Juneteenth, a now-federally recognized holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in the United States.The statue will stand at Flatbush Junction for several weeks before being moved to Union Square in Manhattan.The unveiling comes after the city of Newark revealed its own tribute to Floyd, a 700-pound bronze statue in front of City Hall.Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought

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COVID-19 Scan for Jun 15, 2021

From January to August 2020, 17% more US assisted living residents died compared with the same months in 2019, and excess deaths hit 24% in the hardest-hit states, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter yesterday.The researchers used Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser

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Boater arrested after friend falls overboard and dies in northern Minnesota

(FOX 9) - Deputies have arrested a Maplewood, Minnesota man after a boating accident in northern Minnesota left one of his friends dead.The Aitkin County Sheriff's Office responded around 11:40 p.m. on Friday for the report of a man overboard in Big Sandy Lake near the Hillcrest Resort in Shamrock Township, Minnesota.Deputies learned a group of men had been on a pontoon boat when one of the men, identified as 34-year-old Nathen Norman Waldo of North Branch, fell off the front of the boat and was swept under.

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14-year-old killed in Woodbury shooting at graduation party

Demaris Nathan Hobbs-Ekdahl was identified by family as the 14-year-old shot and killed at a graduation party in Woodbury Saturday night. WOODBURY, Minn. (FOX 9) - Woodbury Police say they are investigating a deadly shooting that took place Saturday night near a graduation party.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0