![]() Trump invokes Defense Production Act on 3M N95 respiratory masks
President Donald Trump issued the order in an effort to speed up the distribution of desperately needed hospital masks.... Read More
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![]() Target will provide workers masks, gloves, monitor number of shoppers in stores
The Minneapolis-based retailer is strongly encouraging workers to wear the protective gear.... Read More
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![]() Just when Minnesotans are cleaning house, there's hardly anywhere to take stuff
People who are moving or spring cleaning are piling stuff up or hiring junk haulers amid a shortage of centers.... Read More
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![]() Companies study Medtronic plans in race to bolster ventilator production
Engineers are studying a variety of designs in the effort to bolster production of the potentially lifesaving devices.... Read More
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![]() US sheds 701,000 jobs, ending a record-long hiring streak
A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the viral outbreak that's all but shut down the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%.... Read More
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![]() Florida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchers
Passengers from an ill-fated cruise were carefully freed from their cabins and allowed to touch dry land on Friday for the first time in weeks, following the removal of 14 critically ill people who were wheeled off to Florida hospitals bracing for an onslaught of coronavirus patients.... Read More
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![]() Local newspapers are facing their own coronavirus crisis
Just when Americans need it most, a U.S. newspaper industry already under stress is facing an unprecedented new challenge.... Read More
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![]() Virus cost may top $4 trillion; French car insurance cheaper
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![]() The Latest: Johnson still has fever, remains in isolation.
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![]() Europe's hospitals buckle under the crush of the coronavirus
Setting up makeshift ICU wards in libraries and conference centers, embattled European medical workers strained Friday to save thousands of desperately ill coronavirus patients as stocks of medicine, protective equipment and breathing machines grew shorter by the hour.... Read More
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