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African immigrants like the rest of America endured a life under the grip of the COVID-19 global pandemic for a second consecutive year. Still,...
Where to get rapid COVID-19 tests in Minnesota
The holiday rush to get COVID-19 tests to help with family gatherings may soon subside but with the highly contagious omicron variant still with...
Blue Line extension to Brooklyn Park workgroup being formed to prevent displacement
Hennepin County and the Metropolitan Council are seeking applications from community members and others to serve on a 21-member Anti-Displacement Workgroup for the Blue...
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and...
President Biden to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of...
Social Security Administration says Minnesotans can now request replacement cards online
Minnesotans wishing to replace lost Social Security cards can now do so online, the Social Security Administration announced on Monday.
In a statement, Kilolo Kijakazi,...
CNN’s Laura Coates to deliver keynote for MLK Holiday Breakfast in Minneapolis
Former federal prosecutor and current CNN legal analyst, Laura Coates, will keynote the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast on Jan. 17.
Coates...
4 candidates file for February special election to fill spot on Brooklyn Park City...
The upcoming special election to fill the East District seat on the Brooklyn Park City Council has drawn four candidates. The deadline to file...
Congolese Rumba added to UNESCO list of global cultural treasures
UNESCO on Tuesday added Congolese rumba music to its world heritage list. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Republic had submitted a joint...
Siad Ali will not seek re-election to Minneapolis school board
Siad Ali, a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education, will not seek re-election to the board next year after serving two terms, he...
Biden nominates former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman to be ambassador to Kenya
President Biden on Wednesday announced he has nominated former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman as U.S. ambassador to Kenya.
Whitman, a Republican, gave $500,000 to...