The mask mandate order is being extended to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public mass transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
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Years of service: 8
Lives: Richfield
Garage: South
Family: Wife and three kids
While working as a high school principal in Togo, Komi Afoutou won the Visa lottery. So, the recently married 32-year-old and his wife packed their bags. When they immigrated to the United States, however, it was in 2008 during the depths of the Great Recession.
“We wanted to...
It is official. Starting today, April 11, you can select gender “X” in your US passport application. Previously you could only choose “F” or “M”.
The change has already taken effect and forms on the State Department’s website reflect this new choice. The Biden administration had signaled on June 30, 2021 that it will set in motion changes to allow...
COVID-19 has yet to fall into a predictable pattern, like the flu.
While many Americans are trying to move on with their lives after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials are debating the best way to use vaccines to stay ahead of the coronavirus.
A panel of U.S. vaccine experts was meeting Wednesday to discuss key questions for...
It is no secret that during the four years prior to the election of President Joseph R. Biden,
African countries did not have the best of relations with the United States.
Biden’s predecessor, former President Donald J. Trump, did not have the best opinion of African countries. While discussing immigration with a group of U.S. senators at the White House, Trump...
The United States broke ground on a $537 million consulate on Thursday in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos which is also the country’s commercial hub. The 10-story consulate is being built on a 12.2-acre site in the Eko Atlantic City, a new coastal city being constructed on Victoria Island and includes a 5-mile-long seawall to protect it from rising sea...
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much needed break to health care workers and patients alike following the omicron surge.
The number of patients hospitalized with the coronavirus has fallen more than 90% in more than two months, and some hospitals are going days...
Black Violin’s concert on Sunday, April 3 at the Ordway in Saint Paul has been canceled due to travel delays.
A statement from the Ordway said the group is experiencing travel complications and unable to make it to Saint Paul in time for the concert. It said a new date is being set and that tickets for tonight’s performance will be...
Even at the age of six, Miloe knew he was destined to be a musical artist. Miloe, who was born Bobby Kabeya in the Democratic Republic of Congo, credits his parents for supporting him unconditionally.
“I feel very fortunate to have parents who love music so much and didn’t stop me from doing it,” Miloe said.
The up-and-coming artist was speaking...
Two years after warning travelers against cruise ship travel, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday removed from its website the COVID-19 notice against cruise travel.
Cruise ships had criticized the CDC for discriminating against them when airlines and hotels were not subjected to such. The CDC warning had come early in the pandemic when outbreaks...
Ramadan is expected to begin on Saturday, April 2 in Minnesota according to AINA Fatwa Committee, a Minnesota based group of nine Imams. It is set to end on May 1 and followed with the celebratory Eid al-Fitr on either May 2 or May 3, 2022.
The Islamic calendar is based on lunar cycles, causing a change in when Ramadan...
