The balloons were in the sky and the marching bands took to the streets for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, but coronavirus restrictions meant it was without the throngs of people usually scrambling for a view.
Matt Jorgenson, best known by his nickname, Sweets, is hardly ever without a kendama draped over his shoulders like a pelt. He considers himself a "walking billboard" for his company, which is among the toy's dominant retailers worldwide.
For years Minnesota biologists stocked remote lakes with trout by dropping them out of planes in sometimes risky conditions from about 100 feet. With better equipment, they began using safer and more gentle helicopters in 2020.
San Antonio police have shot and killed a man who fired on officers and set his trailer on fire, the city's police chief said.
The retailer said the amount equals unemployment payments made to workers.
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Somali-American model Halima Aden has announced that she is taking a step back from the fashion industry, saying the pandemic slowdown has allowed her to see instances when her desire to maintain a hijab was not properly respected.
With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed a former Treasury official and management consultant as his chief of staff, as he tries to restore calm after a tumultuous period for Downing Street.
Minneapolis police reported that a man was shot and killed early Thursday in Minneapolis.
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Greece said Thursday that neighbor Turkey has so far refused to take action requested by the European Union to avoid sanctions from the bloc.
The Minneapolis artist's image of George Floyd, one of the first rendered and posted on social media, has been shared around the world.
India's capital New Delhi is considering a nighttime curfew amid the latest coronavirus surge that has battered the city's healthcare system and overwhelmed its hospitals.
Attorney General Keith Ellison says the gym remains open despite a state order to close to prevent COVID-19 spread.
Marcus Carr tied a career high with 35 points as the Gophers overcame a sloppy start to the second half and pulled away to beat Wisconsin-Green Bay by 30 points.
Minnesota High School football players saw an abbreviated schedule and later start during the coronavirus pandemic. (Top photo by Aaron Lavinsky)
Grab-and-go individual meals will replace the usual team gathering Thursday as Gophers football weathers a COVID-19 outbreak that has already canceled one game and is seriously threatening another.
Even as former quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has gone from franchise fixture to what-could-have-been story, the impression he made on the Vikings seems to transcend all of it.
The annual tradition started in 1978 lives on after reports of its demise last November.
The Gophers men's basketball beat UW-Green Bay 99-69 on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020.