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Mayo Clinic extends time for employees to meet vaccine mandate

Mayo Clinic extends time for employees to meet vaccine mandate

FILE - This May 13, 2020, file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Salt Lake City. The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and whether it can thwart vaccines. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US

Witness testifies in day 4 of Rochester murder trial
Witness testifies in day 4 of Rochester murder trial
Parents of Michigan boy charged in Oxford school shooting
James, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are shown during the video arraignment of their son, Ethan Crumbley in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday, Dec. 3, 20201 against the Crumbleys whose 15-year-old son is accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school. (District Court via AP)
Biden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running
Night falls at the the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, with the deadline to fund the government approaching. Republicans in the Senate are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Riverland helps train Minnesota National Guard emergency CNA
Riverland helps train Minnesota National Guard emergency CNA
Minnesota gets another 1 million at-home test kits, offer boosters at school clinics
Minnesota gets another 1 million at-home test kits, offer boosters at school clinics
Meet the jurors: A look at the 14 jurors in the Kim Potter trial
Meet the jurors: A look at the 14 jurors in the Kim Potter trial
1 arrested following confrontation, stabbing in Stewartville Thursday afternoon
Cole Thielen
Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial
FILE - Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March, is led into a courtroom for a hearing Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. Experts have found Alissa is mentally incompetent to proceed in the case, attorneys said during a court hearing, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski/Pool, File)
Study suggests past COVID infection may not fend off omicron
People are processed before receiving their jab against COVID-19 Friday Dec. 3, 2021 at the Orange Farm, South Africa, multipurpose center. South Africa has accelerated its vaccination campaign a week after the discovery of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Jury seated for trial of Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright
Jury seated for trial of Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright
Forest Service to reduce entry permits for Boundary Waters
Forest Service to reduce entry permits for Boundary Waters
Infrastructure bill to impact local college courses, provide more jobs
Infrastructure bill to impact local college courses, provide more jobs
EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
Austin's Merry TubaChristmas back after a year off
Austin's Merry TubaChristmas back after a year off
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
Minnesota COVID-19 update: Friday
19-year-old falls victim to scam, shares social security number, banking information and more
19-year-old falls victim to scam, shares social security number, banking information and more
VIDEO: Bald eagle catches duck in flight
VIDEO: Bald eagle catches duck in flight

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MSHSL approves adding 35-second shot clock to varsity basketball

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Rep. Omar breaks ranks, votes against infrastructure bill
Blois Olson discusses early voting, key races in Minneapolis
Decisions being made throughout Iowa and Minnesota

Business

US jobless claims rise by 28,000, but still low at 222,000
Iowa unemployment rate down slightly to 3.9%
U.S. jobless claims drop seventh straight week to 268,000

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VIDEO: Skyrocketing cyber crime
VIDEO: Skyrocketing cyber crime
Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
FILE - This May 13, 2020, file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Salt Lake City. The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and whether it can thwart vaccines. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Iowa Headlines

Iowa coronavirus hospitalizations top 700, new yearly high
Iowa coronavirus hospitalizations top 700, new yearly high
Iowa stops tracking home county of COVID hospital patients
Iowa stops tracking home county of COVID hospital patients

Twin Cities Headlines

Minneapolis man charged with felony harassment of judge in Kimberly Potter trial
New program at local hospital for those dealing with stress on the front lines
Minnesota couple hopes to become first in the nation to make and serve spirits at their dairy farm
Meet the jurors: A look at the 14 jurors in the Kim Potter trial
Minneapolis police ask for help finding murder suspect
Uncertain future for Southwest Light Rail, Northstar commuter line
Minnesota National Guard prepares for long-term care mission
Update: Victim identified in fatal St. Paul stabbing, marks city's 35th homicide
Watershed district's potential move to waterfront property stirs opposition from taxpayers
MDH: 62 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths, 5,685 newly-reported cases

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In this courtroom sketch, defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca, left, confers with Ghislaine Maxwell after making an argument to Judge Nathan regarding the removal of a juror due to holiday travel plans that would disrupt the trial schedule during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in New York. A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse was

Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial

NEW YORK (AP) - The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite of coaxing her - at just 14 - into sexual encounters with financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Penobscots don't want ancestors' scalping to be whitewashed
China's communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
Parents captured after son charged in Oxford school shooting
Parents of Michigan boy charged in Oxford school shooting
Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
Mom of Illinois State student wants FBI to investigate death
Honolulu utility shuts well to prevent fuel contamination
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Mayo Clinic extends time for employees to meet vaccine mandate
Mayo Clinic extends time for employees to meet vaccine mandate
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Parents of Michigan boy charged in Oxford school shooting
James, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are shown during the video arraignment of their son, Ethan Crumbley in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday, Dec. 3, 20201 against the Crumbleys whose 15-year-old son is accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school. (District Court via AP)
Contact tracing revs up in some states as omicron reaches US
FILE - This May 13, 2020, file photo taken with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Salt Lake City. The arrival of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has health officials in some communities reviving contact tracing operations in an attempt to slow and better understand its spread as scientists study how contagious it is and whether it can thwart vaccines. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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3 injured in rural Mower County crash
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