Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis public schools drops mask mandate
Minneapolis Public Colleges introduced Thursday that it’s dropping its masks requirement. The district can even discontinue contact tracing and won’t ship notifications to folks when their college students are uncovered to others of their faculties who’ve contracted COVID-19.
District officers say the change is because of declining numbers of circumstances in Minneapolis and adjustments in CDC pointers. Nonetheless, the variety of COVID circumstances in Minnesota have begun to rise slowly previously few weeks. The WHO and the Biden administration say COVID continues to be a ‘public well being emergency.’
In a press release, superintendent Ed Graff mentioned the district is dedicated to “maximizing in-person studying” whereas additionally offering a protected setting.
District officers mentioned they can even proceed to watch COVID-19 information.
The brand new insurance policies go into impact Monday.
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Minneapolis shooting critically injures man
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Police say a man was struck by a vehicle and then shot when he tried to run away from a Minneapolis bus stop.
What we know
Officers responded to a reported shooting near the intersection of Lowry Avenue North and Fremont Avenue North around 12:15 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators believe a man at a bus stop was in “an altercation” with multiple people in a vehicle.
The driver then struck the man with the vehicle as the man tried to run away, police say.
Someone in the vehicle then allegedly shot the man before the driver left the area with the vehicle.
Law enforcement described the victim’s injuries as “potentially life-threatening.”
What we don’t know
Police have not released details on any suspect descriptions or the vehicle involved.
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Minneapolis park board systems disrupted by cyberattack
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