Trump and Biden Hit Unlikely Battleground State of Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota has backed Democratic presidential candidates for nearly half a century and rarely receives much attention during the final stages of the race. This is when campaigns typically focus their resources on more traditional swing states like...
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US Grapples With Pandemic as Its Origins Are Traced in China

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new confirmed cases and the World Health Organization wa...
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Coronavirus Claims an Unexpected Victim: Florida Vegetables

PALMETTO, Fla. — Mounds of harvested zucchini and yellow squash ripened and then rotted in the hot Florida sun. Juicy tomatoes were left to wither — unpicked — in farmers' fields. “This is a catastrophe. We haven’t even started to calculate it. It’s going t...