May 28, 2020

Pleasant summerlike days. Minnesota will see clear, sunny skies tomorrow, with highs near the 70s across the state. The warm, dry weather will stay in Minnesota throughout the weekend.

Floyd protests, looters spill into St. Paul; Minneapolis protest to take place tonight. After a night of a mix of peaceful protests and mass looting and destruction of businesses, tensions rose again earlier today -- in St. Paul as well as Minneapolis.

St. Paul police confronted protesters and looters Thursday afternoon in the city’s Midway neighborhood as demonstrations spread across the river. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is urging people to stay away from the area and remain home. In Minneapolis, another protest is set for 5 p.m. downtown.

COVID-19 in Minnesota today: 967 dead, 22,647; Floyd protests may drive spread. As thousands of people, some wearing masks and some not, gathered on streets to protest Floyd’s death, health officials say they anticipate a spike in coronavirus cases stemming from the protests.

Officials on Thursday reported 35 new deaths tied to COVID-19. The number hospitalized rose to 606; those in intensive care fell to 242, down 18 from Wednesday and the lowest it’s in several days.

— Jiwon Choi, MPR News

Walz calls out Guard amid protests; FBI vows thorough probe

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday called up the National Guard amid the unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis police custody. Separately, federal investigators vowed to move quickly on their civil rights probe.

'Unbelievable destruction': 1 dead as Floyd protests boil over again
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Carter asks for Guard help as protests over George Floyd's death spilling into St. Paul

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter Thursday afternoon said he had requested the National Guard help as demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis police custody, spilled across the river.

In Tenn.: Protest over Floyd's death blocks Memphis street

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Violent protests over the death of George Floyd broke out in Minneapolis for a second straight night, as businesses were looted and buildings burned.

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