The Daily Populous

Sunday September 6th, 2020 evening edition

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To stop Trump, we need to vote in person, even if you have to crawl through broken glass.

He tells me, “I’ll crawl through broken glass to vote if I have to.”.

To make sure my vote counts, I will vote in person at my neighborhood polling place on Election Day, coronavirus or not.

Not to slight voting by mail, which for many health-compromised Americans is the only option as the virus continues to menace.

To allow space and time for that, Trump must be denied the advantage of appearing to be ahead as midnight nears on Nov. 3.

So if you can vote in person, do vote in person.

I certainly will, even if I have to go on hands and knees through that broken glass that my friend John vows to brave. »

1 wedding + 275 guests + 0 masks = 56 COVID cases in 9 Minnesota counties

Authored by grandforksherald.com
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In a departure for the normally tight-lipped health officials, at Thursday's news conference state Director of Infectious Disease Kris Ehresmann noted how one indoor wedding in southwest Minnesota had more guests than allowed (275), an event with no masks that has now produced 56 cases in nine counties.

The state of Minnesota recorded 783 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, Sept. 3, a number below the earlier, record-setting announced one day count of 1,047 cases.

The new cases also included a series of spikes in counties hosting colleges and universities. »

South Carolina police officer fired after seen on video using n-word

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(CNN) A Columbia, South Carolina, police officer was fired Monday evening after he was seen on video using the n-word during a heated exchange with customers outside a bar.

Bodycam video released by the department shows Walker responding to a muffled comment from a male patron, saying, "You're a little color-blind, sir.".

Walker pointing to a Black male who was in the bar, responds: "People of color? »