New York State adds Minnesota to COVID-19 quarantine list

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - New York State adds Minnesota to COVID-19 quarantine list: New York on Tuesday added Minnesota to its COVID-19 travel restriction list, meaning that travelers from this state will need to fill out a disclosure form and [quarantine themselves for 14 days upon arrival](. The addition surprised Minnesota health leaders, because the state appears to be below New York's announced threshold for travel restrictions. The restriction also applies in New Jersey and Connecticut and includes 22 states, including Iowa and Wisconsin, - Canada's travel ban keeps Minnesotans from their northern getaways: Canada's ban on discretionary crossings by Americans began March 21 as part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's mission to send the highly contagious virus into further retreat. It since has been renewed monthly through July 21, with no indication that many members of Congress from Minnesota and other northern states will prevail in lobbying to have it loosened or lifted altogether amid the troubling surge of infections in several parts of the United States. Add to that a recent poll of Canadians showing [overwhelming support for telling leisure-seeking Americans: Stay out.]( - Defense attorney in Floyd case accuses Ellison of contempt of court: An attorney representing one of the former Minneapolis police officers charged with killing George Floyd [accused Attorney General Keith Ellison of contempt of court]( and asked that he be sanctioned, escalating tensions between prosecutors and defense attorneys that have been building for more than a month. - "None of us lie," says admiral on White House virus task force: A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that “none of us lie” to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be back in school as Trump insists, “we have to get the virus under control.” Adm. Brett Giroir's comment came a day after [Trump shared a Twitter post from a former game show host]( who, without evidence, accused government medical experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others, of “lying.” - What you need to know about the proposal to end the Minneapolis Police Department: The next few weeks will be crucial for determining the future of policing in Minneapolis. Up for consideration now is an attempt by some City Council members to change the city’s charter, which serves as its constitution, to eliminate the requirement to have a police department. [Here’s what we know about the proposal](. Key Minneapolis-area business associations [support the proposed police reforms]( of Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo At the same time, the groups’ spokesman, Downtown Council CEO Steve Cramer, has warned Frey and the City Council that the riots following the death of George Floyd in police hands and subsequent calls of council members to “dismantle” or “defund” the police has led some businesses to plan to relocate. - Surge in U.S. COVID-19 infections hits Delta: Delta Air Lines lost $5.7 billion during a brutal three-month stretch in which the coronavirus pandemic brought travel to a near standstill, and any hoped-for recovery has been [smothered by a resurgence of infected Americans.]( - Frontier Communications settles with Minnesota, agrees to $10M broadband network upgrade: The telephone and internet company also will pay $750,00 in restitution as part of [the settlement in the deceptive market practices case](. - Trucker who was viewing porn when he fatally struck worker on I-94 sentenced: [A sentence of 4⅓ years was imposed on a semitrailer truck driver]( who was watching a string of pornographic videos in the moments leading up to him speeding through a construction zone and fatally striking a highway worker standing along a Twin Cities area interstate.  Hey, look at this Here's a photo of the Northern Lights and the comet Neowise over Lake Superior: Photographer Shawn Malone of Marquette, Mich., [snapped this incredible shot over Lake Superior]( early this morning. [Read about on how to view Neowise here.](  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - With no drinks to serve, Minnesota State Fair is selling its spare plastic cups: With the Great Minnesota Get-Together called off because of the pandemic, the fair is [offering the public a chance to buy the plastic cups]( that would have been used to serve drinks. - Burger King announces emission-reducing changes to cows' diets with cheeky new ad: The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change. By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cow's daily methane emissions by about 33%. With [an over-the-top social media campaign]( that teeters between vulgarity and science (sprinkled with more vulgarity), Burger King is banking on the heightened awareness of climate change and its responsibility to limit its own role. - PBS announces new documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder: In American culture, getting profiled on “American Masters” is more prestigious than winning an Oscar, a Nobel Prize or a Pulitzer. You can soon [add Laura Ingalls Wilder to that limited list.](  Sports roundup - American Indians in Minnesota celebrate victory in long fight over NFL team name: American Indian leaders and longtime allies [hailed a victory many felt was long overdue]( after more than 30 years of protests over the nicknames of sports teams that have been condemned as racist. - Byron Buxton injures foot chasing fly ball: The Twins opened summer camp comforted by knowing that outfielder Byron Buxton’s left shoulder had enough time during the shutdown to heal and that he would be available for the delayed Opening Day. But now his foot injury on Monday [might force them to reconsider that.]( - Minnesota prep leaders discuss contingency plans as fall sports practice looms: With fall sports scheduled to start practice in 35 days, leaders of the Minnesota State High School League [discussed contingency planning Monday]( amid growing concern that the coronavirus pandemic will curtail the fall season.  Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](.  Worth a click How the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona went horribly wrong: "In the 1990s, a troupe of hippies spent two years sealed inside a dome called Biosphere 2. They ended up starving and gasping for breath. As a new documentary Spaceship Earth tells their story, we meet the 'biospherians,'" [the Guardian reports.](  From the archives July 14, 1987: Singer Vince Neil performs with Mötley Crüe during a concert at the Met Center in Bloomington, part of the hair-metal band's Girls, Girls, Girls tour. 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