Minneapolis police fatally shoot man during stop

We made it, Minnesota! The final day of 2020 is here.

The year 2020 is ending on a quiet note in terms of the weather. It will be storm-free across Minnesota at least into next Tuesday. Expect mostly sunny skies today, with highs in the mid-20s. Get the latest on the Updraft weather blog.

A man was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in south Minneapolis last night.

A Minneapolis police spokesperson says officers confronted the man believed to be a “felony suspect” during a traffic stop at 36th Street East and Cedar Avenue, and shots were “exchanged." The spokesperson didn't say what felony he was stopped for last night. Police bodycams were turned on at the time of the shooting, the spokesperson added.

Heading into 2021, we're seeing real signs of improvement in the pandemic; but we're not yet "out of the woods."

Even as vaccinations begin and case counts recede, Minnesota's COVID-19 death count remains awful, with December as the deadliest month by far in the pandemic. More than 2,800 Minnesotans have died from COVID-19 complications just in November and December. That’s more than half of all pandemic deaths.

Known, active cases continue to fall and are now near 12,000, a level not seen since late October. It's part of an overall slowdown in caseloads since their late November, early December peak.

In this time of sickness and isolation, Indigenous-led businesses and nonprofits in Minneapolis are creating connection and healing.

During the pandemic, 1 in 8 Minnesotans face food insecurity, and Native Americans and communities of color are twice as likely to go hungry. Over the holidays, these three Indigenous groups collaborated to feed traditional meals to their most vulnerable community members, delivering over 400 meals on Christmas Eve.

“When we are fueling our bodies with Indigenous foods, our bodies remember those tastes... It’s a part of us, " says Angel Swann, who is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and works for one of the groups that organized the effort. "It’s very healing, not only for your physical health to eat healthy food, but it’s also healing to your spirit.”

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