Woman, 50, pleads guilty to wire fraud in Feeding Our Future case
The 50-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, according to an agreement filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota.
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The 50-year-old woman pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, according to an agreement filed Friday in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota.
The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to Moderna to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.
At the start of the 2018-2019 school year, there were under 20,000 Minnesota students in homeschooling. That number skyrocketed to over 30,000 at the height of the pandemic.
Leaked audio from a December 2021 meeting between Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a group including now-convicted defendants in the Feeding Our Future fraud case is leading Republican lawmakers to call for further investigation.
A jury delivered a string of guilty verdicts Wednesday afternoon in what prosecutors call the largest pandemic fraud case in the country.
Five years ago this week, our world shut down as COVID-19 swept the country. It was a time of loss and change that hit all of us — and all of us have memories of how the virus upended our lives.
Five years ago this week, our world shut down as COVID-19 swept the country. It was a time of loss and change that hit all of us, and all of us have memories of how the virus upended our lives. WCCO's Esme Murphy shares a few of yours.
The founder of a Minneapolis nonprofit and marketing company pleaded guilty to fraud for his role in a pandemic funding scheme
A jury was seated Monday in the trial of the alleged ringleader of a scheme that federal prosecutors say exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to steal $250 million from a program meant to feed children.
Josh Madson is using his photography skills in an effort to bring the community together.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem built a national profile that had fellow Republicans buzzing about her future.
Pandemic-prompted drinking persists, according to a new study that shows a continued increase in alcohol use.
The last defendant pleaded guilty for her role in the $250 million Feeding Our Future scheme on Thursday.
A new report shows Minnesota overpaid hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits during the pandemic.
The CDC says it is too early to say if this year's summer COVID-19 surge has arrived.
The LB.1 variant makes up close to 1 in 5 new COVID cases, the CDC estimates.
Millions today owe their lives to the work of the man who devoted his career to public health, but in recent years Dr. Anthony Fauci has been targeted by a partisan, anti-science spectrum of opponents.
A jury has ended a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of seven Minnesotans accused of exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million meant to feed children.
The hearing on COVID-19 marked Dr. Anthony Fauci's first public appearance on Capitol Hill since leaving government in 2022.
North Carolina Republicans are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law, citing crime and recent campus protests.
Seven Minnesotans accused of fraud are set to stand trial in what prosecutors call a massive scheme to exploit lax rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and steal from a program meant to provide meals to low-income children.
Studies show that even when the virus is mild and exclusively confined to the lungs, it can still provoke inflammation in the brain and impair brain cells' ability to regenerate.
The once-powerful John Birch Society is largely forgotten today, relegated to a pair of squat buildings along a busy commercial street in small-town Wisconsin.
Sources in the room for Fauci's two-day interview told CBS News the meeting was cordial, but also revealed the intense and fractious political divide over his legacy and work.
The next round of free COVID test orders will ship starting the week of Nov. 27.
