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North Dakota governor changes tack and issues mask mandate

by James MacPHERSON
| November 15, 2020 12:06 AM

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — After months of resisting ordering the people of North Dakota to wear masks and limit the size of gatherings, the state's Republican governor relented in an effort to stem a coronavirus surge that is among the worst in the U.S. and that threatens to overwhelm the state's hospitals.

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