A woman who called a Black, autistic boy a racial slur was found guilty of one count of disorderly conduct related to the April 2025 incident.
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Firefighters are removing underbrush surrounding hundreds of homes and cabins around Ely, and installing temporary pumps, hoses and sprinklers, to protect them from the wildfires still burning around the Boundary Waters.
A nonprofit organization that worked to preserve hundreds of protest murals after the murder of George Floyd is planning an emergency fundraiser Saturday amid financial uncertainty.
Six months ago neighbors and businesses on Nicollet Avenue watched as federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti. A memorial still stands in Pretti’s honor. MPR News host Nina Moini talked with two business owners near his memorial and a resident who spends time at the memorial nearly every day.
In a rare move, a U.S. magistrate judge ordered the Justice Department to turn over grand jury testimony and evidence to determine whether the government misled jurors while trying to obtain an indictment.
The 41-year-old is set to sign a modest $8-million, two-year contract with the Sixers, according to ESPN. He made nearly $53 million last season.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says a special legislative session should be in play to consider economic help for communities affected by wildfires. He will be forced to call one if he extends a peacetime emergency to combat them.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants the man who started the 2025 Camp House Fire to pay $4.3 million to cover the costs of fighting the fire.
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum turns 20, a new jazz festival debuts, "Witch" opens in Duluth and more in this week's MN Shortlist.
Rainfall has helped slow wildfire activity in northeastern Minnesota, but hotter and windier weather Friday and through the weekend could fuel an increase in fire activity once again, which could affect Forest Service plans to re-open parts of the BWCA to the public.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Vance Boelter two life sentences plus 40 years in the killings of Melissa and Mark Hortman and the attacks on John Hoffman, his wife Yvette and their daughter Hope. Prior to the sentencing, loved ones told of the lasting pain Boelter had caused.
The Trump administration’s decision to redirect federal HIV prevention funding from community organizations to state and local health departments could disrupt testing, outreach and treatment services provided by two Minneapolis nonprofits.
First responders found “a vehicle that had left the roadway, knocked over the guardrail and landed upside down in 2-3 feet of water in the river,” the fire department said.
