Tim Butler will return to his previously held title as assistant chief. EMS chief Matthew Simpson will serve as acting chief.

Trump says in a tweet that "Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened."

Xinjiang has nearly 20,000 glaciers, half of China's total. They're all receding at a record pace -- and will continue to melt, some scientists warn, even if global temperatures stop rising.

Former tenants of a Richfield apartment complex have settled a discrimination case against owners of Crossroads at Penn after the landlord renovated around 700 apartments, raised rents and required tenants to apply under tougher income and background screening standards.

Daphne Caruana Galizia, whose reporting on corruption targeted the prime minister and other top figures, was killed in a car bomb earlier this month.

Now that St. Paul has decided not to build an Ice Palace for the Super Bowl, Detroit Lakes plans a smaller version.

"This is horrifying. And it was not a massacre. This was carnage. This was absolute carnage," Minneapolis City Council member Abdi Warsame said. "This was Somalia's 9/11, as you would say."

Health insurer Medica's decision to take $90 million in reserves from its non-profit Minnesota HMO has raised concern among state officials that the insurer could funnel the non-profit money into its for-profit entities.

This week, MPR News is taking a look at five of the 16 candidates in the running for Minneapolis mayor. Today, we profile Nekima Levy-Pounds, who is campaigning on a platform of economic fairness, raising the minimum wage, reducing environmental inequities, criminal justice reform and maintaining affordable housing.

Two of Minnesota's Republican legislative leaders say Minnesota has erred yet again with a plan crafted in response to the 2015 federal replacement for No Child Left Behind.

President Donald Trump promised tax cuts Friday "which will be the biggest in the history of our country" following Senate passage of a $4 trillion budget that lays the groundwork for Republicans' promised tax legislation.

Egyptian security officials say at least 55 policemen, including 20 officers and 34 conscripts, have been killed in a shootout during a raid on a militant hideout near Cairo.

In the capital, San Juan, the coliseum has become the center of a massive effort, led by D.C. restaurateur and celebrity chef Andres, to feed tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria.

Still scrambling for a Halloween costume? Here are seven things to consider when planning your perfect outfit.

A bog the size of a professional baseball field is on the move in North Long Lake. The 3-acre piece of wetland has destroyed docks while bouncing around the lake near Brainerd.

A former Mrs. America from Minnesota convicted of switching price tags on expensive clothes has been sentenced to two years of probation and 10 days of community service.

The administration insisted it's long past time to end the political squabbling and insult trading over President Donald Trump's compassion for America's war dead, even as it lobbed fresh vilification at Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson.

The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster.

Last year, the Orionids were hampered by a bright moon. But this year, there's barely a sliver of moon in the sky, which should allow the remnants of Halley's Comet to shine.