The tour came as firefighters raced to get ahead of strong winds expected overnight and authorities struggled to locate 1,011 people who were unaccounted for.

Wondering how your neighbors voted in the 2018 elections, but too afraid to ask? Try this MPR News mapping tool that lets you search vote totals by precinct in Minnesota's major races.

Many of the nearly 3,000 Central American migrants who have reached the Mexican border with California via caravan said Saturday they do not feel welcome in the city of Tijuana, where hundreds more migrants are headed after more than a month on the road.

With their grip on power set to loosen come January, Republicans in several states are considering last-ditch laws that would weaken existing or incoming Democratic governors and advance their own conservative agendas.

Police said they considered whether the two vehicles were chosen because their owners are Somali-American, but said that nothing visible on the vehicles would have identified the race of either car's owner.

Seattle-based researchers examined the disappearances and murders of Native American women in 71 U.S. cities. They found information on 506 documented cases — and huge, troubling gaps in the data.

Isaiah Bowser rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 24 Northwestern turned three turnovers by Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan into 10 points on the way to a 24-14 victory on Saturday.

The manager of a Chipotle restaurant in St. Paul has been fired after a video was posted online of employees asking a group of African-American men to prove they could pay before taking their order.

Governor-elect Tim Walz will lean on the group to help him fill commissioner spots for more than two dozen state agencies and shape priorities for his two-year budget proposal, due on Feb. 19.

Democrat Andrew Gillum ended his hard-fought campaign for Florida governor on Saturday, just hours before counties must turn in their official results following days of recounting ballots.

The first round of the NCAA Division III college football playoffs are underway, and third-ranked St. John's rolled to an 84-6 win over Martin Luther College on Saturday in Collegeville.

The candidates interviewed included five women and four men; one-third of the interviewees were people of color.

Ten times a day, on average, Facebook's artificial intelligence-driven detection system alerts authorities to someone who may be about to harm themselves.

Wisconsin's firearms deer season begins Saturday, and officials are asking hunters across the state to keep an eye out for any evidence that might provide a break in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl.

For African-American families in the Jim Crow era, planning a vacation was like planning a military campaign. This guide book was essential for traveling safely.

After President Trump called his CIA chief and top diplomat from Air Force One as he flew to survey wildfire damage in California, the State Department released a statement saying "recent reports indicating that the U.S. government has made a final conclusion are inaccurate."

Goldman had a successful literary career before he turned to Hollywood, where he made an indelible mark -- as the writer of beloved movies as well as a bestselling guide to screenwriting.

Argentina's navy announced early Saturday that searchers have found the missing submarine ARA San Juan deep in the Atlantic, a year after it disappeared with 44 crewmen aboard.

In less than three weeks' time, Zachary Zarembinski recovered from severe brain injury and is now home.