Colin Covert says his borrowing of phrases from other writers constitutes "fair use."

The U.S. Senate approved the farm bill Tuesday afternoon, and the House on Wednesday. It awaits a response from President Trump.

Tribune Publishing secretly started to pay more than $2.5 million to a fired news executive to settle a lawsuit. It sought to keep a slur by controlling owner Michael Ferro from becoming public.

J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director for Minnesota-based Fresh Energy, tells MPR News about the state's presence at international climate change talks in Poland.

A proposal that Secretary of State Steve Simon will put before lawmakers would shield party preference for the 2020 presidential primary. He's also seeking to institute an election exclusively by mail.

The rule likely won't have significant impact in Minnesota, where state regulations of wetlands and other water bodies have been in place for decades. Here's a breakdown of the proposal and what it might mean for the state.

For children with autism or other sensory sensitivities, the long lines and loud noises of a typical visit to see Santa at the mall can be overwhelming. This Saturday, the U is hosting an event that will make the Santa visit much more tolerable.

Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.

A New Hope police officer won't face charges for killing Ronald Klitzka, but the narrative released by prosecutors Wednesday makes the word “tragedy” insufficient to describe what happened, blogger Bob Collins writes.

Conditions are now considered unhealthy for sensitive groups in those areas until a weather front moves through Thursday evening, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says.

Social workers are trying to convince some who are leery of living in a shelter to try a new navigation center across the highway from the encampment.

Federal officials at the U.N. climate meeting are ignoring climate science and touting coal and fossil fuels. But local and state authorities pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on their own.

A hot job market and skepticism about law enforcement are making it harder for police departments across the country to replace officers who are retiring.

The announcement throws Britain's already rocky path out of the European Union, which it is due to leave in March, into further chaos.

The personal information of hundreds of Ramsey County social services clients might have been compromised after hackers gained access to the email accounts of dozens of county employees.

Two black men killed by police recently in Alabama and Illinois are described by protesters as 'good guys with guns.' Police trainers say there are steps departments can take to help prevent deaths.

President Trump is threatening a government shutdown if he doesn't get funding to build his border wall. In a meeting with Democratic leaders, he said, "tremendous amounts of wall have been built."

Jurors on Tuesday convicted Eric Coleman, of Chisago City, of third-degree murder, drunken driving, criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation.

Joe Morris, 23, appeared briefly in a St. Paul federal courtroom Tuesday to enter the plea. He's one of three alleged Illinois militia members accused of bombing the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in 2017.