Elder abuse and financial fraud may come via the internet or snail mail, but more often it’s a loved one.

Former President Barack Obama on Friday warned the Democratic field of White House hopefuls not to veer too far to the left, a move he said would alienate many who would otherwise be open to voting for the party’s nominee next year.

Minnesota proved it was for real by beating Penn State last weekend. The next challenge for the seventh-ranked Gophers will be to knock off yet another ranked opponent — in a stadium where they haven’t won in 20 years.

Frank Baker said, “I thought I was going to die.” He showed jurors in the federal trial of officer Brett Palkowitsch the scars on his legs and chest.

A judge sentenced a 32-year-old man to seven years for shooting and seriously wounding a school bus driver on a busy Minneapolis freeway. Kenneth Lilly pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. The only passenger on the bus, an 8-year-old girl, was not hit but continues to suffer psychological trauma.

Minneapolis police and city officials announced Friday they’re looking into a recently discovered accounting error concerning the department’s backlog of untested rape kits. The number now sits at nearly 1,700, far more than the 194 reported in 2015.

Firefighters rescued a dog that broke through thin ice Saturday at a lake in Rochester.

A group that helps Minnesotans sign up for health plans has found that cultural competency among its staff is a must.

The appointment wasn’t on his weekend public schedule that was released Friday night. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump was "anticipating a very busy 2020" and wanted to take advantage of "a free weekend" in Washington to begin "portions of his routine" checkup.

About a quarter of a million Czechs gathered on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in the country to give Prime Minister Andrej Babis an ultimatum — sell your business or quit your job.

Tourists and residents were allowed back into St. Mark’s Square in Venice on Saturday, a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of the lagoon city’s already devastated center.

Six priests became modern-day martyrs in one of the most high-profile religious crimes in recent Latin American history. A woman who witnessed the incident says the FBI pressured her to stay quiet.

Closed-door testimony from the only White House staffer cooperating with the probe could provide first-hand knowledge about details that remain hazy.

When Suriya Paprajong arrived in Greenland in 2001, he didn't even have a coat. These days, his eatery in Qaqortoq, population 3,000, is a local favorite, melding Thai flavors with an Arctic twist.

The president of the private liberal arts college in Minnesota is asking his board of trustees to remove the school founder’s name from a campus building over concerns about his racist and sexist views in the 1800s.

Federal prosecutors offered a plea deal to two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death, but the officers have declined the offer, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

East African-owned businesses in Minneapolis that were vandalized in September received $30,000 in donations on Friday to cover the cost of the damage.

Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles on Friday won reappointment to the job he’s held since 1983 despite one lawmaker’s misgivings.