Spicer resigns as White House press secretary
Spicer is quitting because he objects to the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, one source said.
Mankato focuses on aquifer's health as water worries grow
More than 1 million Minnesotans depend on the Mt. Simon aquifer for drinking water. While there's no danger of it going dry, officials worry the pressures on this precious resource are intensifying.
NewsCut: Take infants to the wilderness, couple says. Here’s why
Maura and Bobby Marko have a passion for the outdoors and it’s clear that if there was one thing they weren’t going to give up when one — and then two — kids joined them, it’s the outdoors.
'Justine didn't have to die': Harteau slams cop who shot 911 caller
Officer Mohamed Noor's actions the night he shot and killed Justine Ruszczyk "go against how we are as a department" Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau told reporters Thursday.
ACA repeal would leave many Minnesotans without health insurance
One of the options President Trump has suggested after a health care bill stalled in the Senate is repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. Experts say doing that would jeopardize health insurance for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans.
After attack in Coon Rapids, Asma Jama found support from an unlikely source
Asma Jama was struck in the face with a glass mug after speaking Swahili in a restaurant in Minnesota. After the trial ended and the attacker pleaded guilty, the attacker's sister reached out to Jama.
Women say ex-Rochester theater executive sexually harassed them
When Rochester Civic Theatre board executive director Gregory Stavrou stepped down this spring, he cited health reasons. Board leadership praised his work. But multiple people who worked there say Stavrou sexually harassed them. Though previous board members were aware of Stavrou's behavior, they were ineffective at stopping it.
Sarah Sanders replaces Spicer as press secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been promoted to press secretary in the Trump White House's latest shakeup.
At Minn. women's prison, Mother's Day sadness turns into opera
The Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra tonight premiers "It Rained on Shakopee," featuring a choir from the Shakopee women's prison. It's believed to be the first opera featuring voices from an American prison.
State investigating Monsanto weed killer after farmers' complaints
Minnesota farmers have joined hundreds in the southern U.S. who allege that the weed killer dicamba is drifting, hurting non-resistant fields.
Body cam video shows new angle on Minneapolis cop shooting dogs
In the footage officer Michael Mays is heard saying, "I dispatched both of them." He also apologizes to homeowner Jennifer LeMay's daughter.
3 Palestinians killed in clashes with Israeli troops
Palestinian stone-throwers clashed with Israeli security forces near the Old City and in several hotspots across the West Bank. Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets, the army said.
In 'Fetch,' a memorial to a beloved dog raises hard questions
Do you deserve your pets? Do you deserve the people in your life? In her new graphic memoir, Nicole Georges suggests the two questions are closely related -- and you may not like the answers.
Riding with ICE: 'We're trying to do the right thing'
Under President Trump, arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have skyrocketed. Their actions have stoked outrage but agents say they're misunderstood and they're just enforcing the law.
Kirby Puckett on what made the '87 team so special
Former Twins players are gathering in Minnesota this weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their World Series victory in 1987. But they will be missing their on-field leader.
U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea
Officials say Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had decided to impose "geographic travel restriction" for North Korea, which would make the use of U.S. passports to enter the country illegal.
How did the Afghan all-girl team do at the robotics competition?
President Trump intervened to find a way to permit the girls entry, after their applications for visas were twice rejected. For the budding scientists, the path to compete has been a long one.
To shrink the mosquito population, scientists are releasing 20 million of them
Scientists plan to release millions of sterile, male bacteria-infected mosquitoes in California, to breed with wild females. They're hoping for a "steep decline" in the species that carries Zika.
Conservative political blogger confirmed for seat on federal appeals court
John Bush's controversial online views on abortion and race were criticized at a hearing last week but did not stand in the way of his Senate confirmation on a party-line vote.
Manchita performs emotional new solo EP in The Current studio
Fresh off the release of her solo EP 'One,' Manchita visited The Current studio to perform the entire EP and talk with hosts Andrea Swensson and Tom Weber.