Earlier this week Minneapolis changed its policy to require officers to activate their body cameras a soon as they're dispatched to any call for service. But most officers across the state are given a lot of discretion to decide when exactly they turn on their cameras.

In an astonishing cliff-hanger, the GOP-run Senate voted 51-49 to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's last ditch attempt to sustain their drive to dismantle President Barack Obama's health care overhaul with a starkly trimmed-down bill.

If you think that you are seeing more Japanese beetles eating the plants in your garden this year, you're not mistaken.

At a time when confidence and trust in police are floundering, the topic of public safety has taken on new significance.

Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known widely as HOTTEA, is installing thousands of feet of yarn in the atrium.

William Browder made a fortune in Russia, in the process uncovering, he says, incredible amounts of fraud and corruption before he was forced to leave.

"Don't be too nice," said Trump. He highlighted administration efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and violent crime, and in particular the street gang known as MS-13.

Departments across the Twin Cities have been hosting events like this in efforts to bring residents and police officers together.

The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia, including Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members.

It would be the first time in the agency's history that it has sought to regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.

A federal investigator says one person from Minnesota has died and another remains in critical condition after a seaplane accident near an aviation convention in Wisconsin.

Jerry and Patty Wetterling have filed a court motion arguing that media shouldn't be allowed to challenge their request to keep private portions of an investigative file associated with their son's disappearance.

Farmers face competing demands for local food, environmental stewardship and the need to feed a hungry world.

On July 12, 1984, a Minnesota politician made history.

Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which caused brain damage and left him unable to breathe unaided.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense noted the launch of "one unidentified missile," which Japanese officials say flew for about 45 minutes before landing in water. The Pentagon confirmed the launch.

In the midst of writing her next album, PaviElle visited The Current studio to perform one of her new songs and talk with hosts Andrea Swensson and Tom Weber.

Police arrested the gun owner who allegedly left the weapon in her purse in a playroom.