Supporters of the Democratic congresswoman greeted her at the airport ahead of a town hall event in Minneapolis. Her trip follows days of racist remarks against her by President Trump and his supporters.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is taking a zero-tolerance approach to the invasive Palmer amaranth plant, trying to prevent potentially significant financial losses for farmers.

Artist Jonathan Herrera Soto printed 200 faces of Mexican journalists — all murdered or missing and presumed dead — on the floor of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In coming months he expects the portraits will wear away, but raise questions about the nature of truth.

This week saw the resignations of DHS Commissioner Tony Lourey and his chief of staff. Meanwhile, two other top officials in the department rescinded their resignations after Lourey left. 

Critics complain that the systems turn neighborhoods into places of constant surveillance and create suspicion that falls heavier on minorities. Police say the cameras can serve as a digital neighborhood watch.

The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day.

Some of the people struggling the most to pay back their debt are the millions of students who took out student loans but never finished a degree.

Greg Force was just a boy when his father, the director of a NASA tracking station in Guam, called home with an important mission for him: To help the crew of Apollo 11 return safely to Earth. 

Some quick thinking and bold driving by deputies and a local fireman helped avert disaster Wednesday as the bus plowed through Granite Falls after the driver suffered a medical emergency. No one was hurt.

In the land of 10,000 lakes, 40 percent of the state's waters are polluted. The YMCA has developed a summer camp designed to prevent kids from taking Minnesota's water resources for granted.

Official records describe Trump's direct involvement with negotiations that led to a $130,000 payment to an adult film star to buy her silence about her alleged extramarital affair with Trump.

By the turn of the 20th century, America's love affair with diamondback terrapin soup — a subsistence food turned gourmet fare — had left the turtle's population teetering. Booze ban to the rescue.

Arradondo tells a City Council committee the department’s funding model has been broken for decades, and the scarcity of officers is undermining public trust.

UnitedHealth raised profit expectations for the year after second-quarter earnings climbed almost 13 percent, and the nation's largest health insurer continued expanding beyond its core business and into care delivery.

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "Eight Years to the Moon" tells the stories of some of the scientists and engineers who got the astronauts there and back safely.

The world’s largest steam locomotive is making a stop in St. Paul for the day Thursday in honor of the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary. It’ll be in Duluth on Saturday.

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State conservation officials are asking for the public’s help tracking deaths after receiving a “small but noticeable increase” in calls about dead loons. West Nile virus was identified as the cause of two recent loon deaths.

“Dry stack” tailings storage is something that environmental groups have advocated for the much-further-along PolyMet copper-nickel mine project, arguing it’s a safer way to store mine waste. But state regulators have expressed concerns about the technology.