Across Minnesota, voter turnout surprised election officials. In Minneapolis, the city clerk's office says turnout by early Tuesday afternoon was already well beyond that of the last three primary elections.

In its first statement on the allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison, the national Democratic Party says, "All allegations of domestic abuse are disturbing and should be taken seriously."

The father of a Chanhassen teen shot and killed by Carver County deputies last month wants a broad investigation of the incident and is calling for changes in mental health care.

Recent fatal shootings by police officers have prompted discussion about the laws around deadly use of force and the discretion officers are given by the law.

Researchers are investigating a major algal bloom that surfaced last week in Lake Superior between Duluth and the Apostle Islands. The blooms only started appearing in Lake Superior in 2012. Scientists are investigating why.

A Minnesota federal judge says a woman bitten by a police dog last year deserves a jury award because the St. Paul officer handling the animal was reckless.

Jurors have convicted two people of disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer following a protest at Enbridge Energy's Line 3 construction site in Wisconsin last summer.

The Minnesota Chorale and the Gauteng Choristers rehearsed Monday for what is likely to be a historic concert at the end of the week.

A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims.

The government suggests that insurers offer plans off the health law marketplaces that don't have surcharges added last year to make up for a cut in federal funding.

Paul Manafort's defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman's tax evasion and fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify.

Fewer people attend church services, and those who aren't going as often. That means fewer financial contributions, smaller budgets and closing doors.

The private broadcaster Sky TG24 said that a 200-meter section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed over an industrial zone.

A federal three-judge panel denied a drug company's request to halt the execution set for Tuesday morning over concerns about whether the state obtained the drugs improperly.

As a trade war brews between the U.S. and its major trading partners, we looked into the carts of back-to-school shoppers to see how global trade might show up in their baskets

The 68-year-old, who had successfully battled throat and neck cancer years ago, says he is undergoing intensive treatment for lung cancer.

The president tweeted a barrage of insults Tuesday morning as Omarosa Manigault Newman continued promoting her White House tell-all. It paints a damning picture of Trump, including her claim that he used racial slurs on the set of his reality show "The Apprentice."

A team of six trained birds -- rooks, actually -- is collecting paper and cigarette stubs at the Puy du Fou park in western France. They drop the trash into a container in exchange for food.