Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy "cruel" and "immoral" while GOP Sen. Susan Collins expressed concern about it and a former adviser to President Trump said he thought the issue was going to hurt the president at some point. Religious groups, including some conservative ones, are protesting.

Minnesota summer primaries are typically sleepy affairs with lousy turnout. But with hotly contested races on the ballot, lots of voters are likely to show up Aug. 14.

First-term state Rep. Ilhan Omar has won the DFL endorsement to run in the Aug. 14 primary for the 5th District congressional seat being vacated by Keith Ellison.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to grill Michael Horowitz and Christopher Wray about how the FBI and Department of Justice handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server.

From Dakota Access to Line 3, why is there suddenly dramatic conflict around pipelines? And is it really even about pipelines at all?

Heavy rain late Saturday into early Sunday -- in excess of a half-foot in places -- led to flash flooding that washed out highways in parts of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.

In its latest revision to an international disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said that classifying "Gaming Disorder" as a separate condition will "serve a public health purpose for countries to be better prepared to identify this issue."

Two men died and five other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday night in Dakota County.

A 1,004-foot freighter ran aground Sunday afternoon in the Duluth Harbor, coming to rest just offshore from a breakwall in Canal Park.

Scientists say there's evidence hurricanes are getting stronger because of climate change. Some think it's time to add a new designation for hurricane strength: Category 6.

Shooting broke out at an all-night art festival in Trenton, N.J., early Sunday, sending people stampeding from the scene and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, a local prosecutor said.

President Donald Trump is coming to North Dakota's largest city for a campaign rally later this month, a week after his planned visit to Duluth.

The St. Paul Police Department reported that the adult male was hit at about 9:30 p.m. Friday near the corner of Como Avenue and Rice Street, a few blocks northwest of the Minnesota Capitol.

Col. Patrick Seiber told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper that Minneapolis and Austin, Texas, are finalists for the Futures Command headquarters along with Boston, Philadelphia and Raleigh, N.C.

Kellyn Taylor of Arizona shattered the women's event record, while in the men's race, Kenya's Elisha Barno won for the fourth year in a row.

An off-duty Blaine police officer and his wife died in a crash involving their motorcycle and a truck on Friday night, one of three fatal crashes involving motorcycles in the Twin Cities metro area in just eight hours.

The scarcity of rural vets, who are the first line of defense against diseases that can spread from animals to humans, means sick and infected animals could increasingly go untested.

Student survivors from the shooting in Parkland, Fla., embark on a 20-state bus tour aimed at registering young people to vote, but this demographic typically sits out mid-term elections.

Joining posters and sketches, parodies and countless internet memes, The Current has released a musical homage to the #mprraccoon.