Wednesday’s count of new COVID-19 cases showed another day of moderate increases, but testing remained low making it hard to judge if the latest reports are evidence of a meaningful shift or a statistical blip.

Minnesota Senate Republicans took aim at DFL Gov. Tim Walz during the third special session of the summer by voting to fire Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Nancy Leppink.

President Trump on Wednesday repeats the unsubstantiated claim that he would not support wide use of mail-in voting because it leads to fraud.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar got more votes in this year’s primary in nearly every part of the 5th District than she did in her 2018 primary win.

In their first joint appearance since Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate, the two deliver remarks in Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Del.

Attorney General Keith Ellison on Wednesday filed a memo arguing that evidence against the four is similar and that a single trial would spare witnesses and family members from the trauma of multiple trials. 

The conference hopes to hold its title game in December, as it normally would, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

You might think of hip-hop as a traditionally American art form, but it’s not the only musical tradition that shows off verbal dexterity. Hmong American hip-hop artist Tou Saik Lee learned that first-hand from an unlikely source — his grandmother.

Looking to blunt momentum from the pick, the Trump campaign was putting the final touches on its efforts to have a robust counter-programming schedule during next week's Democratic National Convention. The president was poised to hold events in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Arizona early in the week. 

As Minnesota faces a multi-billion dollar deficit, Gov. Tim Walz has picked a state budget veteran to head the state's finance agency.

America's reckoning with racism has brought down statues, one state flag and one police emblem, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center — and led to the renaming of schools or sites.

A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six others Wednesday, authorities said.

Because of the pandemic, many students will be applying without standardized test scores and several other metrics selective schools have long relied on to make admissions decisions.

After explosions convulsed Beirut, here is a selection of photos showing Beirut residents in their destroyed house or workplace, along with a glimpse of their experiences, in their own words.

Some are worried their districts are unable to offer a strong virtual learning program. For others who may have been considering homeschooling, concerns for their family's health amid the coronavirus and the on-again, off-again planning for in-person instruction are leading them to part ways with school systems.

President Donald Trump has directed the Treasury Department to stop collecting payroll taxes this fall in an effort to boost workers' paychecks. But the move is temporary, and could spark headaches in 2021.

Three longtime members of the Minneapolis music scene are trying to start a new venue aimed at fostering art from marginalized communities there.

A Minnesota woman who earlier pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Florida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to killing her husband before going on the run.