In an age where people are more likely to go to the internet to find such information on their own, United Way’s 211 still helps tens of thousands of people annually due to the quality of information it can provide.

The move is the culmination of decades of contention and several years of more-formal talks about whether to continue selling pipes made from the quarries at Pipestone — spiritual objects carved from what many Native American tribes consider sacred ground.

A University of Minnesota medical school resident is taking her message about the dangers of vaping to where teens may be most likely to see it — on the TikTok video-based social media app.

“The Dog Who Lost His Bark” is a story in two halves, says author Eoin Colfer: "In the first half the boy heals the dog, and in the second half the dog heals the boy."

Authorities in Duluth are investigating the shooting death of a man early Sunday on the city's west side.

Thousands of young protesters left school Friday to join the global climate strike in more than a dozen Minnesota cities — from Bemidji to Rochester. The protesters are demanding immediate action on climate change and major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Advocates and physicians say the prosecutor’s office mischaracterized the effects of naloxone, and that the agency’s words could cause people to fear the life-saving medication.

GOP officials have largely avoided taking sides in the strike that threatens to upend the economy in Michigan, an election battleground, a year before the 2020 vote. The muted response reflects the tricky politics of labor for Republicans.

Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been working for the past two months to put out some of the worst wildfires in the country's recent history.

A man died after being shot in Minneapolis early Saturday. It's the 29th homicide of the year in Minneapolis.

With marching bands, drum lines, hundreds of yard signs and at least one fire truck, Democratic presidential candidates made a colorful and often loud pitch to Iowa Democrats at the Steak Fry fundraiser in Des Moines on Saturday.

Two men were fatally shot early Saturday at a South Carolina sports bar and eight other people were wounded in the gunfire, authorities said. A suspect was being sought.

It's estimated that more than half of the indoor cats in the U.S. are overweight. Now researchers are looking for new ways to help felines slim down.

The St. Luke's nurses voted earlier this month to authorize a strike, but the union said Saturday that the strike notice will be withdrawn.

The Pentagon on Friday announced it will deploy additional U.S. troops and missile defense equipment to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as President Trump has at least for now put off any immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attack on the Saudi oil industry.

Torrential rain caused flash flooding early Saturday across parts of northwestern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota, including the Grand Forks area where high water forced the closure of Interstate 29.

With 49 homicides so far in Minneapolis and St. Paul combined, one group is outlining ways to fight back.

President Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump.