Two people are dead and a sheriff's deputy hospitalized after an attempted traffic stop ended in gunfire Saturday night in Wadena County. It’s the third fatal police shooting in the state in less than a week.

The governor said he will ask New York's attorney general and the state's chief judge to pick an independent investigator to review allegations against him brought by two former aides.

The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.

The Minnesota Department of Commerce says qualifying households can now receive up to $1,200 in emergency energy assistance this year, up from the usual $600 maximum, in the wake of this month’s severe winter weather that drove up utility costs.

Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him.

The vice president touted how President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package would benefit Black Americans hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus.

Meat and poultry processing plants were at the epicenter of some of the earliest COVID-19 outbreaks in communities in central and southern Minnesota. Vaccinations for the 45,000 workers at the state’s food processing plants are expected to begin in April.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Saturday that a Duluth man who fatally shot a police dog and engaged in a nearly 20-hour standoff with authorities was shot and killed by law enforcement.

Church bells rang out and a World War II-era plane flew over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore on Saturday to honor the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard.

Texas racked up tens of billions of dollars in electricity expenses as a free-wheeling market design sent prices skyrocketing in the wake of winter storms. The state could spend years paying down those costs — costs that many experts say were avoidable.

Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig.

Scientists have found that two-way communication is possible with someone who is asleep and dreaming. Specifically, with people who are lucid dreaming — that is, dreaming while being aware you're dreaming.

Myon Burrell’s release in December was the culmination of years of work from family and community — and eventually the team at the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic in the University’s Law School.

Some Capitol rioters are arguing in court they were following Trump's instructions on Jan. 6. But the legal strategy has already been shot down by at least one judge, and experts believe the argument is not likely to get anyone off the hook for the insurrection

Maya Aurichio of Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colo, recommends "Saint X" by Alexis Schaitkin. She called the novel a thoughtful twist on a “classic beautiful dead white girl thriller.” 

Minnesota health officials are reporting a record single-day increase in COVID-19 vaccinations, with Saturday’s update showing more than 56,000 additional doses administered to state residents.

The Democrats' goal is to have COVID-19 relief approved by mid-March, when extra unemployment assistance and other pandemic aid expires. The Senate, which Democrats control with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president, will consider the bill next.

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate.