State Auditor Rebecca Otto chose information technology consultant and human rights advocate Zarina Baber as her lieutenant governor candidate. Otto said Baber would be the first Muslim woman in American history to hold a statewide office.

Nearly 1,000 miles into their Mississippi trip, the crew stepped away from their goal. One crew member had already left the boat, and the remaining two were unable to stay on pace.

Many doctors in the U.S. say the practice puts an infant at risk of sleep-related death. A close look at the research reveals a different picture.

The high court ruled for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.

Christina Delgado had taken an unpopular stand in her home state of Texas, with some of the most permissible gun laws in America. Then Delgado woke up Friday morning to find that the very thing she had marched against had arrived on her own doorstep.

Given current events, losing St. Paul Central's Russian program would be a blow, the teacher says.

Metro Transit is sending transit operators out on work time to visit community, religious and other gatherings to talk about their work and promote working for Metro Transit.

Minnesota telecommunications companies say the state is going too far in attempting to regulate internet service.

Political Junkie Ken Rudin discussed the latest news on midterms, recent primaries and trade negotiations.

Jesse Anderson of Northwood, Iowa, and his 4-year-old son died Saturday after their kayak overturned on Hart Lake in Hubbard County, southeast of Bemidji.

A Wisconsin man has been convicted of selling drugs that led to overdoses in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area.

An $867 billion farm bill that would have established agricultural policy failed to pass. What happened?

For more than 150 years, scientists have known that levees increase flood risk on the Mississippi River. That hasn't stopped local officials from building up levees in response to more severe floods.

Hey Minnesota, check your numbers. Someone bought a $1 million Powerball at Minit Mart Carlton in Carlton. A $50,000 winning ticket was sold at Casey's General Store in Moorhead, the Minnesota Lottery said Monday.

The roller-coaster experience of watching Fox's cop comedy knocked off and then revived had a lot to do with boring business concepts. But the people who love it desperately have good reasons.

The toddler had very recently started walking and trying to get outside. "There was a couple people moving vehicles ... and little did they know that young Andrew was outside," a Maplewood police commander said.

Scientists said the steam clouds at the spots where lava entered the ocean were laced with hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles that can irritate skin and eyes and cause breathing problems.

Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a steep list of demands Monday that he said should be included in a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the Obama-era deal, threatening "the strongest sanctions in history" if Iran doesn't change course.