Minnesota's new corrections commissioner, Paul Schnell, is a former top cop with a degree in social work. He knows mental illness will be a big challenge in his new job, and wonders whether prison is the right place for people who are really sick even if they've committed horrific crimes.
Almost certain legal challenges and likely pushback from some within his own party await the president in the next phase of the ongoing national political battle over border security and immigration.
A law enforcement officer was reportedly shot by a suspect during a pursuit about 9:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, southeast of Nevis.
Prosecutors in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor want jurors at his trial to hear about a 911 call that Noor and his partner responded to in Justine Ruszczyk's neighborhood less than two hours before Noor shot and killed her.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has attracted attention -- good and bad -- and her home state can expect more of during her time in Congress.
Leslie Redmond, 26, became the youngest president of the Minneapolis branch of the NAACP when she was elected to the position in March. She is pursuing her law degree and Master of Business Administration at St. Thomas University.
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Thousands of people wearing red took part in a ceremony and march Thursday in Minneapolis in honor of indigenous people who are missing or have been killed.
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The north-central Minnesota city is just one of many cities across the United States dealing with the expensive environmental fallout from PFAS, which are known for being some of the most resilient chemicals ever created.
It's the first time state officials have found the disease in a wild deer outside southeastern Minnesota. Gov. Walz on Friday called for more than $4.5 million over two years to combat the spread of CWD.
The Hennepin County Attorney's Office Thursday filed charges against two men in two separate Minneapolis cases, including killings from last weekend and a case from the 1990s that was broken with the help of a napkin.
A Stillwater man says based on the video and photos of the fish pulled from the frozen St. Croix River on Saturday by a Jordan, Minn., angler, it's the third time that sturgeon has been pulled out of the river.
The high court agreed to a speedy review of a lower court's ruling that stopped Trump administration plans to use the census to ask whether every person living in the country is a U.S. citizen.
An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty in the bombing of a mosque in Minnesota, three weeks after two of his alleged accomplices pleaded guilty.
The Minnesota Twins have locked up a pair of young position players for the long term by agreeing to five-year contracts with right fielder Max Kepler and shortstop Jorge Polanco.
With a March 2 deadline looming, U.S. and Chinese negotiators will meet in Washington next week for more talks on a tariff war over Beijing's technology ambitions, China's government announced Friday.
The Minneapolis City Council is expected to pass rules that would require landlords and sellers to disclose energy efficiency information before people commit to buying or renting. The thinking is these rules will help make Minneapolis' affordable housing and climate change goals.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has come under pressure to explain why it was force-feeding detained asylum-seekers protesting their detention. Nine of the 12 hunger strikers are from India.
An annual physical exam also found that a modest weight gain since last year has tipped the president into the obese category.