Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer.

Frustrated Frontier Communications customers in Minnesota have gotten the attention of the Public Utilities Commission about slow internet and poor customer service. Many of the company's 100,000 Minnesota customers have few other options for internet. And they are not happy.

Employers around the state added an estimated 11,200 jobs last month, and the state's unemployment rate fell slightly to an 18-year low of 3 percent.

Mayo Clinic said a CNN story accusing the medical behemoth of "medical kidnapping" in a case of a patient contained "egregious errors."

The announcement came several hours after The Associated Press reported that the parade would cost about $92 million.

It was the young musicians of the South African National Youth Orchestra who inspired the Minnesota Orchestra's tour of their country this month. On Wednesday, the groups rehearsed side by side.

The Tim Walz-Jeff Johnson matchup isn't the one many people were expecting, and in many ways, it's a proxy fight over President Trump.

The Boston Globe asked news media around the country to editorialize today in support of a free press. A few hundred papers took the Globe up on the challenge. A lot of others didn't.

Minnesota DFL Chair Ken Martin did little Thursday to clarify the status of Keith Ellison, who won the party's nomination primary for attorney general in Tuesday's primary amid allegations of domestic violence.

Consumers will have a new generic alternative to the widely used -- and pricey -- device to counter life-threatening allergic reactions.

Police say two Minnesota beer deliverymen prevented a suicidal man from jumping off an interstate bridge in St. Paul by offering the man a Coors Light.

This week on Climate Cast we're talking about increases. There's been a surge in climate refugees on the United States' coasts as water levels rise. A boom in tick population as winters warm. And, on a lighter note, an increase of clean energy jobs in the Midwest.

Slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota might be more complicated than biologists thought. A new study suggests whitetail deer travel farther than expected.

The number of overdose victims linked to a suspected bad batch of synthetic marijuana has risen to 76 in New Haven, Conn., as officials try to determine exactly what sickened people.

Jurors began their deliberations Thursday in the trial of former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, who prosecutors say earned $60 million advising Russia-backed politicians in Ukraine, hid much of it from the IRS and then lied to banks to get loans when the money dried up.

Former CIA Director John Brennan said that President Trump yanked his security clearance because his campaign colluded with the Russians to sway the 2016 election and is now desperate to end the special counsel's investigation.

As summer draws to a close, schools are beefing up security, and some parents are buying bulletproof school supplies. In Washington, one agency wants to students to learn about traumatic injuries.

With less than a week of sobriety under her belt, Teena LaPointe is working to rebuild her life from a trailer home in the Leech Lake Reservation.

Plus, the Art Hounds recommend two plays in Lanesboro and a show inspired by Leonard Bernstein's letters.