Police said they considered whether the two vehicles were chosen because their owners are Somali-American, but said that nothing visible on the vehicles would have identified the race of either car's owner.

Governor-elect Tim Walz will lean on the group to help him fill commissioner spots for more than two dozen state agencies and shape priorities for his two-year budget proposal, due on Feb. 19.

Seattle-based researchers examined the disappearances and murders of Native American women in 71 U.S. cities. They found information on 506 documented cases — and huge, troubling gaps in the data.

Police, social workers and volunteers worked with campers to pack up tents and possessions below the Cathedral of St. Paul and along a fence above Interstate 35E.

The 1st District race was the closest congressional race in the state, with only 1,311 dividing Feehan from Republican Jim Hagedorn. Hagedorn has been in Washington this week preparing to take office.

The potential magnitude of the wildfire disaster in Northern California escalated as officials raised the death toll to 63 and released a missing-persons list with 631 names on it more than a week after the flames swept through.

The council Thursday unanimously approved a nearly $800 million deal with Lunda Construction and C.S. McCrossan. Met Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff noted the project has been a long time in the making.

A quirky Minnesota law calls for municipal elections to be decided "by lot" in case of a tie. In the hamlet of Manhattan Beach, the mayoral race came down to a high card draw.

Cube Critics take on "Widows" "Grindelwald" and "Green Book"

Page was in Washington, D.C., Friday to receive the medal, the highest honor a president may bestow on a civilian.

The good news: MnDOT says this will be the final full-weekend closure it has planned for the year for its Downtown-to-Crosstown project.

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species.

The Jimmy Butler drama is over. The new guys are fitting in and -- Surprise! -- the reconfigured Wolves look good. MPR News assistant producer Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis says fans who'd written off the season should think again.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

Jennie-O Turkey Store is recalling more than 91,000 pounds of raw turkey in an ongoing salmonella outbreak.

Among the significant changes is that schools could make it harder to prove allegations. Instead of only a "preponderance of the evidence," schools could demand "clear and convincing evidence."

Derrick Rose is a star player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. But a woman who accuses him of sexual assault brings his past under scrutiny. NPR host Rachel Martin speaks with Clinton Yates, a columnist for The Undefeated.

The document, part of an unrelated case, notes it's important "to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged." The Justice Department says the WikiLeaks founder's name was used in error.

A memoir from the former first lady is bringing fresh attention to miscarriages and could help illuminate and normalize the common loss of a pregnancy.