Dozens of people attended a vigil to honor the dead and missing in Mogadishu Monday night in Minneapolis, after a terrorist attack Saturday killed more than 300 people in Mogadishu's central business district.

Minnesota is preparing to make a pitch a day ahead of deadline for what Amazon calls its second headquarters.

The quarterback has been cleared to rejoin the Minnesota Vikings for practice, roughly 14 months after a dislocation and multiple ligament tears in his left knee put his leg and career at risk.

This week, MPR News is taking a look at five of the 16 candidates in the running for Minneapolis mayor. Today, we profile Raymond Dehn, who says it's critical the city have affordable housing and that Minneapolis is safe for everyone.

Police departments across the country use inexpensive field tests to quickly screen for drugs, but the kits create a lot of room for error -- with consequences.

Most employers have policies on reporting sexual harassment, and human resource officials are required to investigate those claims. But those filing the complaints can face obstacles, experts say.

A multicolored, geometric mural is taking form at the north Minneapolis elementary school.

Fewer and fewer Americans are identifying with a particular faith background. Why is this? This week on Flyover, we talk religion.

The festival, in its eighth season, opens Wednesday and features some possible Oscar contenders.

The state's annual teachers convention creates a four-day weekend for Minnesota students and their families in October. Many will be traveling this week, and MSP airport is urging people to be ready for the kid crush.

Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a federal waiver granting permission for Minnesota to proceed with a new health care reinsurance program.

Squirreling away money is the name of the game now for candidates now so they can pay for ads and voter outreach at this time next year.

More than two dozen universities with major hoops programs have responded to news of the sport's bribery scandal by conducting internal reviews of their compliance operations.

The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit parts of Ireland with wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to some 360,000 customers.

"Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain," says sleep scientist Matthew Walker. His new book is "Why We Sleep."

Farmers using dicamba next summer on their soybean fields will face new restrictions, the EPA says. One of the biggest changes: only trained workers can apply the herbicide.

Ahmad Khan Rahimi "now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison," says acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim.

The case is among several legal clashes that Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft and other technology companies have had with the government over questions of digital privacy and authorities' need for information to combat crime and extremism.

In a 1980 speech, artist Gordon Parks told the story of how he survived Minnesota winters as a homeless teen, and shared some important advice for fellow black writers.