A crew of paddlers took a canoe from the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico faster than anyone in history — breaking a 20-year world record. But a second crew is hot on their heels.

For the first time in its history, the Minnesota House has voted to legalize marijuana beyond the current medical uses allowed in the state. But firm opposition in the Senate will likely prevent it from becoming law this year.

A key witness in an FBI investigation of a Beltrami County jail death goes public for the first time, telling KARE 11 Investigates that Hardel Sherrell should still be alive.

Gov. Tim Walz says Minnesota will end its statewide mask-wearing order Friday following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allowing people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop wearing masks.

The officers’ trial was expected in August, but Judge Peter Cahill pushed the trial back to March 2022 given the recently announced federal charges against the men. He said the defense teams also deserve space from publicity.

The Radical Monarchs — a Girl Scouts alternative focused on social justice — will launch a troop this summer in the Twin Cities. Its mission: help girls and girl-identified youth of color ages 8 to 11 navigate their experiences and conversations about race, gender and class. 

Minnesota lawmakers won’t get a budget passed during the regular session. Now they’ve got to worry about getting one in place to avoid a government shutdown in July.

COVID-19 vaccinations have made it possible for Minnesota families and friends to gather once again to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Two more people have been indicted by a grand jury in Hennepin County in the kidnapping and slaying of a real estate agent in 2019.

On Thursday, Pillsbury United Communities announced its final decision to shutter Cedar Riverside Community School. Termination letter cites “cultural deficiencies” and “long term dysfunction” in school governance.

Struggling to keep up with a COVID-19 surge in Michigan, overwhelmed local health departments turned to schools, and recruited principals and teachers as supplemental contact tracers.

Republicans have vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership. The upstate New York Republican was elected to the party's No. 3 post on Friday. She's an ardent defender of former President Donald Trump.

 A former Army Green Beret who admitted divulging military secrets to Russia over a 15-year period, which started as an ROTC student at the University of Minnesota, is scheduled to be sentenced on espionage charges.

Nearly two dozen American cities have signed on to pilot programs that offer basic incomes to low income residents.

Palestinians grabbed their children and belongings and fled neighborhoods on the outskirts of Gaza City on Friday as Israel unleashed a heavy barrage of artillery fire and airstrikes, killing a family of 6 in their home. Israel said it was clearing a network of militant tunnels ahead of a possible ground invasion.

The majority of false claims about COVID-19 vaccines on social media trace back to just a handful of influential figures. So why don't the companies just shut them down?

Police in Rhode Island's capital said nine people have been wounded in a shooting. No arrests have been made.

Ray McNeary is charged in federal court with one count of bank robbery.