"Heat index values will reach 95 to 100 degrees (Sunday) afternoon. This will be exacerbated by relatively light southerly winds of 5 to 15 mph, which will provide little cooling relief," the Weather Service reported.

Minnesota-based Hormel Foods is recalling nearly a quarter-million pounds of Spam and other meat products because they may have been contaminated with pieces of metal.

The author of "The Map of Salt and Stars" tells two parallel stories that she hopes will move readers to care about the Syrian war.

The Voyageurs quarter is part of a series of 56 commemorative coins highlighting America's national parks. It shows a loon with a rock cliff in the background.

Opponents of the mine are calling on the state's governor to stop the project. The copper and gold mine would be located on state lands near some of the richest salmon fisheries in the world.

Here are places to go and things to do to show your appreciation for those who died while serving in the military.

The technology behind the ads, known as geofencing, or placing a digital perimeter around a specific location, has been deployed by retailers for years. Bringing it into health care spaces, however, is raising alarm among privacy experts.

Alberto — the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season that officially starts June 1 — is expected to strengthen as it sweeps northward through the Gulf of Mexico.

A woman whose son was coached by Jason Seaman in football said the teacher is a hero "and everyone here feels it."

The memorial, which honors the 1,177 sailors and Marines on the battleship who died during the December 1941 Japanese surprise attack, has fissures on its exterior.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the woman was a passenger in a Ford Fusion that was traveling south on the freeway near Burnsville Parkway just after 7 a.m.

In Washington, D.C., this Memorial Day weekend, a dramatic memorial of bright red flowers pays tribute to men and women who died in uniform.

Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing, in 1969. Later in life, as a painter, he chronicled the people and experience of the Apollo program.

A small-batch ice cream maker in Baltimore explores the sweet -- and salty, spicy and even a little nutty -- sides of historical people and places through clever, deeply researched flavor combinations.

Researchers said the discovery of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in local harbors is not uncommon, but the agency noted that this is the first time that oxycodone has been found in shellfish.

In what it called an "unlikely" string of events, Amazon says its device heard background conversation and misconstrued it as very specific directives.

Police in Nebraska say they've seized 118 pounds of pure fentanyl — one of the largest seizures in U.S. history, they say, and enough to kill more than 26 million people, according to government estimates.

"Get another spear!" This weekend, a 70-year-old local legend is resurfacing in Pelican Rapids, along with a story of an epic human-fish battle. What follows might be true, mostly.

MnDOT's Twin Cities map is blissfully low on construction hassles over the long holiday weekend. But then comes Tuesday. Here's your guide to what's happening and what's coming.