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An Uber driver ferried two sisters 200 miles to their aunt's 100th birthday party in Minnesota. Uber charged Maggard $216 for the trip. They tipped the driver another $54.
Photos: Documenting 1967's 'Fiery Unrest' in Minneapolis
A new audio documentary — “A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned” — digs into the simmering conflicts that boiled over in north Minneapolis in the Long Hot Summer of 1967. The pictures reveal the destruction.
As of Sunday evening, the names of the victims had not been released, and police had not announced any arrests in either case.
Sheriff's deputies shot and wounded a person Saturday night at a home in northwestern Minnesota's Becker County.
Constituent in Rep. Ilhan Omar's district reacts to President Trump's recent attacks
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Somali immigrant and Twin Cities resident Saciido Shaie about the chants of "send her back" that President Trump's supporters said about her member of Congress.
This weekend is your chance for a unique view of the Twin Cities
The views from the Highland Water Tower in St. Paul are some of the best in the Twin Cities — but they're available to the public only twice a year. This weekend is one of those opportunities.
Video: Cops, citizen stop runaway school bus in western MN
Some quick thinking and bold driving by deputies and a local fireman helped avert disaster Wednesday as the bus plowed through Granite Falls after the driver suffered a medical emergency. No one was hurt.