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Pedestrian hurt by Green Line train
A witness told MPR News that the victim was a skateboarder trying to cross the tracks.
$28M affordable housing complex set for Green Line route
The new development, called Hamline Station, is a block long and will be built with a mix of private and public money.
See the Vikings stadium start to take shape
Construction on the new Minnesota Vikings stadium started last December. Photojournalist Jeffrey Thompson checked in on how it's going.
I-694 rollover injures 5 in Fridley
The accident happened on the ramp to East River Road at around 4:16 a.m.
Along the Green Line, lives and businesses changed for good and bad
Photojournalist Will Matsuda took a look at some of the lives that have been changed by the new light rail line.
St. Paul leaders chafe at Green Line criticism
A Star Tribune editorial Thursday blamed the city for failing to give trains an automatic right-of-way over car traffic at stoplight intersections.
Manuel Guzman of Minneapolis and Guillermo Ayala-Enriquez of Brooklyn Center have been charged with second-degree murder in the case.
Archdiocese settles clergy sexual abuse case
Jon Jaker, who is now 54, says he was sexually abused when he was 11 by the late Rev. Tom Stitts.