Minneapolis Voters Weigh Fate of Police After George Floyd

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Voters in Minneapolis were deciding Tuesday whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety, more than a year...

COVID-19′s Global Death Toll Tops 5 Million in Under 2 Years

(AP) — The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled...
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Stiffest Charge Stands for Ex-Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has denied a defense request to dismiss the most serious charge against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she...

4 Students Hurt in Northwestern Minnesota School Bus Crash

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Four children were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening Thursday after the school bus they were riding in crashed...

Militia Leader Gets 53 years in Minnesota Mosque Bombing

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced...

Crowd Creates Disturbance as Minnesota State Fair Closes

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Law enforcement officers used a chemical spray to disperse a crowd that created a disturbance at the main gate to the Minnesota State Fair as it...

High Demand for Hospital Beds in Minnesota, ICU Beds at 95%

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The surge in the coronavirus delta variant has coincided with a high demand for hospital beds across Minnesota, according to health officials. The...

Minnesota Adopts “Clean Car” Rules to Foster Electric Shift

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officially adopted regulations championed by Gov. Tim Walz on Monday to encourage the switchover to electric vehicles. The “clean car” rules...

Judge Won’t Change ‘Trauma’ Wording in Chauvin Memo

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota judge who oversaw the trial of Derek Chauvin is denying prosecutors’ request to rewrite his sentencing order as it relates to the four...

Police: Vehicle Plows Into Minnesota Protesters, Killing One

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman was killed and three other people were injured when a vehicle drove into demonstrators during a protest in the Minneapolis neighborhood where a...

Justices to Decide if Charge Fits Minneapolis Police Killing

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of...

Authorities: Man Killed by Minnesota Deputies Had Fired Gun

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities said Friday that a man wanted on a weapons violation fired a gun before deputies fatally shot him in Minneapolis, a city on edg...