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Twelve Carleton students are facing disciplinary action after they remained in Laird Hall, a campus building, during a protest occupation. The students were demanding the university divest from companies manufacturing weapons being used in the war in Gaza.

Daniel Gafford and rookie Dereck Lively II have given the Dallas Mavericks an inside presence they couldn't have imagined before the season. Now they get the challenge of the towering Timberwolves, led by Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns.

Westbound Interstate 494 across the Minnesota River was closed to traffic during the Tuesday morning rush hour after a semi spilled its cargo.

The Minnesota state agency that manages investments for public employee retirement funds is adopting a climate roadmap to help it invest in clean energy.

A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and a partner used excessive force that was similar to that used in the murder of George Floyd later that same year.

The filing period to run for state and federal offices in Minnesota opened Tuesday and will remain open for two weeks.

Molly Dennis was asked to leave after repeatedly veering from topics on the agenda, marking another tense episode in an ongoing conflict between Dennis, the Rochester City Council and city staff.

Heavy rainfall is hampering ongoing rescue and recovery efforts for two canoeists who have been missing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness since Saturday evening, after two canoes carrying four people went over Curtain Falls.

The Legislature ran right up to its midnight deadline Monday with a shoutfest at the end. Many plans passed in one bill, but several others got left behind.

Two canoeists are missing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after two canoes went over a waterfall on Saturday evening between two large lakes along the Canadian border.