The nonprofit Friends of the Falls has unveiled early design concepts for creating a place of restoration, healing and connection to the water on the downtown Minneapolis site.

Guest host Jacob Aloi heads into the studios of artists of color, a queer filmmaker and a curator of Latin American Art. They’re all making the art world more inclusive.

A group of students at Columbia Heights High School came up with a unique way to mark World Hijab Day, giving their peers a chance to ask questions about the traditional head covering or even try one on.

Theatre 55, which features cast members aged 55 and up, takes a look at Jonathan Larson’s “Rent.” The musical is set during the AIDS crisis and looks at a bohemian community in Manhattan — stories that many in the cast share and even lived.

A look at the Saintly City Cat Club Annual Championship Cat Show, where local and national cat fanciers compete to show which cat is more purrfect.

The vote cements a shift in the presidential primary calendar that many Democrats have long called for and elevates states with greater diversity and voter access.

3M, the maker of Post-it Notes, industrial coatings and ceramics, told the AP it was continuing its partnership with state transportation agencies to identify the best technology to make road signs and lane markings more visible and reflective.

The brawl broke out in front of the Orlando bench late in the third quarter, when Minnesota guard Austin Rivers and Magic center Mo Bamba got into an altercation. Bamba came off the bench and Rivers threw punches at him in a tussle that spilled over to include several others on the court.

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may be about to change.

In Minnesota, there was just one week last year — the week ending April 2 — when the actual number of deaths did not exceed the average number of expected deaths.

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who is Jewish, butt heads with Rep. Ilhan Omar over her past comments on Israel. But he defended her ahead of a vote this week to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He joined All Things Considered Friday to talk about why.

Black business owners filled the Capitol rotunda Friday morning to lobby lawmakers for more resources.

Minnesota is the 26th state to make Juneteenth, also known as Black freedom day, a holiday after Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Friday that passed with bipartisan support.

A Minneapolis police officer fatally shot Amir Locke last year seconds after a SWAT team entered a downtown apartment to serve a warrant. Locke was not suspected of any crime. No officers were charged. Locke family attorney Ben Crump announced the civil suit Friday.

When the temperature drops, students and parents might wonder how cold it has to get before their school calls off classes. Turns out, it all depends on the school district.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

Bobsled Dylan? Mary Tyler More Snow? Blizzo? You have until midnight to choose up to eight of your favorite names.

The balloon has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, The Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said.