"I just thought the selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die on the battlefield ... might be sacred," said chief of staff John Kelly, a retired general whose son died in combat.
Anti-Spencer protesters shouted, "Not in our town! Not in our state! We don't want your Nazi hate!" and "Let's go Gators" during his speech, frustrating the head of the National Policy Institute.
A St. Paul man is suing the city and six police officers, claiming they beat him so severely that he suffered traumatic brain injury and a fractured skull.
The musings of the future president at age 21 reveal familiar themes of alienation and lack of belonging that would arise again in his later writing.
Amid an acute shortage of affordable housing, nearly $350 million in private and public funds will go to building or renovating some 1,800 residential units.
Controversy over the name of Lake Calhoun reaches beyond the lake's shoreline.
Community leaders are hoping to send medical and emergency equipment, personnel and supplies to Mogadishu to help with the recovery.
This week, MPR News is taking a look at five of the 16 candidates in the running for Minneapolis mayor. Today, we profile Betsy Hodges, who is running for re-election. Her agenda includes closing racial and economic disparities and encouraging adoption of clean energy to fight climate change.
When states applied for waivers from Obamacare rules to reduce premiums and strengthen their insurance markets, they didn't get the answers they wanted, prompting some to suggest a conspiracy.
President Trump says things on the island were already pretty rough, but praises residents for their spirit. He met Thursday's with the island's governor, FEMA's administrator and other officials.
Pumpkins are a staple Halloween decoration and they provide family fun for the masses ... so long as you know how to carve them. Here are seven pro tips to help you carve and preserve the best pumpkins.
A bog the size of a professional baseball field is on the move in North Long Lake. The 3-acre piece of wetland has destroyed docks while bouncing around the lake near Brainerd.
Wolf advocates have urged an emphasis on nonlethal means of protecting livestock, saying the species' recovery remains fragile.
At the end of this year's annual run to Nome, Alaska, several dogs from a single team tested positive for a banned painkiller, the race board says.
While the mockups are massive, it's anybody's guess whether they'll ever get built.
The minor, who is being referred to as Jane Doe, has obtained a judge's permission to have an abortion. But the Department of Health and Human Services has refused to allow her to visit a clinic.
ICE is using five county jails across Minnesota to hold people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally -- Nobles, Freeborn, Sherburne, Ramsey and Carver.
Minnesota's unemployment rate and pace of job growth has steadily been better than the national averages.
"We've seen nationalism distorted into nativism, forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America," Former President George W. Bush said at a New York City conference.
The Minnesota State system may change its tuition and fee policy because of the growing number of students simultaneously taking classes from multiple schools.