Deputy chief Amelia Huffman will assume the helm of the Minneapolis Police Department in January after current head Medaria Arradondo retires.

A lack of workers is straining local governments all across Minnesota and forcing some counties and cities to make difficult choices.

The city of Brooklyn Center is making changes in its approach to public safety in the wake of the killing by a police officer of Daunte Wright. But a compromise preserved more of the Police Department.

Federal officials are expected to soon greenlight new antiviral pills that could minimize the impact of infection in COVID-19 patients. Dr. David Boulware, a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, joined host Cathy Wurzer to share what listeners should know about the new drugs.

The former Brooklyn Center police officer is facing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Daunte Wright — a 20-year-old Black man. Jury selection wrapped up last week.

A COVID-19 vaccine from a Canadian biotech firm has been found effective at preventing moderate to severe disease. It could soon become the first plant-based vaccine authorized for human use.

Archival research suggests as many as seven students from the Morris Industrial School for Indians could be buried on campus. Today, Native American students attend the university for free — but there’s a cost to reckoning with the site’s troubled history.

President Joe Biden provided hundreds of thousands of borrowers with debt relief this year — but his campaign promise to cancel at least $10,000 of student debt per person remains unfulfilled.

The Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis is celebrating its 15th anniversary, and for the first time ever, the chefs and business owners who fill the bustling market are putting together a cookbook. Trung Pham, one of the original vendors at the market, joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about his story and the story of the market.

Researchers in northern Minnesota captured a video of an enormous black bear this fall, weighing an estimated 700 pounds. Ironically, bears in the state tend to grow bigger in years with poor supplies of natural food.

Staines enjoyed a decades-long career as a singer and songwriter, and had cultivated a deep connection to Minnesota.

China is accusing the U.S. of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Games. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's comment Tuesday came amid a barrage of Chinese criticism of the Biden administration's announcement.

President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine. The U.S. president is seeking a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border.

As he prepares to leave his post of 12 years, Francis Collins reflects on the agency's biomedical advances, the dangers of polarizing medicine, and the huge health gaps that still exist in the U.S.

This is the story of a young sailor, his best friend, and the girl he fell in love with just days before the Pearl Harbor attack that changed everything.

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.

The California Republican and Trump ally will take the helm of the Trump Media & Technology Group next month, giving up his seat in the middle of his 10th term.