Many thousands of state birth records become available to adopted people for the first time Monday. Minnesota’s congressional delegation is politically split over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to provide former President Donald Trump more legal protection against criminal charges.
While the details vary, both laws aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right.
The justices ruled 6-3 in favor of a truck stop in North Dakota that wants to sue over a regulation on debit card swipe fees that the federal appeals court in Washington upheld 10 years ago.
Thousands of birth records become available to adopted people on Monday. Adopted people 18 years and older can apply to the Minnesota Department of Health to receive their birth records and additional information related to their adoption.
DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury was arrested and charged with burglary in April when she was found in the basement of her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes. Her next court hearing is now scheduled for July 9.
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with legal and political analysts about the fallout from Thursday’s presidential debate and the significance of the newest Supreme Court decisions.
Erik and Ivan Beda were forced by the Russian government to divorce when Erik transitioned in 2023. It led to their separation at the border when they fled to the U.S. Two-and-a-half months later they reunited and remarried thanks to Minnesotans who have rallied behind them.
A University of Minnesota law professor explains the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that former President Trump has immunity from prosecutions over from his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
Leigh Currie, director of strategic litigation for the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to share her expertise on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Chevon ruling.
The Supreme Court has extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, all but ending prospects he could be tried before the November election.
Trevor Larnach hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to extend Minnesota’s home run streak to 19 games and lift the Twins to a 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners.
Crookston police say an officer fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a fight at a homeless shelter late Sunday night. It’s the second fatal police shooting in the city in just over a month.
President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Minnesota, ordering federal aid to assist with flood recovery. A court hearing set for Monday for State Sen. Nicole Mitchell on burglary charges has been postponed. In April, she was arrested at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes.
Longevity researchers are taking a generic drug they think may help extend people's lives. Now a dentist is testing if rapamycin stops gum disease — a canary in the coal mine for age-related diseases.
Torn between a base that wants more restrictions on abortion and a moderate majority that does not, it seems many Republicans would rather avoid the topic. But they can’t escape talking about it.
Ross Cooper, 33, got into trading Pokémon cards in 2018, but he's less interested in making money than he is in building the community. He finds joy in simply giving the cards away, mostly to kids.
Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics. Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 16-year-old Hezly Rivera and Biles were named to the five-woman team later Sunday night.