The police chief in Inver Grove Heights who has been on paid leave since April while being investigated for possible wrongdoing is to resign under a separation agreement reached with the city.
Chief Jon Mangseth didn't answer questions about the shooting or the officer involved. But he announced the Department of Justice will review the St. Anthony Police Department.
Officers were called Saturday afternoon after a passenger in a vehicle reportedly pointed a handgun at passengers in another vehicle after they honked their horn at the suspect vehicle.
Data analyzed by MPR News show significant racial disparities in ticketing rates between black and white drivers. St. Paul is set to release more data this week. The chief says he's ready to take on the issue.
Heather Mac Donald says in recent years police are backing off, and criminals are emboldened in a phenomenon she's dubbed "The Ferguson Effect." Mac Donald spoke in Minneapolis about the dangers of anti-police sentiment.
Flaws in the memorial to Interstate 35W bridge collapse victims prompted litigation and now a $700,000 settlement to be paid to the city of Minneapolis.
Ronald Bert Smith Jr. died by lethal injection late Thursday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. A judge sentenced Smith to die for murdering a man in 1994.
Two Sioux tribes suing over the Dakota Access pipeline say they're willing to put their claims on hold while the Army considers whether to allow the pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.