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The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space. Also included in the set are figures of astronomer and educator Nancy Grace Roman and computer scientist Margaret Hamilton.

Stop checking your armpits. You didn't smell bad this morning. A temperature inversion "enhanced" the usual odors around the Twin Cities. It should be better around midday.

A man spotted the cubs lollygagging in his neighbor's yard about a block away from Bear Country on Sunday evening. After a sheriff's deputy responded, they decided to follow her around and even tried climbing onto the hood of her squad car.

The state's annual teachers convention creates a four-day weekend for Minnesota students and their families in October. Many will be traveling this week, and MSP airport is urging people to be ready for the kid crush.

Fall color is at its peak around the state. We've been having those cool temperatures that help the leaves turn from green to red and orange and yellow.

With hunting season set to open Saturday, there are efforts underway to increase pheasant numbers. But a lot depends on what happens in Congress.

The Seventh Street Truck Park brought the food-truck experience indoors. The quirky eatery is on the leading edge of the industry's effort to turn customers into their marketers.

The band is retaking control of hundreds of lakeshore lots it owns and leases in northern Minnesota. That's forcing cabin owners to move their structures or sell them to band members.

A contentious city council meeting sends the former mobile home park's new owners back to the drawing board.

Jason De Leon, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Derek Peterson are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, which honors "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals."

Members of the Minneapolis City Council say they want to embrace home-sharing, but they also want to impose some regulations.

Concrete pavement repairs will require closures of Interstate 35E the next two weekends between I-694 in Vadnais Heights and I-35 in Columbus. The first closure starts Friday night.

Given the success of Fenty Beauty, what does Rihanna understand about the cosmetics industry that mainstream beauty brands don't? And what does the Dove controversy say about the change that's still needed in the beauty industry?

High-end, nonalcoholic beverages are on the rise — with growing demand from bars and restaurants to carry drinks that go beyond water and sweet sodas for those who don't drink alcohol.

Leaf-peepers, the time is now. Minnesota is a sea of red, orange and gold, meaning peak fall color season has arrived.

A snafu on NPR's Facebook account on Monday night revealed how some people needed something else to focus on in the aftermath of Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Florida and Houston.

Runners as well as friends, family and fans will be converging along the 26.2-mile route of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon this Sunday. Here's what you need to know about the run and related events.

Though a small portion of the state is already past peak, a good swath of northern Minnesota is ripe for leaf-peeping right now, especially east of Bemidji, Minn., and the up at the very tip of northwestern Minnesota.

The agency is banning unauthorized unmanned aircraft from the air over sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Hoover Dam, citing national security.