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Max Brosmer threw for 211 yards and a touchdown, Darius Taylor ran for 113 yards a TD and also threw for a score and Minnesota extended its bowl winning streak to eight with a 24-10 victory over Virginia Tech on Friday night in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
A defense attorney says a man accused of long hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” plans to plead guilty.
A great gray owl and a snowy owl are being treated by experts after being rescued by a northern Minnesota woman.
A fast-moving winter storm brought snow, ice, strong winds and bitter cold to much of the upper Midwest, snarling traffic in the Twin Cities and forcing the North Dakota officials to shut down an interstate highway.
LeBron James has been ruled out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game at Minnesota on Friday night due to soreness in his left foot.
New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock on Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute.
North Dakota regulators have approved permits for underground carbon dioxide storage for a massive pipeline proposed for the Midwest.
Minnesota Republicans are suing to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes but investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them.
Sam Darnold’s second touchdown pass of the second half went to Aaron Jones for Minnesota’s first lead with 1:13 left, and the Vikings rallied from 13 points down to beat the Arizona Cardinals 23-22 for their fifth straight victory.
A person familiar with the decision says former New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is signing with the Minnesota Vikings.
A jury has convicted two men of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border during a 2022 blizzard.
So far, 15 have gotten sick in connection to an E.coli outbreak linked to ground beef from a Detroit-based company.
Julius Randle hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to cap his 35-point night and lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a wild 120-117 win over the Phoenix Suns.
Anthony Edwards had 36 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the short-handed Sacramento Kings 130-126 in overtime despite a franchise-record 60 points from De’Aaron Fox.
One of the nation’s largest meat processors has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota.
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” is on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes, convinced they were adorned with real jewels.
Max Brosmer threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Geers and Dragan Kesich kicked his fourth field goal of the game in the final five minutes, rallying Minnesota to a 25-17 victory over No. 24 Illinois.
Minnesota quarterback Sam Darnold didn’t blame the officials for a missed face mask call when he was sacked for a safety late in the fourth quarter of the Vikings' 30-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
The Detroit Lions won a thrilling battle over the Minnesota Vikings to vault themselves back into first place in the NFC North.
The New York Liberty finally have a WNBA championship after beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night.
Sabrina Ionescu hit a tiebreaking 3-poitner from the top of the key with 1 second left and Breanna Stewart scored 30 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 8-77 on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five WNBA Finals series.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz unveiled his ticket’s plans to improve the lives of rural voters as Vice President Kamala Harris looks to cut into former President Donald Trump’s support.
Local officials say former President Donald Trump’s campaign still owes a central Minnesota city nearly $209,000 for services related to a July campaign rally.
Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 on Sunday in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.
Napheesa Collier’s turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
The Connecticut Sun are no strangers to needing a win in Minnesota to advance in the playoffs.
A return home helped Las Vegas stave off elimination by New York and look like the team that has won consecutive WNBA championships.
Napheesa Collier scored 26 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 90-81 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five semifinals series.
Sam Dutcher says he had finished running errands when his Honda Pilot suddenly accelerated over 100 mph, eventually forcing authorities to coordinate a controlled crash in the western Minnesota countryside to save the 18-year-old.
Marina Mabrey scored 20 points and Alyssa Thomas added 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Connecticut Sun defeated the Minnesota Lynx 73-70 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their semifinals series.
Kalel Mullings rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns as No. 12 Michigan held on to the Little Brown Jug with a 27-24 win in the rain against Minnesota.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend a football game between the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota.
In the battle of the Little Brown Jug, the Michigan Wolverines will need to open up their playbook and be less predictable against the Minnesota Golden Gophers to stay in the race of the College Football Playoff.
Napheesa Collier scored 42 to tie a WNBA playoff record for points in a game, and the Minnesota Lynx swept the Phoenix Mercury 101-88 on Wednesday night.
In-person voting for the 2024 U.S. presidential election has begun in three states — Virginia, South Dakota and Minnesota, the home state of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
Napheesa Collier has raised her play even higher after helping the United States win its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks.
Former Michigan football stars Denard Robinson and Braylon Edwards are suing the NCAA and Big Ten Network with other former Wolverines players.
From snacking on nacho cheese Doritos to washing collard greens in the bathtub, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is revealing more about herself as a person.
Napheesa Collier scored nine of her 26 points in the third quarter, Bridget Carleton made three 3-pointers in the final four minutes and the Minnesota Lynx overcame a 25-point night by Caitlin Clark to snap Indiana’s five-game winning streak with a 99-88 win over the Fever.
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Since last March, Taylor Swift has donated the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of meals to help feed the growing number of Americans grappling with rising food and housing costs.
Minnesota had a half-century-old process for permitting clean energy projects that could keep developers waiting over a year for approval.
The head of the FBI says America is facing heightened threats from many corners at a time when law enforcement agencies are struggling.
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points, Courtney Williams added a season-high 22 and the Minnesota Lynx raced past the Las Vegas Aces 98-87.
Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will face a national audience when he headlines the third night of the Democratic National Convention.
Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores acknowledged he was stung by the sharp criticism of his coaching style from Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s recent public assessment of their time together with the Dolphins.
Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered politics — is getting renewed scrutiny.
The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans for a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental safeguards and make the mine more cost- and energy-efficient.
The Democratic National Committee is launching its first round of paid advertising in seven battleground states for the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign.
If Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz officially steps down later this year to accept the position of U.S. vice president, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would become the first Native woman to govern a state.
Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they’ve had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to initiatives aimed at making life easier for families.
With both major party tickets now decided, the 2024 presidential general election campaign is set to play out as a 90-day sprint, and the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt are prime fronts.
The stage is set for an election that was unimaginable mere weeks ago when President Joe Biden was atop the Democratic ticket.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick as her running mate, will need to introduce himself to the vast majority of Americans, according to recent polling.
Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin saw more than enough potential in Brock Faber’s rookie season to sign the defenseman to an eight-year, $68 million contract extension.
Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing for the arrival of new patients before an Iowa law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect.
Iowa is set to join more than a dozen other states where abortion access has been sharply curbed since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Jordan Addison relished the start of training camp as much as anyone with the Minnesota Vikings.
When a small-town Minnesota high school banned its Native American drum group from performing at graduation, the hurt reverberated across Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest.
UnitedHealth topped second-quarter forecasts but remains cautious about the year as it continues to eat costs from a massive cyberattack and deal with rising medical expenses.
Two more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases have pleaded not guilty.
Minessota picked up right where it left off in last year's playoffs and the Lynx are one of the top teams in the WNBA.
Severe weather over days has caused havoc and destruction across the U.S. That includes torrential rains and flooding in the Upper Midwest and powerful storms in the Northeast that left a least two people dead from falling trees.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have announced that five people, including a man acquitted at trial, have been charged with conspiring to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash.
A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam has collapsed into the river as extreme weather and flooding continue to grip the upper Midwest.
Severe storms with tornado warnings brought hail and heavy rain to parts of the Midwest as floodwaters breached levees in Iowa, creating dangerous conditions that prompted evacuations.
Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. has collapsed a railroad bridge and sent water surging around a dam after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued.
Several small-town tourist meccas in northern Minnesota are inundated in floodwaters after heavy rain earlier this week, while another powerful storm turned a New Mexico village into a lake.
Actress Judy Garland's hometown is raising money to recover a pair of ruby slippers she wore in “The Wizard of Oz” after it was stolen from a local museum and then turned over to an auction company.
A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases.
Natalie Darwitz's tenure is over as general manager of the PWHL champion Minnesota franchise following an internal and external review.
A jury has convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others in a scheme to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to steal more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children.
The family of Rick Cobb II say they were mistreated by government officials and failed by a system that rarely holds law enforcement accountable.
Federal authorities in Minnesota are trying to determine who attempted to bribe a juror with a bag of cash containing $120,000 to get her to acquit seven defendants on charges of stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic.
Kendall Coyne Schofield enjoyed a full-circle moment in celebrating Minnesota beating Boston to win the Professional Women's Hockey League's first championship.
Minnesota won the inaugural championship of the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Wednesday night, getting 17 saves from Nicole Hensley to beat Boston 3-0 in a winner-take-all Game 5 and claim the Walter Cup.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 to avoid a sweep in the Western Conference finals.
Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving scored 33 points apiece and the Dallas Mavericks made all the big plays late again, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
A Minnesota city and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement addressing allegations the city discriminated against mentally ill residents in enforcing an anti-crime law.
Denver coach Michael Malone first broached the subject with his team in training camp, reminding them no NBA champion had won back-to-back titles since the Golden State Warriors did it in 2018.
