The Associated Press

The mayor of a Minneapolis suburb that's seen nightly protests after a police officer fatally shot motorist Daunte Wright contends police are overreacting to demonstrators and should scale back their tactics.

State health officials say more than 3.4 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in Minnesota and 1.5 million people have been fully vaccinated.

Health officials say hundreds of Minnesotans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus became infected with COVID-19, dozens needed to be hospitalized and six people died.

The Minnesota State High School League board is asking state health officials to allow spring sports athletes to compete outdoors without wearing masks.

The defense at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has rested its case without putting Chauvin on the stand.

Minnesota officials extended the peacetime emergency for another 30 days in order to boost the state's response to more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus.

A Minnesota prosecutor says he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop.

Prosecutors expect to decide Wednesday whether to charge a former police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb, sparking nights of protests and raising tensions amid the nearby murder trial of the ex-officer charged with killing George Floyd.

A Brooklyn Center police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop and the city's chief of police resigned Tuesday.

The defense has begun its case at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video depicting George Floyd's final moments.