Activists protesting a prosecutor's decision to decline charging two Minneapolis police officers who shot and killed a black man are marching on light train tracks during rush hour.
Democratic state Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's returning $2,500 in speaking fees to public college scholarship funds after a GOP lawmaker raised concerns.
A wildlife advocacy group says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued permits to hunters in South Dakota and Wisconsin to bring back lion trophies from Africa.
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is joining a chorus of politicians calling for change after a Star Tribune report unveiled widespread failings in police department rape investigations.
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is joining a nationwide lawsuit seeking to protect a program for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.