From Mpls. riots to Jan. 6, social media users share their crimes

Matthew Rupert posted his cross-state riot trip to his Facebook account.

It's a trend called "performance crime," a bewildering phenomenon often driven by a quest for online clout and not limited to any age group, education level or ideology. The oversharing by lawbreakers makes life easier for police

Pelosi appoints 2nd GOP critic of Trump to Jan. 6 committee

FILE - In this May 12, 2021 file photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media at the Capitol in Washington.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot and pledged that the Democratic-majority panel will "get to the truth."

Western Minnesota town of Clinton partly evacuated due to grain elevator fire

Residents within three blocks told to evacuate.

Son of Gophers men's hockey coach dies in Orono crash

Mack Motzko, 20, died of injuries suffered in a car crash.

At Minnesota Morris campus, students demand search for Indian boarding school victims

Campus sits on site of Native boarding school.

COVID variants driving many Minnesotans to go get vaccinated

Alex Moeller, 18, right, of Prior Lake, and Cole Zwiefel, 18, of Chaska, were vaccinated last week aboard a mobile vaccine unit at Chanhassen High Sch

Every day, a slow stream of Minnesotans finally is getting vaccinated after months of hesitancy.

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Suni Lee advances to final in all-around, uneven bars and beam at Tokyo Olympics

St. Paul's Lee was a bright spot for the U.S. team, which advanced to Tuesday's team final but had its aura of invincibility take a hit with a rash of mistakes in the qualifying round.

U.S. loses to France 83-76, 25-game Olympic win streak ends

The final buzzer sounded and France barely celebrated.

Minnesota firms pull in $500 million of venture capital in first half of year

But it will be tough to beat the 2020 total because Minnesota companies raised so much capital in the second half of last year.

Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died

Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.

St. Anthony: Drake's Organic Spirits mix includes venture capital

A North Dakota farm boy traded commodities and oil pipes before jumping into the organic foods movement.

Jake Cave starts in center field as Bailey Ober faces Angels in finale

With Cave back, Nick Gordon moves back to infield today

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Minneapolis aims to retain public control of Upper Harbor Terminal concert venue

River levels fall as drought worsens throughout Minnesota

Finish line in sight for Hwy. 212 expressway across Carver County

More Minnesota school board members resign in turbulent year

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Two late goals lift Minnesota United to 2-1 victory over Portland

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Augsburg Prof. Terrance Kwame-Ross and retired Education Department chairwoman and Prof. Margaret “Peg” Finders developed a workshop to address th

How two colleagues of different races cut through tension at work

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Schafer: It's OK for banks to make money, if it means their customers are doing well

Back to the office? Employers rethink plans amid virus surge

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Rep. John Thompson speaks at a press conference on March 5, in Minneapolis. Thompson is under increasing pressure from top state DFL officials to resi

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