Do boys and girls learn better separately?

A small but growing number of public schools are venturing into single-sex education, despite som...

An advocate for the forests, the land and the lakes

North Minneapolis faces winter with wrecked roofs

Despite much work on north Minneapolis homes hit by a tornado, many aren't yet repaired. The blue...

Four men stabbed in Minneapolis

After a confrontation at a bar, four men were stabbed. They sustained non-life threatening injuries.

String of 17 break-ins has south on high alert

Lake Harriet earns money for miles from 5K

The annual People for Parks 5K to benefit Lake Harriet is back Sunday, with hopes of raising more...

State law might curtail tax testimony in Minneapolis

And a delay means the public will have only a day to review Rybak's budget before tax board meeting.

Officials say smoke in metro likely from BWCA

Teen mom stayed in school, for good

Pregnant and frightened at age 15, Bayza Weeks was told that her school, DeLaSalle High, believed...

Minneapolis woman's jealous ex allegedly shot her eight times

MPCA fines firm over waste hazards at Minneapolis plant

For decades, Interplastic Corporation's northeast Minneapolis plant has been the subject of neigh...

Minneapolis pastor's Sept. 11 sign idea spreads nationwide

Two charged in shooting death of 19-year-old man on North Side

Cowles Center: Big leap for Twin Cities arts

The $42 million Cowles Center, which opens Friday, could do for dance what the Guthrie did for th...

Somali man to be freed before his sentencing

Kamal Said Hassan, who joined Al-Shabab, will be at family's home under strict conditions.

Rybak nominated as vice chair for Democratic National Committee

Mayor R.T. Rybak will be voted on to become a DNC vice chair this weekend.

Hard Rock Cafe closing Sept. 30

One of Block E’s original anchor tenants says it’s calling it quits, but wouldn’t comment on the ...

Charges: HCMC nurse repeatedly stole patients' powerful pain medications

Bobbi Leigh Beck, of Le Sueur, tried to take them from those who weren't in too much pain, the co...

In suing Sensers, family of the victim asks, 'Why?'

The lawsuit alleges that Amy Senser "demonstrated a deliberate disregard" for the safety ...

Mpls. fountains flow, but few drink

Mayor R.T. Rybak's water promotion effort was cut back, but at the four installed fountains the w...

Minneapolis alley-shooting charges upgraded to murder

Trial begins Tuesday in Seward triple killing

Mahdi Ali faces six counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths at a Minneapolis market.

Man fatally shot Saturday in north Minneapolis is identified

Firms cited by feds hired by Central Corridor

Companies accused of misrepresenting disadvantaged groups in the first light-rail construction ar...

North Side youth offered a path to a better future