Laura Yuen

A psychologist weighed in Friday on the competency of a former St. Catherine University student who is accused of trying to join al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

After a five-year hiatus, a beauty pageant for Sudanese-American women is being revived Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D. It'll bring contestants from around the country, including Minnesota.

Candidates running this year could boost Hmong numbers at the Capitol to their highest level in state history.

Terry Albury shared internal documents with a reporter after becoming increasingly troubled by investigative practices he believed targeted and intimidated Minnesota's Somali-American community. The judge on Thursday said Albury's actions put the country at risk.

Terry Albury claims he was morally conflicted when he disclosed FBI practices about cultivating informants. Prosecutors say he abused the public trust.

The former entertainment director is accused of raping a woman on festival grounds last year.

Federal agents seized items from the Hmong Village in St. Paul on Wednesday as part of an investigation into medications sold at the market.

Civil engineers in Minnesota are giving the state's roads a D+ rating.

A reclaiming of a holiday once dedicated to Christopher Columbus, some recalled how as children, their parents offered a narrative of Columbus that was far different from what they learned in school.

Organizers of the three-day MANOVA Global Summit expect to attract about 900 attendees, primarily from the region's health care sector.

A gathering Thursday in Minneapolis seeks ideas on how to spend $600,000 for outreach and helping at-risk families get help.

Cargill is paying $1.5 million to settle claims of religious discrimination by Muslim workers in Colorado.

A new prime minister and relaxed attitudes have eased fears of persecution or worse.

Voter turnout across Minnesota called "unusually high," making some elections officials wonder what November will bring.

Defense attorneys had argued that jury instructions had conflated intending to join at terrorist group with intending to murder, and that prosecutors should have been required to prove a specific intent to kill.

The 13-year-old was trapped in a crack in the rock for about four hours Wednesday in Sandstone, Minn., while crews worked to get her out.

The nearly hourlong 911 outage that prevented some emergency calls and texts from reaching dispatch centers Wednesday afternoon across Minnesota stemmed from problems caused by a third-party vendor working for CenturyLink.

After hours of receiving heckles and comments from residents and activists, a Minneapolis council committee voted to move the proposed charter amendment to the full council. The amendment would give the Minneapolis City Council and mayor shared oversight of the police department.

Thousands of supporters and overjoyed members of Minnesota's large Ethiopian community welcomed the new prime minister Abiy Ahmed to Minneapolis Monday.

State courts can decide whether Minnesota has failed in its responsibility to teach poor students and students of color, the Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday.