Pablo Lopez pitched seven sparkling innings, Royce Lewis homered before leaving with an injury and the Twins beat the Royals 4-1 to begin defense of their AL Central crown.
Former President Donald Trump is aiming to take in $33 million at a Florida fundraiser next week. He's hoping to outraise an event President Joe Biden held last week where the Democrat took in $2...
Minnesota’s newly established “green bank” announced its first loan this week: $4.7 million for a geothermal energy system at The Heights, an East Side development. The money from this loa...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/state-green-bank-funds-its-first-climate-project-in-st-paul
The charges against Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that the First Amendment protects, a lawyer for the former p...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks a year behind bars on Friday following his arrest by Russian authorities who accuse him of espionage but have offered no supporting evidence.
Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/npr-threatened-species-protections-restored
Electric vehicle charging ports are a key part of President Joe Biden’s effort to encourage drivers to move away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks that contribute to global warming, but onl...
The polarized light image gives us a “new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy,” according to the European Southern Observatory.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/npr-milky-way-black-hole-spiral-new-image-magnetic-field
Experts say it’s better to set a goal you can stick to and make reading more of a community affair.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/npr-how-to-set-reading-goals-national-reading-month
The House passed the two articles along party lines in February, but proceedings stalled amid government funding negotiations.
A fundraiser for President Joe Biden in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million. Biden’s campaign says the Thursday night event sets a reco...
For 25 years, gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal gun sales. Meanwhile, illicit purchases of firearms continued at an unrelenting and hazardous pace.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/propublica-inside-gary-indiana-lawsuit-guns-gop
Biden officials approved proposals for the U.S. census and federal surveys to change how Latinos are asked about their race and ethnicity and to add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North Africa...
The sentence marks a stunning fall for the 32-year old former crypto executive who was once seen as the future of finance.
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx will evidently remain in the control of owner Glen Taylor, after he announced Thursday that a deal where Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodr...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/timberwolves-lynx-no-sale-glen-taylor
The debris that saved Rose’s life in Titanic — and sparked a quarter-century of debate — fetched over $718,000 at an auction of iconic Hollywood movie props last week. It's based on a real ...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/npr-titanic-door-panel-auction-planet-hollywood-props
After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcem...
An iconic Minnesota brand is vanishing from parts of the state, nearly seven years after it was acquired by another company. Holiday gas stations and convenience stores are being converted to the...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/holiday-circle-k-rebranding-minnesota-gas-stations
Naz Reid had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jaden McDaniels added 20 points to help the Minnesota Timberwolves overcome a sluggish start to beat the NBA-worst Detroit Pistons 106-91.
The city of Minneapolis is moving forward with plans for two new community safety centers along the Lake Street corridor. One is expected to house the new 3rd Precinct police station and would al...
Norwegian folk silver in Duluth. Plus “Voices Unveiled” celebrates the Persian New Year (Nowruz) and “Phantom Loss” tells a story of family, ghosts and generational trauma.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/art-hounds-folk-tales-cast-in-silver
The rate at which Minnesota students completed their high school education in four years fell back to a post-pandemic low of 83.3 percent. Experts say it’s a result of ongoing effects from the ...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/28/minnesota-4year-graduation-rates-slipped-in-2023
A California judge found that attorney John Eastman committed "exceptionally serious ethical violations" in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and recommended disbarment.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/27/npr-john-eastman-trump-lawyer-california
A court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a Shakopee warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it's just a formality ...
Former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain'...
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is launching his own brand of cannabis edibles. Ventura is partnering with Columbia Heights-based Retro Bakery, which is producing hemp-derived THC edibles und...
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/27/former-governor-launches-jesse-ventura-farms-cannabis-brand
Gov. Tim Walz was in Rosemount celebrating a $71 million plant expansion to boost aluminum recycling.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/27/rosemount-recycler-breaks-ground-on-71-million-expansion
Farah Hussein, a mental health therapist in Minneapolis Public Schools, wants families to know that students can sign up for free therapy, and that care is confidential. Meanwhile, a new study ex...
Five Minnesota families who lost loved ones in police shootings have agreed to a settlement with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. They said the BCA withheld data about the investigations that...
The “God Bless The USA” Bible is inspired by the Lee Greenwood anthem and includes copies of the nation’s founding documents. Trump launched it ahead of Easter as his financial woes mount.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/27/npr-donald-trump-bible-god-bless-usa