Minneapolis police say they are checking a report of shots fired at a downtown office building.
AP source: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez break up
A source confirms to The Associated Press that Justin Bieber is no longer Selena Gomez’s “Boyfriend.”
Barack Obama re-elected president
Barack Obama has won re-election to a second term as president, beating back a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney.
Obama wins Minnesota
President Barack Obama won Minnesota Tuesday, extending the state’s streak of backing Democratic presidential candidates since 1976.
Bomb threat at technical college forces evacuation, disrupts voting
A bomb threat forced the temporary evacuation of the Minnesota West Community and Technical College campus in Canby this morning, as well as a polling place located there.
Northeast air travel resumes as JFK, Newark reopen
Air travelers stranded in the Northeast are a little closer to getting home.
Augsburg student struck and killed in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS – The victim struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Minneapolis has been identified as an Augsburg college student.
Sandy causes $20 billion in property damages
Gaining strength and threatening 50 million people, Hurricane Sandy chugged north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts.
Suspected gunman’s wife among 3 dead at Wis. spa
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin woman whose husband killed her and two others at the spa where she worked said he threatened to throw acid in her face and jealously terrorized her “every waking moment,” according to court documents.
Jerry Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison – effectively a life sentence – in the child sexual abuse scandal that brought shame to Penn State and led to coach Joe Paterno’s downfall.
2nd student dies after fire at Wis. apartment
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A second student has died after fire swept an off-campus apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Teen charged in St. Cloud death
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A 17-year-old Sauk Rapids boy was charged with murder Tuesday in the death of a college student who was punched once in the face in a St. Cloud alley.
NDSU lifts evacuation order after bomb threat
North Dakota State University and The University of Texas at Austin lifted their evacuation orders Friday afternoon.
Schulze presses plan to purchase Best Buy
Best Buy and its founder and former chairman Richard Schulze, a St. Thomas trustee, say they have an agreement that will allow Schulze to pursue his plan to try to buy the company.
Augsburg College opposes marriage amendment
Augsburg College is publicly opposing the amendment to ban gay marriage in Minnesota’s constitution.
The announcement makes the Minneapolis liberal arts school the first traditional university in the state to come out against the amendment.