Two Minneapolis police officers are on administrative leave while an internal investigation looks into the decorating of a Christmas tree at the Fourth Precinct headquarters with ornaments that Mayor Jacob Frey called racist. The mayor wanted the person responsible for the tree fired by the end of...

For the second time this month, a fire has caused damage at the homeless encampment in south Minneapolis. No one was hurt in the blaze that happened about 1:15 a.m. Friday, with six tents catching fire. According to a statement by the Minneapolis Fire Department, there were reports of propane...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Industrial conglomerate Honeywell International Inc. is expected to announce that it is moving its headquarters from New Jersey to Charlotte, North Carolina, a source familiar with the deal said Thursday. The move is expected to result in 700 to 800 jobs after North Carolina...

Wednesday afternoon’s commute was the subject of nightmares. A weather system that brought just two inches of snow to the Metro area was enough to snarl traffic and create hundreds of accidents. Since the snow was expected, some commuters asked Paul and Jordana if MNDoT could have done a better job...

The Minneapolis City Council will vote on Dec. 7. on the ordinance which will allow residents to opt in and sign up for a municipal identification. City Council member Alondra Cano, who supports the measure, said that they have seen other cities use municipal identification cards as a way to have a...

A bookstore in southwest Minneapolis is asking the public for help before they have to close down for good. Devin Abraham is the manager of Once Upon A Crime, the mom and pop-owned bookstore in the city's Whittier neighborhood at 26th and Lyndale Avenue South. “We have a tiny kids section and a...

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson created a task force to assess the investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults. That task force concluded that the state suffers from “systemic and complex” shortcomings. Star Tribune reporter Brandon Stahl has been part of the Star Tribune’s reporting...

An escapee from the Hennepin County Jail has been caught during a traffic stop in Little Canada. 57 year old Michael Frank Simon was able to escape the jail about 7:00am Wednesday by apparently breaking a window on the seventh floor and climbing down to the ground below. An extensive manhunt...

It's official. The Minnesota Secretary of State's Office says Minnesota is No. 1 in the U.S. for voter participation for the second election in a row. With the numbers all tallied, Secretary of State Steve Simon says 2,611,365 voters turned out for the midterms Nov. 6, an all-time Minnesota record...

Former skinhead recruiter and organizer for the White Aryan Resistance Tony McAleer, who now works for the organization Life After Hate, talked with Chad Hartman about hate groups in America. Tony shares a story from years ago which he calls 'gay bashing' and 'the most shameful thing he's ever done...