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By Mara Gottfried St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL -- St. Paul police officers responding to a report of death threats early Wednesday shot and killed the suspect, police said. Police haven't released information about what led to the shooting. No officers were injured....

It was a tale of two cities this past weekend. Or, rather, two bears. On Friday, a bear that had wandered into Bemidji city limits during the morning hours was later tranquilized and relocated to a nearby park later in the day. On Saturday morning, a bear was shot and killed...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Police in West St. Paul shot and killed an injured black bear early Saturday. The bear was spotted in a residential area. Police Chief Manila Shaver said efforts to contain it in hopes of tranquilizing it were unsuccessful. He said a possible injury...

ST. PAUL -- President Barack Obama will visit St. Paul Wednesday, not Minneapolis like the White House earlier announced. Obama plans to announce "a new competition encouraging investments to create jobs and restore infrastructure as part of the President’s Year of Action,"...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A public memorial service for Nelson Mandela will be held Saturday in St. Paul. The memorial for the late South African leader and anti-apartheid fighter will begin at 1 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. Paul. Scheduled speakers include U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar,...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge on Monday gave the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis until Dec. 17 to disclose a list of 33 priests deemed to have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. Ramsey County District Judge John Van de North, Jr., also ordered the Diocese...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is seeking a court's permission to disclose the names of some priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors. Archbishop John Nienstedt says he will disclose the names, locations and status of all...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Fire officials say a man has been found dead in his burning St. Paul home. First District Chief Stacy Hohertz says firefighters had some difficulty entering the home early Tuesday because of a large number of books and magazines blocking the...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a St. Paul bar owner. The Star Tribune reports a 26-year-old Oakdale man was in custody Monday. Police wouldn't say why 45-year-old Vone Moua as shot at Malina's Sport Bar, but say it wasn't...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A western Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to illegal weapons charges in a case that the FBI called a foiled terror plot. Buford Rogers made a brief appearance in federal court in St. Paul Friday where he was arraigned on four charges, which do not...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been charged with stalking for allegedly striking up an online relationship with his ex-wife using a fictitious persona with borrowed photographs. Dakota County prosecutors say the West St. Paul woman had no idea the man who called...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Como Park Zoo is opening a new $11 million home for its seven gorillas. The new outdoor primate yard is almost three times the size of the old enclosure once occupied by just a pair of gorillas at the St. Paul zoo. Minnesota Public Radio reports...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Students at a St. Louis Park elementary school gathered around a makeshift memorial filled with stuffed animals and flowers on Friday as they mourned two classmates who died in a landslide during a field trip to a Mississippi River park. Meanwhile,...