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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally ill inmate who died at the state prison in Rush City. Prison medical records show Xavius Scullark-Johnson, 27, died in 2010 after being...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into terrorism recruiting and financing for the terrorist...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree pest. Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves of many trees and shrubs. The Minnesota Department...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former pastor is sentenced to five years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Gustavo Resendiz Talabera pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Two counts of depriving parental rights were dismissed. Authorities...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the steep increase in Minnesota gas prices over the past few weeks. Gasoline industry officials say regional gas prices have jumped 80 cents over the past month and 30 cents in the past...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A wrinkle in the federal Affordable Care Act that could affect tens of thousands of people who consider themselves Native Americans nationwide isn't expected to hit many in Minnesota. People who identify as Native Americans must be a member of a federally...

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A former West St. Paul pastor has been sentenced to five years in prison after an alleged affair with a 16-year-old girl who was a parishioner. Thirty-nine-year-old Gustaro Resendiz Talabera was sentenced Tuesday in Dakota County court after pleading guilty...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who authorities say played a key role in funneling young men from Minnesota to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Forty-seven-year-old Mahamud Said Omar also will be on supervised release the rest of his...

As a pastor for the past 25 years at Union Congregation Church United Church of Christ in Hackensack, I am proud to call myself a Minnesotan. This past fall I was especially pleased to know that the people of Minnesota clearly affirmed the freedom for all persons in Minnesota to...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The attorney for a former police union lawyer in Minnesota says his client's private driver's license information was accessed more than 700 times. It could be the largest privacy breach so far in the Department of Public Safety driver's license database case....

MINNEAPOLIS - Caribou Coffee lovers may need to look a bit further for their caffeine fix. The Minneapolis-based coffee company said Monday that it is closing 80 underperforming stores and converting another 88 stores to Peet's Coffee & Tea sites. Caribou said it is making the...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Got brush or yard waste to burn? Do it soon. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is encouraging homeowners to complete their open burning now because restrictions will take effect soon after the snow melts. Larry Himanga, the DNR's fire prevention...