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Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaAs Minnesota's latest coronavirus surge spreads across the central part of the state, CentraCare, the region'...

A nurse checks vitals for a Navajo woman, who came to a coronavirus testing center in Arizona, complaining of virus symptoms.Mark Ralston | AFP via Getty ImagesHealth insurers used to be able to deny ...

As winter nears, long-term care facilities across the state are figuring out how to safely bring more visitors inside, while keeping the growing pandemic threat outside. In doing so, the home operator...

Stephanie Byers, pictured here as a 2018 GLSEN Educator of the Year, won her 2020 race for the Kansas state House of Representatives.Ilya S. Savenok | Getty Images for GLSENIn the 2020 general electio...

President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden's team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January.The General S...

DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaThis vital news coverage is made possible by membersDonate todayHopes that Minnesota had suffered the wors...

President-elect Joe Biden cautions that Americans still face a dark winter and need to be aggressive about mask wearing and social distancing as infections of COVID-19 continue to surge around the cou...

Flat-mates work on a puzzle in their living room in Dortmund, Germany, on March 27, 2020.Ina Fassbender | AFP via Getty ImagesJigsaw puzzles have become such a favorite pandemic pastime, retailers are...

Despite President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday President Donald Trump is "100 percent within his rights" to question election results and consider...

The leader of an anti-government group in Illinois and alleged mastermind behind a 2017 attack on a Minnesota mosque was acting on his hatred of Muslims when he came up with a plan to pipe bomb the bu...