The celebration of Columbus Day on Monday meant a day off for U.S. federal government employees, but for many indigenous people, paying tribute to Christopher Columbus is like celebrating genocide. About...

Despite suffering three consecutive defeats, including a pair of 3-0 road losses to Michigan and Michigan State over the weekend, Minnesota (12-5 overall, 2-4 in the Big Ten) remained ranked in this week's...

The personal injury suit of a man who broke his leg outside of a University of Minnesota-Duluth campus building will finally go to trial next week with trained lawyers arguing on only one side of the case. Without...

In the wake of the recent murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming, a gathering of the University queer community and their supporters Monday stirred even stronger feelings of activism...

With his team in the middle of a six-game stretch in which they face six bowl teams, it doesn't seem right to hear Gophers coach Glen Mason say he's looking forward to Saturday's matchup with top-ranked...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Forest fires raced through more than a dozen homes in northern and central Israel for a third day Monday, forcing officials to evacuate three villages in what has been described as the...

Junior Martin LeMesurier and defending NCAA champion James McLean led the Gophers men's golf team to a five-under-par score of 279 and a second-place finish in the 15-team Missouri Bluffs Intercollegiate...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House and congressional budget bargainers intensified their talks on school spending and other issues Monday as Congress voted to keep the government open for two more days amid...

The University hit a record mark in donations for the 1997-98 fiscal year, raking in $134 million from charitable gifts. The University Foundation, which oversees all the University's fund raising, released...

Do you ever walk out of a discussion-based class feeling as though you just walked off the set of an afternoon talk show rather than a classroom of higher learning? In one of my humanities courses last...