At least one Gophers wrestler is under investigation for an assault that allegedly occurred in the early morning on Jan. 25. Gophers associate athletic director Jeff Schemmel and wrestling coach J Robinson...

Officials from the FBI, CIA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the University on Wednesday. But no guns were raised and no apprehensions were made. The federal agents visited campus...

Now that decisions on the University's $290.5 million legislative budget request are out of the Board of Regents' hands, this month's meeting will entail more discussion than action. Items on the docket...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- With courts refusing to block the logging of 6,000 old red pines in Superior National Forest, an environmentalist on Wednesday proposed a swap to keep the trees alive. The U.S. Forest...

Education and taxes were the key issues at a gubernatorial forum held at the Jewish Community Center Wednesday, although a broad variety of topics were discussed. Eight of the candidates appeared, and...

Men's college tennis is becoming a foreign affair. Four highly touted freshman born outside the United States are integrating their camaraderie on and off the court in hopes of bringing the Gophers men's...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A disabled golfer can ride a cart on the professional tour, a magistrate ruled Wednesday in the first case invoking federal disabilities laws to allow someone to compete in a major...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- A mudslide blamed on El Ni¤o's heavy rains dumped tons of mud and rocks on a gold mine camp near Bolivia's border with Peru early Wednesday, killing as many as 50 people,...

Two weeks ago I got a message that the Homecoming Queen at the high school I'd gone to had called. Maybe you'd expect this would be good news. But remembering what I did about my pre-alma mater alma mater,...

The tobacco industry -- a $45 billion business plagued by recent lawsuits -- is now in its third week of battling fraud and conspiracy charges in a Ramsey County District Court. The state of Minnesota,...