The history of the white colonization of North America is replete with atrocities committed against the continent's original inhabitants. In his mad search for gold, Christopher Columbus slaughtered and...

A different breed of mall preachers took to their soapboxes on Monday on Northrop Mall. Six Episcopal priests each took their turn preaching the Gospel, while members of the University Episcopal Center...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bidding for a veto-proof majority in the Senate, Republican backers of a ban on certain late-term abortions agreed to minor changes in their bill on Monday and pocketed the endorsement...

The Minnesota Public Interest Research Group allocated $30,000 at a 12-hour meeting last Saturday for a full-time land use advocate. Money was one of several issues the organization discussed at the meeting....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Restaurants now have a way to nab employees who don't stop by the sink and lather up before leaving the bathroom. An infrared detection system that alerts employers when workers leave...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- This time, Ohio State's baseball team figures it got things right. A week after watching Michigan win the Big Ten regular-season championship on the same field, the Buckeyes turned...

Now that Russia has completed an agreement condoning the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the U.S. Senate must consider whether the accord sufficiently addresses concerns about...

KINSHASA, Zaire (AP) --Rebel soldiers sealed their hold on the capital Sunday with a mix of discipline and brutality, setting up sites for defeated government troops to turn in weapons -- and then executing...

The Gophers' last regular season track meet, called the Minnesota Last Chance Meet, should have been titled the "Minnesota Last Chance Meet for all teams except the Gophers." "It was a hell of a day if...

Correction: Friday's story, "Union comes back to work at Med Center" inaccurately described the results of the union elections held last week at Fairview-University Medical Center. The story should have...