Russian President Boris Yeltsin defeated Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov on Wednesday in the first-ever runoff presidential election in Russian history. Yeltsin received approximately 54 percent...

Despite a recent dip in national crime rates, senseless killings and mindless brutality remain a formidable challenge for community leaders and law enforcement officials across the country. Stray gunfire...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- University of Miami special teams player Tremain Mack, who has a long rap sheet, faces a July 12 arraignment in Texas on a bad-check charge, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Mack...

Former Gophers football player Joseph Justice appeared before a Ramsey County judge Wednesday to face charges of credit card fraud and theft. Justice, 21, was charged with three felony counts in connection...

A crowd standing on a booth-lined lawn Wednesday evening in front of Minnesota's Capitol heard the verses of rock group Eric Burdon and War's music not once, but twice. The music traveled from the main...

Universities traditionally pride themselves on promoting independent thought. But when faculty members believe their academic freedom is threatened, is collective representation for faculty the answer?...

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" is an old saying that one University researcher has found to be false. Terry Kinney, an instructor in the Department of Speech-Communication,...

WESTBROOK, Minn. (AP) -- Authorities filed arson charges against a 10-year-old boy who admitted setting a fire that gutted Grace Lutheran Church. The Westbrook boy was charged with first- and second-degree...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Although most Americans say gays should have equal rights in the job market, they oppose giving homosexuals a legal right to marry by 57 percent to 30 percent, according to an Associated...

Mark Rotenberg, the University's general counsel, said he and his office are currently reviewing all of the University's affirmative action policies to make sure they are in compliance with federal regulations. His...