Balanced scoring, an Olympian effort in the javelin and a few school record performances propelled the Gophers women's track and field team to a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...

Local news coverage doesn't accurately reflect what's going on in the community and doesn't dig into the root causes of society's problems, a group of community members said Friday. About 100 journalists...

LAFAYETTE, La. -- The pitch felt good to Minnesota's Jennifer Johnson when she let it out of her hand, but it felt even better to Nicholls State's Angela Dugas as it popped off her bat. The shot went...

GENEVA (AP) -- Overuse of medicine, human settlement of uninhabited areas, international travel and poverty have combined to produce a devastating spread of infectious diseases, a new report says. The...

In order to understand racial conflict and inequality in society, we first need to understand our own roots, Edward James Olmos told a crowd Saturday evening at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Olmos is an advocate...

A group of international scientists ambled past the University. The leader was explaining local behaviors. "Minnesota winters are very cold," he said. "These young people strip virtually naked and lie...

Bonnie Cutkomp -- golden retriever -- sat patiently while a team of vet school students lathered and rinsed her shaggy body at the annual dog wash for charity Sunday on the St. Paul campus. "She's a water...

University sophomore Shannon Daniels used to consider herself a Republican. Although pro-life and fiscally conservative, she disagreed with the Republican stance on gay rights and bolted from the GOP's...

LAFAYETTE, La. -- The Gophers softball team allowed two extra-base hits in its two games at the NCAA South Regional. Unfortunately for Minnesota, they sailed over the bright red planks of Lady Cajun Park's...

Gophers freshman Ben Jensen was supposed to be this year's star at the Big Ten outdoor championships. Instead the school record holder in the decathlon and automatic NCAA qualifier will sit out another...