Minneapolis voters will decide Nov. 7 whether to use a new voting method in city elections: ranking candidates first to worst, rather than just their top choice. The City Council voted 12-1 Aug. 4 to bring...

The polls at Coffman Union were quiet Tuesday morning. From 10 a.m. to noon, fewer than 20 people cast ballots at the campus primary polling site. Political parties of all sorts court young voters, but...

Tuesday's primaries held few surprises while narrowing the field of candidates to one per party, per office in preparation for November's general election. Candidates continued to campaign until the last...

State Rep. Keith Ellison won the 5th District Democratic primary Tuesday. His victory could bring the first black representative from Minnesota to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Muslim...

An embarrassing bedroom rendezvous could be a thing of the past for many men (and their significant others) thanks to a new premature ejaculation drug. A study released Thursday in The Lancet medical journal...

Minnesota voters will be able to use a new ballot-marking device geared toward making voting easier and more accurate in the state primaries Tuesday. The Help America Vote Act, which federal legislation...

Angel Adams woke up at 3 a.m. Friday to get in line at the Target Center about 5 a.m., joining thousands who shared the dream of being the next "American Idol." Minneapolis was one of several audition...

With the election season under way, primary elections mark the first major obstacle for office hopefuls. Voters will head to polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the primary, in which political parties...