On Wednesday afternoon, attorneys for former University of Minnesota associate women’s golf coach Katie Brenny continued their case in the discrimination lawsuit against the University’s Board...

More Gophers athletes are earning their degrees than ever before. The NCAA revealed its annual Graduation Success Rate last Thursday, and Minnesota scored an 86 percent — five percentage points higher...

While college athletics is a full-time job, athletes don’t turn any profit. At least, not for themselves. While revenue sports generate a lot of money for their respective schools, many traditionalists...

Following back-to-back top-five finishes in their first two tournaments of the season, the Gophers are looking to make a run at a tournament title. Minnesota will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., this weekend...

The Gophers men’s golf team finished fourth out of 14 teams in the annual tournament at Wolf Run Golf Club in Zionsville, Ind. The Gophers were in fifth place entering the final round Sunday, but...

Just months after being cut, Olympic wrestling is back. The International Olympic Committee voted Sunday to reinstate the sport for the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, the Associated Press reported. Wrestling...

The annual tournament that will feature all five of Minnesota’s Division I men’s hockey teams will be officially named the North Star College Cup, the University of Minnesota announced in a...

This winter, outdoor hockey will return to the Twin Cities for the first time in 80 years. The University of Minnesota announced Tuesday that TCF Bank Stadium will host the 2014 Hockey City Classic on...

  University of Minnesota police Lt. Troy Buhta rarely sees action as the internal affairs investigator of his department. Buhta is responsible for looking into complaints filed against University...

Four units in the FloCo Fusion apartment building were burglarized early Sunday, according to a Minneapolis police report. A  University of Minnesota student allegedly went on a burglary spree in...

The University of Minnesota Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life responded to reports of an alleged rape at a campus fraternity early Sunday. “Our office is concerned that this took place, and...

An Australian man accused of robbing a bank in Wyoming told jurors Tuesday that he was justified because he gave much of the money to the homeless. Corey Donaldson, 39, is charged with stealing $140,000...

U.S.. newspapers saw a slight decline in circulation over the past six months compared to the same time period last year, the Alliance for Audited Media reported.  Total newspaper circulation decreased...

The man charged with murdering Trayvon Martin waived his right to a hearing under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law and will likely begin his trial this summer.  George Zimmerman, 29,...

  A woman reported being raped at a campus fraternity over Spring Jam weekend. An unknown person found the woman acting “hysterically” and sitting on the sidewalk across the street from...

  University police issued 26 alcohol-related citations during Spring Jam weekend. Those citations included underage consumption, underage possession, public consumption and driving while intoxicated. “That’s...

A court in Kosovo found two people guilty of human trafficking and organized crime Monday while also finding three others guilty of lesser crimes in the case of a major international organ trafficking...

The Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been released from federal custody.  Paul Kevin Curtis was charged with sending a threatening...

  A University of Minnesota student was robbed early Sunday near Marcy Park, according to a Minneapolis police report. The victim, 19, was walking alone at about 1 a.m. one block away from Marcy Park...

A former justice of the peace was charged Thursday with murder in the killings of two Texas prosecutors and the wife of one of them.  Eric Williams, 46, is charged in the March killings Kaufman District...

The body of a stillborn baby was accidently sent to a laundry service and discovered by workers Tuesday.  Police were called to Crothall Laundry, a laundry service in Red Wing, Minn., just before...

University of Minnesota police responded to two gun crimes in the Southeast Como neighborhood over the weekend, and police suspect the crimes may be related due to their timing, location and suspect descriptions. Two...

University of Minnesota police issued a trespass warning Thursday to a Minneapolis man who has been banned from Minnesota colleges in the past. Larry James Pinkney, 62, allegedly harassed several students...

Two women were shot and wounded at the campus of New River Community College in Christiansburg, Va.  One of the victims was airlifted to the hospital while the other was taken by ambulance. There...

A spring snowstorm led to hundreds of flight cancelations, dozens of car accidents and mass transit delays early Thursday in the Twin Cities area.  Over five inches of snow fell in Minneapolis and...

Gunnar Brown was socializing with friends at Mesa Pizza early Sunday when he said a bouncer grabbed his jacket and dragged him outside. “He never said a word to me; he just started taking me out,”...

Over a series of nights last month in an Anderson Hall bathroom, five people were arrested for what police deemed “inappropriate activities.” It wasn’t just by way of a regular patrol...

Civil engineering senior Michael Kronzer never thought someone would break into his home while he was there. But that’s exactly what happened to him and his roommates early Saturday. Kronzer and...

Prosecutors announced that they will seek the death penalty in the trial James Holmes, the man accused of going on a shooting spree in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., last July.  The announcement...

  In Minneapolis, spring means more opportunities to get out of the house and enjoy warmer weather. But it also means more crime. In 2012, crime increased by more than 18 percent from the winter months...

A University student was arrested outside of Five Guys Burgers and Fries early Saturday for harassing an off-duty police officer, according to a Minneapolis police report. The student, 22, was acting as...

A man turned a gun on himself after allegedly shooting and injuring another man in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Friday night, according to Minneapolis police. Around 10:30 p.m., Minneapolis...

A computer expert testified Thursday about her analysis of cellphones seized in the investigation of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl.  Computer forensic...

  A woman was assaulted near the University Information Technology building early Sunday, according to a University police report. The woman, 28, was riding home from Loring Pasta Bar along University...

  A woman was assaulted near the University Information Technology building early Sunday, according to a University police report. The woman, 28, was driving home from Loring Pasta Bar along University...

As University of Minnesota student Seola Park got into her friend’s car after a night out at the Library Bar and Grill, she realized her purse was missing. She went back to the bar, but neither she...

A University student was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning near the Eighth Street Market, according to a Minneapolis police report. The victim, 21, was waiting at the bus stop in front of the store just...

A St. Paul man was charged with second-degree murder Thursday in the death of his wife, who has been missing for a week.  Prosecutors found a substantial amount of blood in the car and home of 39-year-old...

A University of Minnesota student was assaulted by a group of men early Saturday near the University Fieldhouse, according to a University police report. Business management junior Cort Lunke was walking...

Jesse Jackson Jr., the former Demecratic representative from Illinois, plead guilty Wednesday to one count of wire and mail fraud in connection with his use of $750,000 in campaign money to buy personal...

Last month, the Minneapolis Police Department celebrated the graduation of its first new recruiting class in three years. Seven of the 13 new officers are members of minorities, a step in the right direction...

A University of Minnesota student was hospitalized after being assaulted by a group of men early Sunday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report. Architecture junior Brian Petereck was trying...

South High School in Minneapolis reopened Friday with extra police and security on hand following Thursday's cafeteria melee. The school called in additional resource officers, who are specially...

The man accussed of going on a shooting spree in Oakdale Monday night was charged Wednesday with six felony counts in Washington County District Court.  Nhan L. Tran, 34, is being held in the Washington...

Two months after swearing in, Minneapolis police Chief Janeé Harteau has a new vision for her department. Last week Harteau unveiled “MPD 2.0,” her initiative to create more transparency,...

Two thefts occurred last week at the Library Bar and Grill, according to Minneapolis police reports. The first theft occurred just before 2 a.m. last Sunday after the victim, who is not affiliated with...

A Minneapolis police officer was arrested and accused of sexually assaulting several underage girls Wednesday. Bradley Schnickel, 32, is being held in the Anoka County Jail on suspicion of first-degree...

Seung-Hui Cho had raised red flags in the years before he went on a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, killing 32 — but information wasn’t shared among officials enough to address his problems. A...

The Minneapolis teen who shot and killed a five-year-old boy in North Minneapolis last summer was sentenced to 28 years in prison Tuesday.  Stephon Shannon, 17, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder...

Two men were arrested for stealing scrap metal from a construction area near Frontier Hall on Wednesday morning, according to a University of Minnesota police report. University police stopped the two...

  With several high-profile mass public shootings in the past year, higher education officials are evaluating how prepared they are for a possible attack. A recent survey found that a quarter of campus...

A University of Minnesota student discovered he was the victim of an online financial scam Friday, according to a University police report. Twenty-year-old Yiqun Zhang signed up to work as a tutor on UniversityTutor.com,...

Minneapolis police Chief Janeé Harteau and Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek were among the 13 law enforcement officials invited to the White House to discuss gun control Monday, according to the...

Following a national trend of a drop in crime rates, the University of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis ended 2012 with historic lows in several categories of serious crime. The national downward...

A former CIA agent was sentenced to 30 months in prison Friday for leaking the name of an undercover CIA operative. John Kiriakou, 48, plead guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act...

  Three men attacked and tried to rob a University of Minnesota student early Saturday morning in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, according to a Minneapolis police report. The 21-year-old victim was...

A group of armed suspects attacked six people near a bus stop in the Southeast Como neighborhood late Saturday night. Three men and one woman allegedly used brass knuckles to attack University of Minnesota...

Universities across the Big Ten are proving that a larger police force doesn’t necessarily equal a safer campus community. Budget issues, campus culture and student perceptions of police all affect...

A Mesa Pizza bouncer allegedly assaulted a couple early Sunday morning, according to a Minneapolis police report. The 24-year-old man was standing in line outside of Mesa with his girlfriend when he said...

A man was charged Monday for shooting and killing two Little Falls teenagers in his home on Thanksgiving Day.  Richard David Smith, 64, of Belle Prarie Township faces two counts of second-degree murder...

A Minneapolis police officer was attacked Saturday night in Stadium View Apartments while  trying to break up a fight. The victim, a Minneapolis patrol officer, arrived with four other officers at...

  University police awarded a University of Minnesota student a citizen’s award for helping officers identify two robbery suspects last month. Michael Zenker, a civil engineering junior, accepted...

Drunken driving rates at the University of Minnesota are increasing again after several years of decreased activity, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, University police said. “It means...

Police  arrested a University of Minnesota student Sunday evening on charges of carrying a BB gun  rifle near Church Street Southeast, according to a University police report. The officers responded...

Burglaries of homes surrounding the University of Minnesota are happening less frequently than a decade ago, but police still worry that residents are not properly securing their homes. According to Minneapolis...

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced a new online tool Tuesday that will provide voters with more ballot information before Election Day. Ritchie revealed the online tool, My Ballot, at...

A man was stabbed near the intersection of 15th Avenue and Como Avenue Southeast, early Monday morning, Minneapolis police said. The 37-year-old man from Isanti, Minn., was found by officers on an empty-bus...

University of Minnesota police responded to two separate reports of car thefts near the Superblock this weekend. Both cars were parked on Delaware Street Southeast and were broken into Saturday night....

TCF Bank Stadium will begin selling alcohol for the first time on Saturday for the Gophers’ first home football game of the season, and University officials are taking precautions to ensure a safe...