Tim Mulcahy gave his final bow to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Thursday, when he presented the 2012 report on research. The vice president for research is leaving on a good note —...

The Associated Press has called President Barack Obama as the winner of Minnesota's 10 electoral votes. With just under a quarter of state precincts reporting, Obama had 52.4 percent of the Minnesota vote...

By Marjorie Otto The University of Minnesota’s University Opera Theatre production of "Parables" will be shown on Twin Cities Public Television for the next two weekends. With the...

A jury on Thursday convicted a Minneapolis man of helping local men, including two former University of Minnesota students who are now presumed dead, travel to Somalia to fight with terrorist group al-Shabab. Mahamud...

After introducing its key witness Monday, the U.S. government has laid out over nine days almost its entire case against a Minneapolis man charged with helping other local men return to Somalia to join...

A University of Minnesota student was charged in connection to a June hit-and-run on Tuesday. Tyler Braunschweig, a 19-year-old design student from Appleton, Wis., is charged with criminal vehicular operation. Just...

A jury heard opening arguments Tuesday in the trial for Minneapolis man Mahamud Said Omar, who’s charged with helping local men travel to Somalia to join terrorist group al-Shabab. The prosecution...

The trial of a Minneapolis man charged with helping young men go to Somalia to fight with terrorist group al-Shabab began with jury selection Monday. Mahamud Said Omar’s trial is the public’s...

Washington Avenue Bridge will close for a week, starting Monday, for construction workers to lay Central Corridor light-rail tracks on it, Metropolitan Council spokeswoman Laura Baenen said. She said the...

The scandals are few and far between — most notably Steve Sviggum in recent years — but when conflicts of interest arise for the University of Minnesota’s leaders and employees, it can...

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the University of Minnesota didn’t violate the free speech rights of a student it disciplined over Facebook posts. Mortuary science student Amanda...

Gov. Mark Dayton and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on Thursday announced their appointments to the five-member board that will work with the Vikings to develop the new football stadium downtown. Dayton...

Fred E. Wood, currently a chancellor at the University of California, has been named the next leader of the Univeristy of Minnesota's Crookston campus. Wood will begin as chancellor July 2, pending final...

Your Daily Digest for Friday, April 27: Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed one abortion bill Thursday, and will likely veto another coming through the House, the Star Tribune reported. On Thursday, he said “no”...

The Amanda Tatro Facebook court case is getting another round at the Minnesota Supreme Court because a justice recused himself because of Univeristy of Minnesota ties. Associate Justice Paul Anderson wrote...

Your Daily Digest for Monday, February 20: Despite promising to show constituents how he spends his time, Gov. Mark Dayton won’t release his daily calendar, the AP reported. After making that promise...

 Your Daily Digest for Monday, Feb. 13: The New York Times featured Minnesota in a Sunday story about how those critical of big government also take advantage of it. Ki Gulbranson of Chisago County...

By Jill Jensen January unemployment fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.3 percent, the lowest it's been in three years. Employment rose nationally by 243,000 jobs during the month, according to a White House...

Your Daily Digest for Friday, Jan. 20th: Snow hit the cities Friday. Minnesota roads saw 177 crashes between 5:00 and 10:00 a.m., the PiPress reported. They caused 22 injuries, though none was serious....

Unexpectedly large lines formed in both rich and poor neighborhoods of Cairo Monday morning for the first Egyptian parliamentary vote since Hosni Mubarak's ouster earlier this year. The New York Times...

  Your Daily Digest for Nov. 11, 2011 The Italian Senate today approved a set of austerity measures to do its part in tackling the European euro crisis as the entire continent is under pressure from...

The U.S. Army is employing “culture cards” to help soldiers better assimilate with and understand Islamic culture where they serve. By understanding the local culture, soldiers can reduce friction...

By Evie Smirnitskaya Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite topic – the weather. Did you know today is the nicest day of the week? The Star Tribune did. See, now we broke the ice with small talk and...

President Obama announced today the withdrawal of the 39,000 remaining American troops in Iraq by year’s end. The announcement comes after Obama failed to reach an agreement with the Iraqi government...

By Evie Smirnitskaya Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 17: Parents of media-savvy teens everywhere will have to do a little less nagging as wireless service providers and the Federal Communications Commission...

Your Daily Digest for Friday, Oct. 14: The fight over if and how much insurance covers eating disorder residential care is heating up, the New York Times reported today. The federal government in 2008...

Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 10: Egypt this weekend had its most violent protests since the February ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, the New York Times reports. Christians, angry over an attack...

The University of MinnesotaâÄôs research community will be out of a big chunk of spending money as patents on a blockbuster HIV drug expire. The school has made more than $350 million off a drug...

Your Daily Digest for Monday, Oct. 3: The Supreme Court’s October term opens today, and it’s gonna be a feisty one. The agenda “both reflects the nation’s political landscape and offers the potential...

Your Daily Digest for Monday, Sept. 19: President Obama will unveil a plan this morning to cut $3 trillion in spending over the next decade, the New York Times reports. The Times calls this the administration’s...

Your Daily Digest for Monday, Sept. 12: A man was stabbed to death in downtown Minneapolis last night, the Strib reports. A reported fight left one dead and another wounded in the Ramp C parking lot on...

Prosecutors have dropped accomplice charges against the mother of the Dinkytown hit-and-run driver, the Strib reported today. Diane Bakdash,66, faced felony charges after a witness overheard her telling...

Math professor William Messing thinks the University of Minnesota should tear down Morrill Hall and house the administration in a tent. There are too many administrators and theyâÄôre overpaid,...

An erotic toy company's donation to a U Med School chair is raising eyebrows in cyberworld today, but the U's rep says the company, Adam & Eve, is only one of many donors to the position, MPR reports. The...

By reporter Sally Hunter: A University of Minnesota law professor has been leading a campaign challenging a report that could propose a harder approval process for a variety of medical devices, according...

The coinciding of major power transitions at the U and MnSCU could be an opportunity for new collaboration in a time of disappearing state aid, MPR reports today. The U's new president, Eric Kaler, took...

Minnesota's state government shut down at midnight Thursday night because the DFL governor and his colleagues couldn't reach a budget deal with Republican legislators. The budget impasse grew from about...

The "possible chemical spill" students heard about in a TXT-U alert Thursday night and Friday morning is actually an unidentified bad odor that's not danger, University spokeswoman Patty Mattern said today....

A safety center will open in August at the multi-colored Riverside Plaza apartment complex, considered the hub of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. The center, one facet of a larger safety plan unveiled...

Embattled U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-NY, is stepping down as a belated result of his Twitter sexting scandal, the New York Times reported this morning. He officially announced his resignation at a Brooklyn...

Cheryl Reitan had a headache to deal with Friday. The Internal Revenue Service seemed to say the entire University of Minnesota-Duluth lost its tax-exempt status, meaning donations to the school were no...