Fatal opioid overdoses in 2021 jumped 15% from prior year
The state says in 2000, 54 Minnesotans died from opioids. The number skyrocketed to 924 last year. So why isn't the nationwide effort to stop overdoses working?
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The state says in 2000, 54 Minnesotans died from opioids. The number skyrocketed to 924 last year. So why isn't the nationwide effort to stop overdoses working?
Witnesses told police that the man had either been in or near to the corn pit when he bent over to remove corn from his boots. That's when the firearm reportedly went off.
Two men killed at a sober house in St. Paul last week have been identified. Meanwhile, the 32-year-old suspect is in custody charged with murder.
A woman died at the scene. A 36-year-old man whom police called a "person of interest" was arrested.
A 36-year-old St. Paul man has pleaded guilty to plowing his SUV into a group of protesters in Minneapolis last year, killing one person.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating after a fatal crash on Interstate 35W in Burnsville late Sunday afternoon.
The Justice Department unsealed charges in three separate cases charging more than a dozen defendants, including 10 Chinese officials.
Creative Artists Agency no longer represents Kanye West amid mounting calls to boycott the rapper.
Leslie Jordan, the popular actor and comedian known for roles in "Will & Grace" and "American Horror Story," died Monday. He was 67.
Someone onboard a bus carrying the Denfeld High School boys' basketball team texted 911 on Dec. 30, 2021, to say the driver was "acting erratic" and "saying things that weren't right."
Minnesota wildlife officials say a fisherman has officially tied the state record for largest hybrid sunfish snagged.
Given the success of Minnesota Aurora FC's inaugural season, it's perhaps no surprise the pre-professional team has its sights set higher.
An improperly extinguished and unpermitted brush burn led to an "out-of-control grass fire" west of the metro Sunday afternoon, the Carver County Sheriff's Office said.
The Supreme Court justice temporarily put on hold a lower court order requiring the Republican senator to testify before a grand jury investigating efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election.
More than 7.5 million people have already cast their ballots, but there are disturbing reports of alleged voter intimidation by election fraud conspiracists.
