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The U.S. Attorney's office announced Monday a federal indictment charging 25-year-old Mohamed Salah Hussein, of Minneapolis, with one count of conspiracy to distribute and two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Three men are in custody after an investigation into a Duluth woman's overdose death last year.
Officials say a young Twin Cities rapper died on New Year's Day due to a mix of alcohol and fentanyl toxicity.
A Minneapolis mom wants kids to hear more about the opioid epidemic after her own heartbreak.
A police officer in western Wisconsin was hospitalized this week for fentanyl exposure following a drug bust.
A St. Louis Park couple is facing charges after they allegedly poisoned their baby with fentanyl.
Minnesota saw a big drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018.
It's been three years since Beverly Burrell was first charged in the overdose deaths, involving heroin laced with fentanyl that she was accused of selling to them.
Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She's already been sentenced in the deaths of three young men, but a former police officer's actions are raising new questions in this case.
Homeland Security helped in the investigation that led to the two men pleading guilty to drug conspiracy in February.
Every day, those on the front lines of the opioid crisis work to prevent deaths by stopping sales of the deadly drugs. Even in extreme cold, the DEA task force braved subzero temperatures and executed a search warrant on Wednesday. They said they had to move in to keep the community safe.
A deadly, synthetic drug that killed nearly 50 people a few years ago may now be on the streets of the Twin Cities.
Dr. Michael Schulenberg admitted prescribing oxycodone to Prince under his bodyguard's name to protect Prince's privacy.
The Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force has arrested several individuals in recent weeks in connection with controlled substance sales and distribution in Northern Minnesota.
Fentanyl is considered more powerful than heroin. The synthetic opioid is often mixed with other drugs to increase their strength.
A 38-year-old man is facing murder charges after he allegedly sold heroin in April to a woman who was found dead the next day.
Beverly Burrell has now been sentenced in the fentanyl overdose deaths of 3 men.
The lawsuit accuses drugmaker Insys Therapeutics of encouraging physicians to prescribe Subsys at higher doses than recommended.
Preliminary data shows that Minnesota in 2017 experienced a surge in deaths caused by fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.
A 38-year-old Mankato man, Otis Dear, has been taken into custody and is awaiting charges.
U.S. prosecutors have charged 10 more people in an international fentanyl trafficking operation they say led to overdose deaths in four states.
Over the last two years, fans have made the trip to the Twin Cities for a glimpse of his private life. Now, as the anniversary of his death approaches, fascination around his life still remains.
Experts who are not connected to the Prince investigation said the numbers leave no doubt that fentanyl killed him.
The siblings and their attorneys must keep the information confidential, or could be held in contempt of court, the agreement says.
Minnesota prosecutors say they'll object to releasing data connected to Prince's death because a criminal investigation is ongoing.
