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Michael J. Fox also talked about facing the condition and how his wife, Tracy Pollan, is his biggest champion.
Aaron James lost most of his face in a 2021 work accident where he accidentally touched a live wire.
A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he will rule soon on whether to issue a temporary restraining order against North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for children.
The Wisconsin Senate has voted to pass a state constitutional amendment that would bar government agencies from ordering churches to shut down or limit the size of their gatherings during a state of emergency.
If you enjoyed the mild weather and bits of sunshine during this recent stretch, don't take it for granted. This generally is a time of year many do not relish. Why is November considered a depressing month? Good Question. Jeff Wagner explains the challenges ahead and how to manage them.
The Food and Drug Administration said they are looking into the death of a student with a heart condition whose parents allege died after consuming a caffeinated drink at Panera Bread.
It’s the season where we all seem to be getting sick. So what can you do so you have your colleagues coughing next? While many people will work through it, Ubah Ali explains why that's not the right prescription.
Hazelden Betty Ford is taking a new approach to helping more people recover from addiction. That's because the CDC says overdose death rates are up 44% for Black people and up 39% for Indigenous people. The data also shows that, in general, people of color are less likely to receive treatment.
Sardinia, Italy; Ikaria, Greece; the Nicoya peninsula of Costa Rica; and Okinawa, Japan. They're all dots on the globe with vastly different cultures, but one unifying bragging point. People there live to 100 at one of the highest rates in the world.
Suzanne Somers wrote a number of health and wellness books and she was very public about some of her controversial medical decisions
Flu season is well underway and now it's partnered up with the latest worldwide virus, COVID. But since 2020, the way the virus impacts many of us has changed. WCCO's Marielle Mohs sat down with an infectious disease doctor to learn how to decipher the symptoms of today's COVID.
Matthew Shepard died at 21 after being beaten and tied to a remote fence in Wyoming. His death sparked a reckoning over hate crimes and LGBTQ+ rights.
Highly pathogenic bird flu has made its first appearances in U.S. commercial poultry flocks this season, affecting one turkey farm in South Dakota and one in Utah.
Local health care advocates delivering the message about the importance of breast cancer screening as they highlighted federal funding for Allina Health's mobile cancer screening program.
A 7th grader in Maple Grove is on a mission to make a big change that could affect millions of Americans. It may be working. She's even caught the attention of Capitol Hill.
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are walking picket lines at hundreds of hospitals and medical centers across the U.S.
Iowa's health agency has said it will take steps to develop home and community-based services for children with severe mental and behavioral needs as part of an agreement with civil rights groups that filed a class action lawsuit.
A judge has blocked a southeastern Wisconsin school district's policy of allowing students to change their names and gender pronouns without parental consent.
An emotional reunion took center stage at the Be The Match gala in Minneapolis on Saturday.
A new state health report says persistent pandemic challenges are to blame. It says 21 deaths could have been prevented, which is the highest number in 16 years. Caroline Cummings breaks down what you need to know.
A coalition of anti-abortion organizations is urging two Wisconsin prosecutors to pursue charges against abortion providers in their counties despite a court's ruling that abortion is legal.
Fentanyl test strips can detect the presence of the lethal drug in other kinds of drugs, a harm reduction strategy that can save people from the deadly opioid and spare their loved ones unthinkable tragedy at a time when the powerful drug is killing Minnesotans and Americans across the country at an alarming rate.
Planned Parenthood says that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn't apply to abortions.
Authorities say a pier filled with people celebrating Labor Day on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus partially collapsed into a lake, leaving one person hospitalized and slightly injuring about 20 others.
The Minnesota Department of Health says it has linked eight cases of cryptosporidiosis and one case of E. coli to milk purchased from Health Harvest Farm and Kitchen.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading fifth goal of the season and Nicole Hensley made 27 saves and Minnesota Frost beat the undefeated Boston Fleet 5-2 on Friday night.
Investigators are working to learn the cause of a fire that damaged a church in Eagan, Minnesota, on Friday afternoon, city officials said.
Buy now, pay later plans are becoming more popular for shoppers this holiday season.
Federal prosecutors said the total fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid programs could be as much as $9 billion, but DFL Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials disputed that the amount of taxpayer money stolen is that high.
Fifteen years ago, former Minneapolis firefighter Jake LaFerriere turned one of his darkest days into a tradition that now brings holiday cheer to some of Minnesota's most vulnerable patients.
Investigators are working to learn the cause of a fire that damaged a church in Eagan, Minnesota, on Friday afternoon, city officials said.
Fifteen years ago, former Minneapolis firefighter Jake LaFerriere turned one of his darkest days into a tradition that now brings holiday cheer to some of Minnesota's most vulnerable patients.
Friday is the big liftoff day for travel at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
A shelter-in-place order has been lifted and a 39-year-old man is in custody after an incident that lasted over 18 hours in Nowthen, Minnesota, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said Friday afternoon.
David Hann, the ex-chair of the state's Republican Party and former minority leader in the Minnesota Senate, is joining the race for Democrat Tina Smith's U.S. Senate seat.
David Hann, the ex-chair of the state's Republican Party and former minority leader in the Minnesota Senate, is joining the race for Democrat Tina Smith's U.S. Senate seat.
A retired Twin Cities police officer was killed while helping a driver stuck on an icy road early Monday morning.
Roughly a dozen schools in the state had announced they were either closed or delayed for Friday classes, following Thursday's snow and Friday's bitter cold.
Road conditions across Minnesota are rapidly deteriorating as a winter storm moves through the state Thursday.
Several Minnesota schools have already closed on Thursday in anticipation of winter weather in the state, with many more planning to end classes early.
The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states, including Illinois and Wisconsin, and D.C. for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration.
Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers are raising alarms about judicial independence and say they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal.
The Minnesota Attorney General's Office says Menards, the Wisconsin-based home improvement retailer, has reached a $4.25 million settlement with several states to "resolve claims" of deceptive marketing practices in its popular "11% Rebate Program," and pandemic-era price gouging.
A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors are starting to select the jurors who will decide whether a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal officers broke the law.
Many people who serve in the U.S. military find it hard to ask for assistance when they've been trained to help and serve others.
Food Bank Eatery in North Minneapolis provides free meals for children, who may have little to eat after the pause of SNAP benefits for many in the community.
Firefighters are continuing a 44-year tradition that happens every year north of the Twin Cities.
It was a scary moment in the Twin Cities over the weekend, as a trailer hauling sled dogs turned over on Interstate 494 in Minnetonka.
On Sunday, members of Minnesota's Somali community spoke out against President Trump's social media post calling for an end to temporary protected status.
Federal prosecutors said the total fraud in Minnesota's Medicaid programs could be as much as $9 billion, but DFL Gov. Tim Walz and other state officials disputed that the amount of taxpayer money stolen is that high.
Federal prosecutors say the fraud in Minnesota could total several billions of dollars as criminal charges mount. But Gov. Tim Walz, DFL-Minnesota, and state officials dispute it's that high. Caroline Cummings heard from the governor and others in his administration Friday for the first time since new indictments came down Thursday.
The airstrikes on ISIS targets are being conducted in response to the killing of two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian contractor by a lone terrorist in Palmyra, Syria.
Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers are raising alarms about judicial independence and say they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal.
David Hann, the ex-chair of the state's Republican Party and former minority leader in the Minnesota Senate, is joining the race for Democrat Tina Smith's U.S. Senate seat.
Buy now, pay later plans are becoming more popular for shoppers this holiday season.
The Minnesota Attorney General's Office says Menards, the Wisconsin-based home improvement retailer, has reached a $4.25 million settlement with several states to "resolve claims" of deceptive marketing practices in its popular "11% Rebate Program," and pandemic-era price gouging.
The holidays are upon us, and in the town of Kellogg, Minnesota, you'll find a toy store unlike any other.
When we do winter weather stories, there's always that one line people use: cold, snow, ice — it's just what happens here. And this week, Ticket King president Michael Nowakowski said that same idea kind of applies to Minnesota Vikings ticket prices.
Thanksgiving is a big day for the farmers who raise the centerpiece of Americans' dinner tables on the last Thursday of November. But in Minnesota, the nation's top turkey producer, the work doesn't stop once the national holiday ends.
Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers are raising alarms about judicial independence and say they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal.
Officials say the same gunman who opened fire at Brown University also killed an MIT professor two days later. Here's what we know about the suspect, who was found dead Thursday night.
The Brown University shooting suspect was found dead in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire. Authorities believe he is also responsible for killing an MIT professor.
A top prosecutor suggested on Thursday that the total amount of fraud in Minnesota could be $9 billion or more.
Two days after the shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot to death at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The Minnesota Athletic Trainers Association says of the middle and high schools they know of, only 49% have an athletic trainer providing some level of service.
From 2021 to 2025, Smart Therapy Center submitted claims totaling $31.8 million across all Minnesota Department of Human Services programs, according to that data. But the provider was only approved for a fraction of those payments.
The family of a Minnesota Vikings player who died at training camp from heat exhaustion in 2001 is still fighting to protect others.
A Twin Cities metro area school shifted to e-learning after a flu outbreak impacted nearly a quarter of its students. A senior epidemiologist with the Minnesota Department of Health said flu season is "definitely picking up."
Officials at the Ramsey-Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport, Minnesota, say local hospitals are sending over dangerous waste and putting the facility's workers at risk.
The special features interviews with Kathy Bates, Annette Bening, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and Mandy Patinkin.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
The nearly 100-year-old cinema will close briefly after New Year's Day and reopen on Jan. 9 with a showing of Jim Jarmusch's "Father Mother Sister Brother."
The story of "The Wizard of Oz " is 125 years old, yet still reinventing itself in all kinds of forms.
When the Minnesota Vikings host the Detroit Lions on Christmas Day, fans may want to have their gin and juice handy come halftime.
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored her league-leading fifth goal of the season and Nicole Hensley made 27 saves and Minnesota Frost beat the undefeated Boston Fleet 5-2 on Friday night.
Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy each had a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 for their sixth straight win.
The Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants are eliminated from playoff contention but see their Week 16 matchup as plenty meaningful with another chance for a young quarterback to play.
The Minnesota Athletic Trainers Association says of the middle and high schools they know of, only 49% have an athletic trainer providing some level of service.
In a long-awaited move, Minnesota Timberwolves legend Kevin Garnett is returning to the franchise that drafted him.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is calling for answers about the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities. She is also denouncing the president's attacks on the Somali community and herself. In Talking Points, Esme Murphy shows us how, for Omar, this is a familiar position to be in.
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is calling for clarity about the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.
Fear and uncertainty continue in Minnesota's Somali communities as ICE continues its intensified focus on the Twin Cities.
Opposition to ICE actions is widespread among Democratic elected officials throughout the state, though nowhere more than in Minneapolis, home to the state's largest Somali population.
Minnesotans who welcomed a child this year were able to start applying this week to the state's new paid family and medical leave program to take time off in 2026.
Holiday lights are on full display across the state right now, and just south of the Twin Cities you'll find a Christmas light show that's been around for more than half a century.
The story begins years ago when the city acquired one of the T-38 Talon Thunderbird jets from the Air Force.
The holidays are upon us, and in the town of Kellogg, Minnesota, you'll find a toy store unlike any other.
With the holidays fast approaching, and lutefisk on the menu for many families, one Minnesota town has the distinction of being called the "Lutefisk Capital of the Country."
How would you like to own a former Cold War missile site? In Dakota County, Minnesota, there's a one-of-a-kind property that could be yours for the right price.
The story of "The Wizard of Oz " is 125 years old, yet still reinventing itself in all kinds of forms.
It's the time of year when we accumulate the most stuff. When we do, people often throw around the word "hoarding." But it turns out it's a frequently misunderstood term.
Why do we have oily or dry skin? A dermatologist explains the root cause and how it can change over time.
It is the food that is top of mind right now, but did you know more turkeys come from Minnesota than anywhere else in the country?
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnehaha, Minnetonka, Minnewaska, Minneota. Those are just some of the place names in "the Land of 10,000 Lakes" featuring "minne" as the first five letters.
Minnesotans got a great view of the northern lights Tuesday night.
A look at the newest addition to the polar bear population at St. Paul, Minnesota's Como Zoo.
From food shelves to school programs, our team is proud to serve where it matters most.
The Minnesota State Fair has unveiled its new food, drinks and vendors for 2025.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
Temperatures will hit the high 20s on Saturday morning before dropping gradually through the rest of the day, according to meteorologist Mike Augustyniak.
In Minnesota, weather can be all over the place. Here at WCCO, we want to give you what you need to prepare for what's happening next.
Temperatures will rise late Friday and into Saturday, according to NEXT Weather meteorologist Mike Augustyniak.
Our coating of snow will lock in weekend cold, but it will be quieter and milder all next week, WCCO meteorologist Mike Augustyniak reports.
A few flurries later today, but snow will move in overnight and should be out around by the evening, WCCO meteorologist Joseph Dames reports.
Temperatures will hit the high 20s on Saturday morning before dropping gradually through the rest of the day, according to meteorologist Mike Augustyniak.
Two of Minnesota’s top boys basketball teams, the Totino-Grace Eagles and Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders, faced off in Fridley on Friday night. Plus, see the results of other exciting games that took place around the state.
A man who threatened to shoot deputies is in custody after an incident involving a house fire that lasted over 18 hours in Nowthen, according to the Anoka County Sheriff's Office.
Police in north Minneapolis say they're searching for the shooter who injured three people on a Metro Transit bus Friday afternoon. Frankie McLister reports.
A fire damaged Grace Slavic Church in Eagan on Friday afternoon. Investigators are working to learn the cause of the incident. No injuries have been reported.