The celebration is a time to give thanks to ancestors for the past year and welcome the new beginnings of the year that lies ahead. The St. Paul RiverCentre event included traditional dances, a Miss Hmong Minnesota pageant and a singing competition. The two-day celebration ends Sunday.

Success comes amid declines at neighboring Mayo hospital that is struggling with staffing and closing underused units.

The first big snowfall of the season is blanketing towns in upstate New York along lakes Erie and Ontario in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, while numbing cold and heavy snow could persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions.

Officials say the fire might have stemmed from downed power lines. No one in the building was injured.

In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus. Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit that included keychain spikes, a hidden knife key and a personal alarm.

The states school districts are developing individual cellphone policies, and in the process are learning there are nuances to the debate.

As winter approaches, more than 1,300 homeless Minnesotans are unsheltered. Officials say more needs to be done to help them.

Gym offers much needed safe haven for young people to congregate and build life skills.

An Esko family has waited six years to adopt a now 8-year-old boy from China. They are one of 300 U.S. families who were in the process of adopting a child from China when the country halted international adoptions.

City officials plan to update housing, transportation and comprehensive development goals in the wake of a recent growth boom.

Medtronic, Boston Scientific and other medtech leaders are competing to commercialize catheter technology with roots in Minnesota thats making atrial fibrillation treatment safer.

No suspects had been arrested as of Friday night, authorities said.

Penelope Hegseth made the accusation in an email to her son in 2018, amid his contentious divorce. She said on Friday that she regretted the email and had apologized to him.

Josh Allen's latest kneel-down had nothing to do with football.

Donald Trumps pick to be health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reached a pinnacle of power after a life of fame and addictions and a career intertwined with conspiracy theories.

612 Crew, 1st Avenue Breakers and Senior Dancers show off their moves during the one-minute time-outs.

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and possibly interacted.

Small Business Saturday, other promotions aim to drive traffic to local retailers.

An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.

Several inmates said they are at a disadvantage because those who still have tablets can spend unlimited amounts of time working on emails, while they are limited to 15 minutes for each computer use.

Revolving-door bans havent progressed in nearly three decades

The information was on a private vendors server, the federal agency said. More than 2,300 were targeted across the country.

The number of Minnesotans who volunteer rose to the highest level seen in several years. But donations havent had the same recovery.

Proponents say the shortened week can lead to cost savings and make it easier to recruit teachers. But for some communities, concerns about childcare remain a barrier.

Roadkill typically ends up in one of three places: a shallow grave in the ditch, a special compost heap or on someones dinner table.