Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald — an early release that was widely viewed as a setback in the city's efforts to improve relations between its police department and Black community.
Residents of two villages in northwestern Myanmar said government soldiers burned down hundreds of houses this week, apparently while searching for members of an armed militia opposed to military rule.
European parliamentarians urged their governments and the United Nations on Thursday to bring Egypt's "devastating" human rights situation under more global scrutiny.
Just before covering his first-ever Olympics event, columnist La Velle E. Neal III was identified as a "close contact" of someone who tested positive for COVID. Here's what happened — and what happens now.
The U.S. women had a 52-12 advantage in shots and held Finland scoreless until the third period. But the victory was marred by an injury to Brianna Decker, who was taken off the ice on a stretcher in the first period.
The Vikings spent most of Wednesday interviewing Michigan's Jim Harbaugh but never made him an offer. Instead, they chose the Rams' offensive coordinator, who can't officially be hired until after the Super Bowl.
Kevin O'Connell is the type of coach the Vikings figured to hire when the process began, but Daily Delivery podcast host Michael Rand says the choice feels odd. Also, Wolves writer Chris Hine, frozen soccer and the hot Wild.
What a wild ride. The stock market hasn't been this crazy since...a couple years ago.
Pushing back against critics, a key nominee to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors said in testimony before a Senate panel that she would not make it more difficult for any industry to obtain bank loans.
Minnesota-born athletes have won 95 medals in the nearly 100 years of the Winter Games. Here's the complete list.
Stellantis is recalling nearly 202,000 Ram heavy-duty pickups and chassis cabs to tighten a loose nut that can stop the windshield wipers from working properly.
Basketball Across Minnesota: Gary Trent Jr., the former Apple Valley guard whose father played for the Wolves, tied the Toronto Raptors franchise record with five straight 30-point games.
Did the U.S. team really need bone-chilling weather to defeat an overmatched Honduras side? If so, the national program should re-evaluate things.
Minnesota was as healthy as its been in more than a month, but that wasn't enough to slow down one of the nation's deepest teams.
