The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

Man charged with fatally stabbing teen, wounding 4 others while tubing on Wisconsin's Apple River

MINNEAPOLIS — A 52-year-old man from Prior Lake was charged Monday with first-degree homicide and attempted first-degree homicide on allegations that he stabbed a 17-year-old Stillwater boy and wounded four other people during a weekend attack while tubing on the Apple River in western Wisconsin.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Tony Finau chases second straight PGA Tour win with final round showdown against Taylor Pendrith

The 32-year-old has only bogeyed twice in his last 125 holes.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Sarah Fuller reflects on the difficulties of her sudden burst of football fame

MINNEAPOLIS — Sarah Fuller should have been allowed to bask in the spotlight. She had been pulled from the women's soccer team at Vanderbilt in November 2020 to kick for the Commodores football team.

Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022

Vikings QB Kirk Cousins, new coach Kevin O'Connell forging a critical partnership

MINNEAPOLIS — During one of the Vikings' practices this spring, Kirk Cousins dropped back on a particular play, moved off of his first target based on the coverage he saw from the defense and threw toward one of his secondary targets on the play.

Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022

Downtown Minneapolis shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 critically injured

MINNEAPOLIS — An overnight shooting in the downtown Minneapolis Warehouse District has left one person dead and two others injured, including one critically, according to police.

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

Vikings’ Jefferson focused on earning wins, not big payday

MINNEAPOLIS — Heading into his third year with the Vikings, Justin Jefferson does not yet hold the team's single-season receiving yardage record. He fell 16 yards short when the team kneeled out the clock in its final game against the Bears.

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

George Floyd deserved a better life. A new book charts his trajectory from poverty to the US prison-industrial complex – and the impact of his death

George Perry Floyd, Jr. was murdered when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sank his knee into Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Video footage went viral within hours, helping to inspire protests against racism and police violence that lasted all the American summer of 2020.

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2022

Kueng sentenced to 3 years, Thao 3 1/2 years for violating George Floyd's civil rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced ex-Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng to three years in prison and ex-officer Tou Thao to 3 1/2 years on criminal civil rights charges related to the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

Laurie Hertzel: Sentiment prompts readers to cherish their worn-out books

Readers say their old books are more than objects: They are physical reminders of love.

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

2 cops face sentencing for violating George Floyd's rights

The last two former Minneapolis police officers who have yet to be sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to learn their penalties Wednesday

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022