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Oak Park Heights prison officer dies on duty from 'medical emergency'

Officer Joseph Parise died Monday after helping a fellow officer who was assaulted by an inmate. Officials did not say immediately how Parise died. The prison is in lockdown.

Boy charged as juvenile in older brother's stabbing death

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Monday the boy's case will be handled in juvenile court. Because of his age, no other information will be public.

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DFL candidate plows ahead after Knoblach bows out

DFL candidate Dan Wolgamott says he doesn't plan to make any changes to his campaign following Republican Jim Knoblach's departure from the House District 14B race.

Minnesota wolf population stable and healthy

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources released its annual wolf population estimate with a declaration that long-term trends show the population has recovered.

6 minutes of gratitude and understanding

The thing about Mondays is the news cycle is -- for the most part -- glacial and not at all interesting, so let's bathe in alternatives while we can.

The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota

With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the middle of the night. She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him.

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