| Good morning! Cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle early this afternoon. Highs range from the upper 30s in the northwest to the mid-60s south. Today is Give to the Max Day, an online fundraising event for Minnesota nonprofits and schools. This year, the day comes with two major changes: The fees for each donation have increased from 4.9 percent to 6.9 percent. But donors have the option of covering the fee themselves, so that the nonprofit or school they're giving to doesn't have to. | Forecast |
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| Despite the hundreds of times police officers shoot and kill people while on duty, it's rare they face murder or manslaughter charges. | Officer charged in Castile shooting | 4 essential audio clips from the charges |
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| A federal judge Wednesday sent three young Twin Cities men to decades in prison for their roles in a plot to leave the United States to fight for the terrorist group ISIS. | Called to Fight |
| She acknowledged wanting to "never leave the house again" and subtly criticized Donald Trump in a Wednesday night speech. She was being honored for her work for children over her lifetime. |
| Despite the overall decline, there were large increases in several cities. Among veterans and families, homelessness improved. Communities count the homeless on one night in January each year. |
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| On Tuesday, the USGS announced that a swath of West Texas known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. | Environment |
| Insurers selling individual and family health plans in Minnesota put up some red ink in financial filings. | Health |
| The rights of transgender Minnesotans and family members were at the heart of two legal events Wednesday. |
| Paul Gazelka, an insurance agent and social conservative from Nisswa, is now one of the most powerful lawmakers in Minnesota -- and he's as surprised as anyone by that newfound status. | Politics Several suspended accounts are linked to Richard Spencer, one of the leaders of the movement associated with white nationalism. Twitter has been pushing to curb hate speech and abuse on its platform. Colson Whitehead's reimagining of the Underground Railroad took home the award for fiction. Rep. John Lewis, who collaborated on a graphic novel about his work with the Civil Rights movement, won in the Young People's Literature category. | The Thread This week on Art Hounds: A performance of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" featuring life-sized puppets, "Baltimore is Burning" and "Tartuffe." | Arts & Culture |
