Gov. Tim Walz signed the bill in a ceremony on Friday surrounded by family members who lost loved ones to distracted drivers. Here's what you need to know about the new law.

Bloomington police say a man who witnesses said may have pushed or threw a 5-year-old boy from the third floor of the Mall of America Friday has been arrested. The child has "significant injuries."

The suspect, a 36-year-old man, is listed in critical condition after being rescued from the fire and is being guarded by law enforcement at the hospital, the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office said Friday.

The president is in town to promote the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Two tax policy experts look at the effects of the law one year in.

Prosecutors say a barefoot print in the victim's blood matches that of Jerry Westrom. Westrom's attorney said footprint and fingerprint evidence is not reliable.

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer checked in with Jeff Rueter for a preview of the big game. Rueter covers Minnesota United for The Athletic.

Minnesota United plays its first match at the new Allianz Field in St. Paul this weekend, filled with ambition not just for the team, but for the very ground on which it will play.

The Minnesota Vikings and wide receiver Adam Thielen have agreed in principle to a four-year contract extension valued at $64 million.