A confrontation Saturday night in Cyrus, Minn. left Pope County sheriff’s deputy Josh Owen dead and two other officers wounded. The three officers were in the process of arresting Bryan Nygard, 34, of Cyrus for suspected domestic violence when Nygard pulled out a gun and began firing, shooting Owen three times as Owen and Pope County deputy Brody Merrill returned fire. Nygard died from multiple gunshot wounds.

“You'll hear me challenging us to rise to this moment. This is an incredibly unique moment. We are one of the few states that now provide universal school meals And I think you're seeing things that are truly transformational. And I'm going to ask folks to lift up and embrace the moment.”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday extended until Friday at midnight an administrative stay in an ongoing lower-court fight over the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill mifepristone. The announcement kicks the can down the road on what the high court will do for another few days.

You’ve probably driven by Riverside Plaza, the concrete towers with primary colored flourishes reminiscent of a Mondrian painting. They were part of a utopian vision for the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood only partially realized, a story told in a doc called “Brutal Utopias” screening tonight at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.