A home surveillance camera picked up an unexpected passerby in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis early Monday: a cougar striding calmly down the alley. It’s the latest in a series of sightings in the region in recent months.

The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday unveiled the design for their “This is Twins Territory” specialty license plate, which will be available starting Jan. 1.

Minnesota health officials say there are now 20 confirmed cases of salmonella in the state linked to contaminated cantaloupe — including two deaths.

An Air Force officer from the Twin Cities was among the eight airmen killed in a crash in Japan last week. Maj. Jeffrey Hoernemann, of Andover served as an instructor pilot and training officer.

There hasn’t been much snow for plows to clear this winter in Minnesota — but that won’t stop the annual “Name a Snowplow” contest.

The head of Minnesota’s medical cannabis office is stepping down. The resignation of Chris Tholkes means that the state must now fill two vacancies for top marijuana regulators.

The International Ice Hockey Federation is making neck guards mandatory for all levels of competition in the tournaments it runs. That includes the Olympics and men's and women's world championships.

Nearly one year before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate at a federal prison in Arizona, the AP published its latest update in its years-long investigation into the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Reporter Michael Sisak spoke to All Things Considered.