The Associated Press

A Minnesota medical examiner says last month's death of "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide.

Authorities say one person has died in an apartment fire in Duluth, the same building where another individual died in a fire last year.

The head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide division has testified that kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and in the prone position is ``top-tier, deadly'' force and ``totally unnecessary.''

The Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction in the case of a snowmobiler sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for crashing into an 8-year-old boy on Chisago Lake and killing him.

Gov. Tim Walz and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty each received a dose of coronavirus vaccine in a bipartisan display aimed at boosting acceptance of the vaccine as eligibility opened up to all Minnesotans 16 and older on Tuesday.

Authorities in Duluth are investigating after a Minnesota State trooper's squad car was damaged by gunfire.

The huge task for jurors at the trial of a white former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd showed during jury selection as some would-be jurors said they were unnerved by the very thought of being on the panel.

A suburban Minneapolis dinner theater has scrapped plans for a production of "Cinderella" because the cast was mostly white and it didn't fit with its efforts to become more diverse.

The State Patrol says two women have died in a crash in northeastern Minnesota.

Minnesota's largest school district will pay $300,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit with a transgender student who was barred from using the boys' locker room during the swimming season.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has heard arguments over Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement project in northern Minnesota, which opponents are calling unnecessary due to an eventual decline in the demand for oil.

A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death, with opening statements set for March 29.

Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died from a fatal gunshot wound in a Moorhead apartment where he was left with several other unsupervised children.

Minnesota has picked former player and assistant Ben Johnson to be the new head men's basketball coach, according to a person with knowledge of the hire.