ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State public safety officials say 57 people died in fires last year in Minnesota — the highest number of fatalities in 13 years.
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in rural southern Ohio are urging residents to be cautious as the search continues for whoever fatally shot eight members of a family at four different properties.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill moving through the Minnesota Legislature would allow terminally ill patients with only six months to live to be prescribed life-ending medication.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Pop Warner organization has settled a lawsuit brought by a Wisconsin woman who alleged her 25-year-old son's suicide resulted from brain injuries he suffered while playing youth football.
Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A Rochester police officer who was placed on administrative leave Tuesday was found dead Wednesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an Illinois police officer who killed himself in what they say was an elaborately staged suicide embezzled money from a police program for seven years.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has endorsed a plan to suspend enrollment in psychiatric drug studies and provide more oversight on human research.
COON RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a 15-year-old Coon Rapids boy apparently accidentally shot and wounded his 14-year-old girlfriend before taking his own life.