MINNEAPOLIS—A suspect in a crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis was charged Thursday with 10 state counts of criminal vehicular homicide as well as federal firearms and drug charges that carry a potential sentence of life in prison. Derrick John Thompson, 27, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, rented a Cadillac Escalade SUV at a…

MINNEAPOLIS—A man who served a hit-and-run sentence in a California prison until his release earlier this year remained jailed Tuesday, awaiting charges after a crash killed five young women in Minneapolis when a speeding driver blew past a state trooper, ran a red light and slammed into their car. Derrick John Thompson, 27, of Brooklyn…

MINNEAPOLIS—Five people were killed when a driver ran a red light while fleeing Minneapolis police, authorities say. The pursuit started around 10 p.m. Friday when an officer spotted the driver speeding on Interstate 35, Minneapolis police said in a statement. The driver exited the highway before crashing into another vehicle with four women and a…

Minneapolis—Anyone who’s flown out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport’s Terminal 2 early in the morning or over a holiday knows: The security checkpoint bottleneck can feel interminable, with lines stretching across the skybridge to the parking deck. Now, there’s an option to jump the line. A pilot program that includes seven other U.S. airports has…

MINNEAPOLIS—The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat. At least two people were injured in Saturday’s confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), Chair Ken Martin, said on Twitter that he plans to…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—A man with a shotgun was taken into custody Friday after a standoff in a parking lot at the Mall of America, authorities said. The Bloomington Police Department said on social media that crisis negotiators were brought to the scene and the man was taken into custody in the area of American Boulevard and…

The city of Minneapolis agreed Thursday to pay nearly $9 million to settle lawsuits filed by two people who said former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into their necks years before he used the same move on George Floyd. John Pope Jr. will receive $7.5 million and Zoya Code will receive $1.375 million….

President Joe Biden travels to the Minneapolis area to speak about his economic agenda at 3:35 p.m. ET on April 3. …

President Joe Biden travels to the Minneapolis area to speak about his economic agenda at 3:35 p.m. ET on April 3. …

Minneapolis — Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all of them, died Saturday. He was 95. The Vikings announced Grant’s death on social media. “We are absolutely devastated to announce…