Donors gave more than $37.8 million to Minnesota nonprofits and schools on Give to the Max Day yesterday. That's according to an update from Give M-N, the nonprofit behind the event. It's a record amount for the annual giving day, which started back in 2009.

And Waymo announced yesterday that it will start testing its autonomous taxis in Minneapolis, though the service won't be available to the public just yet.

A 3-month-old baby is in the hospital in Minnesota after consuming formula linked to a nationwide botulism outbreak. The family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the company that makes ByHeart formula.

A Capitol event Thursday marked Transgender Day of Remembrance.

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Families and advocates Thursday said they were still trying to reach loved ones detained during an ICE operation at a St. Paul manufacturer this week.

Three former employees of a Sherburne County town are charged with embezzling 20 percent of the community’s budget.

Twin Cities-based Target is partnering with Open AI to allow people to find and buy Target merchandise through ChatGPT. The retailer issued its latest earnings report Thursday showing a drop in sales, and a challenging outlook for the holiday shopping season.

The White House has announced six new interagency agreements intended to break up the federal Education Department. One of those agreements will move Native American programs to the Department of the Interior.

There are now at least five candidates in next year’s election for Hennepin County Attorney.

St. Cloud State University will have a new president starting in early January. The Minnesota State board of trustees agreed to name Gregory Tomso for the open position.

Target says it’s facing a challenging outlook for the holiday shopping season. But the Minneapolis-based retailer also outlined more steps today to try to reverse its recent struggles.

One of Minnesota's largest health insurers, UCare, is shutting down at the start of next year. Another nonprofit insurer will be taking over its members.

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A federal law enforcement operation Tuesday drew a large protest to St. Paul. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents were serving a search warrant at Bro-Tex Inc. as part of a federal criminal investigation. They didn’t provide further details and didn’t say whether anyone was detained.

An employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is among 16 men arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor after a sting operation in suburban Minneapolis.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have just released findings showing hundreds of racist housing deeds in Sherburne County.

Minnesota REALTORs say October data shows seller activity is up in the state while buyer activity is down. That's even though mortgage rates touched their lowest level in a year last month.

Two new professional women’s volleyball teams announced expansion teams in Minnesota in the last week.

Federal agents clashed with protesters during an operation at a St. Paul manufacturer today.

Agents from the FBI, DEA and ICE carried out a search warrant at Bro-Tex Incorporated, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson.

And the entire Minnesota delegation in the U.S. House voted in favor today of forcing the release of investigative files involving sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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A Minneapolis business consultant has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for a a $3.5 million scheme to defraud government pandemic aid programs.

A St. Paul man is charged with vehicular homicide and fleeing the scene after allegedly killing a woman who was out walking her dogs last week.

Minnesota hasn’t elected a third-party governor since 1998, but Mike Newcome hopes that will change in 2026. Newcome has launched a campaign as an Independence party candidate. Newcome says he's a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. He says he'd like to break up the partisan divide in St. Paul.

Nonprofit housing providers are warning 3,600 Minnesotans who have overcome homelessness could be at risk of losing their homes. That's because of new rules from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, that cut funding for permanent housing by nearly 70 percent.

Eighty years after his death, federal investigators have identified the remains of a Minnesota man killed during World War II.

State Rep. Sandra Feist announced today that she'll leave the Legislature when her term runs out next year.

And it's open enrollment season for many people who get health insurance through their employer. A recent survey found the average cost per employee will go up 7 percent.

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