Consent decrees have been a federal government tool for reforming police departments. What happens if the one governing the Minneapolis Police Department goes away?

Top cop Brian O'Hara said in an interview with The New York Post that "bourgeois liberal mentality" prevents facts from breaking through in city's approach to policing.

Progress toward more fair policing could be undermined by a push from some activists and lawmakers on the political right to get President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, as his administration moves to end federal policing oversight.

The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.

Minneapolis and St. Paul are slipping in the Trust for Public Land’s ranking of city park systems. Both of the Twin Cities are still in the top five out of 100 larger cities included in the ranking, but other cities’ progress knocked Minneapolis and St.

Minneapolis man, Robert James Levi, faces federal charges for child pornography production and coercive activities with a minor.

Graco is moving its headquarters to the northwest Twin Cities, ending an almost-80-year stay in Northeast Minneapolis. The company, which manufactures fluid-handling systems, announced on Wednesday it plans to "relocate" its riverside Minneapolis operations and corporate teams to "its growing campuses in the northwest metro area."

Two kids are in the hospital after a bus crashed into a playground in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon, according to police.

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