Minnesota

FILE - Families and victims advocates participate in a prayer walk around the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to mark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day in Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Unsolved violent crimes in Native American communities to get more attention with FBI surge

Associated Press

The FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country.

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

From Utah to New Hampshire, Ice Castles draw in the tourists

Associated Press

Ice Castles, the company behind the temporary art installations, is now in Utah, Minnesota, two locations in Colorado and New Hampshire. The company has expanded since its first installation in 2011.

FILE - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz greets reporters before Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Planned Parenthood, March 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn.

Politics & Government

Harris makes Gov. Tim Walz her VP pick, thrilling Utah’s younger Dems

Saige Miller

Democrats are enthusiastic about a Harris/Walz ticket and believe the duo has what it takes to defeat Donald Trump in November.

Kat, 14, holds their stuffed bunny named Nyx over their face at their old home in Utah. The bunny is in the same colors as the transgender pride flag. Kat and their family left Utah after the state banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Politics & Government

This family says Utah’s transgender care ban left them no choice but to ‘get out’

Saige Miller

In a year that saw polarized policymaking around transgender Americans, MPR News and KUER teamed up to tell the story of how gender-affirming care bans and care shields are affecting access in Minnesota and Utah.