The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

Current and former L.A. Times staff members selected the 75 greatest Lakers players as the club celebrates its diamond jubilee.

MINNEAPOLIS — The starting quarterback was new for Minnesota on Saturday, but two old standards shouldered the load in a 31-3 victory over Northwestern: Mohamed Ibrahim and Minnesota's defense.

MINNEAPOLIS — For hours after his legs were amputated, Dennis Prothero stared at the walls of his empty hospital room — unsure if he could muster the courage to look at how much of his legs were left.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves have played plenty of mindless basketball to start this season, but just when it seems like their lowlights have hit their nadir, they come up with a moment like the one in the second quarter of Wednesday's 129-117 loss to the Suns.

MINNEAPOLIS — Forever Ware's pitch to Namaste Cafe was simple: Use our reusable containers for your customers and cut down on disposable containers going to landfills.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Walz won a second term as Minnesota governor on Tuesday night, defeating Republican opponent Scott Jensen and cementing Democratic control of the executive branch for the longest consecutive period in state history.

MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Zimmer, a former Vikings defensive coordinator when his father was head coach, had an eye injury when he was found dead on his couch by police, who had information that he possibly had been drinking excessively, according to a recent court filing.

MINNEAPOLIS — Sheri Riemers, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, was 19 when she learned that two of her mother's sisters were removed from their birth home in the early 1970s and placed with separate non-Indian foster parents. One of the sisters was sexually abused and forcibly…

MINNEAPOLIS — Miguel Sano's career as a Minnesota Twin, a journey that began almost exactly 13 years ago as one of the most promising prospects ever signed by the team and included moments of triumph, frustration, controversy and lots of strikeouts, ended on Monday. The Twins announced that, rather than…