The Latest Breaking News from Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — South Carolina had just ended Creighton's Cinderella run last weekend in Greensboro, N.C., and the confetti was raining down like shards of a broken glass slipper.

MINNEAPOLIS — Days after her South Carolina Gamecocks swept to a fourth Final Four, North Philadelphia’s Dawn Staley swept a pair of major coaching honors: the Naismith and U.S. Basketball Writers’ women’s Coach of the Year awards.

Minneapolis teachers have approved a new contract to end a strike that has kept students out of their classrooms for nearly three weeks

MINNEAPOLIS — The man known as America's Rib King has held a prestigious presidential appointment, appeared on "Oprah," and seen his name on a stock ticker (Nasdaq: DAVE). But "Famous Dave" Anderson was once plain-old Dave Anderson, son of a Choctaw from Oklahoma and an Ojibwe from Wisconsin, who struggled…

The reigning national champions are heading for Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS — Third time's a charm.

MINNEAPOLIS — Michael Che said Friday that he is leaving the anchor desk of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live." The co-head writer of the show shared an anchor desk with Colin Jost for eight years.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Public Schools and its teachers and support staff have reached tentative contract agreements that could end the strike that has shuttered schools for weeks.

MINNEAPOLIS — Four days after they lost by a bucket in Dallas, the Timberwolves ended their two-game losing streak with a 116-95 beating of the Mavericks Friday at Target Center.