text: Winter storm watch Friday night
  Several inches of snow is increasingly likely along and east of of the Minnesota River Valley. It looks like the Twin Cities will ride the snowy edge once again.
  Dayton is open to bill penalizing protests on freeways
  Dayton said there is a delicate balance between public safety and public dissent, but he is open to a crackdown on freeway-disrupting protests. Meanwhile, he restated objections to bills dealing with fireworks and abortion.
  Minneapolis students heading to Washington, D.C. March for Our Lives
  The national student-led demonstration comes just over a month after a shooter killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
  A trip to Washington Live updates from their journey
  Anti-Islam speaker known to rural Minnesota heads for Twin Cities
  John Guandolo is expected to speak April 8 at a Bloomington hotel. The Southern Poverty Law Center describes him as one of the nation's leading anti-Muslim extremists. He's drawn crowds in the past in far northern Minnesota.
  2 alleged Bloomington mosque bombers waive initial court hearing
  Michael Hari, leader of the White Rabbit Militia, and one of his alleged accomplices, came before an Illinois judge Wednesday but waived their right to call witnesses and question the government's case in a preliminary hearing.
  Former Mpls. cop Noor released from jail in Ruszczyk shooting case
  Mohamed Noor's first court appearance Wednesday came with a packed crowd and heavy security. He faces murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk after responding to her 911 call last July.
  Full coverage The shooting of Justine Damond Ruszczyk
  A thump, a flash and a shot What happened that night
  Remember Ruszczyk Neighbors, activists gather in Minneapolis
  MN Supreme Court: 'Fraud' invalidates 'as is' car sales
  The Court's description of the case reads like a cheap novel you can't put down. It -- and the dealer's Yelp reviews -- will also make you never want to buy a used vehicle again.
  Art Hounds: Ness Nite celebrates the release of 'Dream Girl'
  Plus, the Art Hounds recommend an artist-interview marathon and Duluth poetry reading.
  Officers yelled 'gun' before shooting unarmed man in California
  Authorities identified him only as a 24-year-old white man and said it was too soon to say if he had worked alone. They also said they don't know his motive.
  Austin Bomber What we know about Mark Anthony Conditt
  As negotiators stumbled toward an end-of-the-week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering.
  Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith will be Mississippi's first woman in Congress when she takes over for Sen. Thad Cochran, leaving Vermont as the only state that has never sent a woman to Capitol Hill.
  John Goetz, an attorney for Prince's siblings, says prosecutors agreed to give him the medical examiner's autopsy investigation this week. Goetz and his clients must keep the data confidential.
  Settlement reached in case involving discarded baby remains
  A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against a St. Paul hospital after staff accidentally discarded a woman's stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating the remains.
  Mpls. Rep. Thissen among Minnesota Supreme Court finalists
  A state panel is recommending Gov. Mark Dayton pick among four candidates to fill an open Minnesota Supreme Court seat. They include Minneapolis DFL Rep. Paul Thissen, who is leaving the Legislature after a failed run for governor.
  Appetites: The growth of Lenten fish fry in Minnesota
  The Lenten fish fry has blossomed, and no one does it quite like The Church of St Albert the Great in South Minneapolis. For the first six Fridays in lent, 125 volunteers come together to serve up baked and fried tilapia, cheesy mashed potatoes and coleslaw to an overflow crowd.
  MN House panel considers court camera ban
  A bipartisan push is underway to halt Minnesota's experiment with cameras in courtrooms.
  Loaded gun found at St. Paul Como Park High; student arrested
  The police officer on duty at the school responded immediately and took the gun without incident, the district said. Authorities are investigating but there's no active threat.
  Thin ice warnings for humans after Bloomington fire rescues dog
  A dog pulled from a pond by Bloomington firefighters Wednesday triggered some let's-be-careful-out-there warnings from around the Twin Cities about the dangers of trusting late March ice.