At about 4:20 p.m. on a cold Rhode Island Saturday, a message from Brown University flashed up on cellphones all over campus — everyone should run or take cover from an active shooter.

A display outside the Minnesota House of Representatives and at the late House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman’s desk cropped up ...

A congressional map that disenfranchises millions of Texans is a monument to raw political power, and anything but true to ...

In a political climate where the line between rhetorical hyperbole and actual bloodshed has tragically evaporated, Senator Mark Kelly is refusing to blink. Standing before a backdrop of American flags ...

Over five months after he and his family were targeted in an apparent attempted assassination, Minnesota Senator John Hoffman shared a Thanksgiving message reflecting on the attack. In his message, ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Sophie Hortman scored a team-record 34 points to lead the Lassiter girls to a 54-26 victory over Blessed Trinity on Thursday. The Trojans jumped to a 16-1 lead after a quarter and were never ...

Minnesota state Sen. Erin Maye Quade (D) on Thursday slammed President Trump after he called six Democratic lawmakers “traitors” and suggested their request to military service members to disobey ...

The incredible 252 mph peak wind gust measured in Hurricane Melissa as it approached Jamaica was verified this week. That wind gust is now officially the highest wind speed ever recorded by the ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...