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Military drone training comes to Camp Ripley
The Minnesota Army National Guard showed off its new unmanned aircraft training facility at Camp Ripley today. The $4 million facility, the only one of its kind in the region, will improve training for National Guard soldiers who fly small drones to provide video surveillance.May 17, 2013
MN House OKs limits on auto license tracking
The Minnesota House has voted to place strict limits on a technology police departments use to track the location of vehicles.May 17, 2013
Rep. Tim Walz speaks about national security, civil liberties and drones
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, a Democrat who represents Minnesota's 1st Congressional District, told the audience during a recent speech at the University of Minnesota that if America cares about national security, it needs to maintain moral authority in the world and address the complex issues involved in the use of drones.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, May 17, 2013
2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case
The two women convicted of using a charity fundraising network to funnel money to a terrorist group in Somalia were sentenced to prison, in a long-running investigation of al-Shabab recruitment and financing in the United States.May 17, 2013
Map: Countries that recognize same-sex marriage
Minnesota this month became the 12th state in America to legalize same-sex marriage. In the U.S., it's up to each individual state to decide the issue on its own. But other countries have adopted nationwide laws allowing same-sex marriage. We've compiled a map which illustrates the status of same-sex marriage around the world.May 17, 2013
Tribal leader wants boycott of SD city
The chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is calling for an economic boycott of the city of Chamberlain, after the school board in the southeastern South Dakota city refused to allow a tribal honoring song during Sunday's graduation ceremony.May 17, 2013
Ex-pastor sentenced to 5 years in prison
Gustavo Resendiz Talabera pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Two counts of depriving parental rights were dismissed.May 17, 2013
ND man sentenced for hiring illegal workers
Twenty-nine-year-old Garrett Setterholm pleaded guilty in January to harboring six or more workers who were not in the United States legally.May 17, 2013
Friends of killed motorcyclist hold fundraiser
Friends of a motorcyclist killed in a collision with a Minneapolis police vehicle last week held a fundraiser Thursday evening to send his body back to Mexico.May 16, 2013
Body found on St. Croix River shore ID'd
Authorities have identified the body of a man found on the St. Croix River shore in Minnesota.May 16, 2013
Buford Rogers' detention hearing postponed
A detention hearing has been postponed again for a man accused in what the FBI has called a thwarted terror plot in western Minnesota.May 16, 2013
2nd Minnesota woman sentenced in Somali terror case
Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia have been sentenced in federal court.May 16, 2013
UMD graduates first cohort of tribal management program
The first cohort of a new degree developed to prepare leaders for the unique challenge of tribal management graduates today from the University of Minnesota Duluth.May 16, 2013
Fort Campbell sexual assault response manager arrested for stalking
Army officials say the manager of the sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell has been arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post.May 16, 2013
Minn. woman gets 20 years for aiding al-Shabab
A Minnesota woman was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for sending money to an al-Qaida-linked group in her native Somalia, despite her insistence that she was only trying to help the poor in the war-torn East African country.May 16, 2013