Chris Taylor, who currently works in a similar position at the Minnesota Historical Society, will be charged with helping state government recruit and retain a more diverse workforce, as well as increase government contracts with diverse businesses.

The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration will review safety and health practices, conduct interviews and take photos and video to determine any hazardous conditions that may have caused or contributed to the accident.

Steve Tillitt refused to characterize statement by a family minister that the child thrown from a mall balcony had "zero brain damage."

Rescuers continue to search for survivors of Monday's quake, which trapped people in a collapsed supermarket in Pampanga province and caused panicked office workers to flee buildings in Manila.

The theater group that created and runs the annual event says it can no longer do it alone.

After meeting with a coalition of groups working to address violence against Native Americans Tuesday, DFL Sen. Tina Smith told reporters Congress needs to reauthorize the Violence Against Woman to include more protections for Native American women.

Pregnant women, especially Hmong women, who use skin-lightening products or who eat certain kinds of fish more often may be putting themselves and their babies at risk for mercury exposure, state health officials warned Tuesday.

The state's commerce commissioner says eHealthInsurance Services misled Medicare recipients to sell insurance.