What to know ahead of Trump's State of the Union address

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A school bus driver apparently was shot while on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon.

Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore announced Tuesday she'll sit out the upcoming pro basketball season to focus on her family and "ministry dreams."

Researchers say the metabolism of a woman's brain remains higher than a man's throughout a lifetime. And that may help with late-life creativity and learning.

Gov. Tim Walz wants drug companies to do more to combat opioid abuse in Minnesota -- a desire he says he shared during a 45-minute conference call on Tuesday with opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Last week, the all-time leader in women's World Cup wins announced that she will retire after racing the super-G and downhill at the worlds.

While Me'Lea Connelly grew up California, she identifies as a "proud Minneapolitan, first and foremost" and has deep family ties to the state. She now leads Village Financial Cooperative, black-led credit union opening in north Minneapolis this year.

Deputies responding to an explosion in Hampton Township found a man wandering the scene with severe burns who said he was looking for his wife. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the explosion.

Blogger Bob Collins writes: Lovell Tims died a few weeks ago but good luck finding anything about him online, even though he was quite the iconic figure at the U.S. Bank Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. Tims was a shoeshine guy and obituaries cost money, so one was never printed nor published.

She wrote "Just Dance" shortly after arriving in Los Angeles.