Feelings of grief and confusion can be difficult to process. For parents, it can be an even bigger challenge to talk through with children.

Gilbert, the golden retriever trained by murdered Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, had to be put down after the shooting that killed her and husband Mark at their home.

When Sandy Pappas thinks of John Hoffman, she thinks of the gregarious officemate who keeps snacks at the ready for visitors. A longstanding state senator from St. Paul, Pappas was horrified to learn that the Champlin senator and his wife Yvette had been shot multiple times early Saturday morning by a masked gunman.

President Trump said Tuesday that he won't call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers because it would "waste time."

Simon took proactive steps in the hours after the lawmaker shooting to restrict access to two public databases controlled by his office that include address information.

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

Robert Davis Forney, 25, was arraigned in Atlanta on two federal counts of communicating threats in interstate commerce, according to court records.