The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for the Twin Cities for Friday afternoon and evening as ground-level ozone was expected to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups. Officials said the alert was driven by weather conditions and traffic-related pollutants, not wildfire smoke.

Two men were wounded, including a bystander working nearby, in a daylight shooting near 9th Street South and Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. Police said a suspect was arrested within hours after officers tracked him to an apartment south of the scene.

Two men were shot in broad daylight near Nicollet Mall and 9th Street South in downtown Minneapolis on May 29, 2026, and a suspect was later arrested. A witness said the shooting unfolded in seconds, turning a busy morning corridor near Target's headquarters into an active crime scene.

A federal immigration agent charged in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis was arrested in South Texas on May 29 after Minnesota authorities tracked him down. The case has become a major test of state efforts to hold federal officers accountable for conduct during a high-profile immigration crackdown.

ICE raids are driving student absences and anxiety in Minnesota schools, leaving educators to manage fear, trauma, and disrupted childhoods.

Two men were shot in broad daylight near 9th Street South and Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis on May 29, 2026, prompting a large police response and the arrest of a suspect. A witness said the gunfire erupted suddenly, sending workers and pedestrians scrambling for cover in one of the city’s busiest corridors.