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In Minnesota, federal and state officials have announced murder and stalking charges against Vance Boelter, the man accused ...

Vance Boelter is facing a slew of charges and Monday we learned more chilling details about his shocking actions - and even more frightening - the possibility of others. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph ...

Joseph Thompson, acting US attorney for Minnesota, revealed that Boelter got in a shootout with police at the home of former ...

He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.

On the same day Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in a "politically-motivated" assassination, more ...

Donald Trump has said he won't be calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and ...

Officers found notebooks referencing at least 45 state and federal elected officials in the car of suspected Minnesota ...

After a 43-hour manhunt and intense search, authorities arrested a Minnesota man accused of shooting two state Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. Vance Boelter, 57, now faces both federal and ...

Democratic state representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in the early hours of Saturday, the ...

Officials say Vance Luther Boelter 'stalked his victims like prey.' He faces multiple state and federal charges.