St. Paul parks ranked No. 2, Minneapolis slips to No. 5 in U.S. rankings

The parks of Minneapolis and St. Paul have again placed highly in the annual ParkScore index rankings, though Minneapolis slid slightly.

Minneapolis police investigating suspicious death after man found dead near fire

Update: Police are now investigating the death as a homicide. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled that the man died of "complex homicidal violence."