TORONTO — Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night. Marcus Foligno added an empty-netter in the final minute as Minnesota won its second straight to improve to 3-5-0 in their last eight games.

A Monday night memo could affect programs in every state, from aid to nonprofits to small business loans and local government grants.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said he is "disgusted" by the recent pardons by President Donald Trump of 1,500 Jan. 6 insurrectionists – some of whom assaulted Capital police officers.

Team Sweden enters the 4 Nations Face-Off with a goaltending crisis as the start of the tournament draws closer. With New Jersey Devils goalie Jacob Markstrom’s injury taking him out of the round-robin tournament,

New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom will be out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. The Swede was injured in a 5-1 win over the Bruins on Wednesday. The injury occurred when Boston forward Justin Brazeau crashed into him.

Dmitry Kulikov has finally gotten his time in the spotlight. Skating in his 1,000 career game Wednesday versus the Los Angeles Kings, the veteran blue-liner

The Minnesota Timberwolves are at the New York Knicks Friday night, and center Naz Reid had his high school jersey retired at Roselle Catholic in New Jersey Thursday night.

Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: Minnesota’s biggest spenders on lobbying;

Susan Krause of Rosemount alleged New Jersey-based Integra LifeSciences pressured her to lie to regulators. Integra says ‘salacious’ allegations not true.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for his conviction for accepting bribes of gold bars, cash and a car and what his lawyers said made him a “national punchline” and earned him a new nickname: “gold bar Bob.”

A Minnesota-based officiating team is the NFL’s High School Officiating Crew of the Year. The crew was nominated by the Minnesota Vikings.

Emma Lingan and Michael Augello discuss the Canucks, trade plans for the Wild, Sharks and Devils, Logan Thompson's new contract and more.