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Stories from April 23, 2024

UnitedHealth Group cyber attack; U of M student arrests

UnitedHealth Group says the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare subsidiary earlier this year may have exposed personal information from “a substantial portion of people in America.” The Minnetonka-based company says it hasn't seen signs that medical charts or histories were released in the data breach, but it says it may take months of additional work to determine the extent of the breach and notify everyone affected. And about thirty students set up tents in a protest for Gaza. They want the university to divest from weapons manufacturers, and businesses that engage with the Israeli military.
by Emily Bright

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Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S.

Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S.

The United States is millions of homes short of demand, and lacks enough affordable housing units. And many Americans feel like housing costs are eating up too much of their take-home pay.
by Mary Louise Kelly, Mia Venkat, Kathryn Fink and William Troop

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Timberwolves face the Suns as A-Rod eyes team control

Timberwolves face the Suns as A-Rod eyes team control

A May 1 mediation session is set between current Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and would-be majority owners Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore. Two Wall Street Journal reporters spoke to MPR News about what’s at stake.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Teen arrested in connection with Nudieland mass shooting at Minneapolis punk show

Teen arrested in connection with Nudieland mass shooting at Minneapolis punk show

About 30 to 50 people were gathered at the house venue known as Nudieland in south Minneapolis for a show on the evening of Aug. 11 when the suspects walked up to the alley and opened fire after 10 p.m., according to witnesses.
by Feven Gerezgiher and Kaila White

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Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case

Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case

The DOJ settlement goes to 139 victims of Larry Nassar, the disgraced team doctor of USA Gymnastics who sexually assaulted elite and Olympic gymnasts, after the FBI failed to promptly investigate.
by NPR Staff

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Addressing free speech concerns amid University of Minnesota student encampment

Addressing free speech concerns amid University of Minnesota student encampment

University of Minnesota Police quickly dismantled an encampment by students who were protesting the University’s ties to Israel amid the war. Several students were arrested.
by Cathy Wurzer and CJ Younger

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UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack

UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack

The company said Monday after markets closed that it sees no signs that doctor charts or full medical histories were released after the attack. But it may take several months of analysis before UnitedHealth can identify and notify people who were affected.
by The Associated Press

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Burglary charge filed against DFL state Sen. Mitchell over alleged plan to get late father’s items

Burglary charge filed against DFL state Sen. Mitchell over alleged plan to get late father’s items

The charges allege Mitchell broke into the home of her stepmother amid an ongoing dispute over possessions that belonged to the senator’s late father, as well as his ashes.
by MPR News Staff and The Associated Press

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University of Minnesota students and faculty walk out after anti-war encampment cleared, 9 arrested

University of Minnesota students and faculty walk out after anti-war encampment cleared, 9 arrested

Protest organizers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus led a class walkout Tuesday afternoon to try to reestablish an encampment that authorities cleared from Northrop Mall earlier Tuesday.
by MPR News Staff and Nicole Ki

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State regulators launch big Mississippi water monitoring project

State regulators launch big Mississippi water monitoring project

State regulators gathered at the Mississippi River on Earth Day to announce a big undertaking: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will test water along all 650 miles of the river within the state’s borders this year.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep U.S. college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Columbia University canceled in-person classes and police arrested dozens of students at New York University and Yale as tensions over Israel's war with Hamas continue to grow on U.S. college campuses.
by The Associated Press

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Woodbury man shot after armed standoff. Robbinsdale shelter-in-place alert goes countywide

Law enforcement shot a man in a Woodbury Target parking lot Monday after an armed standoff. And authorities issued a shelter-in-place alert last night for a small part of Robbinsdale — but it was inadvertently sent to all of Hennepin County. 
by Phil Picardi

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‘Ady’ no more: Erroneous highway sign in St. Paul gets temporary fix

‘Ady’ no more: Erroneous highway sign in St. Paul gets temporary fix

The brief reign of “Ady Mill Road” in St. Paul has come to an end. As of early Tuesday, MnDOT crews had slapped a patch over the erroneous highway sign that had been installed along Interstate 35E last week, correcting the spelling of Ayd Mill Road.
by MPR News Staff

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NFL teams often misfire on drafting QBs. But how often do they fail? And why?

NFL teams often misfire on drafting QBs. But how often do they fail? And why?

NFL teams are using premium draft picks on quarterbacks at an increasingly high rate. The draft this weekend is slated to be the eighth in the past nine years with at least three QBs taken in the first round.
by The Associated Press

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What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It's not coffee

What the Starbucks case at the Supreme Court is all about. Hint: It's not coffee

Starbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.
by Andrea Hsu

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New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn't see a dime

New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn't see a dime

Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn't go as planned.
by Miles Parks

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Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies against Donald Trump in hush money trial

Ex-National Enquirer publisher testifies against Donald Trump in hush money trial

David Pecker has previously cooperated with federal investigations into payments made to two women who were going to allege they had affairs with Trump ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
by Ximena Bustillo

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$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

$15 for a pack of cigarettes? Supporters, opponents speak out ahead of Minneapolis City Council meeting

The Minneapolis City Council could vote this week to set a $15 minimum price on all packs of cigarettes. The measure has drawn debate over who it will affect — and whether it’d be effective.
by Cari Spencer

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Arbor Day tradition aims to put trees in ground while easing political tensions at Capitol

Arbor Day tradition aims to put trees in ground while easing political tensions at Capitol

For the past several decades, two Democrats and two Republicans in the Minnesota House have passed out trees on Arbor Day as a brief respite from political tensions at the Capitol.
by Clay Masters

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Mood of the Nation: Angry

Mood of the Nation: Angry

Nine in 10 Americans can name either a recent news event or something about American politics that made them angry, while only half could identify a recent news event or something about American politics that made them proud, according to the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s latest Mood of the Nation Poll.
by Craig Helmstetter and Eric Plutzer

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Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis celebrates sustainability projects

Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis celebrates sustainability projects

On Earth Day, Scott Redd stood with Rep. Ilhan Omar and Sen. Tina Smith in the parking lot of the Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis. They were there to celebrate the center — the city’s oldest African American community center — as a leader in sustainability and energy.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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