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Facebook to offer users opt-outs that comply with new European Privacy Rules
The social media giant will ask users worldwide if they want to continue sharing data for ads as well as personal information such as political and religious leanings and relationship information.
Bump stock manufacturer is shutting down production
Slide Fire will stop taking orders and halt manufacturing of the rapid-fire gun products. It is facing a class action lawsuit for negligence and the government is pursuing a ban on the devices.
Lawmakers call on Big Pharma to pay up in fight against opioid abuse
A bipartisan group of supporters of a fee paid by pharmaceutical companies for every opioid they sell in the state continue to push. That's despite dimming prospects for the legislation.
Expert: Tax deadline's a good time for deep dive into finances
Tax filing time is a reminder to review your finances and recommit to those New Year's financial resolutions, personal finance expert Lynnette Khalfani-Cox told MPR News Wednesday.
Minnesota has some of the nation's worst racial disparities in poverty, home ownership, employment, educational attainment, health and loan application approval rates.
MnDOT closing I-35W north in Mpls. overnight Wednesday
I-35W north between Highway 62 and I-94 closes 10 p.m. Wednesday with a southbound closure overnight Thursday into Friday. MnDOT's also closing the ramp from I-94 west to 11th Street for two months starting Monday.
Sun Country: We should have rescued passengers we stranded in Mexico
CEO Jude Bricker says his company will cover the extra costs "rightfully frustrated" travelers were forced to pay to get home last weekend after the airline abandoned them in Mexico.
Starbucks to close stores for an afternoon for bias training
Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for its nearly 175,000 workers.