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MPR News’ parent company to lay off 5 to 8 percent of employees

The parent company of MPR News plans to lay off five to eight percent of employees in the coming weeks. 

A Brooklyn Park man convicted of killing five young women in a high-speed crash two years ago has received a 58-year prison sentence. Derrick Thompson, 29, was driving at more than a hundred miles per hour in 2023 when he exited Interstate 35-W and crashed into a sedan on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group has confirmed it is cooperating with a Department of Justice investigation into how the company deals with Medicare Advantage plans.

The University of Minnesota Medical School is launching a new research center Friday. It's called the Institute on Infectious Diseases and it’s meant to help the region identify and respond to future disease outbreaks.

The Minneapolis City Council has approved funding for an 8,000-seat outdoor music amphitheater at the Upper Harbor site in north Minneapolis.

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MPR’s parent company announces layoffs due to state and federal funding cuts

UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation and cooperating

Plans for 8,000-seat outdoor concert venue in Minneapolis move forward

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