Minnesota’s Caribbean community supporting Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

Air traffic controllers spoke to travelers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Tuesday about going unpaid while working during the federal government shutdown.

A St. Paul man is charged with threatening to kill U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Notices filed with the state show Minneapolis-based Target is laying off at least 815 of its corporate employees in the Twin Cities. That includes more than 500 workers at Target’s downtown headquarters and nearly 300 workers at its northern campus in Brooklyn Park. Target says the layoffs are set to take effect Jan. 3.

Eden Prairie-based UnitedHealth Group reported better-than-expected earnings in its third quarter as it seeks to regain its footing. Last spring, the company suspended its financial outlook for the year amid higher-than-expected medical costs from its customers. UnitedHealth is dropping some of its Medicare Advantage programs next year resulting in about one million fewer customers.

Minnesota members of the Caribbean Disaster Relief Fund say they’ve been working nonstop since before Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday as a Category 5 storm. The hurricane brought destructive winds and flooding rain.

A community altar honoring the Mexican Day of the Dead opens this evening at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis. It’s part of a larger project connecting art, ancestry and ancient traditions.

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Unpaid but still on the job, air traffic controllers call for end to shutdown at MSP

St. Paul man charged with TikTok death threat of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi

Target cutting 800 jobs across Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park, raising concerns about broader economic slowdown

UnitedHealth tops 3Q forecasts as it resets coverage prices to deal with rising costs

Local groups marshaling recovery help for Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa

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