Minnesota Today: Search continues for killer of UnitedHealth CEO

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What’s happening in Minnesota Today

Good morning, Minnesota. Happy Thursday!
Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day. ☕

WEATHER

🌬️ Temperatures and wind chills will be frigid into Thursday before a big weekend warmup.
🥶 Highs Thursday will be in the teens and single digits, but the winds will subside to 5 to 15 mph from the northwest.
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Police hunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO in Manhattan

Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of a Minnesota-based health insurance company on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park.
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, died in a dawn ambush Wednesday as he walked to the company's annual investor conference at a Hilton in Midtown, blocks from tourist draws like Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art.

‘A symbol of home’ — A new theft tour at the Judy Garland Museum as the ruby slippers go to auction

The Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids is hosting Ruby Slipper Theft Guided Tours detailing the infamous 2005 theft of the iconic “Wizard of Oz” shoes, as the museum prepares to bid for their return at a high-profile auction, hoping to bring them back to Judy Garland’s hometown as a tribute to her legacy.

NEWS ROUNDUP

💰 Minnesota budget update shows $1.1B less than prior forecast. The projection shows that the next budget period is on course to have just a $616 million cushion by the end, barring changes. That’s $1.1 billion below a prior forecast for the budget period that ends in June 2027.
🤿 Twin Cities company fined after employee drowns while scuba diving. A Twin Cities-area aquatic plant removal company is facing a $730,000 fine from the state, after a worker drowned in May.
🚓 Search fails to locate Cannon Falls man missing since Monday night. Cannon Falls police said a 60-year-old man took his dog for a walk in the woods near the Cannon River on the northeast side of the city and didn’t return. He was reported missing just after 8 p.m. Monday.
🏙️ Minneapolis City Council to vote on George Floyd Square construction. The Minneapolis City Council will vote Thursday on whether or not to rebuild roads at George Floyd Square, the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where police murdered Floyd.
🎶 The 5 songs Minneapolis listened to the most in 2024, according to Spotify. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” ranked in almost every other major city’s most streamed songs — except Minneapolis.
🏛️ Minneapolis City Council member Emily Koski joins mayor’s race. She joins Minnesota DFL Sen. Omar Fateh and the Rev. DeWayne Davis of Plymouth Congregational Church in challenging Mayor Jacob Frey, who’s running for reelection.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 How to talk with children about racialized trauma. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the authors of an illustrated children’s book aimed at helping families have conversations about generational trauma.
🎧 Art Hounds: Chamber singers, dreamy art and an arts retreat. This week, Art Hounds recommend the Worthington Chamber Singers’ Christmas concert, “Dreams and Abstract Schemes” and the Tofte Lake Center.
🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.

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