Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. UnitedHealthcare is paying local police officers to patrol its corporate headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, nearly every day, following the killing of its CEO Brian Thompson in December. The move was first reported by KSTP-TV on Wednesday and confirmed to Newsweek by a Minnetonka Police spokesperson. UnitedHealthcare did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In today’s Tech Bytes, Snapchat is rolling out a set of AI-powered video lenses for the first time. You can enhance your chats with an animated fox, a raccoon, flowers, and more, with new AI lenses being added every week. This feature is only available to Snapchat Platinum subscribers. Sonos has canceled plans for a high-end streaming set-top box that was supposed to launch later this year. According to The Verge, the company’s new CEO says a push into video is off the table for now, and the project’s resources...

The 25th member of President Donald Trump's cabinet was confirmed Monday despite concerns about her past work for Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 67-32 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the U.S. Secretary of Labor on Monday. While Sens. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. and Rand Paul, R-Ky. opposed her nomination, more than a dozen Democrats supported her confirmation, enabling her nomination to sail through. Democrats who voted for Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation are: Sens.

Three heli-skiers with Minnesota ties are feared dead after being swept under an Alaska avalanche. (Star Tribune)

Southwest Minneapolis restaurant The Malt Shop has been closed since Jan. 22, and the new owners of the building say they are looking for an experienced restaurant operator. (Southwest Voices)

️ The "Love is Blind" finale dropped this morning, revealing whether the local singles on the season made it to the altar and beyond. (Background via Axios)

Toro logged a smaller profit in its fiscal first quarter as sales of residential products declined. The Bloomington, Minn., lawn-mower maker on Thursday posted a profit of $52.8 million, or 52 cents a share, for the quarter ended Jan. 31, compared with $64.9 million, or 62 cents a share, in the same period a year earlier. Stripping out one-time items, adjusted earnings were 65 events a share. That's 2 cents higher than what analysts polled by FactSet had expected. Sales slid 1% to $995 million, rather than ticking up slightly...

Here's the nice thing about a good walloping of snow: You learn who your most helpful neighbors are. • Kyle spotted this group in St. Paul pushing a car stuck in a snow-covered street. Driving the news: Yesterday's snowstorm was easily the biggest so far this season, with 9.5 inches officially falling at MSP Airport. • Some spots in the south and east metro reported more than 11 inches. The big picture: By March 6, the average winter delivers almost 40 inches of snow to the Twin Cities, according to...

After we had the return of snowfall for the middle of the week, we will wrap up the first week of March on a much milder note. Winds will still be a bit breezy at times, at 10-20 mph out of the west, but high temperatures slide up into the upper 30s for most of the region. Friday will be rather similar, but with winds calming down a little, and more sun shining through for the early afternoon. Then as we head into the weekend, cloudier skies will return, but...

People march in downtown Boise, Idaho, on May 3, 2022, in response to the news that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP file photo) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to drop an emergency abortion case in Idaho in one of its first moves on the issue since President Donald Trump began his second term. The Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, which was originally filed by the Biden administration, in a reversal that could have national implications for...

A blizzard warning remains in place in southern Minnesota, with the Twin Cities under a winter storm warning. What's shaping up to be one of the larger winter storms of the season will arrive overnight, and could drop in excess of 7 inches of snow in the Twin Cities, and more further south. The latest guidance from the National Weather Service currently has the Twin Cities in the 5-9 inch zone, with parts of southeastern and southern Minnesota potentially seeing as much as 11 inches fall. But, as Bring Me...