Minneapolis to pay $193K to settle TV anchor's snooping case

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Minneapolis to pay $193K to settle TV anchor's snooping case: The city of Minneapolis is [poised to pay $193,500 to settle a lawsuit]( filed by Alix Kendall, a TV anchor whose personal driver’s license information was repeatedly looked up by Minneapolis police officers for no good reason. - Son's death pushes Minnesota mom to fight rising drug prices: When Alec Smith turned 26 last May and aged out of his parents’ health insurance, he discovered that he couldn’t afford coverage of his own. Within weeks, he was trying to ration his diabetes medication because he couldn’t afford a $1,300 refill. A month later, [the young restaurant manager was dead.]( - Petters bankruptcy trustee alleges fraud via $100M claim: The trustee in the Tom Petters bankruptcy is accusing a bargain-seeking investor from New York of [cooking up a scheme to defraud the estate]( out of as much as $100 million. - Minnesota Republicans look for new ways to borrow big money: Republicans at the Legislature are turning to an obscure state entity that gets its money from the State Lottery to [borrow as much as $100 million for public works projects](. - Paulsen backs gun violence measure in Congress: U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen is joining a bipartisan effort in Congress to encourage states to [pass laws that let law enforcement take firearms]( from people determined to be a danger to themselves or others. - White House aide dismisses McCain on torture, "He's dying anyway": Special assistant to the president Kelly Sadler [dismissed Sen. John McCain's opposition to President Donald Trump's CIA nominee](, saying "it doesn't matter" because "he's dying anyway," two people in the room told The Associated Press. The incident came the same day [retired Air Force general Thomas McInerney called McCain "songbird John"]( during an appearance on Fox Business Network for allegedly providing information to the North Vietnamese while he was a prisoner of war. A Fox spokeswoman said Friday that McInerney will no longer be allowed on the network. Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Donald Trump [berated her Wednesday in front of the entire Cabinet]( for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation's borders, according to several current and former officials familiar with the episode. - AT&T says hiring Trump's personal attorney was a "big mistake": The chief lobbyist for AT&T is leaving the company after hiring of President Trump's attorney Michael Cohen as a political consultant. In a memo to employees, AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson said [the company made a "big mistake" in hiring Cohen]( as a political consultant. - Starbucks changes bathroom policy following racial firestorm: [The coffee chain has adopted an open-bathroom policy]( following the arrest last month of two African American men at a coffee shop in Philadelphia. - Man faces charges over hit-and-run with motorcycle: A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with [a hit-and-run crash last month that injured a teenage motorcyclist](, Scott County authorities said. - 283-unit senior care center planned for Prospect Park: Oppidan Investment Co. [plans to build a 283-unit senior apartment complex]( in Minneapolis' Prospect Park, which is one of the city's hottest neighborhoods for construction at the moment.  Watch this Things get downright apocalyptic during Thailand thunderstorm: You can hear people screaming as [sparks literally flew when trees struck powerlines]( during this recent intense storm.  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - Minneapolis' cutest rescue dogs strike a pose in hopes of getting adopted: May is a fairly slow month for Minneapolis photographer Leslie Plesser, who specializes in portraits and pets, so she usually takes on some pro bono work. [This year was a little different.]( - Burger Friday goes south of the border in south Minneapolis: When spouses Claudia and Gerardo Gutierrez couldn’t find the kind of burgers they craved — fashioned in a brazenly over-the-top style that’s popular in their native Mexico — they started preparing them at home. [And so Hamburguesas El Gordo was born.]( - How well have you been tracking the news this week? [Find out by taking our weekly news quiz!](  Sports roundup - With no time to spare, ice outs unlock the Minnesota fishing opener: [Mother Nature answered the prayers of anglers]( , bait shop owners and resorters this week with an improbable mix of rain, wind and sunshine that unlocked frozen lakes in time for Saturday’s walleye and northern pike fishing opener. - Why the Warriors and Rockets are great models for the Wolves ... and Vikings? Defense wins championships, sure. But more so than that: Being able to win in multiple ways wins championships. [That's a lesson of this NBA postseason.]( - Should the Wolves trade Wiggins? For the Wolves to continue improving, it may take another shake-up to their roster. If the Wolves decide to make Andrew Wiggins a candidate to go elsewhere, [here are some trade ideas that could make sense](.  Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](.  Quote of the day “It worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John.’” -- [Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney](, referring to Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war, while defending the use of torture in interrogations in an interview with Fox Business Channel.  Worth a click Used photocopiers contain many of our deepest secrets: Most digital copiers built after 2002 contain a hard drive that stores an image of every document it copied or scanned. Often, those hard drivers are not erased before the copier is sold or junked. CBS News purchased four copiers from a warehouse in New Jersey to see how easy it would be to access the secrets held inside. Extremely easy, it turns out, and you'll likely be shocked by some of  [the highly sensitive information the machines revealed.](  Talkers trivia Want to win a Star Tribune travel mug? Today is Friday, so it's time for a trivia question. The correct answer can be found in a story that appeared in Talkers this week. We can't prevent you from simply Googling the answer, so Googling is encouraged! E-mail your answer to [talkers@startribune.com]( by midnight on Sunday night. A winner will be selected at random from the correct responses. That lucky reader will receive an official Star Tribune travel mug, as well as a shout-out in Monday's newsletter. Here is this week's question: A Hollywood studio announced that actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will reprise their roles as what characters? Good luck!  From the archives May 11, 1951: Orest Petryshak, 8, watched and listened while Petro Montus sang and played his bandura at Sheridan School in northeast Minneapolis. Montus was one of a group of displaced persons from Ukraine on a concert tour of the United States. (Photo: Duff Johnston/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]( [twitter]( [google+]( [pinterest]( [instagram]( [tumblr]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2018 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](