Good evening! Facebook says they will alert users if their data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It's possible that 87 million users had their data shared with the data firm, and most of the affected users are in the U.S. And today, Facebook has suspended another data analytics firm over similar allegations.
Tomorrow at 1 p.m., we'll have live coverage of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony to the U.S. Senate. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is a member of both committees hosting the hearings. Listen to MPR News live here. | Updraft | Forecast | NewsCut |
|
|
|
Bloomington mosque bombing suspect left trail of trouble
| | Micael Hari, 47, is due in federal court Monday on an unrelated firearms charge. Court documents and interviews reveal a past that includes a felony child kidnapping conviction for taking his daughters out of the country, as well as allegations of building bombs and assaulting the O'Neills, his small-town neighbors. | |
|
|
|
| | | DNR's 10-year deer plan: boost Minnesota habitat, limit disease | A new 10-year plan to manage Minnesota whitetail deer sets a statewide harvest target of 200,000 deer and allows for more citizen input in deer management.
"We're setting a course for deer management that encourages more dialogue among stakeholders, the public, and DNR staff," said Tom Landwehr, commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources. "Our ultimate goal is to support our hunting traditions, better engage the public, and to maintain sustainable, healthy deer populations throughout Minnesota." | |
|
|---|
|
|
|
| U of M women's basketball coach takes job in Texas | | The head coach of the University of Minnesota women's basketball team is taking a job in Texas. Texas Tech University announced Monday that Marlene Stollings has been hired as the school's new women's basketball coach. | |
|
|---|
|
|
|
| | Russia, Syria: Israeli jets strike air base after alleged poison gas attack in Douma | | Amid international outcry over an alleged poison gas attack in Syria over the weekend, Damascus said one of its air bases had come under attack, first blaming the U.S., but later Israel. Meanwhile, President Trump says the White House will be making a decision on Syria in the next day or two, saying the reported attack was "atrocious" and "can't be allowed to happen." | |
|
|
|
| | Attorney: Federal agents seize documents from Trump lawyer | Federal agents armed with search warrants have seized documents from President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, a defense lawyer said Monday.
The raid on Cohen's office was done by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan and was based, in part, on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, according to Cohen's lawyer, Stephen Ryan. | |
|
|---|
|
|
|
| Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2019 | | The combined effects of President Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. | |
|
|---|
|
|
|
|
