Via the Associated Press: A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden.
Also via the Associated Press: A Minnesota man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 31-year-old woman who was beaten, bound and stuffed inside the refrigerator at her Los Angeles apartment, authorities said Wednesday.
Dee DePass at the Star Tribune reports the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Home Depot’s New Brighton Boulevard store in Minneapolis violated the law and the rights of a worker, Antonio Morales Jr., when it fired him for writing BLM on his orange work apron during Black History Month in 2021.
Dana Thiede at KARE 11 reports a Minnesota man, Brian Mock, 44, who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, was sentenced Thursday to nearly three years in prison.
Brent Schrotenboer at USA TODAY is reporting former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson hasn’t paid a $8.3 million judgment from 2021, and has been ensnared in a legal battle over attempts to seize his property to collect on that judgment. On Wednesday, dozens of his personal items were advertised for sale at an auction in Texas.
Tommy Wiita at Bring Me the News reports Twin Cities radio personality Brian Oake has departed Cities 97 as part of a raft of changes announced by parent company iHeartMedia.
Eder Campuzano at the Star Tribune reports actor Hugh Jackman was spotted playing a few rounds of golf on the virtual course at Chip Shots in Rochester on Tuesday night.
Mackenzie Lofgren at WCCO News recaps “Daily Show” correspondent Michael Kosta’s recent visit to Duluth to learn more about why climate scientists are pinpointing it as a possible safe haven from climate change.
Em Cassel at Racket reminds folks in a laser loon library card frenzy that Minneapolis’s Inbound BrewCo have been canning Laser Loon pilsner since 2018.
