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By Riley Moser

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    MINNESOTA (WCCO) — A man died Tuesday night when a snow plow struck him in a parking lot at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, authorities say.

The MSP Airport Police says it responded to the LSG Sky Chefs facility on the 3100 block of East 73rd Street just south of Terminal 2 shortly after 7:30 p.m. A 911 call reported a pedestrian had been run over.

The victim is believed to be a 47-year-old man.

The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting MSP Airport Police in the investigation.

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By Riley Moser

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    MINNESOTA (WCCO) — A man died Tuesday night when a snow plow struck him in a parking lot at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, authorities say.

The MSP Airport Police says it responded to the LSG Sky Chefs facility on the 3100 block of East 73rd Street just south of Terminal 2 shortly after 7:30 p.m. A 911 call reported a pedestrian had been run over.

The victim is believed to be a 47-year-old man.

The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting MSP Airport Police in the investigation.

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By Anna McAllister

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    MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami family is behind bars, accused of stealing more than $1 million from Brickell Motors, where the mother worked for more than 15 years.

Police say 51‑year‑old Yuddy Meijas allegedly manipulated the dealership’s accounting system to funnel money to her husband and son.

According to investigators, Meijas started at Brickell Motors in Little Havana as a cafeteria worker before becoming a billing clerk. Part of her duties included processing refund checks.

Hundreds of checks issued to family Detectives say Meijas issued more than 480 checks to her husband, 54‑year‑old Miguel Gonzalez, and her son, 28‑year‑old Angel Gonzalez, totaling more than $1 million.

The arrest report states Meijas was suspended in August 2024 after a coworker in accounting reported suspicions to management.

Facing multiple charges in court Meijas, her husband and son are facing several charges, including grand theft, organized fraud and organized scheme to defraud.

Bond for all three suspects was set at $120,000.

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By Anna McAllister

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    MIAMI (WFOR) — A Miami family is behind bars, accused of stealing more than $1 million from Brickell Motors, where the mother worked for more than 15 years.

Police say 51‑year‑old Yuddy Meijas allegedly manipulated the dealership’s accounting system to funnel money to her husband and son.

According to investigators, Meijas started at Brickell Motors in Little Havana as a cafeteria worker before becoming a billing clerk. Part of her duties included processing refund checks.

Hundreds of checks issued to family Detectives say Meijas issued more than 480 checks to her husband, 54‑year‑old Miguel Gonzalez, and her son, 28‑year‑old Angel Gonzalez, totaling more than $1 million.

The arrest report states Meijas was suspended in August 2024 after a coworker in accounting reported suspicions to management.

Facing multiple charges in court Meijas, her husband and son are facing several charges, including grand theft, organized fraud and organized scheme to defraud.

Bond for all three suspects was set at $120,000.

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By Don Davis

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. (KGUN) — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) introduced landmark legislation Tuesday aimed squarely at what he calls “surveillance pricing,” a practice in which companies use consumers’ personal data and artificial intelligence to charge different customers different prices for the same product at the same time.

The One Fair Price Act would bar businesses from setting individualized prices based on a customer’s data — everything from location and device type to other personal details — and would make it unlawful to charge one shopper more than another for the same item at the same moment. Gallego framed the bill by saying: “When you go to the grocery store, you expect to pay the exact same price for milk as the person in line behind you,” he said. “Greedy corporations are compiling Americans’ personal data and using AI to find their ‘pain point’ — the maximum they’re willing to pay. That’s not fair pricing, that’s predatory pricing. My bill puts an end to it.”

Gallego’s push follows initial findings from a Federal Trade Commission surveillance-pricing study released earlier this year that documented widespread use of personal information to tailor prices online. The FTC investigation was later canceled under the previous administration, a development Gallego and allies have cited as part of the urgency behind legislative action.

The bill has drawn support from consumer advocates and antimonopoly groups. Lee Hepner, senior legal counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project, called surveillance pricing “dystopian” and said the legislation would “restore sanity to our economy” while preserving legitimate discounts and predictable pricing.

Gallego — who previously pressed Delta about moving toward AI-based fare pricing, urged the FTC to investigate rental-pricing software RealPage, and sponsored legislation aimed at eliminating hidden fees — described the One Fair Price Act as the latest step in a broader campaign to protect consumers from opaque, technology-enabled pricing tactics.

The legislation’s passage will require approval by Congress and could likely prompt pushback from retailers and tech firms that rely on dynamic pricing models.

If it advances, the bill would mark one of the first federal limits on algorithm-driven, individualized price discrimination — a fast-evolving area as retailers increasingly deploy AI to set offers and ads in real time. Supporters say the measure would curb predatory practices that disproportionately harm less-affluent consumers; critics may argue it could limit legitimate, pro-competitive uses of dynamic pricing.

For now, the One Fair Price Act puts surveillance pricing squarely on the legislative agenda and sets up a likely clash over how far the federal government should go to regulate algorithmic uses of personal data in commerce.

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By Luz Pena

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The San Francisco Asian Art Museum on Monday gave back four religious sculptures stolen from Thailand that ended up in San Francisco for 50 years.

“They will be cared for, and they will be returning home,” said H.E. Dr. Suriya Chindawongse, Ambassador of Thailand to the U.S.

A significant moment bringing together Thailand’s top officials in the U.S. to San Francisco to witness their return.

“Their repatriation not only safeguards an important part of heritage, but it also allows their history to continue as an enduring part of the Thai nation,” said Dr. Chindawongse.

The statues were looted in the mid 1960s from the ruins of a temple in northeast Thailand.

Last year, the Thai government requested the Asian Art Museum to return the statues.

“I would credit Thai scholars and researchers for all this work. What they did was talk to all the villagers who were alive and even the looters who remembered where the objects came and who were the dealers,” said Natasha Reichle, Associate Curator of Southeast Asian Art at the Asian Art Museum.

Investigators shared insights into the statues journey, revealing they were sold to a private collector and museums around the world by an art dealer in London.

The four statues were gifted to the Asian Art Museum by donors. The origin of these statues was questioned early on.

“In the 1960s even the curators here expressed doubt whether they were legally removed, and it was really interesting to see that early on people had questions about them, but that time choose to ignore it,” said Reichle.

“Why?” ABC7 News reporter Luz Pena asked.

“I think because of attitudes about the art markets about art culture heritage have changed tremendously in the West over the past couple of decades,” said Reichle.

In the last decades interviews with local Thai residents helped confirmed this.

“It’s a big deal for the museum and the collection of the national museum because these are early material that we found in Buddhist sites in northeastern region of Thailand,” said Pat Chirapravati, Repatriation committee of Thailand.

Experts believe there are more statues throughout the world from this village.

The ones that were at the Asian Art Museum will be some of the first to return to Thailand since the looting took place in the mid 1960s.

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