A 21-year-old man was killed and three other people were injured in a Tuesday night shooting inside a downtown Minneapolis bar.

Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 400 block of Fourth Street South about 11:40 p.m. They found a man who’d been shot multiple times. Despite lifesaving efforts, he died at the scene, according to Minneapolis police.

Another man and two women were transported to Hennepin Healthcare with apparent non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

“An argument inside a crowded bar should never end in gunfire and a loss of life,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a statement of preliminary information indicating that a fight inside the bar escalated into a shooting.

No arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning.

The shooting came after other recent instances of multiple people killed or injured in shootings in Minneapolis.

There were 27 people shot and two children killed at Annunciation Catholic Church and School on Aug. 27. Police said the shooter died by suicide at the scene.

The day before, a man was killed and six people were injured in a shooting outside Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. A man has been charged.

On the morning of Sept. 15, five men were shot near Lake Street and Stevens Avenue and one of the men later died at the hospital. That night, seven people were injured by gunfire at an encampment near 28th Avenue and Lake Street and a woman died a few days later.

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By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT, AP Transportation and Airlines Writers

The federal government shutdown has entered its second week, and already shortages of air traffic controllers have strained operations and disrupted flights at some U.S. airports.

Reagan National Airport became the latest this week to report delays because of staffing issues Wednesday. But earlier in the week there were problems at airports in Chicago, Newark, Denver and Nashville, and the tower even had to shut down in Burbank, California.

Experts, as well as union leaders representing air traffic controllers and security screeners, warn that the impact could grow significantly worse if the shutdown continues and employees start to miss paychecks.

A plane takes off near the air traffic control tower at Harry Reid International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Here’s what to know about your rights as a passenger and what you can do if delays and cancellations start piling up:

Check before going to the airport

It is better to be stuck at home or in a hotel than to be stranded in an airport terminal, so use the airline’s app or flight websites to make sure that your flight is still on before heading to the airport. This FAA site can be checked to see if there are widespread delays at your airport.

Kyle Potter, executive editor of Thrifty Traveler, cautioned that it can be hard to get compensation when there are problems.

“In the United States, Americans have shockingly few rights as travelers. When things go wrong, it’s really left up to the airline industry to decide what it means to do right by customers,” Potter said.

My flight was canceled. Now what?

If you are already at the airport, it is time to find another flight. Get in line to speak to a customer service representative, and call or go online to connect to the airline’s reservations staff. It also helps to reach out on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, because airlines might respond quickly there.

Airlines will rebook you on a later flight for no additional charge. The good news right now is that this is not a peak travel time, so travelers stand a better chance of finding seats. But the busy holiday season is right around the corner with Thanksgiving next month and Christmas in December. At those peak times, passengers might have to wait days for a seat on a new flight.

Can I ask to be booked on another airline?

You can, but airlines aren’t required to put you on another carrier’s flight. Some airlines, including the biggest ones except Southwest and the discount airlines, say they can put you on a partner airline, but even then it’s often hit or miss. Jeff Klee, CEO of CheapAir.com, has recommended researching alternate flights while you wait to talk to an agent.

Am I owed a refund?

If you no longer want to take the trip, or have found another way of getting to your destination, the airline is legally required to refund your money, even if you bought a non-refundable ticket. It doesn’t matter why the flight was canceled.

“If the airline cancels your flight, you can say, ‘Alright. I will take a refund and get my money back,’ ” Potter said. “The important piece is that you get your payment returned to you. You’re not just settling for an airline voucher that may expire in a year or less.”

You are also entitled to a refund of any bag fees, seat upgrades or other extras that you didn’t get to use.

Can I get compensation?

U.S. airlines are not required to pay additional cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for passengers who are stranded, even if a flight cancellation is the airline’s fault.

The Biden administration proposed a rule that would have changed that and required airlines to pay passengers for delays and cancellations in more circumstances. But the Trump administration scrapped that last month and the airlines praised him for doing so.

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Travel insurance might help if you bought a policy when you booked or used a travel credit card that offers that product. But Potter said you shouldn’t assume you will be covered even if you do have insurance. Check the fine print to see if you are covered in situations like this when a shortage of workers causes problems.

What airlines will cover

Each airline has its own policy. The U.S. Department of Transportation has a site that lets consumers see the commitments that each airline makes for refunds and covering other expenses when flights are canceled or significantly delayed.

Other tips

If lots of flights are canceled, airline agents will soon be swamped. If you are in a group and one person belongs to a higher level of the airline’s frequent-flyer program, use the number associated with that person to call the airline. You also can try calling your airline’s international help number — usually available online — because those agents can make changes in your itinerary too.

Be nice. The agent you’re talking to is probably dealing with other frustrated travelers, too, and screaming at the agent won’t make them want to help you. The cancellation isn’t their fault.

Consider other options

If these problems do become more widespread, you could consider whether it makes sense to travel by train or car or bus instead, but there’s really no way to predict when and where a staff shortage might happen. And the ongoing shortage of controllers is so critical that even a small number of absences can cause problems.

Potter said the shutdown is different from when a single airline is having problems and travelers can just pick another airline. This is creating problems for entire airports at once.

“This is the entire airport-airline infrastructure,” Potter said. “As these problems expand and spread the longer the shutdown drags on, it’s unlikely that there will be one airline running on time if the rest of the them are failing. It’s going to affect the entire system over time.”

A 22-year-old Forest Lake man who officials say posed as a teen to enroll and attend classes at White Bear Lake Area High School last month allegedly received nude photos from one girl, and several parents reported possible sexual assaults, according to a search warrant affidavit.

A Washington County judge signed off on a search warrant for the man’s phone on Oct. 1, the same day he was booked into the county jail for violating probation in July in a 2023 case in which he sent a 15-year-old girl a nude picture of himself through Snapchat.

The affidavit, written by a White Bear Lake investigator and filed in court Monday, says the mother of a girl who attends the high school reported Sept. 29 that her daughter recognized a jail booking photo that was circulating on Snapchat.

The mugshot was of a 22-year-old man with a different name than what he went by at school. The report led to an immediate investigation by both the school district and police.

Multiple girls have come forward to report that the man had been communicating with them through text messages and social media, the affidavit said.

“A school resource officer is following up with an allegation that (the man) received nude photos from a juvenile female,” the affidavit continued.

The court document did not provide details into the parents’ reports of “possible sexual assault incidents” involving the man.

The police investigator wrote the man’s phone “will contain texts, social media messages and photos that would likely show evidence of (criminal sexual conduct), soliciting a minor and child pornography crimes.”

The phone also could include cellphone location data “further providing evidence into some of these incidents,” the affidavit said.

The man was enrolled in the district from Sept. 3 to 29, the day after he was arrested on warrants from a past theft conviction in Anoka County and the probation violation.

The Pioneer Press is not naming the man because he has not been charged with any crimes relating to his time as a high school student.

Last week, White Bear Lake Police Chief Dale Hager said the man is under investigation for fraud, forgery and unlawful conduct involving interaction with minors.

White Bear Lake Area Schools Superintendent Wayne Kazmierczak said in an email to families the man skirted around the enrollment process by claiming he was a homeless youth and by using a birth certificate from another country that indicated he was 18.

Kazmierczak said the man certified on district forms that he was a homeless unaccompanied youth, a designation that requires school districts to follow the McKinney Vento Act. The federal law mandates the immediate enrollment of eligible students even if they cannot provide standard documentation such as academic records, immunization or proof of residency.

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The birth certificate, which listed a phony name of Kelvin C. Perry Jr., included an authentic watermarking and official stamps/seals, according to Kazmierczak, adding there “was no indication that the document was anything less than authentic.”

The man also registered for football on Sept. 8 and participated in three practices, Kazmierczak said.

The man pleaded guilty to the probation violation on Oct. 2, according to court records, which do not disclose what the violation entailed. A judge then ordered him to complete three days of work service, and he was released from custody the same day.

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first week is the easy one. The pressure to resolve the federal shutdown will gradually build as the shutdown enters its second week — and as government workers miss paychecks and important programs run out of money.

Here are some pressure points ahead that could have a big influence on resolving the shutdown.

Missed paychecks

The next payday for the nation’s military service members is Oct. 15. The U.S. has about 1.3 million active-duty service members, and the prospect of those troops going without pay is a big focal point when lawmakers on Capitol Hill discuss the shutdown’s negative impact.

“We have young airmen and soldiers deployed around the world right now defending our freedom and they’ve left their young families at home,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “They are dependent upon that check on October 15th.”

Paydays for civilian federal workers depend on the agency. The Bipartisan Policy Center, a non-partisan think tank, says a majority of civilian workers will see a partial paycheck arrive between Oct. 10-15, reflecting days worked before the shutdown began.

Civilians at the Department of Defense and Health and Human Services, along with a few other agencies, will experience their first entirely missed check on Oct. 24, while the majority of other federal workers will experience their first missed paycheck on Oct. 28. That includes air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration agents manning airport security checkpoints.

One paycheck missed will be a big deal. Two paychecks missed will bring the political pressure to a boil.

Air travel

For many Americans, the shutdown is a distant event that doesn’t impact them personally. But that can quickly change for the flying public.

The nation’s longest partial shutdown in President Donald Trump’s first term was resolved soon after flights were halted at LaGuardia and delayed at other major airports because of a shortage of unpaid air traffic controllers who called in sick.

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There has already been a rash of delays at a number of airports across the country. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said there has been an uptick in air traffic controllers calling out sick since the shutdown began. The biggest problems so far have been at the smaller airports in Burbank, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, with delays stretching longer than two hours, but those didn’t create massive ripple effects nationwide.

But there have also been delays at the major hubs in Chicago, Newark, New Jersey, and Denver because of staffing problems, and more problems are possible because of the ongoing shortage of controllers. Even the absence of a handful of controllers in a key location could cause major disruptions. Earlier this year, the absence of just five controllers who took leave after a radar outage, snarled traffic in Newark.

“This is one that is just so intensely felt by travelers who might not even know about what the government shutdown is, or the mechanics or the politics surrounding it,” said Rachel Snyderman, managing director of economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center. “You can go and expect a 30-minute line at Transportation Security Administration and it turns into three hours.”

Duffy and the head of the union that represents controllers said the shutdown is adding significant worries for workers who already deal with stressful tasks.

“They are coming to work under an increasingly unsafe scenario because in safety we know the first rule is to remove all distractions in order to keep things safe,” said Sara Nelson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants. “What could be more of a distraction than not getting a paycheck?”

Food assistance

The $8 billion Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, also known as WIC, provides vouchers to buy infant formula as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, low-fat milk and other healthy staples that are often out of financial reach for low-income households.

The program is being kept afloat by a $150 million contingency fund, but experts say it could run dry quickly.

After that, states could step in to pay for the program and seek reimbursement when funding finally passes, but not all states say they can afford to do so. Nearly 7 million women and young children rely on nutrition and health support through the program.

The White House said Tuesday it will use tariff revenue to bolster the program, but did not provide details on how such a transfer would work.

The National WIC Association, an advocacy group, said that any effort to keep WIC operational is welcome, but critical details remain unknown, including how much funding will be provided, when it will be distributed, and how long it will last.

“WIC needs full-year funding, not just temporary lifelines,” said Georgia Machell, the group’s president and CEO.

Meanwhile, the White House says SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, will continue for the month of October, before the program’s funds, including contingency, are spent. About 41.7 million people per month, or some 12% of U.S. residents, participate in the program.

Tourism and parks

The Smithsonian Institution’s museums and the National Zoo remain open through Oct. 11. Afterward, they will close to the public. The shuttering will serve as a stark reminder of the shutdown’s impact on the thousands of daily visitors to the nation’s capital.

Meanwhile, the National Park Service says on its website that the parks “remain as accessible as possible during the federal government shutdown. However, some services may be limited or unavailable.”

More than a quarter of national park sites, many of them historical properties, are not accessible because they have gates that can be locked, while larger parks that don’t have gates remain effectively open to the public, said Kristen Brengel, senior vice president of the National Parks Conservation Association.

The U.S. Travel Association, a trade group, estimates that the shutdown has already cost the nation’s travel industry $1 billion in lost spending.

“The longer this drags on, the worse the cascade of damage will be — for local communities, for small businesses and for the country,” said Geoff Freeman, the group’s president and CEO.

Economic damage

Shutdowns of the federal government usually don’t leave much economic damage. But this one could be different, in part because Trump is threatening to use the standoff to eliminate thousands of government jobs.

Ryan Sweet, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, estimates that the shutdown and temporary loss of income for federal workers could shave 0.1 to 0.2 percentage points from the nation’s annual growth rate in the fourth quarter for each week the government is closed. Some of that will be recovered once it reopens.

The shutdown is also leading to pauses and delays in the collection of economic data, which makes things difficult for the Federal Reserve as it makes its next interest rate decision. The White House says the shutdown has implications for decision-making by businesses, as uncertainty tends to lead to lower business investment.

Associated Press staff writer Josh Funk contributed to this report from Omaha, Nebraska.