Paul Walsh at the Star Tribune reports: “More than two years after receiving their first tip about suspected sex trafficking at a downtown New Prague massage parlor, police raided the business and arrested its owner on allegations of promoting prostitution.” Via MinnPost
Walz outlines impacts of Trump’s plans to dismantle U.S. Department of Education By Aki Nace https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/us-department-of-education-dismantling-minnesota-impact-walz-trump/
Passing probe captures images of mysterious Mars moon
Hera spacecraft takes photos of red planet’s second moon, Deimos, while en route to asteroids 110m miles away
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/13/passing-probe-captures-images-of-mysterious-mars-moon
California atmospheric river threatens flooding in areas still reeling from fires
Parts of Los Angeles hit by January blazes under evacuation warnings as west coast braces for heavy rain and snow
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/california-atmospheric-river-wildfires-los-angeles
Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows
Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infant
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/supercentenarian-aging-genes-study
Baby wombat-snatching US influencer at risk of losing Australian visa
Video footage, described as ‘callous’ and ‘pretty dreadful’, shows Sam Jones grabbing the joey from its mother at night
Graham Readfearn
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/sam-jones-us-influencer-baby-wombat-stolen-from-mother-ntwnfb
‘In plain sight’: how The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour
Mauritshuis exhibition reveals how Dutch men hid in attic to avoid being taken to Germany in second world war
Senay Boztas in The Hague
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/hague-museum-secret-hideout-nazi-forced-labour-mauritshuis
Larry Stanton: the artist who captured New York’s gay scene at a time of crisis
A new exhibition in Los Angeles celebrates the life and work of a painter who died at 37 of Aids as he tried to preserve a record of those around him
Veronica Esposito
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/13/larry-stanton-new-york-los-angeles-exhibition
What snow can teach us about street design
‘Sneckdown’ is a term used for when there is a build up of snow at a street intersection. These so called ‘sneckdowns’ are informing urban planners how to design safer and more pleasant streets for pedestrians and drivers in the US.
Produced by Cagney Roberts and Darryl Laiu
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kx9vx8/what-snow-can-teach-us-about-street-design
An Italian cultural ambassador’s guide to Rome
Andrea Carlo
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250310-alberto-angela-an-italian-cultural-ambassadors-guide-to-rome
Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20
Ana Faguy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05m01mp999o
‘He strangled me without asking’ – experts say choking during sex now normal for many
Sima Kotecha
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62zwy0nex0o
Now that Uptown’s killed and dead, it’s time to worry about Dinkytown: How Alive or Dead is Dinkytown in 2025? Depends on Who You Ask. Business owners, politicians, students, and longtime observers debate the health of the singular Minneapolis neighborhood. By Jay Boller https://racketmn.com/dinkytown-minneapolis-university-mn-in-2025