Category Archives: Minneapolis

2025.07.12

Three freeway closures planned in Twin Cities this weekend
MPR News Staff
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/11/twin-cities-freeway-closures-this-weekend

‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/12/mrna-vaccine-cancer-research-trump-administration

Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report finds
Early investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switches
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi, Nadeem Badshah and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/11/engine-fuel-switches-cut-off-before-air-india-crash-that-killed-260-report-finds

Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy
Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara province
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/12/risotto-rice-paddies-flamingoes-ferrara-italy

‘Sheer luck’: how German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found after 11 nights lost in dense Australian outback
With minimal food and water, the 26-year-old drank from puddles, sheltered in a cave and used the sun for navigation
Tory Shepherd
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/12/carolina-wilga-missing-german-backpacker-found-after-11-nights-dense-australian-outback

Stellan Skarsgård on Ingmar Bergman: ‘The only person I know who cried when Hitler died’
Actor spoke at Karlovy Vary film festival about his experience working with ‘manipulative’ director in the 80s
Adrian Horton
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/11/stellan-skarsgard-ingmar-bergman-hitler

Georgia Republican’s Ponzi scheme defrauded people of $140m, say officials
Brant Frost IV’s First Liberty Building and Loan lied to investors about lending high-interest loans to small firms
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/georgia-republican-ponzi-scheme

Meera Sodha’s recipe for no-churn malted ice-cream and peanut cookie sandwiches
Soft, creamy ice-cream – light on fuss and subtly salted with soy – sandwiched between peanut cookies: an all-round winner of a summer dessert
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jul/12/no-churn-malted-ice-cream-recipe-peanut-cookie-sandwiches-meera-sodha

2025.07.09

Local News
Cafe & Bar Lurcat in Minneapolis to close after more than 2 decades near Loring Park
By Eric Henderson
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/cafe-bar-lurcat-closing-minneapolis-loring-park/

Undocumented builders face unchecked exploitation amid Trump raids: ‘It’s more work, less pay’
In a new series on undocumented workers, construction laborers tell the Guardian fear is fueling wage theft and workplace abuse
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/construction-workers-builders-immigration-trump

Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods
Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government
Ben Makuch
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories

Has the Trump-Putin bromance finally run its course?
US president appears to have run out of patience with his Russian counterpart – but how that transmits into practical support for Kyiv remains to be seen
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/has-the-trump-putin-bromance-finally-run-its-course

How Miami’s city commission gave themselves an extra year in office without voters’ permission
Commissioners for the city of Miami rewrote their election laws to push the off-year 2025 local races to 2026 without input from voters. The decision has sparked outrage
George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/miami-city-commission-elections

The end has no end: The Old Guard 2 and the curse of the cliffhanger ending
The sequel to the Netflix hit leaves viewers hanging with a tease for an unconfirmed sequel, highlighting a problem with the state of Hollywood
Spoilers ahead
Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/09/the-old-guard-2-cliffhanger-ending

US airports lift shoe removal requirement at security screenings
Brandon Drenon
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0m8p3e93m8o

You think our Post Office is bad?
Post Office Horizon IT scandal: five things we learned from the report
We look at what volume one of the inquiry report describes as the ‘disastrous’ human impact
Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds
‘We lost so many along the way’: Horizon scandal victims welcome report
Julia Kollewe
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/08/post-office-horizon-it-scandal-five-things-we-learned-from-the-report

2025.07.04

Palmer’s Bar to close after serving beers for 120 years on West Bank
The bar didn’t give a reason for its closure, but said it will have a “jam-packed” calendar and “plenty of time to party and say farewell” before shutting the doors.
Author: Samantha Fischer
https://www.kare11.com/article/entertainment/palmers-bar-to-close-after-serving-beers-for-120-years-on-west-bank/89-0c845523-e6cc-4fed-8be2-82e7540144cc

Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’
Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North Carolina
Jessica Glenza and George Chidi
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/04/rural-americans-medicaid-cuts-trump-bill

Trump’s big bill achieved what conservatives have been trying to do for decades
Chris Stein
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/trump-spending-bill-conservatives-law

The Nazi bunkers hidden underneath Berlin
In this episode of The Specialist, historian Kay Heyne guides us through the haunting remnants of Nazi-era bunkers. From Hitler’s final shelter in Berlin to a hidden underground ring tunnel linking eleven modest-looking farmhouses just south of the capital, Heyne uncovers the forgotten architecture of a dark chapter in history
Produced and directed by Ana Catala, Filmed by Jan Rödger, Edited by Elisabetta Abrami, Executive Producer Anna Bressanin
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0lmjjmb/the-nazi-bunkers-hidden-underneath-berlin

Wildfire forces evacuation of thousands on Greek island of Crete
Nikos Papanikolaou
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0vdkry307o

Iron age settlement found in Gloucestershire after detectorist unearths Roman swords
When Glen Manning discovered two cavalry swords, a later dig revealed two distinct chapters of British history
Steven Morris
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/04/roman-swords-gloucestershire-villa-iron-age-settlement-discovery

Gaylaxicon 2025 PR2: https://mailchi.mp/67977d404acf/announcing-the-special-guests-of-gaylaxicon-2025?e=a000f39080

2025.07.02

Dinner du Nord invites diners to a 7-block-long table on Nicollet Mall
Dinner du Nord organizers share a toast at a model table in Minneapolis on July 1, featuring dishes from several local restaurants.
Estelle Timar-Wilcox
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/07/01/dinner-du-nord-invites-diners-to-a-7blocklong-table-on-nicollet-mall

Concerns about Uptown’s changing face are familiar and overwrought
Yes, the critical Minneapolis retail and entertainment hub is suffering. But the key to its future isn’t recreating the past.
by Bill Lindeke
https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2025/07/concerns-about-uptowns-changing-face-are-familiar-and-overwrought/

Judge blocks Kristi Noem from ending temporary protected status for Haitians
Homeland security secretary attempting to end legal status for approximately 521,000 Haitian immigrants
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/kristi-noem-haitian-immigrants-tps

Kristi Noem failed to disclose $80,000 received while South Dakota governor – report
Homeland security secretary was paid by group listed as American Resolve Police Fund, according to Politico
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/kristi-noem-payment-south-dakota-governor

Trump team threatens to prosecute CNN over reporting on Ice-tracking app
Kristi Noem says ‘we’re working with [DoJ] to see if we can prosecute them’ while president fumes over Iran reporting
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/trump-kristi-noem-cnn-threat

Trump administration raises possibility of stripping Mamdani of US citizenship
Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’
Robert Tait
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/trump-zohran-mamdani-citizenship

How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor
Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/02/zohran-mamdani-climate-policy

The supreme court is cracking down on judges – and letting Trump run wild
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/02/supreme-court-judges-trump

Key climate change reports removed from US government websites
The national climate assessments help state and local governments prepare for the impacts of a warming world
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/01/climate-change-reports-removed-trump

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians
Lana Lam
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn413zlld4mo

Qantas data breach exposes up to six million customer profiles
Tabby Wilson
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6gnyl9923o

Jimmy Swaggart, US televangelist brought down by scandal, dies aged 90
Swaggart, who amassed huge following and millions of dollars, gave tearful apology after sex worker revelations
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/jimmy-swaggart-dies

2025.06.28

From soul food to Little Mekong Market to Pride, a jam-packed Twin Cities weekend
Twin Cities events will celebrate Pride, Indigenous fashion, and food from the African and Southeast Asian diasporas this weekend.by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/things-to-do-twin-cities-pride-soul-food-little-mekong-night-market/

Bringing back the ‘gayborhood’ in Loring Park: New Pride Cultural Arts Center debuts
Sam Stroozas
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/27/twin-cities-pride-cultural-arts-center-opens-in-minneapolis

Sven Sundgaard: Heat dome loosens its grip; several rounds of severe storms possible
Cooler air arrives in the East and Midwest, but repeated rounds of storms will continue on the northern edge of the retreating heat dome.
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/sven-sundgaard-heat-dome-loosens-its-grip-several-rounds-of-severe-storms-possible

Sudden loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back ‘decades’
Scientists left scrambling amid hurricane season after defense department says it will drop irreplaceable program
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate

Federal agents blast way into California home of woman and small children
Security footage shows agents setting off explosive device and shattering window of family home in Huntington Park
Dara Kerr
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-home-raid-huntington-park

Killed ex-Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman lies in state alongside husband and dog
Minnesotans lined up outside the state capitol to pay their respects to the house speaker assassinated in her home
Rachel Leingang in St Paul, Minnesota
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/melissa-hortman-lies-in-state-minnesota

Wall Street shivers over ‘hot commie summer’ after Mamdani’s success
New York’s financial elite compare the city to crime-riddled Gotham after democratic socialist bests Cuomo in Democratic mayoral primary
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/hot-commie-summer-zohran-mamdani

Beautiful, isolated and expensive: US expats on life in New Zealand
Americans are showing renewed interest in moving to NZ. Those who have made the leap love its free healthcare and natural beauty, but warn fleeing is not a ‘golden parachute’
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/beautiful-isolated-and-expensive-us-expats-on-life-in-new-zealand

Summer sizzlers! It’s the 20 hottest TV shows of the season
Steamy love affairs! Joanna Lumley as the Addams Family gran! Liz Hurley’s big cash giveaway! Here are all the best shows coming your way
Kate Abbott and Alexi Duggins
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/27/summer-sizzlers-its-the-20-hottest-tv-shows-of-the-season

From mochi ice cream to strawberry sandos, Japanese sweet treats are tickling UK tastebuds
These small, joyful indulgences are ‘an antidote to life’s uncertainties’, food trend watchers say
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/mochi-ice-cream-strawberry-sandos-japanese-sweet-treats-uk

2025.06.27

Bill Moyers, Lyndon Johnson press chief and celebrated broadcaster, dies at 91
Moyers, who served as Johnson’s press secretary for two years, became one of television’s most revered journalists
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/bill-moyers-broadcaster-dies

Road rash: Construction to close 3 major interstates this weekend
Road and bridge projects will shut down I-494 in Bloomington and Richfield, I-35W in Richfield, and I-94 in St. Paul between Friday night and Monday morning.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/traffic/traffic-nightmare-stretches-of-3-major-interstates-closed-this-weekend/89-76c556df-9be4-4dfa-952c-e77d6978230c

Wild, safe and sober: An antique mall in Fridley centers the queer community
Married couple David Wenzel and Joshua Larson are co-owners of Wild Things Antiques in Fridley, pictured here on June 16. “It’s very important to us that our identity as a queer couple was going to be on the forefront of what we were doing as a business,” Larson says.
Alex V. Cipolle
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/26/wild-safe-and-sober-an-antique-mall-in-fridley-centers-the-queer-community

Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas
Possible meteor rattled windows in three states, with a fragment crashing through the roof of a house near Atlanta
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/fireball-meteor-georgia-north-south-carolina

Six arrested at protest of Palantir, tech company building deportation software for Trump admin
Six of demonstrators were arrested at protest against the company’s work for Ice to help deport people from the US
Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/trump-palantir-protest-arrests

Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill
Democratic senator leads calls for answers over provision that could cut fossil fuel firms’ income tax to zero
Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/elizabeth-warren-oil-companies-tax-break-lobbying

Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
Decision could embolden red states in US to block clinics that provide abortions from receiving Medicaid funds
Carter Sherman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/supreme-court-planned-parenthood-decision

RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move
Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-flu-shot-vaccines-panel

Group of high-profile authors sue Microsoft over use of their books in AI training
Writers alleged that company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its Megatron artificial intelligence
Guardian staff and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/26/microsoft-ai-authors-lawsuit

Cuomo to stay in New York mayoral race despite Mamdani besting him in primary – report
Ex-governor failed to secure Democratic nomination this week but still plans to run on ‘Fight and Delivery’ ballot line
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/cuomo-new-york-mayor-race-mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has struck a blow to the Democratic party’s passivity
Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party

Superman to I Know What You Did Last Summer: 10 of the best films to watch this July
Nicholas Barber
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250625-10-of-the-best-films-to-watch-this-july

2025.06.17

‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers
As regulator prepares to approve lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
Kat Lay Global health correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/17/hiv-ending-drug-lenacapavir-manufacture-cost-per-patient-gilead

Sen. Klobuchar condemns Utah rep for misleading social posts
Plus: Killer had ‘hit list’; political violence on the rise; photos of makeshift memorial; and more.
by Peter Majerle
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/sen-klobuchar-condemns-utah-rep-for-misleading-social-posts/

MyPillow’s Mike Lindell ordered to pay $2.3m in voting machine defamation trial
Eric Coomer, who worked at Dominion, sued Mike Lindell for spreading conspiracy theories that upended his life
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/mypillow-mike-lindell-defamation-trial

‘He’s a mess’: Trump says he won’t call Tim Walz after Minnesota shootings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jun/17/donald-trump-g7-iran-israel-ceasefire-us-politics-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-685166618f08a82a824fa17d#block-685166618f08a82a824fa17d

‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers
After courtship with crypto industry, president now profits immensely from a sector he once said ‘seems like a scam’
Peter Stone in Washington DC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption

Experts question whether $499 gold Trump phone can be US-made
Natalie Sherman, Business reporter, BBC News
Lily Jamali, North America technology correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrld3erq4eo

Fired ABC News journalist stands by his post criticizing Trump and adviser
Terry Moran was effectively dismissed from the network after calling Stephen Miller and Trump ‘world-class’ haters
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/17/abc-news-journalist-trump-adviser

Georgia Republican officials to finally face election after years of legal delays
Members of state’s powerful public service commission must run for re-election after delays left them in office
George Chidi in Atlanta
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/georgia-public-service-commission-election

Solar stocks drop on Senate proposal to phase out tax credits by 2028
Shashwat Chauhan and Pooja Menon
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-stocks-drop-senate-proposal-103357480.html

Kraft Heinz to remove artificial colors from Jell-O and Kool-Aid, among other brands, by 2027
The snack company also pledged to not launch any new products in the US with artificial colors, effectively immediately.
Brooke DiPalma · Senior Reporter
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kraft-heinz-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-jell-o-and-kool-aid-among-other-brands-by-2027-110054957.html

‘We were powerless’: inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal
A college physician allegedly abused at least 177 male students during his tenure, a story revived in a harrowing new film that highlights how he got away with it
Andrew Lawrence
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/17/ohio-state-sexual-abuse-scandal

Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski review – some of the best sex scenes I’ve read this year
In this page-turning romance, teenage sweethearts reunite as thirtysomething women
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/17/ordinary-love-by-marie-rutkoski-review-some-of-the-best-sex-scenes-ive-read-this-year

Viking age burial site full of ancient objects found in Denmark, say experts
‘Spectacular’ discovery at site of about 30 graves includes pearls, coins, ceramics and a box containing gold thread
Agence France-Presse in Aarhus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/viking-age-burial-site-full-of-ancient-objects-found-in-denmark-say-experts

Old Star Wars Times Two
Star Wars’ Boss Says It’s ‘Remarkable’ the ‘First Print’ of George Lucas’ 1977 Original Was Found and Screened After Decades; Discovery Called a ‘Miracle’
By Zack Sharf
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/star-wars-george-lucas-first-print-screens-1236430495/

‘Star Wars’ “Looks Terrible” in Screening of Long Lost Original 1977 Version
The years have not been kind to the oft-romanticized original print of the sci-fi classic, which lacks all of George Lucas’ post-release tweaks and polishes and looks “like a completely different film.”
By James Hibberd
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-1977-screening-version-review-1236291808/

2025.06.16

The Glean
More on the Hortman assasination
For this morning’s Glean, I’m sharing a few headlines that add depth to our coverage of this weekend’s shootings.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/more-depth-on-the-hortman-assasination/

Violence is coming to define American political life
Stephen Marche
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/16/us-politics-violence-trump-parade-protests

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’
Aaron Glantz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

Ice raids target workers at Home Depots who build much of LA: ‘This community has been here for decades’
Chain has long maintained relationship with undocumented laborers who gather in parking lots, hoping to get hired for a day of painting or roofing
Maanvi Singh in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/home-depot-ice-raids-los-angeles

Americans don’t see US supreme court as politically neutral, poll finds
Just 20% of respondents to Reuters/Ipsos poll saw court is politically neutral, a view shared people from both parties
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/supreme-court-politically-neutral-poll

‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown
Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/15/academics-science-trump-university-crackdown

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’
Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/why-a-professor-of-fascism-left-the-us-the-lesson-of-1933-is-you-get-out

‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term
Bitcoin, internet, EVs, private dinners for hire – the list of pay-for-play and quid quo pro goes on, and on … and on
Ed Pilkington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/trump-conflict-of-interest

The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed
Editorial
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/the-guardian-view-on-the-womens-prize-for-nonfiction-shining-a-light-where-its-badly-needed

Avant-Drag! review – queer artists light up the streets of Athens with joy and resistance
Drag is a tool of self-expression and of protest in this kaleidoscopic portrait of the city’s vibrant underground art
Phuong Le
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/16/avant-drag-review-queer-artists-athens

‘Who else can we annoy with our show?’: Such Brave Girls, Britain’s most gleefully offensive comedy returns
Rachel Aroesti
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/15/such-brave-girls-kat-sadler-bbc-lizzie-davidson-louise-brealey

2025.06.15

‘Her mirthful eyes, her sharp humor’: Colleagues remember Melissa Hortman, assassinated at age 55
Hortman reshaped education, environment and health care through years in Minnesota House leadership.
by Matthew Blake
https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2025/06/her-mirthful-eyes-her-sharp-humor-colleagues-remember-melissa-hortman-assassinated-at-age-55/

Flood of tributes for Minnesota Democrat killed in ‘targeted violence’
Governor Tim Walz calls Melissa Hortman, state speaker shot dead along with husband Mark, ‘dearest of friends’
Edward Helmore in New York and Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/minnesota-democrat-melissa-hortman-tribute

Manhunt continues for suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers
Gunman believed to have left Minneapolis region after killing one legislator and wounding another
Victoria Bekiempis and agencies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/minnesota-shooting-suspect-manhunt

Manhunt after two Minnesota state politicians targeted, one of them killed
Mike Wendling in Brooklyn Park and Danai Nesta Kupemba
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj83q2e562o

Millions across US turn out for ‘No Kings’ protests against Donald Trump
Protesters demonstrate at about 2,000 sites nationwide on day US president holds military parade in Washington
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis, Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles and Melissa Hellmann in Philadelphia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/no-kings-protests-trump-military-parade

Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed
Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/trump-netanyahu-khamenei-three-angry-old-men

A £2.5m dud? Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of National Gallery Rubens
Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/claim-casts-doubt-on-origin-of-national-gallery-rubnes

It’s Estimated Tax Day, well, almost. Due Tomorrow.

Last night the valet at Orchestra Hall could drive a stick and was excited at the chance. There went my private parking! They tried to pawn off a new car on me when I went to pick it up, but I resisted.