Severe weather hits the US hard as key forecast offices reel from Trump cuts
This year marks the first time that local NWS offices have stopped round-the-clock operations in the agency’s history
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/severe-weather-nws-trump-cuts
And everybody sez irony is dead?
Trump threatens to set Doge on Musk as pair feud again over budget plan
Aleks Phillips
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdvv2qqlrqo
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
Oliver Milman
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis
‘Lidar is lame’: why Elon Musk’s vision for a self-driving Tesla taxi faltered
The company’s rollout of its new driverless cars has gotten off to a wobbly start – and rival Waymo remains well ahead
Nick Robins-Early, Dara Kerr and Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/29/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi
Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán
Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year
Lili Rutai in Budapest, and Ashifa Kassam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/tens-of-thousands-defy-hungarys-ban-on-pride-in-protest-against-orban
‘Proud to be gay’: K-pop star on coming out to the world
Yvette Tan BBC News Reporting fromSingapore
Juna Moon BBC Korean
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5kx7wn1nzo
Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things around
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/28/lacma-new-art-gallery-tour
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Thai-style tossed walnut and tempeh noodles
Rice noodles topped with a rubble of tempeh and walnuts and tossed in garlic oil and a sweet, salty and tangy hot sauce
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/28/vegan-thai-walnut-and-tempeh-noodles-recipe-meera-sodha
America’s dive bars are disappearing. Montana didn’t get the memo
The state boasts cozy venues featuring buffalo mounts, barbecue and bras on the wall – but the mark of a great bar is always the people
Janie Osborne
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/28/montana-dive-bars
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
Mamdani’s defeat of Cuomo offers Democrats a path out of the wilderness
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-election-democrats
Zohran Mamdani offered New Yorkers a political revolution – and won
Bhaskar Sunkara
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/zohran-mamdani-offered-a-political-revolution-and-won
Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals
Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/donald-trump-angry-middle-east-ukraine
Dollar falls to three-year low after report Trump may name next Fed chair early
US president has clashed with incumbent Jerome Powell, whose term is due to run for 11 more months
Joanna Partridge
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/26/us-dollar-falls-to-three-year-low-after-report-trump-may-name-next-fed-chair-early
Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence
At hearing, US attorney general claims she’s unaware of reports that officials have hid their faces during roundups
Robert Tait in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/ag-pam-bondi-ice-masks-raids
The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/immigration-officers-wearing-masks
RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine panel holds first meeting amid controversy
Health secretary unilaterally appointed ACIP’s eight new members, several of which are critical of immunizations
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/cdc-vaccine-panel-rfk-acip
RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants
Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-jr-vaccine-panel-rsv-treatment-infants
Costa Rican court orders government to free migrants who were deported by US
About 200 people were brought to the country in February under an agreement with the Trump administration
Agence France-Press in San José
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/costa-rica-court-deportations-trump
BBC to start charging US-based consumers for news and TV coverage
‘Premium experience’ for US users will include BBC News livestream as broadcaster looks overseas for income boost
Michael Savage Media editor
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun/26/bbc-usa-paid-subscription-news
California vice-mayor under fire after allegedly urging gangs to ‘organize’ over Ice
Cynthia Gonzalez of Cudahy appeared to call on street gangs for ‘help’ amid immigration raids in Los Angeles
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/california-vice-mayor-cynthia-gonzalez-ice
James Webb telescope captures direct images of Saturn-sized exoplanet
TWA 7b is 110 light years away and by far the smallest-mass planet to be observed by direct imagery
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jun/25/james-webb-space-telescope-first-direct-images-exoplanet
A dog cemetery would not be treated like this’: the fight to preserve Black burial grounds in the US
In the absence of federal oversight, Black communities band together to stave off development on historic resting places
Melissa Hellmann
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/black-burial-grounds
Local News
Mikayla Raines, founder of Minnesota’s Save A Fox rescue, dies at 29, husband says
By Stephen Swanson
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mikayla-raines-dies-save-a-fox-rescue/
DOC updates Stillwater prison closing
Commissioner Paul Schnell says inmate transfers to other facilities have already begun, while decisions on what programs remain at Stillwater are being made.
Author: Dana Thiede
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/doc-updates-stillwater-prison-closing/89-7f18c013-a18f-415c-b880-e81e6e91ef81
Well! There’s a name you don’t see every day: Patches Magickbeans
Man charged in North Shore tunnel crash that injured two construction workers
Estelle Timar-Wilcox
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/25/man-charged-north-shore-tunnel-crash-injured-two-construction-workers
Employment opportunities on the rise in Rochester
By Aaliyah Demry
https://www.kttc.com/2025/06/25/employment-opportunities-rise-rochester/
‘A belter of a movie’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025 so far
From repressive military regimes in I’m Still Here to funny French teenage delinquents in Holy Cow, readers pick films that have moved them this year
Guardian readers
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/25/a-belter-of-a-movie-guardian-readers-best-films-of-2025-so-far
Mel Brooks turns 99: the comedy icon’s best films – ranked!
Following the announcement of a sequel to Spaceballs, we assess the film-maker’s funniest movies, from the Hitchcock spoof High Anxiety to the impeccable Young Frankenstein
By Anne Billson
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/26/mel-brooks-ranked-movies
The Bear season four review – finally becoming the show it was always destined to be
It’s outgrown the ‘Yes, chef!’ rages and screaming matches in the pantry and morphed into something more tender, beautiful – and endlessly moving. Let the happy tears flow
Jack Seale
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/26/the-bear-season-four-review-finally-becoming-the-show-it-was-always-destined-to-be
‘Intense’ novel about robot abused by her boyfriend/owner wins Arthur C Clarke science fiction award
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer wins £2,025 for ‘compelling tale that, like all good stories about robots, is ultimately about the human condition’
Lucy Knight
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/arthur-c-clarke-science-fiction-award-annie-bot-sierra-greer
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/26/unheard-works-by-erik-satie-to-premiere-100-years-after-his-death
How to turn the whole carrot into a Moroccan-spiced stew – recipe
Save those bright green carrot tops from the compost bin by whizzing them up into a spicy sauce for topping a North African-spiced carrot stew
Tom Hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/25/how-to-turn-the-whole-carrot-from-leaf-to-root-into-a-moroccan-spiced-stew-recipe-zero-waste-cooking
Zohran Mamdani declares historic victory in New York City mayoral primary after Cuomo concedes
‘Tonight is his night,’ says ex-governor as progressive state representative tells supporters ‘we made history’
‘We made history’: Mamdani celebrates after shocking Cuomo in New York City mayoral primary – US politics live
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results
Who is Zohran Mamdani?
Nada Tawfik and Rachel Hagan
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2rgzye9no
Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party
Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump
Steven Greenhouse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/dnc-union-leaders-democratic-party
CDC vaccine report cites study that does not exist, says scientist listed as author
Robert Berman, cited in report on preservative thimerosal, says he ‘doesn’t endorse this misrepresentation of research’
Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/cdc-vaccine-presentation-autism
RFK Jr grilled on vaccine policies and healthcare fraud in bruising House hearing
US health secretary faced hours of questioning over budget cuts and accusations he lied to senators
Joseph Gedeon in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/rfk-congress-hearing-vaccines
DoJ leader suggested defying courts over deportations, whistleblower says
Trump ally Emil Bove reportedly said the justice department would consider telling courts ‘fuck you’
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/emil-bove-justice-department-whistleblower
Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison
Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to the bomber, Guy Edward Barktus, who died in May explosion
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/california-fertility-clinic-bombing-death-prison
Quebec provides universal childcare for less than $7 a day. Here’s what the US can learn
Public childcare network is a win for everyone – kids, parents and the government, and the Quebec model is a shining example
Isabeau Doucet in Montreal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/quebec-universal-childcare-us-learn
Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds
Decline blamed on health inequalities, Covid disruption and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy
Andrew Gregory Health editor
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/24/children-global-vaccine-rates-fall-study-finds
How to get the most out of your window air conditioner during extreme heat
When a ‘heat dome’ hits, AC units can provide relief, but they need more maintenance than you think
Sarah Sloat
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/aug/05/how-to-choose-clean-ac-units-tips
Not just rice and peas: lifting the lid on the radical roots of Caribbean cuisine
Caribe is more than a cookbook, says its author Keshia Sakarah, it’s also a homage to family – with a dash of history and a sprinkling of joy
Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/24/caribbean-cuisine-history-caribe-keshia-sakarah
It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema
This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in film
Ralf Webb
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/25/it-used-to-be-witches-by-ryan-gilbey-review-an-idiosyncratic-guide-to-queer-cinema
‘It validated the experiences of black women who loved women’: The 1928 song that is one the world’s first gay anthems
Deborah Nicholls-Lee
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250624-the-1928-song-that-is-one-the-worlds-first-gay-anthems-ma-rainey
Bobby Sherman, 60s teen idol and singer of hit Little Woman, dies aged 81
The teenage heartthrob, who become an LAPD instructor, had announced he had stage 4 cancer earlier this year
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/24/bobby-sherman-death-singer
Old and corrupt vs young and Islamic — you decide!
New Yorkers vote in mayoral primary as poll shows Mamdani leading Cuomo
Leftwing Zohran Mamdani sees surging support in race against former governor for Democratic nomination
Adam Gabbatt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-yorkers-mayoral-primary-mamdami-cuomo
Get earplugs – and never remove wax at home: 16 ways to protect your hearing, chosen by audiologists
Turn the volume down, don’t use cotton buds and get your hearing tested before it’s too late. Here’s what experts recommend to keep your ears healthy
Sarah Phillips
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/24/get-earplugs-and-never-remove-wax-at-home-16-ways-to-protect-your-hearing-chosen-by-audiologists
Three-hundred-year-old painting in the Uffizi damaged after visitor trips while trying to ‘make a meme’
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is considering imposing restrictions on visitor behaviour after the incident, which follows a similar mishap earlier this month
Dee Jefferson
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/24/300-year-old-painting-in-the-uffizi-damaged-after-visitor-trips-while-trying-to-make-a-meme-ntwnfb
Why it’s good to admit when you’re wrong – and how to improve
Admitting to being wrong can be difficult. But ‘intellectual humility’ is a trainable trait that deepens relationships
Hannah Seo
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/jun/23/admitting-youre-wrong-relationships-intellectual-humility
Thailand bans tourists from going to Cambodia as border dispute
Koh Ewe
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ezgjlzggyo
The Archdruid of Stonehenge’s guide to Pagan Glastonbury
Samuel Firman
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250623-the-archdruid-of-stonehenges-guide-to-glastonbury
US safety regulators contact Tesla over erratic robotaxis
Charlotte Edwards
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg75zv4gny2o
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
Michela Moscufo
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved
The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era
Sidney Blumenthal
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/minnesota-shootings-trump-mike-lee-vance-boelter
Social success not about who you know – it’s about knowing who knows whom
Knowledge trumps popularity in the long haul of trying to be influential, researchers say
Nicola Davis Science Correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research
Why the summer solstice is a ‘celestial starting gun’ for trees
Research suggests longest day is a cue for beeches and other species to launch their growth strategies
Linda Geddes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/21/trees-summer-solstice-celestial-starting-gun
Week in wildlife: acrobatic dolphins, a lost baby raccoon and a pair of Bambis
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
Joanna Ruck
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/20/week-in-wildlife-acrobatic-dolphins-a-lost-baby-raccoon-and-a-pair-of-bambis
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
From dazzling debuts to unmissable memoirs, prize-winning novels to page-turning histories … Plus our pick of paperbacks and children’s fiction
Justine Jordan, David Shariatmadari, Imogen Russell Williams and Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2025/jun/21/summer-reading-the-50-hottest-books-to-read-now
Ghibli’s midlife crisis: as beloved Japanese studio turns 40 will the magic fade?
Much of Studio Ghibli’s success is down to one man: 84-year-old Hayao Miyazaki, a master animator whose presence towers over the studio’s output
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/21/ghiblis-midlife-crisis-as-beloved-japanese-studio-turns-40-will-the-magic-fade
‘In every theatre, people would leave’: How ‘gay cowboy movie’ Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US
Nick Levine
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250620-how-gay-cowboy-movie-brokeback-mountain-challenged-hollywood-and-the-us
‘Miners showing solidarity at Pride 40 years ago was significant’
Miriam Barker
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqnzp278lvo
China has millions of single men – could dating camp help them find love?
Helen Bushby
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e0p9eg6gyo
Parties, pyres and pharaohs: Africa’s top shots
Natasha Booty
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2r4lnwgwo
‘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/
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
Rain or shine, dozens of No Kings protests are planned throughout Minnesota on Saturday. The largest event will be at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, and FOX 9 has put together a list of protests and start times across the state. Via MinnPost
https://www.fox9.com/news/no-kings-protest-minnesota-list
Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes
Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were attacked
Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/democratic-lawmakers-minnesota-shot
https://www.youtube.com/live/VHtHNAbFnow
‘Hip-hop is innovation’: New street dance festival brings cyphers, dance battles to St. Paul
Also this weekend: the Asian Street Food Night Market returns with more than 35 food vendors; a new Somali arts festival debuts on Lake Street; and a film series highlighting communities of color screens in Minneapolis
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-street-dance-somali-arts-asian-market/
After dry spells contributed to wildfires in northern Minnesota, we now have the opposite problem: a days-long deluge. As Bring Me The News reports, some parts of the state will see up to five inches of rain. “[C]onsistent rain will move slowly east Friday morning, continuing on and off through the weekend and into early next week, with central Minnesota and the Twin Cities potentially seeing the largest amounts.” Via MinnPost
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-weather/flooding-risk-as-storms-set-to-bring-over-5-inches-of-rain-to-minnesota
New murals will beautify Lake Street in Minneapolis and support small businesses
The 34 murals on Lake between Nicollet and 30th Ave. S. are part of the $8 million “Lake Street Lift” initiative.
by Sheila Regan
https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2025/06/new-murals-will-beautify-lake-street-in-minneapolis-and-support-small-businesses/
Grilled cheese shop offers Minnesotans a second chance after prison
The Minneapolis restaurant All Square exclusively hires formerly incarcerated people
Claire Wang
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/14/all-square-minneapolis-formerly-incarcerated-staff
EPA drops case against prison company that has donated heavily to Trump
Geo Group faced up to $4m in fines for violations involving the use of a toxic disinfectant at an immigration facility
Tom Perkins
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/14/trump-administration-epa-prison-company-donations
Tulane University scientist resigns citing environmental censorship
Kimberley Terrell’s research into health and job disparities had triggered a backlash from state and Tulane leaders
This story is co-published with Floodlight
Terry L Jones for Floodlight
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/tulane-university-scientist-resign
A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
Mickal Aranha in Catacocha, Ecuador
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-ancient-lagoon-water-drought-
Women’s prize winner Yael van der Wouden: ‘It’s heartbreaking to see so much hatred towards queer people’
Lisa Allardice
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/13/womens-prize-winner-yael-van-der-wouden-its-heartbreaking-to-see-so-much-hatred-towards-queer-people
‘Liquid electricity’: Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for grated tomato and butter beans with olive pangrattato
Few things in life are as simple and mouthwatering as tomatoes on toast sprinkled with salt, but here they hit new heights with olivey breadcrumbs, garlic and butter beans, too
Meera Sodha
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/14/grated-tomato-and-butter-beans-recipe-with-olive-pangrattato-meera-sodha
Carrots in Coca-Cola?! This Recipe Shouldn’t Work… But It Does
Glen And Friends Cooking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzoZ1T6KA4E
Indian scientists search for the perfect apple
Priti Gupta
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l05762elpo
British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked
Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card