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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 ( Read more... )

‘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

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

'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

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 ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

Suspect in Minnesota killings accused of being ‘prepper’ preparing ‘for war’
Vance Boelter texted family that they needed to flee their house before ‘people with guns’ showed up, filings allege
Nina Lakhani
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft

Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet
People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists
Ben Makuch
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft

Thousands of Afghans face expulsion from US as Trump removes protections
‘Profound concern’ as administration says Afghanistan safe to return to despite dangers posed by Taliban regime
Justo Robles and Gloria Oladipo
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/afghanistan-trump-deportation-threat

Brazil hot-air balloon crash kills at least eight people amid ‘desperate’ scenes
Witnesses say some of those onboard hurled themselves out to escape flames as reports say fire started from torch in balloon’s basket
Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/brazil-hot-air-balloon-crash

As a heatwave approaches, experts say US sunscreens are less effective than those abroad
Other countries have approved a wider range of UV-filtering ingredients, which allow for more advanced sunscreens
Anna Betts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/heatwave-us-sunscreens-climate

Key RFK Jr advisers stand to profit from a new federal health initiative
The Maha campaign seeks to warn Americans of the dangers of ultra-processed foods
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/rfk-maha-ultra-processed-foods

‘This presidency is a brand-franchise’: Trump has taken the commercialization of politics to a new level
Trump’s $499 gold phone is only the latest ask of the Maga faithful to show their commitment in dollar terms
Edward Helmore in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/trump-products-presidency-as-a-brand

She flew hazardous fighter planes for Britain during WW2. She just turned 106
Californian Nancy Miller Stratford’s fiance forbade her from going to join the war effort. But her dream was to fly – so she broke off the engagement and went anyway
Amanda Ulrich in Carlsbad, California
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/woman-fighter-pilot-second-world-war

Pope commits to weeding out church sexual abuse, praises role of press in democracy
In first public comments on topic, Leo XIV has now signaled zero tolerance for sexual abuser priests
Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/pope-leo-xiv-sexual-abuse-praises-press

Internet users advised to change passwords after 16bn logins exposed
Hacked credentials could give cybercriminals access to Facebook, Meta and Google accounts among others
Dan Milmo Global technology editor
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/internet-users-advised-to-change-passwords-after-16bn-logins-exposed

I study the resistance against the Nazis. Here’s what the US left can learn from it
Luke Berryman
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/democratic-resistance-trump

Three people killed in North Dakota after tornado hits upper midwest
Officials say two men and a woman killed around town of Enderlin as region experiences powerful winds and hail
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/tornado-upper-midwest-north-dakota

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