2026.04.25
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lsandersonThe Legislature wants to save HCMC. How will it happen?
Lawmakers are expressing confidence in keeping HCMC afloat but wrestling with imperfect options, including raising taxes, one-time funding or a combination of both.
by Maddie Robinson
https://www.minnpost.com/community-health/2026/04/hcmc-the-legislature-wants-to-save-it-how/
A new thermal battery could help this Minnesota campus electrify heat
Cache Energy’s pilot project harnesses excess wind power from UMN Morris’ two turbines to heat a carpentry shop and could be expanded across campus.
By Brian Martucci, Canary Media
https://www.minnpost.com/energy/2026/04/new-thermal-battery-could-help-minnesota-campus-electrify-heat/
Staff decry ‘constant turbulence’ under Trump’s labor secretary, as she blames ‘deep state’ in resignation
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figures
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/lori-chavez-deremer-resign-trump-labor-secretary-staff
Court blocks Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access
Appellate panel finds president can’t circumvent laws that allow people to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-asylum-executive-order-blocked
China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US (Paywalled?)
Suranjana Tewari
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy01ele412yo
Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits
Kendrick Guidry, alone among judges, initially ruled that the state supreme court’s decision to uphold a ‘lookback window’ for abuse claims did not set a binding precedent
David Hammer of WWL Louisiana and Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/louisiana-judge-catholic-church-abuse-recusal
US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon
‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time
After a two-year wait, video of a young male crossing above a road gives hope that critically endangered species can survive habitat fragmentation
Isaaq Tomkins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/first-footage-endangered-sumatran-orangutan-using-canopy-bridge-cross-road-hope-species-aoe
‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition
A previously unknown species of bacteria found in patients with noma could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/25/discovery-children-fatal-disfiguring-disease-noma-unknown-bacteria
Ifrah F Ahmed’s debut cookbook is a love letter to Somali cuisine, history and people
Soomaaliya is one of few cookbooks to examine Somali food and how conflict has reshaped it across the diaspora
Sundus Abdi
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/apr/25/ifrah-f-ahmed-soomaaliya-cookbook-somali-cuisine
Widow’s Bay to Should I Marry a Murderer? The seven best shows to stream this week
Matthew Rhys stars in a genuinely creepy comedy horror from the maker of Parks & Rec. Plus, the woman who turned informant when her fiancé confessed that he’d killed a man
Phil Harrison and Hollie Richardson
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/24/widows-bay-to-should-i-marry-a-murderer-the-seven-best-shows-to-stream-this-week
Lawmakers are expressing confidence in keeping HCMC afloat but wrestling with imperfect options, including raising taxes, one-time funding or a combination of both.
by Maddie Robinson
https://www.minnpost.com/community-health/2026/04/hcmc-the-legislature-wants-to-save-it-how/
A new thermal battery could help this Minnesota campus electrify heat
Cache Energy’s pilot project harnesses excess wind power from UMN Morris’ two turbines to heat a carpentry shop and could be expanded across campus.
By Brian Martucci, Canary Media
https://www.minnpost.com/energy/2026/04/new-thermal-battery-could-help-minnesota-campus-electrify-heat/
Staff decry ‘constant turbulence’ under Trump’s labor secretary, as she blames ‘deep state’ in resignation
Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figures
Michael Sainato
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/lori-chavez-deremer-resign-trump-labor-secretary-staff
Court blocks Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access
Appellate panel finds president can’t circumvent laws that allow people to apply for asylum at the US-Mexico border
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-asylum-executive-order-blocked
China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US (Paywalled?)
Suranjana Tewari
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy01ele412yo
Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits
Kendrick Guidry, alone among judges, initially ruled that the state supreme court’s decision to uphold a ‘lookback window’ for abuse claims did not set a binding precedent
David Hammer of WWL Louisiana and Ramon Antonio Vargas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/louisiana-judge-catholic-church-abuse-recusal
US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
Marina Dunbar
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon
‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time
After a two-year wait, video of a young male crossing above a road gives hope that critically endangered species can survive habitat fragmentation
Isaaq Tomkins
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/first-footage-endangered-sumatran-orangutan-using-canopy-bridge-cross-road-hope-species-aoe
‘Astonishing’ discovery could help save children from deadly disfiguring condition
A previously unknown species of bacteria found in patients with noma could be key to creating treatments for the neglected tropical disease
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/25/discovery-children-fatal-disfiguring-disease-noma-unknown-bacteria
Ifrah F Ahmed’s debut cookbook is a love letter to Somali cuisine, history and people
Soomaaliya is one of few cookbooks to examine Somali food and how conflict has reshaped it across the diaspora
Sundus Abdi
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/apr/25/ifrah-f-ahmed-soomaaliya-cookbook-somali-cuisine
Widow’s Bay to Should I Marry a Murderer? The seven best shows to stream this week
Matthew Rhys stars in a genuinely creepy comedy horror from the maker of Parks & Rec. Plus, the woman who turned informant when her fiancé confessed that he’d killed a man
Phil Harrison and Hollie Richardson
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/24/widows-bay-to-should-i-marry-a-murderer-the-seven-best-shows-to-stream-this-week
