2026.05.22
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lsandersonRamsey County deputy Chadd Muellner is facing two felony counts of engaging in electronic communication relating to or describing sexual conduct with a child after sending explicit messages and photos to people he believed were children, according to court documents filed Thursday and cited by WCCO-TV. Via MinnPost
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ramsey-county-deputy-charges-explicit-messages-with-children/
Authorities with the FBI are searching for a Minnesota man they say evaded arrest by jumping from a fourth-story balcony Thursday, according to KARE 11. Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, one of 15 defendants charged in connection with sweeping fraud indictments tied to state programs, was shown appearing to limp past surveillance cameras in video played by authorities at an FBI press conference announcing the charges. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/fraud/2-minneapolis-men-indicted-in-36-million-medicaid-housing-fraud-scheme/89-1314717e-8ffe-491f-bb66-829019fddf73?tbref=hp
Gregory Morgan Jr., an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly pointing a gun at drivers on a Minneapolis highway Feb. 5, is expected to turn himself in to Minnesota authorities Thursday, KSTP reported. VIa MinnPost
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/ice-agent-charged-for-pointing-gun-at-another-car-will-turn-self-in-thursday/
Two Minnesota canoeists stranded in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area after their canoe capsized in cold water were hoisted into a helicopter by the Minnesota Air Rescue Team, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday. The Boundary Waters operation marks only the second nighttime rescue by MART in 2026 and the first time rescuers “hoisted people into a helicopter in order to save them,” according to the Star Tribune. Via MinnPost
https://www.startribune.com/watch-helicopter-crew-rescues-canoers-trapped-in-boundary-waters/601846773?utm_source=gift
The nonprofit Trust for Public Land has ranked the Twin Cities parks systems among the top 5 in the country, WCCO-TV reported Wednesday. Minneapolis and St. Paul parks systems came in third and fourth place respectively. Via MinnPost
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-st-paul-park-system-top-five/
Aimee Bock sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for Feeding Our Future fraud
Prosecutors asked for 50 years in prison while Bock’s attorney asked for three years.
by Joey Peters
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/aimee-bock-feeding-our-future-sentencing-fraud-2/
Leanna Browne’s ‘Kuumba’ gathers dancers, storytellers to celebrate Pan-African resilience
Plus, head outdoors this weekend for West African pop music, a Minneapolis taco festival and the Kickoff to Summer at the Fair.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-pan-african-dance-mini-fair-taco-festival/
What to know as Memorial Day weekend powwows kick off
Chandra Colvin
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/22/memorial-day-powwows-what-to-know
MN Shortlist May 22-28: ‘Neighboring’ art, a play about the constitution, crop art sneak peak and experimental theatre
Alex V. Cipolle, Jacob Aloi and Lisa Ryan
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/21/julie-buffalohead-leila-awadallah-red-eye-festival-george-pfeifer-jeremy-messersmith
US arms sales to Taiwan on ‘pause’ due to Iran war, says acting navy chief
Hung Cao’s comments are latest blow to Taipei after Donald Trump recently cast doubt over US’s enduring support
Alastair McCready in Taipei
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/us-arms-sales-taiwan-pause-iran-war-says-acting-navy-chief
Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists
What does a surge in ocean temperatures, compounded with El Niño, bode for the summer?
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/marine-heatwave-west-coast
English Heritage unveils recreation of 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge
The Kusuma Neolithic Hall, based on Durrington 68 site, will allow visitors to ‘step back in time’ into the lives of those who built the stone circle
Jamie Grierson
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/22/english-heritage-neolithic-kusuma-hall-stonehenge
‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man
Michael Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/jamie-bell-half-man-richard-gadd-bbc-billy-elliot
‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg
Simon Hattenstone
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/derek-jacobi-aids-ageing-interview
Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?
Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/elon-musk-the-odyssey-casting
Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’
The Oscar-winning actor’s role in the mythical drama has been attacked by Elon Musk and others on the far right
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/21/lupita-nyongo-responds-rightwing-odyssey-criticism
The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least
Ben Child
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-wars-cursed-franchise
Is This Thing On? to Fuze: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Will Arnett uses standup comedy to tackle his midlife crisis in Bradley Cooper’s hilariously biting drama. Plus, the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond have a blast in a winning bomb disposal thriller
Simon Wardell
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/is-this-thing-on-to-fuze-the-seven-best-films-to-watch-on-tv-this-week
Spider-Noir to Star City: the seven best shows to stream this week
Nicolas Cage plays Spidey as a 1930s private eye – and really gives it his all. Plus, an enthralling look at the Soviet space race that could well be the new Chernobyl
Phil Harrison
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/spider-noir-to-star-city-the-seven-best-shows-to-stream-this-week
Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76
Italy’s president leads tributes to campaigner who spent four decades promoting sustainability and local cuisine
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/carlo-petrini-slow-food-movement-founder-dies-aged-76
Spring snow and record-breaking melons: photos of the day – Friday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Spring snow in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Arnel Hecimovic
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/22/spring-snow-and-record-breaking-melons-photos-of-the-day-friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ramsey-county-deputy-charges-explicit-messages-with-children/
Authorities with the FBI are searching for a Minnesota man they say evaded arrest by jumping from a fourth-story balcony Thursday, according to KARE 11. Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar, one of 15 defendants charged in connection with sweeping fraud indictments tied to state programs, was shown appearing to limp past surveillance cameras in video played by authorities at an FBI press conference announcing the charges. Via MinnPost
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/fraud/2-minneapolis-men-indicted-in-36-million-medicaid-housing-fraud-scheme/89-1314717e-8ffe-491f-bb66-829019fddf73?tbref=hp
Gregory Morgan Jr., an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly pointing a gun at drivers on a Minneapolis highway Feb. 5, is expected to turn himself in to Minnesota authorities Thursday, KSTP reported. VIa MinnPost
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/ice-agent-charged-for-pointing-gun-at-another-car-will-turn-self-in-thursday/
Two Minnesota canoeists stranded in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area after their canoe capsized in cold water were hoisted into a helicopter by the Minnesota Air Rescue Team, the Star Tribune reported Wednesday. The Boundary Waters operation marks only the second nighttime rescue by MART in 2026 and the first time rescuers “hoisted people into a helicopter in order to save them,” according to the Star Tribune. Via MinnPost
https://www.startribune.com/watch-helicopter-crew-rescues-canoers-trapped-in-boundary-waters/601846773?utm_source=gift
The nonprofit Trust for Public Land has ranked the Twin Cities parks systems among the top 5 in the country, WCCO-TV reported Wednesday. Minneapolis and St. Paul parks systems came in third and fourth place respectively. Via MinnPost
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-st-paul-park-system-top-five/
Aimee Bock sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison for Feeding Our Future fraud
Prosecutors asked for 50 years in prison while Bock’s attorney asked for three years.
by Joey Peters
https://sahanjournal.com/public-safety/aimee-bock-feeding-our-future-sentencing-fraud-2/
Leanna Browne’s ‘Kuumba’ gathers dancers, storytellers to celebrate Pan-African resilience
Plus, head outdoors this weekend for West African pop music, a Minneapolis taco festival and the Kickoff to Summer at the Fair.
by Myah Goff
https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-pan-african-dance-mini-fair-taco-festival/
What to know as Memorial Day weekend powwows kick off
Chandra Colvin
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/22/memorial-day-powwows-what-to-know
MN Shortlist May 22-28: ‘Neighboring’ art, a play about the constitution, crop art sneak peak and experimental theatre
Alex V. Cipolle, Jacob Aloi and Lisa Ryan
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/21/julie-buffalohead-leila-awadallah-red-eye-festival-george-pfeifer-jeremy-messersmith
US arms sales to Taiwan on ‘pause’ due to Iran war, says acting navy chief
Hung Cao’s comments are latest blow to Taipei after Donald Trump recently cast doubt over US’s enduring support
Alastair McCready in Taipei
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/us-arms-sales-taiwan-pause-iran-war-says-acting-navy-chief
Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists
What does a surge in ocean temperatures, compounded with El Niño, bode for the summer?
Eric Holthaus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/marine-heatwave-west-coast
English Heritage unveils recreation of 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge
The Kusuma Neolithic Hall, based on Durrington 68 site, will allow visitors to ‘step back in time’ into the lives of those who built the stone circle
Jamie Grierson
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/22/english-heritage-neolithic-kusuma-hall-stonehenge
‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man
Michael Hogan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/jamie-bell-half-man-richard-gadd-bbc-billy-elliot
‘I want to hit 100’: Derek Jacobi on Aids, ageing and failing to boil an egg
Simon Hattenstone
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/derek-jacobi-aids-ageing-interview
Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey?
Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/elon-musk-the-odyssey-casting
Lupita Nyong’o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: ‘Our cast is representative of the world’
The Oscar-winning actor’s role in the mythical drama has been attacked by Elon Musk and others on the far right
Benjamin Lee
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/21/lupita-nyongo-responds-rightwing-odyssey-criticism
The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Star Wars is a cursed franchise – on the big screen at least
Ben Child
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/22/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-star-wars-cursed-franchise
Is This Thing On? to Fuze: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Will Arnett uses standup comedy to tackle his midlife crisis in Bradley Cooper’s hilariously biting drama. Plus, the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond have a blast in a winning bomb disposal thriller
Simon Wardell
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/is-this-thing-on-to-fuze-the-seven-best-films-to-watch-on-tv-this-week
Spider-Noir to Star City: the seven best shows to stream this week
Nicolas Cage plays Spidey as a 1930s private eye – and really gives it his all. Plus, an enthralling look at the Soviet space race that could well be the new Chernobyl
Phil Harrison
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/22/spider-noir-to-star-city-the-seven-best-shows-to-stream-this-week
Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76
Italy’s president leads tributes to campaigner who spent four decades promoting sustainability and local cuisine
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/carlo-petrini-slow-food-movement-founder-dies-aged-76
Spring snow and record-breaking melons: photos of the day – Friday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
Spring snow in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Arnel Hecimovic
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/22/spring-snow-and-record-breaking-melons-photos-of-the-day-friday
