2026.06.06

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Massive public art project by Saype debuts at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis
MPR News Staff
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/05/massive-mural-by-franco-swiss-artist-saype-debuts-at-boom-island-park-in-minneapolis

Grab your raspberry beret and head downtown for the Prince sing-along, block party
MPR News Staff
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/06/prince-sing-along-block-party-take-over-downtown-minneapolis

Feds propose housing ICE detainees in western Minnesota private prison
Jon Collins
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/06/05/homeland-security-intends-to-use-privatelyowned-correctional-facility-to-house-ice-detainees

Second flesh-eating screwworm infection reported in cattle in Texas
Governor issued disaster declaration as agencies move to stop spread of parasite, including release of sterile flies
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/second-flesh-eating-screwworm-infection-texas

Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say
Modelling from US CDC shows Ebola spread could be on ‘dangerous trajectory’, but experts warn outbreaks can be very hard to predictThe Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/ebola-spread-in-central-africa-could-match-2014-record-outbreak-us-health-officials-say

Readers’ top 100 novels of all time
After critics and authors picked their top 100 novels we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, more than 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here’s your list – topped by a new number 1
Guardian staff and contributors
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jun/06/readers-top-100-novels-of-all-time

The best recent poetry – review roundup
Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph; Selected Poems by Leontia Flynn; Sparrow on the Rooftop by Rachel Long; You Must Live: New Poetry from Palestine, edited by Jorie Graham; Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai; Somebody Should Have Pressed Record by Galia Admoni
Rishi Dastidar
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/05/the-best-recent-poetry-review-roundup

Anthony Head brought gravitas to Buffy and everything else he touched
Jesse Hassenger
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jun/05/anthony-head-buffy-remembrance

10 winning photos from the World Food Photography Awards 2026 (Paywalled?)
BBC Travel
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260601-10-photos-of-food-culture-around-the-world