TOP STORIES
- This ancient tree is one of the oldest in Minnesota. The warming climate might kill it. Visitors to the Boundary Waters seek out the Legacy Tree, a northern white cedar that's a bridge to Minnesota's past. Read more.
- Columbia University cancels main commencement after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests: Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but it will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week and next, the school announced Monday. Read more.
- East Phillips urban farm pushing forward as funding uncertainty threatens Roof Depot sale: The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute is busy recruiting tenants to move into the Roof Depot warehouse in Minneapolis and shaping a community ownership model. But first it has to close on the building. Read more.
- Hudson teacher charged with sexual assault for alleged contact with 11-year-old student: A judge has barred the St. Paul woman from contact with minors as her case continues. Read more.
- Comcast axed Bally Sports North. How are Twins fans adjusting? We asked Twins fans who used to have Comcast how they are handling the cable carrier's decision to drop Bally Sports channels last week. The answers varied from creative solutions to apathy to anger. Read more.
WATCH THIS
What it's like to "speed-fly" down a snow-capped mountain: Using a 360-degree camera attached to a pole, David Andreev demonstrates the sport of speed flying, which is similar to paragliding except a lot faster and much closer to the slope of a mountain. See the video.
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TRENDING
Live Nation is offering $25 tickets to 65 Twin Cities concerts: This week's limited deal includes Janet Jackson, Pink, Luke Bryan, Gunna, Vampire Weekend and the Kid Laroi. Read more.
SPORTS BLINK
Finch in charge while coaching Wolves from behind bench: Timberwolves players said there wasn't much of a difference in communication even though coach Chris Finch wasn't in his usual spot for Game 1 after having knee surgery three days earlier. Read more.
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WORTH A CLICK
Bosses mandated them back to the office. They took legal action instead. "As companies across the United States increasingly take a hard-line stance on office mandates, an increasing number of workers are elevating their complaints to court and federal labor agencies like the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission," Danielle Abril and Taylor Telford report for the Washington Post. Read more.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
May 6, 2022: Ahead of his 95th birthday party and concert, James Samuel "Cornbread" Harris Sr., left, reconciled with his hit-making producer son Jimmy "Jam" Harris, right, after decades of estrangement and the pair appeared together onstage at the Hook & Ladder Theater in Minneapolis. (Photo: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune)
