Stories from August 24, 2025

'Sopranos' star Jerry Adler, Broadway backstage vet turned late-in-life actor, dies at 96
Actor Jerry Adler has died at 96. Adler started his career behind the scenes in theater and worked on more than 50 Broadway productions. He later transitioned to acting in his 60s, gaining fame for roles on “The Sopranos” and “The Good Wife.”
4 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say
Witnesses say Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers traveling through a military zone south of Gaza City that is regularly used to reach a food distribution point. Gaza City is now officially in famine after 22 months of war, while Israel’s military moves ahead with a planned offensive to seize the city.
Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital, targeting Iran-backed Houthis
Israeli airstrikes have hit Yemen’s capital, just days after the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired what the Israeli military described as the first cluster bomb launched by the rebels since 2023.
Vikings adding Carson Wentz to back up J.J. McCarthy, sending Sam Howell to Eagles
Carson Wentz is back in the NFL and Sam Howell is on the move again. The Minnesota Vikings are signing Wentz to back up quarterback J.J. McCarthy and trading Howell to the Philadelphia Eagles.
First responders and emergency rooms in western Wisconsin are seeing a sudden spike in overdoses and have issued a public safety alert. They worry this could be a wider problem affecting drug users in other parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
University of Minnesota medical school’s Duluth campus shifts to 4-year program
For the first time since the school’s founding more than a half-century ago, incoming students at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Duluth Campus this fall will complete all four years of their training in Duluth.
Breezy and cooler with increasing cloud cover
Cooler temperatures, increasing clouds, and brisk northwest winds will keep summer on pause through mid-week, as Canadian high pressure limits any meaningful precipitation during the final days of August.
Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.