Stories from June 22, 2025

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms
The ruling marked a win for civil liberties groups who say the mandate violates the separation of church and state, and that displays would isolate students — especially those who are not Christian.
Mike Lee's posts about the Minnesota shootings incensed fellow senators. They refused to let it go
Sen. Mike Lee posts thousands of times, often late at night, about politics. Colleagues have grown accustomed to the Utah Republican’s online persona, mostly brushing it off. That is, until this past week, after his posts about the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband incensed fellow senators.
Thousands still without power, cleanup continues after severe storms in northern Minnesota
Cleanup of damaged buildings, downed trees and mangled power lines continued in northern Minnesota on Sunday, in the wake of severe storms that walloped the region early Saturday.
Artist Salad Hilowle shares his Afro-Swedish experience at American Swedish Institute
A theme of Blackness in both Swedish history and art history runs throughout the artist’s first exhibition in the U.S. The show, a collaboration between ASI and The Somali Museum of Minnesota, is on view through Oct. 27.
Pentagon says Iranian nuclear capabilities are 'devastated' after U.S. strikes
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave new details Sunday morning about the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear sites.
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