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The two men, ages 49 and 19, were injured in a 8:20 p.m. shooting Friday outside Mariucci Arena following the ceremony.
A suspect in the shooting is in custody. The investigation by university police, Minneapolis police and the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office is continuing.
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6 hours ago
- Business Insider
Russia's navy looks to be stretched thin after getting battered by Ukraine and losing a key port, Western officials say
TROMSØ, NORWAY — Russia's navy looks to be stretched thin by the Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea and the loss of a key port in Syria, a top Dutch commander told Business Insider. During an interview aboard the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter last week, Commodore Arjen Warnaar said these recent setbacks have greatly affected the Russian Navy from the Mediterranean Sea to the Arctic region. "I think they're stretched," said Warnaar, commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 — one of the military alliance's immediate reaction forces — while its flagship vessel De Ruyter conducted operations in the Norwegian Sea. Russia's navy has always been under a certain degree of strain due to limits in shipbuilding, maintenance, and modernization, redeployment challenges, and operational overstretch. Recent setbacks, however, have put further pressure on the fleet. At the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine lacked a naval force capable of meeting the threat. What little it had didn't last long. To prevent the Russians from capturing it, the Ukrainians scuttled their one major warship. Its other naval vessels were damaged, destroyed, or captured. To project power in the Black Sea and fight back against Moscow, Kyiv launched an asymmetric military campaign involving domestically produced naval drones and missile strikes. Ukrainian operations have damaged or destroyed dozens of Russian warships and naval vessels and forced Moscow to relocate much of the Black Sea Fleet from its Sevastopol headquarters in occupied Crimea to the port of Novorossiysk on the other side of the region. Staggering Russian losses and forced retreats under relentless Ukrainian strikes have stretched a Russian fleet already hobbled by attrition, aging ships in need of repair, and a shipbuilding industry too strained to replace them. Russia's naval setbacks worsened in late 2024 after Syrian rebel forces seized the capital, Damascus, and toppled the Assad regime, bringing a swift end to the country's yearslong civil war. Russia provided military support to the Assad regime during the brutal conflict, and in exchange, it enjoyed a significant presence at Syria's Tartus naval facility on the Mediterranean Sea. However, the change in Damascus has jeopardized the future of Moscow's operations at the strategic port. Warnaar said the fallout of these two setbacks has been significant for the Russian Navy. "I think they've always been stretched," Warnaar said of Russia's naval forces, but the situation looks to be getting worse. "Once things start to happen — and, obviously, Ukraine is an example — they'll be even more stretched." He noted that NATO has the assets for any additional stretch required. "Looking at what they're doing in the Mediterranean, losing a port there means losing logistical support — and that stretches the capabilities they have, which mainly come from this Northern Fleet," the commander said. The Northern Fleet is based in Russia's Murmansk region, along the Barents Sea. A NATO official echoed Warnaar's assessment and said losing Tartus means Russia now needs to pull assets from other regions to support operations in the Mediterranean, putting greater stress on Moscow's ships and submarines and support systems to sustain the deployments. And Russia's Black Sea losses have only added to its force generation challenges, said the NATO official, speaking with Business Insider on the condition of anonymity to discuss alliance observations concerning Russia's navy. These issues are not unique to the Russian Navy. The official said many militaries face force generation issues. But Moscow's problems are compounded by its efforts to keep pace with NATO's vast, jointly organized maritime presence around the European continent. These challenges are becoming increasingly important in the Arctic region, where climate change is opening up new shipping lanes, creating military and economic opportunities for NATO allies — and adversaries. The growing significance of the High North region was underscored last month when Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 — led by the sleek Dutch warship De Ruyter — deployed to the frigid waters off the northern coast of Norway to conduct a range of operations. British Cdr. Craig Raeburn, chief of staff of the maritime group, told Business Insider that NATO was "operating in this area because it's something we haven't done for a while." He said one of the many reasons the consortium of warships deployed to the Arctic is to keep an eye on Russian activity in the region and also "see how they react to us being here." Moscow was relatively unmoved by the deployment. At one point, a lone Russian naval aircraft operated in close proximity to the maritime group, but none of its ships came out to monitor the NATO activity, Warnaar said. He attributed this to possible strain on the Russian Navy following a series of major exercises called July Storm. Cdr. Arlo Abrahamson, spokesperson for NATO Allied Maritime Command, said the alliance's maritime presence across the Euro-Atlantic is intended to defend and protect allied interests. "In projecting this maritime presence, with a robust security network of Allied navies, if an adversary wants to maintain a similar profile, it's going to place strain on their force generation capabilities," Abrahamson said in emailed remarks to Business Insider. Russia isn't able to match that without stress on the fleet.
Axios
7 hours ago
- Axios
Gov. Tim Walz names 4 new University of Minnesota regents
Gov. Tim Walz named four new University of Minnesota regents on Tuesday. Why it matters: The 12-member board controls operations and budget for the five-campus system, deciding everything from who should fill the university's top job to tuition rates. Between the lines: This year's process gave the DFL governor unusual influence over the board after the narrowly divided Legislature deadlocked over how to fill a slate of expiring term vacancies for the first time since 2001. Zoom in: Walz said his picks for the four vacant seats, selected from a pool of about two dozen applicants, "bring a wide range of experiences and perspectives, united by a deep commitment to the University's mission." They are: Joel Bergstrom (member at-large): An attorney and non-profit leader whose résumé includes leadership roles at CohenTaylor Executive Search Services, Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery and the Minnesota Medical Foundation. Samuel Heins (member at-large): A human rights advocate and attorney who served as U.S. Ambassador to Norway under former President Obama and as a board member for ACLU of Minnesota and Planned Parenthood North Central States. Ellen Luger (5th Congressional District): A former philanthropy executive whom former President Biden tapped for a United Nations role focused on global food security and agricultural issues. Luger, who previously worked for The Minneapolis Foundation and General Mills, is married to former U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. Kowsar Mohamed (student at-large): A U doctoral student in Natural Resources Science and Management who works for the State of Minnesota's Office of Inclusion. Mohamed, a former project manager for the city of St. Paul's planning department, also taught at the U and served on the Regent Candidate Advisory Council. The big picture: The new members join the board at an especially challenging time for the U and higher education institutions more broadly. Like many of its peers, the U is navigating uncertainty and scrutiny over federal funding cuts, international student visas and a Trump administration probe into anti-semitism on campus. Plus: A bleak budget outlook, which officials say is exacerbated by inflation and state funding decisions, prompted the regents to approve spending cuts and the biggest tuition hike in 14 years at its flagship campus this year. The intrigue: Under the state constitution, the Legislature is supposed to select regents via a joint convention. The issue became a sticking point in the budget debate this spring, as Republicans accused Democrats of refusing to move forward amid an intra-caucus disagreement over which candidates to back. Legislative Democrats said at the time that they simply ran out of time. Friction point: Sen. Zach Duckworth, the GOP lead on the higher education committee, criticized the outcome as an abandonment of a "bipartisan, public and merit-based process … in favor of non-transparent and purely political appointments," noting that both Heins and Luger have donated to Walz's campaigns. Of note: Luger and Mohamed were also named finalists by a bipartisan advisory commission that vets and recommends candidates for the Legislature. What we're watching: The governor's picks will serve out six-year terms unless the Legislature holds a joint convention to replace them.
New York Post
18 hours ago
- New York Post
Texas woman claims US Marine got her pregnant, then spiked her drink with abortion pills after she refused to ‘get rid of it': lawsuit
A Texas woman claims a US Marine got her pregnant and then secretly spiked her hot chocolate with abortion pills — ending her pregnancy without her consent after she refused his repeated demands to 'get rid of it,' according to a federal lawsuit. Liana Davis filed the wrongful death suit Monday, accusing Christopher Cooprider, 34, of dissolving at least 10 misoprostol pills into a drink he gave her at her Corpus Christi home on April 5 while she was eight weeks pregnant with his child, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Post. Liana Davis accused Christopher Cooprider of dissolving at least 10 misoprostol pills into a drink he made for her at her Corpus Christi home on April 5 while she was eight weeks pregnant with his child. Getty Images Advertisement Within 30 minutes of drinking the hot chocolate, Davis began 'hemorrhaging and cramping,' while Cooprider allegedly fled the scene and stopped responding to texts, the suit — filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas — claimed. 'I am gushing blood. Please hurry,' Davis texted him around 12:30 a.m. Instead, Davis's disabled mother had to take an Uber to watch her three sleeping children while a neighbor rushed the bleeding woman to the hospital. Her unborn baby, whom she had already named Joy, did not survive, documents said. Advertisement The lawsuit also alleges Cooprider ordered the abortion pills without Davis' knowledge or consent from Aid Access, an international online pill provider founded by Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. Both Aid Access and Gomperts were also named as defendants in the lawsuit. The alleged drink spiking followed a months-long campaign by Cooprider, a Marine pilot in training who was temporarily stationed in Corpus Christi, to pressure Davis into an abortion after she told him she might be pregnant in late January, according to the suit. 'We're not in love,' he texted her after the pregnancy was confirmed. 'It would be messed up to bring a child into the world without both parents raising them,' he said, the suit claimed. Cooprider continued to tell David to 'get rid of it' after her pregnancy test came back positive — causing her stress. Advertisement 'Every time you say 'get rid of it,' it's like an electric shock,' she wrote, according to the lawsuit. 'I literally feel like I'm going down the steepest hill on a roller coaster when I read that.' The lawsuit also alleges Cooprider ordered the abortion pills without Davis' knowledge or consent from Aid Access, an international online pill provider founded by Dutch physician Dr. Rebecca Gomperts. AP Cooprider even brought abortion pills to Davis' house several times to ask her to 'kill' her unborn baby, the suit said. He would leave the pills behind, hoping Davis would change her mind, she alleged. Despite several heated text exchanges, Cooprider failed to convince Davis to have the abortion. The Marine even threatened to testify against her in a custody battle for her three children with an ex-husband, Davis claimed. Advertisement By April, Cooprider appeared to change his tune, proposing that they have a 'trust-building' night where they'd drink warm tea and reconnect. Instead, three days later, he allegedly served her the poisoned hot cocoa. When Davis returned home from the hospital, she found the open box of abortion pills, which she handed over to Corpus Christi police. Despite the allegations, Corpus Christi police said there is no active investigation into Cooprider, NBC reported. The lawsuit seeks Cooprider, Aid Access, and Gomperts to pay undisclosed damages for the wrongful death of Davis's unborn child.
