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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Twin Cities burger and ice cream restaurant expanding to Wisconsin
Twin Cities burger and ice cream restaurant expanding to Wisconsin originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Bebe Zito is bringing its burgers and ice cream across the border. The Minnesota-born restaurant will open its fourth location at the 3rd Street Market Hall in Milwaukee. The exact opening date has not yet been announced, but representatives say it will be later this summer. Bebe Zito first opened about five years ago, but co-owner Gabriella Grant-Spangler, who attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, says that Milwaukee has long been on the shortlist for a potential expansion. While its three Minnesota locations specialize in burgers and ice cream, the new Milwaukee location will also offer coffee and baked goods. 'I've loved seeing Bebe Zito evolve over the years. The addition of a coffee and bakery element really excites me,' said co-founder and pastry chef Ben Spangler. "I've been a pastry chef for over half my life now, and I'm excited to incorporate some decadent baked goods to Bebe Zito!" The restaurant recently left the Eat Street Crossing food hall, but still has locations in Uptown Minneapolis, the Malcolm Yard Food Hall, and Woodbury story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Sheet show: MyPillow pitchman Mike Lindell's Trumpified ‘news venture'
Millions of votes were stolen in the presidential election – only in the 2020 one, the 2024 one was fine. Freedom is under attack! DEI judges are going after Americans! President Trump is keeping his promises. Freedom is making a comeback! Bed sheets, any size, any color, are available for $25 a set if you use the promo code L77, offer is for a limited time only. Welcome to LindellTV, a strange mashup of a rightwing conspiracy theory news channel and bedroom-focused shopping platform. LindellTV is one of several pro-Trump media outlets that was granted highly prized White House press credentials earlier this year – a move the government said would boost democracy, but which so far seems to have only boosted 'make America great again' propaganda. Related: Trump's Truth Social posts make no sense – what do they say about his mentality? Founded by Mike Lindell, a pillow company CEO turned election fraud obsessive, LindellTV features fawning coverage of Trump and his allies, mixed in with conspiracy theories about voting machines – an issue which has already seen Lindell sued for millions of dollars. The channel isn't carried by any actual television network, and its production values are comically poor, but that hasn't stopped LindellTV working its way into the highest arena of US journalism. Access to the White House briefing room, where the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, holds daily briefings for the world's media, is highly coveted, and eyebrows were raised when the likes of LindellTV and Steve Bannon's podcast were invited in. Only about 60 journalists can fit in the room, where they get a chance to ask tough questions of the government, an opportunity to hold the White House to account on behalf of the US and the world. LindellTV reporters rarely take that chance. 'Will you guys also consider releasing the president's fitness plan?' Cara Castronuova asked Leavitt in April, after the White House said it would share results from Trump's annual medical exam. 'He actually looks healthier than ever before, healthier than he looked eight years ago, and I'm sure everybody in this room can agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy, and is he eating less McDonald's?' The addition of friendly media outlets like LindellTV has helped take the edge off what has been a traditionally adversarial relationship between journalists and the White House press secretary. But it has also denied a seat at the table for people who might ask questions not about the remarkable health of the 78-year-old, 224lb president. Instead, LindellTV's daily content features hourlong shows from obscure rightwing podcasters, each lining up to tell the viewers – no data is available on how many people actually watch the network – what a superb job the Trump administration is doing. The flagship show is hosted by Lindell himself, a Minnesota-born, moustachioed businessman whose MyPillow business enjoyed relative success before being dropped by almost all high street retailers after Lindell descended into election conspiracy chaos. Lindell broadcasts his litany of conspiracy theories from what appears to be his home, but sometimes he does a walkabout, as was the case on Thursday, when he co-hosted The Mike Lindell Show from outside the White House. Most of his theories relate to judges 'going after' him over his sustained and untrue claims that the 2020 election was stolen. A segment on Thursday afternoon, nominally on 'election integrity', featured Lindell speaking into the camera for almost an hour, flanked by two women from LindellTV, each holding a microphone in front of their boss and each looking very bored. Atypically for a broadcaster, Lindell was on a phone call while speaking to the camera, and at one point put the caller on speaker so he could also address the viewers. The sound was muffled, and Lindell eventually hung up the phone – 'I'll call you later,' Lindell said – before throwing to a woman called Vanessa in the LindellTV studio. Vanessa wasn't listening. 'Are you there?' Lindell said. Vanessa snapped to attention. Lindell talked at her for three minutes, before asking that the channel's producers show a photo on screen of him talking to the press. LindellTV duly flashed to a blurry photo of Lindell speaking to a row of cameras. Lindell paused, and Vanessa finally got the chance to say something. 'The people are depending on you,' she told Lindell. Vanessa, with Lindell still on screen, asked her production team to play a clip of Trump speaking about Lindell at a rally. The viewers heard a panicked producer saying they didn't have that footage, a message Vanessa relayed to viewers, before Lindell took charge, imploring people to buy his pillows and bedsheets. 'They're $25 a set,' Lindell said. 'Any size, any color, while they last,' he added. The network then showed the MyPillow website, as Lindell told the production team to scroll down to the particular product he wanted people to buy. 'We have over 250 products!' Lindell told the viewers. One of the reporters then joined in to tout the benefits of MyPillow 'dream sheets'. 'Most comfortable, best, softest sheets of my life,' she said. It was an unusual segment for a news network, and got stranger when one of the reporters then went on to urge people to buy Lindell's book. 'You will not ever have a dull moment,' the reporter said. 'And praise Jesus for bringing you through this whole journey.' This shopping channel oeuvre is interspersed with a difficult-to-follow list of Lindell's grievances. Earlier this week, above a chyron that read 'DEI judge is going after Mike!!!!', Lindell continued his four-year crusade to, in his words, restore election integrity. 'The United States has the worst, everybody, elections on planet Earth. There's nobody worse than us. You can find communist countries – nobody has worse elections than the United States,' Lindell said. The channel then cut to an advert for MyPillow, of course, but also invited viewers to claim $20,000 in silver from a website called When the Guardian tried to access the website, Google Chrome denied access, warning that it 'might be trying to steal your information'. It was a neat metaphor for a channel that is built on chaos and slip-ups and dodgy facts and figures, a channel that despite those flaws, has been granted much sought-after access to the Trump administration.
The Guardian
04-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Sheet show: MyPillow pitchman Mike Lindell's Trumpified ‘news venture'
Millions of votes were stolen in the presidential election – only in the 2020 one, the 2024 one was fine. Freedom is under attack! DEI judges are going after Americans! President Trump is keeping his promises. Freedom is making a comeback! Bed sheets, any size, any color, are available for $25 a set if you use the promo code L77, offer is for a limited time only. Welcome to LindellTV, a strange mashup of a rightwing conspiracy theory news channel and bedroom-focused shopping platform. LindellTV is one of several pro-Trump media outlets that was granted highly prized White House press credentials earlier this year – a move the government said would boost democracy, but which so far seems to have only boosted 'make America great again' propaganda. Founded by Mike Lindell, a pillow company CEO turned election fraud obsessive, LindellTV features fawning coverage of Trump and his allies, mixed in with conspiracy theories about voting machines – an issue which has already seen Lindell sued for millions of dollars. The channel isn't carried by any actual television network, and its production values are comically poor, but that hasn't stopped LindellTV working its way into the highest arena of US journalism. Access to the White House briefing room, where the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, holds daily briefings for the world's media, is highly coveted, and eyebrows were raised when the likes of LindellTV and Steve Bannon's podcast were invited in. Only about 60 journalists can fit in the room, where they get a chance to ask tough questions of the government, an opportunity to hold the White House to account on behalf of the US and the world. LindellTV reporters rarely take that chance. 'Will you guys also consider releasing the president's fitness plan?' Cara Castronuova asked Leavitt in April, after the White House said it would share results from Trump's annual medical exam. 'He actually looks healthier than ever before, healthier than he looked eight years ago, and I'm sure everybody in this room can agree. Is he working out with Bobby Kennedy, and is he eating less McDonald's?' The addition of friendly media outlets like LindellTV has helped take the edge off what has been a traditionally adversarial relationship between journalists and the White House press secretary. But it has also denied a seat at the table for people who might ask questions not about the remarkable health of the 78-year-old, 224lb president. Instead, LindellTV's daily content features hourlong shows from obscure rightwing podcasters, each lining up to tell the viewers – no data is available on how many people actually watch the network – what a superb job the Trump administration is doing. The flagship show is hosted by Lindell himself, a Minnesota-born, moustachioed businessman whose MyPillow business enjoyed relative success before being dropped by almost all high street retailers after Lindell descended into election conspiracy chaos. Lindell broadcasts his litany of conspiracy theories from what appears to be his home, but sometimes he does a walkabout, as was the case on Thursday, when he co-hosted The Mike Lindell Show from outside the White House. Most of his theories relate to judges 'going after' him over his sustained and untrue claims that the 2020 election was stolen. A segment on Thursday afternoon, nominally on 'election integrity', featured Lindell speaking into the camera for almost an hour, flanked by two women from LindellTV, each holding a microphone in front of their boss and each looking very bored. Atypically for a broadcaster, Lindell was on a phone call while speaking to the camera, and at one point put the caller on speaker so he could also address the viewers. The sound was muffled, and Lindell eventually hung up the phone – 'I'll call you later,' Lindell said – before throwing to a woman called Vanessa in the LindellTV studio. Vanessa wasn't listening. 'Are you there?' Lindell said. Vanessa snapped to attention. Lindell talked at her for three minutes, before asking that the channel's producers show a photo on screen of him talking to the press. LindellTV duly flashed to a blurry photo of Lindell speaking to a row of cameras. Lindell paused, and Vanessa finally got the chance to say something. 'The people are depending on you,' she told Lindell. Sign up to This Week in Trumpland A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration after newsletter promotion Vanessa, with Lindell still on screen, asked her production team to play a clip of Trump speaking about Lindell at a rally. The viewers heard a panicked producer saying they didn't have that footage, a message Vanessa relayed to viewers, before Lindell took charge, imploring people to buy his pillows and bedsheets. 'They're $25 a set,' Lindell said. 'Any size, any color, while they last,' he added. The network then showed the MyPillow website, as Lindell told the production team to scroll down to the particular product he wanted people to buy. 'We have over 250 products!' Lindell told the viewers. One of the reporters then joined in to tout the benefits of MyPillow 'dream sheets'. 'Most comfortable, best, softest sheets of my life,' she said. It was an unusual segment for a news network, and got stranger when one of the reporters then went on to urge people to buy Lindell's book. 'You will not ever have a dull moment,' the reporter said. 'And praise Jesus for bringing you through this whole journey.' This shopping channel oeuvre is interspersed with a difficult-to-follow list of Lindell's grievances. Earlier this week, above a chyron that read 'DEI judge is going after Mike!!!!', Lindell continued his four-year crusade to, in his words, restore election integrity. 'The United States has the worst, everybody, elections on planet Earth. There's nobody worse than us. You can find communist countries – nobody has worse elections than the United States,' Lindell said. The channel then cut to an advert for MyPillow, of course, but also invited viewers to claim $20,000 in silver from a website called When the Guardian tried to access the website, Google Chrome denied access, warning that it 'might be trying to steal your information'. It was a neat metaphor for a channel that is built on chaos and slip-ups and dodgy facts and figures, a channel that despite those flaws, has been granted much sought-after access to the Trump administration.
Sky News
29-04-2025
- Sky News
No criminal charges over death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson whose neck was cut by opponent's skate
No criminal charges will be brought over the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson who died during a match in Sheffield, prosecutors have announced. Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson died in October 2023 after being his neck was cut by an opposition player's skate during a match at Sheffield's Utilita Arena. The player was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and later bailed - but the Crown Prosecution Service has now said it will not bring criminal charges. Michael Quinn, deputy chief crown prosecutor, said: "This was a shocking and deeply upsetting incident. The CPS and South Yorkshire Police have worked closely together to determine whether any criminal charges should be brought against the other ice hockey player involved." Before joining Nottingham Panthers, the Minnesota-born Johnson played in Pennsylvania for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Sweden for the Malmo Redhawks. He also played in California for Ontario Reign and in Germany for Augsburger Panther. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
The Topline: A staggering drop in Black homeownership
A For Sale sign displayed in front of a home on February 22, 2023. (Photo by) Welcome to The Topline, a weekly roundup of the big numbers driving the Minnesota news cycle, as well as the smaller ones that you might have missed. This week: green cities; a stunning decline in Black homeownership; America's most polluted air; an unusually long stretch without homicides; and Minnesota's most conservative county. The Washington Post has used data from the Arbor Day Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service to map tree cover across the country's urban areas. Tree cover is primarily a function of the local climate — they grow readily in areas that were naturally forested before the arrival of Europeans, and less so in places like deserts. More than half of Atlanta is covered by trees, for instance. Less than 9% of Phoenix is. But policy plays a role too, and some cities are taking steps to plant more of them for a variety of reasons, including their cooling effect on the urban environment. Here in Minnesota, where the eastern forests meet the central prairie, you can see the gradient in canopy cover as you drive west. Duluth, for instance, is about 40% trees. Minneapolis-St. Paul is closer to 30%. Less than 15% of Fargo-Moohead has tree cover. A recent report by the Minnesota State Demographic Center shows that the overall rate of homeownership since 1970 has held steady at roughly 72%. But there has been a precipitous decline in Black homeownership over the same period. In 1970, for instance, 42% of Black families were homeowners. In 2022 just 26% were. 'In other words, since the 1970s, Black or African American householders have been increasingly concentrated into rental housing units,' according to the analysis. 'This is a historical trend unique to Black or African American households.' The decline has been consistent across every decade except the 1990s. Another interesting wrinkle: The decline happening almost exclusively among U.S.-born Black families. Among Black immigrants, homeownership rates increased. The numbers suggest that Minnesota's well-known racial disparities, among the worst in the nation, owe more to Black families falling behind than to white ones getting ahead. The fact that Minnesota-born Black families seem to be doing worse than their new immigrant counterparts is especially damning, and a sign that policymakers' efforts to address the state's disparities are failing. They're mostly in California, according to the American Lung Association's latest State of the Air report. But a couple Midwestern cities also make the list, including Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland. The study finds, overall, that nearly half of the U.S. breathes in unhealthy levels of air pollution. 'Air pollution is causing kids to have asthma attacks, making people who work outdoors sick, and leading to low birth weight in babies,' said Harold Wimmer, CEO of the American Lung Association. 'This year's report shows the dramatic impact that air pollution has on a growing number of people.' The findings are especially concerning this year as the Trump administration is taking steps to both weaken federal regulations on air pollutants and to stop collecting much of the data that scientists use to track air pollution around the world. The 62 days between February 15 and April 18 mark the longest homicide-free stretch in Minneapolis since at least 2017, the Star Tribune reports. It's a nice little milestone but bear in mind that homicides are currently falling virtually everywhere in the country, making it difficult to ascribe Minneapolis' recent dry spell to any particular policy or policing decision. So far this year, Minneapolis homicides are down by more than 50% from where they were last year at this time. That's an impressive number, but it remains to be seen whether it's the start of a durable trend or just the reflection of the regular ebb and flow of violent crime. It's Morrison County in north-central Minnesota, population 34,000, per the Star Tribune. More than 70% of the county's voters picked Donald Trump in the last three elections, and the overwhelming majority of them remain pleased with their pick despite the economic chaos he's already caused. Morrison is virtually all white and in the bottom fifth of the state for household income. Several of the voters who spoke with the Star Tribune appear to be deeply misinformed on basic facts about American society. One government employee, who believes antifa was behind Jan. 6 and who is indefinitely postponing building a new home because of Trump's policies, told the paper he remains 100% devoted to the billionaire convicted felon in the White House: 'He's me, just at a lot bigger level.'
