As a dire financial outlook has pushed Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) to the brink of closure, health care workers and union leaders are calling for legislative action, which could be introduced at the state Capitol as soon as Tuesday.
Massive changes to medicaid eligibility under the one bill act… is set to go into effect in 2027.
A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolved crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings.
Rex Heuermann, 62, entered the pleas in a courtroom packed with reporters, police and victims’ relatives, as he detailed his crimes. He will be sentenced in June to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
President Donald Trump, over the course of a single day, went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects will pave the way to end the nearly six-week war.
Democratic lawmakers criticized Trump’s threat to wipe away an entire civilization as “a moral failure.” Pope Leo XIV warned that strikes against civilian infrastructure would violate international law and said the Republican president’s comments were “truly unacceptable.”
Leah Wieneke can be reached at wien7430@stthomas.edu.
