Danika Troy, 14, snuck out of the house to meet a boy. 48 hours later, her body was found burned in the woods. Her death, and murder charges against two teenage boys who were her friends, have rattled the Florida Panhandle. From Floridatown (no paywall):

I met Melissa Hortman in 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life.

i love watching people discover in real time what it means to live in a society

Love takes smiles :) love takes cheers

Life-changing. I got to the dentist FULLY through the skyways last week. By @zoemjack https://t.co/n0AuWXQOxR

the real end of mass literacy

Just before being hit by projectiles that sent an @MPRnews photographer to the hospital and injured or impacted several other journalists, some of these journalists had made eye contact with the St. Paul Police officers who fired weapons at them. In no uncertain terms, @mnspj

Pitch-A-Friend Twin Cities wants you to be the wingmate

this was really good (and sad)

it is getting dire someone sell me a ticket to cameron winter in chicago

I love to see Pitchfork getting back to its roots writing pointed criticism. music journalism in which every single review is a positive advertisement sucks

It's such an indictment of the status quo that two literal CHILDREN built a searchable database of affordable housing because the grownups who run the government didn't think to do it https://t.co/hIX7T76Y3B

Insightful reporting on downtown St. Paul from Katie Galioto this morning. https://t.co/OkLRQBZD6e

How the Minnesota Orchestra plays to a younger audience on social media @startribune

oh this is actually devastating

every day is all there is

see what happens to people who read books:

great cover art