Daily Breakdown

Thursday, April 17, 2025

April 17, 2025

Hello all,

It being Thursday, and thus a day of the week, we have therefore placed news in an email newsletter format for your viewing pleasure. How easy it may be to scroll down and read whichever news tickles your fancy, for I can speak with confidence that one of our many stories will be for you.

Farewell,

Amelia Roessler | Managing Editor | [email protected]

Top Story

Artwork inside the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside.

Cedar-Riverside community wants more youth program funding after gang shooting

by Claudia Garcia | Published April 26, 2025

Cedar-Riverside community members said they were left with mixed feelings on the neighborhood’s current state of safety and funding for the youth following a January shooting between two rival gangs.

Feysal Ali, 19, and Bilal Farah, 18, were charged on Feb. 6 in connection with a Jan. 27 shooting in the back parking lot of the West Bank Diner, according to Hennepin County District Court documents. While multiple community members said they were not aware of the shooting, they said it is not surprising to hear about it.

Ali is facing up to 20 years in prison and a bail up to $35,000 after being charged for possessing a firearm after a previous conviction, as well as possessing and operating a machine gun, according to court records.

Farah was charged with assault and is facing seven years in prison with a bail up to $14,000.

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Today’s News

By Rachel Hoppe | Renowned researcher from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health, Rachel Hardeman, announced her resignation amidst plagiarism allegations earlier this week.

“The allegations against me are completely false. I made a mistake in not attributing something – I am human – and when it was brought to my attention, I corrected it immediately.”

Rachel Hardeman

A former colleague of Hardeman’s, Brigette Davis, posted on LinkedIn on Monday, accusing her of plagiarizing her dissertation about birth outcomes in a grant submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Davis said her dissertation was copied word-for-word with a few changes to fit Hardeman’s grant.

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Sports

By Sophia Bablitch |Behind every hole-in-one lies the hidden physical strain and mental pressure that come with the game of golf.

Day and night dedication and discipline are required for each round at the collegiate level.

The reality is 14-hour days and over 30 hours of practice each week, where both physical and mental fitness is tested. During competition days on a 36-hole course, golfers walk over 20 miles across the hilly course.

Opinion

By Amelia Watters | Right now, if you scroll through the website of any major news organization, you will find headlines making bold claims about trade wars and constitutional crises. Engaging with these news media can feel demoralizing at best, leading many to develop burnout or even depression from the sheer amount of unprecedented problems.

The truth is, this attention is in the wrong place.