The Daily Populous

Wednesday March 19th, 2025 night edition

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Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn was arrested Monday in Bloomington for allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Bloomington police said Eichorn was arrested near the 8300 block of Normandale Boulevard at around 6 p.m. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, was first booked into the Bloomington city jail and then transferred to Hennepin County jail early Tuesday evening.

Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids Minnesota Senate photo.

He was arrested without incident outside of his vehicle by uniformed officers, Bloomington police said.

Hours after news of the arrest became public, Senate Republicans along with Republican Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth called for Eichorn to resign his seat.

Eichorn, 40, is listed in his Senate biography as an entrepreneur who is married with four children.

MPR News has sought comment from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and from a spokesperson for Eichorn. »

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai encourages Japanese developers to pursue the kind of games Japanese people love instead of adapting

Authored by automaton-media.com

In recognition of his extensive Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games YouTube channel, Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai was recently awarded the Art Encouragement Prize from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs.

He goes on to explain that the success of various Japanese games in the US kicked off a trend of “making Americanized works.”

Related Article: Should developers be making the games they want or the games the industry needs? »

Two men found guilty over £4.8m Oxfordshire gold toilet heist

Authored by theguardian.com
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Two men have been found guilty of the theft of a £4.8m gold toilet from the Oxfordshire country house where Winston Churchill was born.

Another man, Frederick Doe, 36, helped Sheen to sell some of the gold in the following weeks after the robbery and was found guilty on Tuesday of conspiracy to transfer criminal property.

The toilet, weighing around 98kg, was fitted in 2016 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where 100,000 people queued to use it. »

Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit

Authored by newrepublic.com
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While Rubio and Marocco abruptly reversed their decision a week later, the companies still have not been paid as of Thursday.

With a looming disaster, the companies are now scrambling to secure the area at their own expense before the rain arrives, according to ProPublica.

And the USAID staff who would be providing oversight have either been placed on leave or barred from traveling. »

Ukraine unveils 600-mile cruise missile that can reach Moscow amid peace talks

Authored by foxnews.com

Ukraine now has a cruise missile that can travel over 600 miles, far enough to reach Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy boasted over the weekend.

The Neptune cruise missile was used in April 2022 to take out a flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

Russia has not accepted the terms of the ceasefire and accelerated attacks on Ukraine after Zelenskyy said he would agree to it. »