## Businesses in Minneapolis are planning to close Friday to protest ICE

Authored by nbcnews.com

Organizers are calling for no work, no school and no shopping, and some businesses said they would close their doors as part of the civil action.

Posters calling for statewide action and promoting the protest march and rally are pasted in the windows of businesses near the University of Minnesota.

“Everyone is welcome here, except I.C.E.,” reads a sign on the door to Wrecktangle Pizza.

Three weeks since 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer, the defiance of the city’s residents remains on full display.

Jeff Rogers, one of the Wrecktangle owners, said the pizza restaurant would be closed Friday and he’d attend the protest.

Signs posted at businesses in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

One of his co-workers is of Hmong descent, Craig said, and has had a lot of ICE activity in his neighborhood. »

### Ubisoft has cancelled 6 games, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake

Authored by videogameschronicle.com

Ubisoft has announced that it has cancelled six games currently in development – including its remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – and delayed seven others.

This means the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake has been cancelled, as well as four unannounced titles, including three new IPs and a mobile title.

“We’ve made the difficult decision to stop development on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. »

### Democrats are campaigning as if the 2026 election will be fair. That’s a mistake | Austin Sarat

Authored by theguardian.com

Moreover, Trump and his allies are much better prepared to rig the 2026 election or discredit the results than they were in 2020.

In addition, he observes, “the 2026 midterms will be easier for Trump to steal than the 2020 election.

Sadly, our election systems are weaker than ever, having suffered never-ending attacks from election deniers since 2020.”. »

### Florida man arrested for using ketchup packet as weapon, faces 5 years in prison

Authored by dexerto.com

A Florida man is facing up to five years behind bars after allegedly turning a ketchup packet into a felony weapon thanks to a prior conviction.

According to police, 28-year-old Austin Simmons was arrested Monday evening after an incident inside a Florida bus terminal.

As reported by The Smoking Gun, Simmons allegedly “woke up irate,” approached Mora, and threw an open ketchup packet at him. »

### New filtration technology could be gamechanger in removal of Pfas ‘forever chemicals’

Authored by theguardian.com

“This material is going to be important for the direction of research on Pfas destruction in general,” said Michael Wong, director of Rice’s Water Institute, a Pfas research center.

Pfas are a class of at least 16,000 compounds often used to help products resist water, stains and heat.

Destruction of the chemicals typically involves a thermal process that subjects them to high heat, but that leaves toxic byproducts, or essentially breaks larger Pfas into smaller Pfas. »

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