The Daily Populous

Thursday January 29th, 2026 morning edition

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The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder.

Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot multiple times on Saturday as he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation.

READ MORE: 2 federal agents involved in Alex Pretti shooting have been on administrative leave since Saturday, DHS says.

Schleicher is representing Michael and Susan Pretti pro bono, according to a family spokesman.

Pretti's younger sister, Micayla Pretti, has separately hired attorney Anthony Cotton of Kuchler & Cotton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The lawyers were retained to "protect the family's interest in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy," the spokesman said.

Good's family has hired the Chicago-based firm Romanucci & Blandin, which previously represented Floyd 's family. »

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans

Authored by bbc.com
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Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint.

The patients come with a strikingly odd symptom: visions of pint-sized, elf-like figures – marching under doors, crawling up walls and clinging to furniture.

In Yunnan, L. asiatica is sold in markets, it appears on restaurant menus and is served at home during peak mushroom season between June and August. »

“He Is Not Welcome”: Ubisoft Paris Developers Plan Walkout During Yves Guillemot Visit

Authored by respawnindex.com
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Developers at Ubisoft Paris and unionized employees are planning a coordinated walkout during a visit from CEO Yves Guillemot, after mounting backlash over the company’s recent restructuring, cost-cutting decisions, and proposed job cuts.

The French media reports on the planned protest by Ubisoft Paris workers, claiming that CEO Yves Guillemot will be met with a strike and demonstrations upon his visit to the studio, with some devs outright saying “he is not welcome.”.

Ubisoft leadership is yet to publically detail how it plans to respond to the planned protest around their CEO’s visit. »

European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting

Authored by politico.eu

While none of the diplomats who spoke to POLITICO were present, individual leaders briefed them separately on the content of the conversation shortly after it.

All the diplomats were granted anonymity by POLITICO to allow them to discuss the confidential exchanges between leaders.

A year ago, Fico spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference and told Americans “your president is doing Europe a great service.”. »

Scientists achieve pancreatic tumour regression in breakthrough study

Authored by euronews.com

But a new study from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that it is possible to eliminate pancreatic tumours in mice and prevent them from recurring using triple combination therapy.

"These studies open a way to design new combination therapies that can improve the survival of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma," the authors said in a statement.

The results, published in the scientific journal 'PNAS', show that simultaneously targeting three key points of the KRAS oncogene molecular pathway achieves long-lasting tumour regression. »