Black family leaving Delano after home burglarized, tagged with racist graffiti

To view this email as a web page, [click here]( [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Black family leaving Delano after home burglarized, tagged with racist graffiti: Members of a black family, targeted by racist graffiti spray-painted on their new house, are now [leaving for a community where they can feel more accepted](, a supporter and the home’s builder says. - Three decades later, murder charges filed in slaying of 81-year-old St. Paul woman: An already incarcerated man was charged Thursday morning in the murder of 81-year-old Lillian Kuller, who was [found dead in her ransacked St. Paul home 30 years ago](. - Video shows Minneapolis cop kicking a second man in 2014: A year and a half before he was caught on video kicking a man in the face resulting in felony charges, surveillance video captured Minneapolis Police Officer Christopher Reiter [kicking a gas station manager in the chest]( without apparent provocation. - Trump budget would beef up defense spending, slash almost everything else: President Donald Trump [unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget plan on Thursday](, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes many domestic programs to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall. [Here's a roundup of the winners and losers]( under the White House proposal and [here's a deeper dive, agency-by-agency](. One cut with local implications: Trump wants to [eliminate funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative](, which provides funding to combat environmental issues facing the lakes. Trump's presidential campaign said last year that he supported the program. It's important to keep in mind that a president's budget proposal is essentially an outline of White House priorities and Congress sets spending levels through legislation. - Minnesota health care groups come out against GOP bill: The primary groups representing Minnesota doctors and hospitals say [they oppose the plan to repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act](, citing the potential for thousands of state residents to lose coverage. - 2 federal judges block revised Trump travel ban: Rejecting arguments from the government that President Trump's revised travel ban was substantially different from the first one, [judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked the executive order]( from taking effect as scheduled on Thursday, using the president's own words as evidence that the order discriminates against Muslims. Two internal Trump administration reports that have never been publicized [undercut the government's argument for a travel ban](, according to several officials familiar with the documents. [Immigration agents arrested 26 people in Minnesota]( last week as part of three-day operation in the Midwest — the largest such effort in this state since the Trump administration took over with promises of ramped-up immigration enforcement. - Nazi-allied group says top Trump aide is a sworn member: Jewish-centric news site Forward [continues digging into the past of Sebastian Gorka](, a top national security aide to President Trump, reporting that leaders of a Hungarian far-right group with a history of anti-Semitism and ties to Germany's Nazi government during World War II say Gorka swore allegiance for life to the group. For his part, [Gorka did not deny the allegation]( and referred questions to the White House, which has not commented, Buzzfeed reports. - McDonald's says Twitter account "compromised" after anti-Trump tweet: McDonald’s claims its Twitter account was compromised after [a Trump-bashing tweet sent by @McDonaldsCorp](, calling the president “a disgusting excuse of a President,” went viral. - Minnesota Chamber, business and unions dominate lobbying spending: The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce [spent more than triple the amount of the next biggest spender]( on lobbying at the Legislature in 2016, according to a new report released Thursday by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. - 3M to buy Scott Safety for $2 billion: The deal will be [the second-largest acquisition for the Maplewood-based 3M conglomerate]( and will greatly expand its worker safety product offerings, especially in breathing and gas detection devices. - Hundreds expected at Duluth hearing on mining near BWCA: Minnesotans will get the rare opportunity Thursday to [weigh in on a question that has bitterly divided the state]( for years: Are the crown jewels of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park so threatened by the risks of mining that trillions of dollars worth of precious metals should remain in the ground? - Disoriented crash survivor wanders into Minnesota home: Andy Armstrong was startled to see a man standing in his bedroom doorway in the middle of the night. Scared, he yelled for the man to get out of his house. By daybreak, he realized [the disoriented man was lucky to be alive.]( Watch this Blizzard surfer dude is full of surprises: A TV reporter ran into a guy in Long Beach, N.Y., who decided this week's massive snowstorm presented the perfect opportunity to go surfing for the very first time. [The brief interview is pretty entertaining.]( Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to talkers@startribune.com. Trending - "Beauty and the Beast"? More like Belle of the Blah. The live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast" [lacks the magic of the animated Disney classic](, writes Colin Covert. - Brits blast Prince William over ski vacation: [William was skiing and busting moves on the dance floor]( in Switzerland while his 90-year-old grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and other senior royals attended a Commonwealth Day service in London on Monday. - 10 injured in Mt. Etna eruption: Tourists had been drawn to Etna to observe the spectacle of the active volcano erupting, only to be [caught by surprise when spewing magma hit snow](, causing an explosion. - Chelsea Clinton writes children's book titled "She Persisted": In the book, [the former first daughter pays tribute to 13 American women]( "who never take no for an answer," including Harriet Tubman, Sonia Sotomayor and Oprah Winfrey. Sports roundup - Vikings sign ex-Oakland running back Latavius Murray: The Vikings early Thursday morning signed former Oakland Raiders running back Latavius Murray, and by doing so they likely [closed the door on the Adrian Peterson era](. Here are [five things Vikings fans should know about Murray](. - With Gophers in the NCAA tournament, everyone loves Pitino: When Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino walks into Starbucks to get his coffee after dropping off the kids, [fans greet him and congratulate him on the team’s success](. Last March, these moments did not exist. - A car divided, on the road to Milwaukee: A pair of Gophers and Middle Tennessee fans [set aside their differences for at least 10 hours]( to make the drive from Memphis to Milwaukee for the NCAA tournament first-round matchup between the two teams. [Las Vegas has No. 5 Minnesota as a one-point underdog]( — to 12-seed Middle Tennessee. What's up with that? - Badgers have the most impressive football and basketball streak in history: [This is the 15th consecutive athletic season]( in which Wisconsin has made both the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and a college football bowl game. Quote of the day “It’s not like they were throwing batteries at me. People don’t know what to say to you when you lose. Now, it’s been a lot of fun.” -- [Gophers men's basketball coach Richard Pitino](, on his newfound popularity now that the Gophers are in the NCAA tournament. Worth a click National Geographic's best spring trips of 2017: If you're legitimately planning a vacation or you just want to fantasize about visiting some amazing destinations, [this guide to locales near and far has what you're looking for](. Your trusty newsletter correspondent can confirm the views of the Himalayas in Pokhara, Nepal, are worth the trip. From the archives May 16, 1969: Macalester College president Arthur Fleming, left, and former vice president and then-Macalester faculty member Hubert Humphrey congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Bill Laster (her name is not listed in the original caption) after a week of picketing by students forced a St. Paul landlord to back down and agree to rent an apartment to the couple. The Lasters, who moved to St. Paul from Newark, N.J., to attend Macalester, had accused the landlord of discrimination for refusing to rent to them but later offering the apartment to two white people. 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