Where to see possible "highly active" northern lights displays this weekend

Plus: The 5 best things our food writers ate this week ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Editor's note: This is the final edition of Talkers. You will receive the Star Tribune's new flagship newsletter, Essential Minnesota, starting Monday. [Read about it here.]( Thank you so much for reading! TOP STORIES - Where to see possible "highly active" northern lights displays this weekend: The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Friday and Saturday, the first since 2005. [Read more.]( - Abortion bans made Minnesota a health care island. Could the same happen with IVF? For people across the country whose hopes for having kids hinge on IVF, the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered children — and the resulting legal implications for clinics that store patients' frozen embryos — threw everything into question. [Read more.]( - Legal Marijuana Now failed to meet requirements to remain a major party, Minnesota Supreme Court rules: The unanimous ruling from the court directs the Secretary of State's office to "take all appropriate actions necessary" to make sure Legal Marijuana Now is not considered a major party on state ballots in this year's August primary and November general elections. Two justices did not participate in the ruling. [Read more.]( - Calls to divest from Israel dominate U budget hearing: Pro-Palestinian student activists are urging the University of Minnesota to cut ties with companies in response to the war between Israel and Hamas, while some Jewish organizations have called boycotts discriminatory. [Read more.]( - Minnesota's redesigned state flag to make its debut at State Capitol: The current flag will be replaced with a brand new design to mark Statehood Day on Saturday. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Kayaker barrels down a snow-capped mountain at 60 MPH: To celebrate the final edition of Talkers, here's one of the craziest videos we've ever included in the newsletter. Spanish kayaker Aniol Serrasolses barreled down a mountain, then through a forest, into a river and over a waterfall in Chile in 2021. Please don't try this at home. [See the video.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING The 5 best things our food writers ate this week: Devouring the menu at a new music club, barbecue for brunch, a transportive Puerto Rican favorite, a don't-miss lunchtime sushi special and celebrating morel season made for a tasty week. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Trade Ant?! 5 things our sportswriter got terribly wrong about the Wolves: Patience is a virtue that current Wolves boss Tim Connelly possesses. Some of us have less of it, and it's a good thing we weren't running the team over the past few years. [Read more.]( WORTH A CLICK Conservative Canadian MP blasts Tim Hortons' new "woke" coffee lids: "Conservative MP Lianne Rood says she has no time for Tims after the fast food chain began testing new lids in certain locations. Over the past year, Tim Hortons has been replacing plastic coffee lids with fibre ones as part of a pilot project in some cities. Rood took to social media to complain about the 'woke paper lids that dissolve in your mouth,'" Darren Major reports for the CBC. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES May 10, 2023: Voyageurs Wolf Project lead Tom Gable fit a sedated male yearling wolf, O6C, from the Half-Moon pack with a GPS collar near Voyageurs National Park in Kabetogama, Minn. Wolf O6C was fishing for food a week after the team collared him in the same spot that a collared sibling was fishing, indicating the two wolves were fishing together. (Photo: Anthony Soufflée/Star Tribune) -30- Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2024 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](