The Roseville Police Department said Kamryn Simmons is believed to have left his home on foot around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. At the time, he was wearing a white shirt and tan shorts and carrying a blue backpack. A city spokesperson said he was last seen in the area of 900 Sherren Street.

Simmons is 4 feet tall, with short, black hair and a mole above his lip on the left side of his mouth, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Roseville police at 651-767-0640.

The electronic licensing system will enter its first phase on June 9. It will allow Minnesotans to buy a license via a mobile app, online or in person, and to carry that license via a physical copy, PDF or in the app.

The old licensing system will be in use until 11:59 p.m. on June 1, after which point the DNR will begin moving information from the old system to the new one. From 12 a.m. on June 2 through 11:59 p.m. on June 8, license sales will be paused and Minnesotans won't need one to fish, though all other regulations and bag limits will still be effective.

The DNR said it will "have plenty of staff on hand to help users through the transition along with user guides and how-to videos."

The start date for phase two, which will include recreational vehicle and watercraft titling and registration, has not been announced yet.

The DNR said the outgoing system has been in use for more than 25 years.

Anglers who get licensed through the old system or the new could soon be catching fewer walleye. The DNR is proposing to change the statewide walleye bag limit from six fish to four in the interest of conservation as Minnesota's waterways evolve.

In a memo dated May 26 and obtained by CBS News, DHS General Counsel James Percival instructed ICE attorneys within the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor to develop "anti-fraud policies" designed for "robust enforcement" of existing federal anti-fraud law. The memo said that any effort "should include enforcement against immigration attorneys filing false asylum claims in immigration court."

While the directive does not create new penalties, it signals that ICE lawyers will begin to use existing administrative enforcement tools more frequently to crack down not only against migrants accused of submitting fraudulent applications, but also against the lawyers who represent them. 

"For many years, millions of illegal aliens have committed fraud on our immigration system," Percival wrote, without citing specifics. "In no place is this more rampant than in immigration court."

The sweeping directive asserted that asylum claims are meant for "unique and narrow circumstances," but that it has become "standard practice" for immigration lawyers to argue that "virtually every illegal alien" faces persecution or torture in their home country because of a protected characteristic such as race or political opinion.

The right to seek asylum in the U.S. is broader than the right to receive it. Federal law dictates that any noncitizen who is physically present in the United States or arrives in the country, including outside a designated port of entry and regardless of status, may apply for asylum. But in order to be approved, individuals must prove that they qualify — typically by showing a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. 

The statute cited in Percival's memo allows the government to pursue civil penalties against people accused of immigration-related document fraud, including those who knowingly prepare, file or help file applications that are false or contain false statements.

Any case would typically begin with a "notice of intent to fine," a formal charging document that informs the recipient that the government believes they violated the law and may be fined.

While recipients can fight the allegations before an administrative law judge, successful penalties can add up: first offenses can cost up to $4,730 for each fraudulent document or act, while subsequent offenses can reach up to $11,823 per document or act, according to the Justice Department.

The government could also seek a cease-and-desist order against certain targets. For attorneys, any fraud finding could be referred to disciplinary authorities and potentially lead to suspension or expulsion from practice before the immigration courts. In more serious cases, prosecutors might even consider criminal charges.

The government has long prosecuted organized asylum-fraud schemes. In 2023, federal prosecutors in New York City announced guilty pleas by immigration attorneys accused of preparing fraudulent asylum applications and affidavits and coaching clients to lie under oath. In 2021, a Florida man posing as an immigration attorney was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after prosecutors said he filed hundreds of fraudulent asylum applications. And in 2019, an immigration attorney in Queens, New York, was sentenced to five years in prison for operating an asylum-fraud ring.

But in his memo, Percival wrote that ICE lawyers have not been using the administrative statute as aggressively as DHS would like: "Historically, ICE has depended on the discipline of immigration judges and the enforcement of criminal fraud laws to deter this conduct … but ICE has its own tools." The notice directed ICE attorneys to pursue document-fraud enforcement, seemingly as part of their immigration-court strategy.

The memo also appears to anticipate concerns about conflicts of interest, suggesting ICE must ensure that the attorney pursuing any fraud violation is appropriately separated from litigation of the underlying immigration case.

Inside President Trump's administration, the memo reflects a mounting focus on immigration lawyers, asylum advocates and large law firms challenging federal immigration policy. In March, the president issued a memo directing the attorney general to seek sanctions against lawyers and law firms that bring "frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation" against the U.S. or before federal agencies.

Percival's memo explicitly invoked Mr. Trump's directive, accusing some lawyers of coaching migrants in order to conceal facts or exaggerate asylum claims.

"As President Trump has explained," Percival wrote, "'the immigration bar, and powerful Big Law pro bono practices, frequently coach clients to conceal their past or lie about their circumstances when asserting their asylum claims.'"

The White House's January executive order, "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," declared that the government would "faithfully execute the immigration laws" against inadmissible and removable noncitizens. Percival's memo quoted that order and said ICE lawyers must "zealously guard our immigration court system against all forms of fraud."

Immigration lawyers and advocates have previously sounded alarms, accusing the administration of working to deter legal challenges and chill asylum representation. The American Immigration Lawyers Association called the March presidential memo a "dangerous" threat to immigration attorneys, while advocacy groups have warned that the administration was targeting lawyers who specifically represent immigrants.

The Isanti County Sheriff's Office said the fire occurred on the 32900 block of Hilary Circle Northeast in Cambridge, Minnesota, on May 6.

The Minnesota Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators is offering a $5,000 reward for information that helps identify and apprehend the suspect. Anyone with information can call the Minnesota Arson Hotline at 1-800-723-2020 or the Isanti County Sheriff's Office tip line at 763-691-2426.

While authorities have not shared information about the suspect, on May 11 the sheriff's office did post a picture on social media of "a male individual who may have information" about the fire.

According to an online fundraiser, the Wilken family — Travis, Taylor and their five children — lost their home in the fire. 

Taylor Wilken said on social media that her husband, who the fundraiser said is a Marine Corps veteran, and his service dog were inside the house when the fire was set from the outside.

WCCO has reached out to the Isanti County sheriff for more information.  

Cambridge is about 45 miles north of Minneapolis.

The high court declined to review a lower court decision that allowed Flores' case to move forward in open court instead of arbitration, in which Commissioner Roger Goodell would serve as the decisionmaker. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he would have heard the case.

The yearslong legal battle began in early 2022, when Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL and three teams, the Miami Dolphins, New York Giants and Denver Broncos, alleging systemic racial discrimination. He was joined in the suit by two other coaches, Steve Wilks, who was head coach of the Arizona Cardinals for a single season, and Ray Horton, former defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.

Flores alleged that the league had discriminated against him and other Black coaches based on their race and denied them coaching and general manager positions.

Flores sued the NFL after he was fired from his job as head coach of the Dolphins after leading the team to a 24-25 record over three years. He had interviewed for coaching jobs with the Giants and Broncos, but the two teams declined to hire him. Flores is now defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings.

In response to the lawsuit, the NFL and teams sought to compel arbitration based on the coaches' employment contracts and a provision of the NFL Constitution that gives the NFL commissioner, Goodell, authority to arbitrate disputes between coaches and member clubs.

Flores opposed the move, arguing that Goodell, as the league's leader, was inherently biased toward the NFL and its teams because he reports to the clubs and has financial incentives and a professional obligation to act in the league's best interest.

A federal judge allowed some of Flores' claims to move forward in open court instead of in arbitration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed that decision, but on different grounds. The 2nd Circuit held, in part, that the arbitration provision in the NFL Constitution was not enforceable under a federal law called the Arbitration Act. The panel said the provision "provides for arbitration in name only."

In their appeal to the Supreme Court, lawyers for the NFL called the Second Circuit's decision "unprecedented" and said lower courts have long upheld the authority of sports league commissioners to serve as the default decisionmaker in disputes.

But Flores' lawyers told the Supreme Court in a filing that the Second Circuit's ruling is consistent with other circuit court decisions, in that it found an employer cannot force employees to arbitrate workplace discrimination claims before the employer's chief executive.

The forum provided by the NFL Constitution for resolving disputes involving the league and its teams lacks neutrality, they argued.

The Republican lawmakers sponsoring most of the legislation say those gathering at sacred sanctuaries deserve protection beyond what existing trespassing laws provide. They also say these new laws will prevent escalating clashes between congregants and protestors as many churches, mosques and synagogues remain on edge over recent mass shootings and acts of violence targeting religious groups.

"People should go to church to be able to sit in peace, worship as they please, without having to worry about people coming in and harassing them," said Idaho Sen. Mark Harris, a Republican who co-sponsored legislation criminalizing protests inside places of worship. "I think the thing that happened in Minnesota was kind of a shock to some of us, that churches would be used as a place to berate people."

Critics in both parties have warned that the laws infringe on free speech rights.

Bills have been signed into law in Republican-dominated Idaho, Louisiana and Oklahoma. In Kansas, a bill is becoming law without the signature of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

Similar bills have been introduced for this year's legislative sessions in at least seven other states and in Congress. Nassau County, New York, passed a similar measure this year. In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed a law making it a federal crime to intentionally injure or interfere with or intimidate someone entering a place of worship or a reproductive health facility.

The details in the bills differ, but they all make it a crime to interfere with religious assemblies.

Laws against trespassing already apply to disruptions on the grounds of churches or other private property. But legislators say the new laws would boost penalties and bar other protest activity like holding signs near places of worship.

The penalties could be harsher than for trespassing. In some states, people could face up to a year in prison and fines as high as $10,000 for first offenses. The laws also give the states a way to prosecute cases if local authorities decline to do so.

Thirty-nine people, including two journalists, were charged in February for roles in a protest during a St. Paul, Minnesota, church service. The protesters had learned that one of the church pastors was also an official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who had been overseeing an intensive Minnesota operation.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged the protesters with conspiracy against religious freedom and interfering with the right of religious freedom. The protestors and journalists have pleaded not guilty and the cases are pending in federal court.

Louisiana Rep. Gabe Firment, a Republican, said he was inspired to introduce legislation that allows protestors to be forcibly removed from churches and other places of worship after seeing videos showing the fearful expressions of children at the Minnesota church.

"The first thought that came to my mind was those poor kids," Firment said. "You certainly have a right to protest, but just like you don't have the right to come into someone's home and act like that, you don't have the right to come into private church property to do that."

Oklahoma Sen. Todd Gollihare, a Republican, wrote his bill after anti-abortion protestors disrupted his church service last year. His law bars blocking highways within one mile of a service or approaching someone to hand them a flyer within 100 feet of a place of worship.

His Republican colleague, Sen. Kendal Sacchieri, described the law as extreme and said she was afraid of the precedent it would set.

The Nassau County ordinance is already facing a court challenge from the New York Civil Liberties Union, which says there's no history of residents facing intimidation, harassment or violence outside places of worship — and that the statute denies people their constitutionally protected rights of expression in public places.

Kevin Goldberg, vice president at Freedom Forum, which advocates for First Amendment rights, said that if the laws are challenged in courts, governments would have to show there's a need for them. "You can't be guessing, you can't be speculating," he said. "There has to be some evidence that there's an actual threat going on — that there's been a problem there, that you can reasonably forecast there will be a problem."

In Louisiana, Democrats raised concerns about mandatory jail time for disrupting services and warned that the laws were too arbitrary, suggesting that they could be applied against a congregant for singing out of turn as a pastor delivers a homily.

"If the spirit just hits me and I start singing during the middle of his homily, and it disrupts his homily in a way where he's got to say 'Hey, take a seat', I mean that would materially disrupt his service and now I'm going to jail for 30 days," Rep. Edmond Jordan said during a March hearing in the Louisiana Legislature.

The law's proponents said police officers and judges would have discretion about how to apply the law.

An individual just after 11 a.m. called 911 after seeing a male, later identified as the man, lying between the railroad tracks near the 1400 block of Case Avenue. 

Responding officers then found the man, who "appeared to have suffered injuries caused by an edged weapon," police said. He died at the scene and was taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office. 

Police are investigating the death as a homicide. Officials said they're working to learn what led to the incident and who is responsible.

The medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy to determine the man's identity and exact cause of death, according to police.

The incident marks the fifth homicide in the city this year, officials said.

On Tuesday, the city is honoring her memory with a street dedication where she was killed. 

For the past 10 years, Birdell Beeks' family has returned to North Penn and 21st avenues every May 26. On Tuesday, they'll gather there again, but this year is different. The intersection will now carry the honorary name Birdell Beeks Way.

Beeks was 58 years old when she was shot and killed in 2016. She was driving her granddaughter to pick up a summer job application when gunfire broke out nearby. Police called her an innocent bystander. 

Every year, her family releases balloons at 6:03 p.m. That's the exact time they believe she was shot. On Tuesday, they'll also unveil the new street sign. 

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved naming the intersection in Beeks'. Family members say they hope it keeps her memory alive and reminds people of the lasting impact of gun violence. 

Loved ones say Beeks was the rock of their family, known for her cooking and willingness to help anyone. 

A man was found guilty for Beeks' murder back in 2018. He said he was trying to shoot at a rival gang member when he accidentally hit Beeks.

"He's tiny! It's blue!" one excited scientist was recorded as saying when she first caught sight of the cerulean cephalopod on footage transmitted from the sub.

The team from the Charles Darwin Foundation had just discovered a new species of octopus about 5,900 feet below the water's surface, according to research published on Monday.

"Right away, I knew it was something really special," said octopus expert Janet Voight, who was asked to identify the strange species.

At first the curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago had to make do with photos of the animal. Then she received its preserved body in the mail.

"When it arrived, I was like 'Oh! My goodness! It's beautiful,'" Voight told AFP.

She was immediately interested because the closest known octopus of that shape lives off the coast of Uruguay — in a different ocean on the other side of South America.

Normally to describe a new octopus species, a specimen needs to be cut open so that its mouth, beak, teeth and other parts can be examined.

"We only had the one specimen, so I didn't want to take it apart," Voight said.

Instead, the team at the Field Museum used CT scans to take thousands of X-ray images, then compiled them to make a 3D model of the octopus, revealing its insides.

"There's nothing like spending the day looking at something no other human has ever seen," the Field Museum's X-ray lab head Stephanie Smith said in a statement.

"Deep purple"

The new species, named Microeledone galapagensis, stands out for reasons other than its blue hue, which is believed to be the rarest color in nature.

The octopus appears to be the runt of the Megaleledonidae family, whose members are normally much larger and live in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.

"Its stubby little arms with only one row of suckers set it apart from most octopus we are familiar with," Voight said.

Even among "other species with short little arms and a single sucker row, its coloration and smooth skin on the back surface separate it," she added.

While the octopus is light blue on its back, underneath it is a "very deep purple," Voight said.

"We think this color pattern helps keep it safe. If the octopus grabs a prey item that emits light, that light may attract predators that might then eat the octopus," she explained.

"So the octopus puts its dark-colored web over the prey item, keeping itself safe."

Surprisingly, it is not uncommon to find new species of octopus in the deep sea — particularly in areas that have not been well explored, which is a massive amount of the ocean floor.

"If you took all the land on Earth and pieced it together, you would not cover the Pacific Ocean," Voight pointed out.

She added that she had last seen a new octopus in 2023, off the coast of Costa Rica.

The first sighting of the new blue octopus was made in 2015 near Darwin Island, named after the English scientist whose visit to the Galapagos helped him form the theory of evolution.

It's also the first new octopus species that Voight has officially led a team of scientists in describing, in her four-decade career studying octopus evolution, according to the Field Museum.

"These are little octopuses that live in the deep sea, and hardly anybody on Earth has ever gotten to see them. I just feel lucky that I got to work with them," Voight said.

Voight's research on the species was published in the journal Zootaxa.

There are around 300 species of octopus worldwide, living in all of the world's oceans.  

In 2024, a team of scientists said they discovered four new species of octopus in the waters off Costa Rica. 

The window for those isolated storms begins after 5 or 6 p.m., and they may produce damaging wind gusts and hail.

Highs will be similar on Wednesday, with a few spotty storms possible in southern Minnesota.

Thursday will be pleasant and quieter, with lower humidity and highs easing back into the 80s.

Comfortable late May weather will settle in over the weekend, with sunshine, dry conditions and highs in the lower 80s.

We can't control the prices at the grocery store, but what we can control is how to stretch that hard-earned dollar, especially when shopping for fruits and vegetables. So what's the best way to keep fruits and vegetables fresh?

Food Safety Educator Amy Johnston shared her expertise. 

"For the most part, if you're storing fruits and vegetables, try to keep them separate," she said.

That's because several fruits like apples, bananas, avocados, and tomatoes produce ethylene gas, a ripening hormone. 

"If you store them near other produce that's already done ripening, they can cause those items to get past their prime quicker," said Johnston.

Sometimes ensuring that produce lasts long starts with the one you choose. And it goes beyond just avoiding bruised fruit.

"When you're selecting things like greens or vegetables that have a really high moisture or water content, look for ones that have really good turgor, or they're very firm and crisp," Johnston said.

Firm and crisp greens will age better, especially when stored in the fridge. 

"Keep them at a cool temperature, minimize any more water loss, you're going to extend their shelf life," she said.

When at the grocery store, it might be obvious what needs to be stored in the fridge based on whether it's in a cooler. But sometimes food you normally find on a room temperature shelf could see its freshness extended by being placed in the fridge.

Foods you might want to move from the kitchen counter to the fridge include apples, oranges, lemons, limes, mangoes, peaches and even bananas.

And for the most part, don't worry about washing your produce until you're about to eat it.

"It's always best to clean your fruits and vegetables right before you're going to prepare them or eat them because when you're washing them, you're adding more moisture and you're handling that produce. So, you cause it then to spoil quicker," she said.

Since you can buy frozen fruits and veggies, you can also freeze them yourself. Just know that when you go to thaw them, there might be some differences.

"Frozen and then thawed produce is great to add to recipes that might get cooked, so soups, salads or stir fries. You might not have the same texture if you were to just thaw it and eat it raw," said Johnston.

Take advantage of the crisper drawers in your fridge. They can control the humidity around your produce, extending its shelf life. High humidity is good for vegetables that need moisture like broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, peppers, and leafy greens. Low humidity is ideal for fruits that release ethylene gas, like apples, avocados and ripe stone fruit.

Here are more tips on how to extend the shelf life of produce.

Spokesperson Terri Hinte said in a statement that Rollins died at his home in Woodstock, New York. She cited no specific cause of death, but said he had been largely housebound over the past couple of years because of various physical problems.

From his early days as a teen phenom to his more measured solo work and experimentation with free jazz, Rollins was revered for his improvisational skill. He was one of the last living greats of the bebop era and — along with John Coltrane and Charlie Parker — one of the most influential saxophonists of his time.

Rock fans got a dose of his music with the Rolling Stones' 1981 album "Tattoo You," which features' Rollins' wistful sax solo on the ballad "Waiting on a Friend," devised after watching Mick Jagger dance.

Despite his enduring success, Rollins was never quite satisfied with his art, occasionally taking lengthy hiatuses from playing and consistently adopting eclectic new styles.

He always referred to himself as "a work in progress," saying he wasn't one of those artists who settle into one way of playing.

While his early bebop work was the most popular with his fans, Rollins never looked back, saying he found it "excruciating" to even listen to the flaws in his older recordings.

"I don't consider myself a musician that has learned as much as I want to learn," he told The Associated Press in 2007.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Rollins released a string of critically acclaimed albums. He maintained a rigorous practice regimen and continued to tour into his 80s. Pulmonary fibrosis, a thickening and damaging of the lungs, would eventually force him into retirement. He played his last concert in 2012 and stopped playing altogether in 2014.

While he missed the adoration of crowds, he missed the actual playing more.

"I played a couple of concerts early on where I was out in the open in the afternoon," He told the New York Times in 2020. "I was able to look up in the sky, and I felt a communication; I felt that I was part of something. Not the crowd. Something bigger."

His 2001 album "This is What I Do" earned him a Grammy award for best jazz instrumental album. He won again in 2006 for best jazz instrumental solo for "Why Was I Born?"

"Why Was I Born" was from the album "Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert," a live recording from a performance in Boston just four days after the Sept. 11 attacks. Rollins, who had been evacuated from his apartment a few blocks from ground zero, had gone ahead with the concert at the urging of his wife and manager, Lucille. She died in 2004.

"I realized that this is the way life is," he told CBS News, reflecting back on the attacks a decade later. "I don't know why. I don't know why this happens. I don't know why people kill each other, hate each other. But it's part of life. ... I don't know why. But it's part of the way the world is. So, I had to accept it. And that incident helped me to accept and learn a lot about life."

His survivors include a nephew, Clifton Anderson, and nieces Vallyn Anderson and Gabrielle DeGroat.

Theodore Walter Rollins was born into a musical household in Harlem on Sept. 7, 1930. His father, a naval petty officer, played the clarinet, his sister played the piano, and his older brother was a violinist.

"We used to listen to the Apollo Theater, and we used to hear all the big bands that came to New York. So I sort of imbibed a lot of music when I was a baby. And then, of course, I fell in love with the saxophone," he told CBS News in 2011.

"As a child, I knew that I would be a prominent musician," he said. "... I loved the music so much, I think it just consumed me. And I knew that was going to be what I had to do in life."

When he was eight, his parents insisted he study the piano, but, as he recalled, "it didn't take." Instead, he said, he'd rather be outdoors playing baseball. But by age 11, Rollins became fascinated with the saxophone, and persuaded his parents to buy him one — an alto.

He had difficulty affording lessons and was largely self-taught, but Rollins quickly became an all-star, switching to tenor sax and playing the clubs at night.

Rollins had gotten his first major break in his late teens when he was invited to join Thelonious Monk's band. He soon was jamming with Miles Davis and Bud Powell, who introduced him to the recording world even before he finished high school.

But like many jazz musicians in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Rollins' rising star almost faded when he became hooked on heroin at the age of 19. As his addiction grew steadily worse, Rollins served two stints in jail — 10 months in 1950 and three months in 1953 — and ultimately found himself living on the streets in Chicago. In 1954, Rollins checked himself into a hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, to undergo drug treatment.

"It's a place that I don't wanna go back to. ... But it was an experience. It was a good experience. I mean, I can look back now and say it was a valuable experience, since I came out of it on top. But, of course, it was difficult," he told CBS News in 2011.

"I began to have a deeper philosophy of what life was about," he told the AP in 2007. "From that point on is when my consciousness awoke."

After being discharged, he returned to Chicago and signed on as a member of the Max Roach-Clifford Brown quintet. In 1956, he recorded a solo album, "Saxophone Colossus." Its stripped-down, hard bop sound announced him as one of jazz's premier sax players and remained one of his most influential works.

In the following two years, Rollins hit upon a different approach, switching to a pianoless trio on three more landmark albums: "Way Out West," "A Night at the Village Vanguard" and "Freedom Suite."

Then, at the peak of his popularity, Rollins went into seclusion, spending the next two years practicing alone on a solitary niche above the East River on a Williamsburg Bridge walkway.

"The thing that I am most proud of in my career is that fact that I was able to see beyond being popular and all that stuff," he told the AP in 2007, "and do what my inner self told me to do."

During his absence, jazz moved away from the fast-paced, tightly woven sound of bebop to the more frenetic and chaotic free jazz. When Rollins chose to return to the scene in 1961, he embraced the new sound — a move that divided his fans. In the mid-'60s, Rollins toured heavily in Europe, switching back and forth between more traditional and avant-garde approaches. He contributed original music to the soundtrack of "Alfie," the 1966 British film that made Michael Caine a star.

It was during a trip to Japan when Rollins discovered Zen Buddhism, prompting another lengthy sabbatical that would last into the early 1970s.

When he chose to record again in 1972, he was now regarded as a legend and gained mainstream acceptance. He was granted a Guggenheim fellowship that year, and was inducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame the next. He appeared on the "Tonight Show" and began playing in concert halls instead of nightclubs.

In 2011, at age 81, he became a Kennedy Center Honoree.

He leaves behind many unreleased recordings, and said he didn't plan to leave behind instructions for what to do with them.

"After I get out of this planet I'm not going to have any say about what's going on, so I'm not worried about that," he told the New York Times in 2020. "And, boy, I agonize over my music; I won't have to agonize about it anymore. Thank God."

The retired Minnesota business owner volunteers through Bugles Across America, a nonprofit organization that provides live buglers for military funerals and memorial services. The group has more than 5,000 volunteers nationwide, including 173 in Minnesota.

Marquardt said he became involved with the organization after attending the funeral of a World War II veteran years ago and hearing a recorded version of "Taps" played from behind a tree.

"When the time came, they folded the flag beautifully and presented it, and a guy stood behind a tree with a recording of 'Taps,'" Marquardt said. "I looked at every face, and they were like, 'Whoa.'"

He later found Bugles Across America online and decided to learn the trumpet despite never having played a horn before. Marquardt said it took about a year of lessons before he was ready to begin what the organization calls "missions."

Since then, he has played hundreds of military funerals and memorial ceremonies across Minnesota, including for veterans ranging from World War II soldiers to Korean War service members whose remains were identified decades later.

Marquardt said playing "Taps" is less about music and more about honoring service.

"It's the country's sacred farewell," he said. "Like I always tell people, it's prayer, it's not music."

On Monday, Marquardt played at multiple cemeteries in the Mound area, where veterans organizations read the names of fallen service members before rifle volleys and the sounding of "Taps."

Nearby, families quietly placed flowers and cleaned gravestones, including Fritz and Fred Wright, a father and son spending part of the holiday caring for a loved one's grave. Marquardt said moments like those remind him Memorial Day is not about politics.

"When a veteran dies, nobody's happy, nobody thinks of anything but, 'Wow, he served,'" Marquardt said.

Marquardt, who was ruled medically ineligible for the Vietnam War draft because of a severe ulcer, said volunteering is his own way of giving back.

"I never had to sleep in a foxhole. I never got shot at," he said. "This is just a way of doing something because I enjoyed everything that the American dream had to offer."

Marquardt has also developed his own traditions over the years. He carries sand from Omaha Beach in his pocket every time he plays "Taps" and performs the song nightly at sunset near Lake Minnetonka. He said the sound often lingers long after the final note.

"There's always some kind of echo," Marquardt said. "It's bouncing off the tombstones or a nearby building."

The popular Minneapolis restaurateur was visiting his home country, Mongolia, when he saw something that reminded him of his current home.

"Driving through this tiny mining town and I saw this old Soviet Union-era hockey rink," Tserenbat said. "So, I go over and I saw there was a couple people hanging around. I said, 'You guys play hockey?' and they said, 'Yeah, we do play hockey.' And I'm like, 'Show me!'"

That was the start.

"Minnesota is so crazy. It's good," said 13-year-old Gerelt Dulguun, who they affectionately call "G-Man."

The outdoor rinks in Baganuur, Mongolia, are only open three months a year, so this trip to the State of Hockey is a hockey culture shock.

"They come out, they're skating, they are like 'Oh my god this is so flat, so clean!'" Tserenbat said, on the first time the kids, ranging from ages 15 to 13, stepped on a Minnesota sheet of ice. "They come back and they're like, 'I can go fast,'"

The players have been practicing and playing tournaments with the local Pro Hybrid development program.

"Their passion is they're looking to learn the game and see what it is here in our communities, where hockey is such a big part of the fabric of our communities here, and getting a chance to showcase that has been awesome," said coach Brendan Cook.

The players have been practicing twice a day. They even took third place at a tournament held at Minnetonka High School.

When the Wild were still in the NHL playoffs. They got to meet Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy at Grand Casino Arena and watch a playoff game.

People gathered at East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, also known as George Floyd Square, throughout the day to remember and celebrate his life. The somber remembrance was sprinkled with joy at the site of his death.

Floyd's uncle, Selwyn Jones, got the news the morning after May 25, 2020.

"I basically think, going back through the time, because when I heard what happened to my nephew, on the 26th, my whole life changed. The whole world changed," Jones said.

George Floyd's girlfriend, Courteney Ross, delivered books to one of the many stands that held memorabilia about a man whose death changed a city and a nation.

"Floyd would like it like this. Floyd would like everybody celebrating. He never liked to see tears in anybody's eyes. I tell everybody whenever he saw anyone in need, he would take his big arm and wrap it around them," Ross said.

There are a few new businesses in the area, including a photo studio in which KingDemetrius Pendleton displays his work, which focuses on the killing and destructive aftermath.

"I am asking that people don't just come out on this particular day, but come out all particular times because this community needs their help," Pendleton said.

Among those who lived through the trauma was Terrill Griffin, one of the Minneapolis firefighters who helped save Minneapolis from burning.

"I feel like there is a tremendous amount of growth that can take place here, a tremendous amount of healing still has to come forward," Griffin said.

A candlelight vigil at the site took place on Monday around 8 p.m., the hour that Floyd was murdered. 

The future of what George Floyd Square will look like remains unresolved. Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne said the council will be voting on one proposal in early June, both by a council committee and the full council.  

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says work on renovating the area will begin in the summer.

The tiny species can latch onto boats and trailers, then spread quickly from lake to lake. Experts say they drive out native species, clog pipes, damage boats or even hurt swimmers. 

Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources says more than 370 of the state's lakes and rivers are already infested.

That's where Molly comes in. She's a member of the DNR's K-9 team and has been training since March to detect the scent of invasive species like zebra mussels. 

On Saturday, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Matt Brodin said Molly alerted him to a pontoon before it launched on the St. Croix River, leading to the discovery of zebra mussels. 

"Zebra mussels are everywhere in Minnesota and our main focus this year is to slow it down. Prevention is hard to do, but if we can slow it down and talk to boaters so they are not spread to other lakes, that is our primary focus," Bordin said.

Even with trained detection dogs in the field, Brodin says everyone plays a vital role in slowing down the spread. 

Officials say every time after leaving the water, boaters should clean, drain and dry to prevent the spread of zebra mussels.

The show airs on CBS television stations and streams on Paramount+ Monday, May 25, starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

The AMAs boast of being the world's largest fan-voted awards show. Voting for most of the categories closed earlier this month, but people can still vote online or on Instagram for social song of the year and tour of the year through the first half hour of the show.

Queen Latifah serves as host this year, returning to the AMAs stage after co-hosting in 1995 and performing over the years.

Taylor Swift leads the nominations with eight following last year's release of "The Life of a Showgirl," which is up for album of the year and best pop album. Two songs from the album also received nods: "The Fate of Ophelia" for song of the year, best music video and best pop song, and "Elizabeth Taylor" for song of the summer.

Swift has already won 40 times at the AMAs, which is more than any other artist. She's also up for artist of the year and best female pop artist this year.

Morgan Wallen, Olivia Dean, Sabrina Carpenter and Sombr were right behind Swift with seven nominations each.

But the awards are only part of the show. Billy Idol, who's known for such hits as "Dancing With Myself," "Rebel Yell" and "White Wedding," will receive a lifetime achievement award and perform a medley of some of his hits on the AMAs stage.

Keith Urban will perform a track from his upcoming yacht rock album "Flow State." Teyana Taylor, who won a Golden Globe in January for her performance in "One Battle After Another" and is up for best female R&B artist at the AMAs, will perform a medley from her album, "Escape Room."

There will also be performances by some groups that have amassed huge followings over the years, with Hootie and the Blowfish, New Kids on the Block and The Pussycat Dolls taking the stage. 

K-pop superstars BTS will also make a special appearance. Following a nearly four-year hiatus for the members to fulfill their mandatory military service, the group began a world tour in March and will appear at their first awards show in four years at the AMAs. They are nominated for three awards as well.

Who's performing at the 2026 American Music Awards?

Here's a list of all the announced performers at the American Music Awards:

• Billy Idol
• Hootie and the Blowfish
• Karol G
• Katseye
• Keith Urban
• Maluma
• New Kids on the Block
• The Pussycat Dolls, with a guest appearance by Busta Rhymes
• Riley Green
• Sombr
• Teddy Swims
• Teyana Taylor
• Twenty One Pilots

How to watch the 2026 American Music Awards

• What: The 2026 American Music Awards show
• Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
• Time: 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
• Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
• On TV: Live on CBS television stations. Find your local station here.
• Online stream: Live on Paramount+

Carlson Evans grew up on a dairy farm in Buffalo, Minnesota. She graduated from nursing school in Minneapolis before joining the Army Nurse Corps, according to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. 

She spent one year serving in Vietnam, where she worked in the burn unit of the 36th Evacuation Hospital in Vung Tau and the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku.  

After her service, Carlson Evans spent years working to establish a separate memorial for the more than 265,000 American women who served in the war effort, co-founding the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation in 1984.

The foundation successfully lobbied Congress for the memorial, which was approved in 1988 and unveiled in 1993.

"It really helped me come out and say, 'Yes, I am a veteran, and I served in a war,'" Carlson Evans told CBS News in 2024. "I finally became very proud of what I did." 

Carlson Evans received the Presidential Citizens Medal last year from former President Joe Biden.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges says the arrest occurred around midnight Thursday near West 94th Street and Lyndale Avenue South.

The suspect, identified by Hodges as 61-year-old part-time Chatfield Police Department officer Kenneth Gallion, had just finished an off-duty job at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights and was in full uniform.  

Hodges alleges Gallion had a blood-alcohol level of 0.28, which is more than three times the legal limit.

"I've never seen this before in my career and God-willing I never see it again," said Hodges.

Hodges said he's disturbed and disappointed after watching the video. It shows a man in a police uniform carrying a gun and stumbling around after crashing his car. 

"Most of us would be passed out at a .16 or something. Once you get to .30, there are very few people who can actually function," said Hodges. 

The Minnesota State Fair released a statement saying Gallion had been a police officer there for 21 years. But as of now, he no longer works for them.

"He thought he was in Rochester," Hodges said. "Even if you are going to Farmington, where he is at, that is the completely wrong way to go."

The city of Chatfield also terminated Gallion. He had been working there part-time for six years. 

Chief Scott Keigley said he's blindsided by what happened and that Gallion had been good at this job. He had also previously worked as a Rochester police officer for several years.

"I'm just glad no one got hurt, including him," said Hodges. "To have someone that is drinking while doing that is rather scary, but from the professional standpoint we are better than that. That is not who we are."

Kindness 101 is a program that uses the stories CBS News finds in our "On the Road" series to teach kindness and character. The stories are paired with lesson plans created by a nonprofit at Iowa's Drake University called "Character Counts!"

"So the idea that we could develop curricular resources around these stories that elevate the best of our country...and we're going to do all this so that educators don't have to pay to get them," said Scott Raecker, executive director of Character Counts!

Some of the greatest joys of my job are the greetings I get whenever I surprise one of our Kindness 101 classrooms.

A visit to Neil Lahammer's third grade class at Burnside Elementary School in Red Wing, Minnesota, would be the most joyful of all. Lahammer is one of more than 100,000 teachers who have used Kindness 101.

The lessons, which any teacher can access at Kindess101.com, are being used to inspire kindness and character in millions of children around the world.

"When I see the students duplicating what they're seeing in the videos…and as a teacher, that's gold," responded Lahammer when asked how he knows the lessons are sinking in.

"Just makes me want to be a better person," one student said of the lessons.

The good vibes are spreading largely thanks to the Kindness Club Lahammer started.

At least once a week, students give up their recess to do food drives, glove drives and promote kindness throughout the school.

"It's just amazing the way these kids want to help out others," Lahammer said.

Lahammer even teaches other teachers in his district how to best use the curriculum, all in an effort to create an army of kindness superheroes.

Lahammer was chosen as the first-ever Kindness 101 National Teacher of the Year. The award was presented in April at a gala in Des Moines, Iowa, and it will now become an annual tradition.

"He makes me smarter and he makes me happier," another student told CBS News of Lahammer. "He's my whole world."