A Lake Elmo attorney who was disciplined for knowingly making a misleading statement to a court during a hearing has been reinstated.
In a June 4 order, Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Margaret Chutich wrote that Paul E. Overson is “conditionally reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Minnesota, subject to his successful completion of the written examination required for admission to the practice of law by the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners on the subject of professional responsibility.” Overson must show proof by Feb. 24, 2025, Chutich wrote.
The Supreme Court in February issued an order suspending Overson from the practice of law for a minimum of 30 days after the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility said he “committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline — namely, knowingly making a misleading statement to a court during a hearing and subsequently failing to correct his misleading statement.”
The underlying case was a custody dispute filed in Washington County District Court in June 2022. Overson represented the respondent in the case, which has since been closed, according to court documents.
According to the petition, Overson failed to tell the court during a September 2022 hearing that the parties had already agreed to dismiss a matter involving an order for protection. Overson failed during and after the hearing “to correct his misleading statement and failed during the hearing to inform the court that the parties had agreed to dismiss the OFP matter,” the petition states.
Overson did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
NEW YORK (AP) — Social media platform X is now hiding your likes.
In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X’s engineering team said it would be “making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy.” That means that users will still be able to see their own likes, but others will not — putting an end to a feature that many had long used.
The change went into effect Wednesday. As of the afternoon, the “Likes” tab appeared to only be available on users’ own profile page. But when visiting other accounts, that tab is no longer available.
Users also received a pop-up notification that seemed to suggest the change would result in more user engagement.
“Liking more posts will make your ‘For you’ feed better,” the message read.
According to the engineering team’s update, like counts and other metrics for a user’s own posts will still show up under notifications. Posts still appear to show how many likes they have — but the author will be the only person who can see a list of those who liked it.
The option to hide likes was previously just available to paying Premium subscribers. When X announced that option in September, it said users could “keep spicy likes private by hiding your likes tab.”
The hidden like count is one of many changes that have come to the platform since billionaire Elon Musk purchased it for $44 billion in 2022. Beyond a new name and logo, other changes include doing away with the once-coveted blue checks for non-Premium users — and then restoring them to some.
The in-app changes have seen mixed receptions on the platform. In the early days of X stripping the verification badges from prominent officials and news organizations, for example, many voiced misinformation concerns. The platform has also faced both rising user and advertiser pushback amid ongoing concerns about content moderation and hate speech on the San Francisco-based platform, which some researchers say has been on the rise under Musk.
Fox 9 meteorologist Keith Marler returned to live television on Wednesday — just in time to report on our stormy weather.
“He’s back!” proclaimed anchor Tom Butler during the 11 a.m. news.
After Marler’s knee went out on live television in January, he took time off in February from KMSP-TV for reconstructive surgery. After more than three months away, Marler returned to the station’s studio in Eden Prairie on Monday and appeared on air again on Wednesday.
This was not a simple fix Marler endured as it involved — among other interventions — breaking his right leg to re-align it, part of what Marler has described as a “high tibial osteotomy.”
“Holy moly!” Marler said to Butler about the extensive reworking of his knee and leg. “Zero stars. Would not recommend.”
His sense of humor was not affected, though. Here’s what Marler said he asked his orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Ryan Fader:
“Doctor, will I be able to play the piano after the surgery?”
Yes, of course!
But … Marler admitted he couldn’t play the piano before the surgery.
“I was just curious,” Marler said with a smile.
Fortunately, Marler reports that his other knee won’t require this same procedure and is currently stable.
But per doctor’s orders, Marler is returning to work part time for now, with physical therapy continuing. So while viewers won’t see Marler back on the early morning news show quite yet, he’s still got his eye on the sky.
“I am paying attention,” Marler said.
Viewers seemed glad; Marler’s weather reports often include wry asides as well as the necessary information.
“Have REALLY missed you in the morning!” one person commented on Marler’s Facebook page. “A perfect blend of nonsense & weather.”
With nearly half of 2024 behind us, it’s looking unlikely that anyone will top Taylor Swift’s record sales, that anyone will write a diss-track grimmer than “Meet the Grahams” or that anyone will cancel an arena tour more unhappily than Jennifer Lopez just did hers. What we will get over the next six-and-a-half months are more great songs (and more terrible ones) that go on to define the year. Yet mid-June presents an opportunity to take stock of what’s already come.
Here, in alphabetical order by artist’s name, are the 24 best songs of 2024 so far.
Beyoncé, “II Hands II Heaven”: Months after “Cowboy Carter’s” release, this sprawling yet intricate electro-country fantasia still feels like it’s revealing itself.
Laci Kaye Booth, “Cigarettes”: A song about thwarted ambition that should broaden this country songwriter’s professional horizons.
Camila Cabello feat. Playboi Carti, “I Luv It”: Never underestimate the motivating force of a few years without a hit.
Sabrina Carpenter, “Espresso”: “Me espresso” may end up the year’s best pop neologism — but let’s not overlook the linguistic invention in “Walked in and dream-came-true’d it for you.”
Diiv, “Brown Paper Bag”: Savor the bad vibes of a world in decline.
Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather”: The shimmering guitar? The shoulder-rocking beat? The breathy vocal runs? Let Billie bop.
Ernest feat. Lukas Nelson, “Why Dallas”: Pitch-perfect western swing from one of Nashville’s modern pros.
Taylor Swift performs onstage at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France, on May 9, 2024. (Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Billie Eilish performs during Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2023. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
Kendrick Lamar performs during the 2023 Governors Ball Music Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in New York on June 11, 2023. (Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio/TNS)
Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar, “Like That”: Look what they made him do.
GloRilla with Megan Thee Stallion, “Wanna Be”: Look what he made them do.
Ariana Grande, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”: Think of the similarities to Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own” as a feature, not a bug: Fourteen years after that Swedish singer gifted lonely clubgoers with the ultimate sad banger, Grande jacks Robyn’s groove for a song about the blissful agony of remembering.
Norah Jones, “Running”: Scuzzy in a good way.
Tori Kelly, “High Water”: This self-affirming pop-soul anthem would’ve owned “TRL.”
Kendrick Lamar, “Not Like Us”: The kill shot from Lamar’s beef with Drake has reached the point where you’re sure to hear it half a dozen times — including from the organist — over the course of a game at Dodger Stadium.
Dua Lipa, “These Walls”: Whether or not we can officially declare “Radical Optimism” a flop, Lipa must be discouraged by the fact that her latest LP sits 30 slots behind Fleetwood Mac’s half-century-old “Rumours” right now on the Billboard 200. And yet! Here’s a luscious soft-rock jam that Christine McVie herself might’ve admired.
Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen, “I Had Some Help”: “Dukes of Hazzard” reboot in 3, 2, 1…
Mk.gee, “Are You Looking Up”: Imagine John Mayer’s “Sob Rock” as a DIY SoundCloud experiment.
Kacey Musgraves, “Deeper Well”: Walk on the mild side.
Charlie Puth, “Hero”: It’s true, you know — he really should be a bigger artist.
Tommy Richman, “Million Dollar Baby”: Your post-peak Justin Timberlake could never (and indeed with his latest did not).
Chappell Roan, “Good Luck, Babe!”: “When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night/ With your head in your hands, you’re nothing more than his wife.”
Sasha Alex Sloan, “Tiny’s Song (demo)”: Careful — this hushed guitar-and-voice ballad is about a missing pet, and it will destroy you.
Taylor Swift, “But Daddy I Love Him”: Grandly theatrical, righteously aggrieved and witheringly funny, the high point of “The Tortured Poets Department” is a Taylor all-timer.
Tems, “Love Me JeJe”: All the sweat and pleasure of summer in a song.
Xavi, “La Diabla”: Música Mexicana meets Midwestern emo; big feelings — and TikTok virality — ensue.
