A judge on Wednesday dismissed two jurors who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd’s death over concerns they had been tainted by the city’s announcement of a $27 million settlement with Floyd’s family.
The federal civil rights law Title IX was last amended in May 2020 by the Trump administration; the new amendments interfere with St. Thomas’s own process for dealing with Title IX-related misconduct cases and have been condemned by various groups, including the University Survivors Movement (USM), a group that advocates on behalf of sexual assault survivors at colleges and universities across the country.
The Vatican declared Monday that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”
Nine positive COVID-19 tests were reported by the Center for Well-Being last week, an increase of four from the previous week. Angeline Terry and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
Clue, Risk, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, these kids have it all. Give them a game, they can beat it. The one puzzle the Table Top Gaming Club can’t solve, however, is how to go on without a physical table to gather around. Reporter Owen Larson has the story.
Four St. Thomas students, Makaio Goods, Anna Strub, Emilia Fredrickson and Kara Reardon, have been named semifinalists for the U.S. Fulbright Student Program, an international cultural and educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.
St. Thomas Campus Ministry will hold an outdoor candlelight vigil next Wednesday for Erika Cruz and Kailin Wang, two St. Thomas students who both died the last week of February.
The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.
Gov. Tim Walz on Friday announced he is easing several coronavirus restrictions, citing rising vaccinations and declining COVID-19 cases.
One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address Thursday night to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the prospect of “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July. He offered Americans fresh hope and appealed anew for their help.
St. Thomas Residence Life announced the addition of compost bins inside residence hall waste rooms in a campuswide email on Feb. 8th. Sydney LaBelle and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
Mohamed Malim, former refugee and 2018 St. Thomas graduate, created the idea for a business called Epimonía for the 2018 Fowler Business Concept Challenge to help support refugees in the United States. Natalie Hoepner and Casey Eakins have the story.
A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death.
Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death questioned potential jurors Wednesday about their attitudes toward police, trying to determine whether they’re more inclined to believe testimony from law enforcement over evidence from other witnesses to the fatal confrontation.
The long process of jury selection for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death began Tuesday with two jurors picked and five dismissed, including some who said they would not be able to set aside their views on what happened.
