Putin’s demand to pay for gas in rubles would violate western sanctions imposed over the war, a Minneapolis Police Department investigation found patterns of race discrimination, and a TommieMedia columnist takes first place in contest. Ella Shuherk has today’s News in :90.
Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange, Elon Musk pledged to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week and 22 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being. Angelica Franaschouk has today’s News in :90.
Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.
French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term Sunday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for compromise in negotiations to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, and Organizers of a vigil for four slain family members lit up their Duluth house with Christmas lights. Jack Taverna has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas senior Dane Korsi sat down with TommieMedia’s Macy Berendsen to discuss how a group of St. Thomas business students are putting together a bowling fundraiser for the JP4 foundation.
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back. Five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home on Wednesday, after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis. Isabel Brown has today’s News in :90.
President Emmanuel Macron and far-right contender Marine Le Pen will face off in a French presidential debate Wednesday evening, the Minnesota Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine and 20 positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending April 17. Bella Bot has today’s News in :90.
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries. A public outdoor patio will replace the Starbucks drive-thru on the corner of Snelling and Marshall avenues. Gillian Farinella has todays News in :90.
A man sought in connection with an attack on a subway train in Brooklyn that left 10 people shot is now considered a suspect, in Minneapolis, the school board voted to change the names of two schools, and early spring storms surged through southern Minnesota. Nkechukwu Akpati has today’s News in :90.
President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, prosecutors revealed Monday that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering changes to the Twin Cities’ busiest highway. Designer Saylor Kragness has today’s News in :90.
Russia claims that it destroyed several air defense systems in Ukraine over the weekend, students will be in school 42 minutes longer due to the Minneapolis teacher strike and members of the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government feel the university community needs to better understand their positions as the 2022-23 elections draw near. Francesca Sartor has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas men’s hockey coach Rico Blasi joined TommieMedia’s Sam Larson in The Locker Room to discuss next year’s new recruits and how they plan to improve during the offseason.
Minnesota animal health officials say more than a million birds across the state have now been infected with bird flu. Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke in February. Olivia VanGrinsven has today’s News in :90.
A man arrested Tuesday in connection with a Sacramento shooting that killed six people was released from prison weeks before, and Kremlin-backed media are denouncing recent videos and photos of bodies that emerged from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha as an elaborate hoax. Luana Karl has today’s News in :90
The new Stomp and Shake cheer team at St. Thomas is celebrating Black American culture and self-love as they get ready to hype up the university this fall. Chief Video Editor Emily Rudie has the story.
