The holiday of Eid Al-Fitr ushered in a day of prayers and joy for Muslims worldwide on Friday. President Joe Biden on Friday plans to sign an executive order that would create the White House Office of Environmental Justice. An arbitration panel ordered MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell to pay five million to a software engineer for breach of contract in a dispute over data.
UPDATE: 9:01 p.m. April 23. This story has been updated to include the location of the new stadiums. The University of St. Thomas is creating new ballfields to make room for the baseball and softball teams on campus. Since the university has risen to Division I in sports, the university’s leadership team has decided to …
Brenda Cabral sits down with professor Heather Bouwman to discuss her upcoming youth novel and career as an author.
SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Strong storms with tornadoes and hail killed at least two people in the central U.S., injuring others, destroying homes and leaving thousands without power. The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams.
Federal investigators say BNSF railroad is analyzing a section of fractured rail after last month’s fiery derailment. Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion voting systems nearly $800 million in a settlement over election claims. India is on track to become the world’s most populous nation.
Police in New York have arrested two men for allegedly setting up a secret police station for a Chinese provincial police agency. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order containing more than 50 directives to increase access to child care and improve the work life of caregivers. Minnesota House Democrats rolled out their main tax bill of the session Monday, proposing nearly $3 billion in breaks for the largest tax cut in state history.
Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward with information about a shooting. The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News put off the opening of the trial Monday. One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota.
The first round of the NBA playoffs are underway. The 2023 NCAA Gymnastics Championships came to a close with Oklahoma winning their second straight national title. St. Thomas baseball won its first game at home this season.
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Hungary’s prime minister sought to bring down the temperature on spiraling tensions between his government and the United States. One of Florida’s busiest airports announced plans to reopen Friday morning, two days after an unprecedented deluge left planes and travelers stranded. Unitedhealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its optum care segment.
Sky Anderson, visual media and game design professor and TommieMedia advisor, joins Errol Mickelson to discuss the new game design minor and disability’s relationship with video games.
South Florida kept a wary eye on a forecast that called for more rain as it cleaned up Thursday from nearly a foot (30 centimeters) that fell in a matter of hours, causing widespread flooding, closing the Fort Lauderdale airport, and turning thoroughfares into rivers. Russia might be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap with the U.S. involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after his trial on espionage charges, a top Russian diplomat said Thursday. Minnesota’s Kyle Farmer was hit in the face by a 92 mph fastball on Wednesday, a frightening mistake by Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito that sent the Twins shortstop for oral surgery to realign his four bottom teeth and suture together lacerations on his lower lip.
Police body camera video released Tuesday showed the chaotic moments of a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville. Attorneys defending Fox withheld critical information about the role company founder Rupert Murdoch. Democrats announced Tuesday that they will hold their party’s 2024 national convention in Chicago, choosing the biggest liberal city in the Midwest.
A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday. A student at a private southeastern Minnesota college faces multiple counts.
Adam Mueller sits down with St. Thomas eSports Club’s Ben Noble, Jenna Niaz and Noah Friesen to discuss their upcoming charity tournament and growing the club.
