Long-time Mideast rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia took another significant step toward reconciliation Thursday, formally restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift, affirming the need for regional stability and agreeing to pursue economic cooperation. Protesters disrupted vehicle traffic at Paris’ main airport and police fired clouds of tear gas in other French cities as people marched in a new round of strikes and nationwide demonstrations Thursday seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthslong firestorm of public anger. Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting, an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil War.
News in :90 – April 5, 2023
For the first time in history, a former U.S. president has appeared in court as a criminal defendant. A U.S. House speaker meeting with the president of Taiwan for a rare visit on American soil. A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday.
Trump charged with 34 felony counts in hush money scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records arising from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.
News in :90 – April 4, 2023
Former President Donald Trump will surrender and be arraigned in front of a New York City court on Tuesday. Finland became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Forecasters are warning of more severe weather Tuesday and Wednesday in parts of the South.
Biden homes in on policy as Trump indictment gets attention
FRIDLEY, Minn. (AP) — President Joe Biden ventured to suburban Minneapolis on Monday to talk about factory jobs and contrast his agenda with “the last guy who had this job.” The “last guy,” as Biden calls Donald Trump, was simultaneously touching down in New York to become the first former president to be arrested.
Sports in :60 – April 3, 2023
Louisiana State University beat Iowa State 102-85 in the NCAA Women’s Championship game Sunday afternoon. St. Thomas softball dropped the first two games of the home opener Sunday. Abby Madsen has today’s sports in :60.
News in :90 – April 3, 2023
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New York. Diana Zaharia has today’s news in :90.
GOP donor convicted in Minnesota sex trafficking trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury found Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, 32, guilty of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old.
Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment.
News in :90 – March 31, 2023
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Massive storms over the midwest and southern U.S. on Friday have meteorologists urging people to brace for dangerous weather.
The Locker Room with Men’s Track and Field
Abby Madsen sits down with men’s track and field coach Pete Wareham and runner Sam May to discuss the spring season.
News in :90 – March 30, 2023
A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations.
Fiery train derailment in Minnesota prompts evacuations
RAYMOND, Minn. (AP) — A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said.
The Locker Room with Women’s Track and Field
Bella Adams sits down with women’s track and field coach Ashley Lucas and runners Ava Pankratz and Alicia Belany to discuss the spring season.
News in :90 – March 29, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription.The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Russia will no longer give the U.S. advance notice about its missile tests, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday.