A third-year St. Thomas student accused of making threatening phone calls targeting the St. Paul campus will remain jailed until at least next week following a hearing in federal court in Minneapolis on Friday.
St. Thomas junior Ray Persaud has his second court appearance at 1 p.m. Friday, evacuations of houses in Lawrence, Massachusetts were underway this morning due to a natural gas leak, and a 28-year-old woman in California crashed into a semi-truck on a highway while skydiving Thursday. Reporter Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday an arrest and charge against St. Thomas student Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, for hoax bomb threats against the university over the last six months, including the Sept. 17 incident.
St. Thomas announced a schedule change for its intercampus shuttle due to traffic and road construction. The shuttle used to travel every 20 minutes, but will now make the trip every 30 minutes instead.
St. Thomas community members joined a international protest against climate change. Photojournalist Maxwell Collier captured photos at the sustainability club’s pre-strike on Monahan Plaza.
Three St. Thomas Air Force ROTC students are among the 24 students across the U.S. awarded a full-ride scholarship to any medical school of their choosing.
The campus gathered Thursday afternoon to declare St. Thomas as an anti-racist community, following the discovery Wednesday night of a racial slur in Ireland Hall.
For the second time in a year, a racist word has been found in a dormitory on the St. Thomas campus.
The Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis began an investigation regarding clerical sexual misconduct, severe weather, including a probable tornado, struck South Dakota’s Sioux Falls, and Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to “never forget” 18 years after the deadliest terror attack on American soil. Assignment Editor Kat Barrett has todays News in :90.
The long search for a founding dean at the planned College of Health has ended with the hiring of MayKao Y. Hang, chief executive officer of the nonprofit Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
Minnesota first responders will help with North Carolina hurricane, a man is charged after fleeing a hit and run and officials continue investigating vaping deaths. Assignment Editor Kat Barrett has today’s News in :90.
In the university’s latest efforts to combat racism on campus, St. Thomas hired Kha Yang as the first-ever Vice President of Inclusive Excellence in July. Yang is the first Hmong American member of President Julie Sullivan’s cabinet. University Affairs Editor Abby Sliva has the full story.
South Floridians are donating supplies to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, three people were shot outside the main gate at the Minnesota State Fair Monday, and students will no longer need to rely on their student IDs to enter a dining hall this fall. Chief Story Editor Althea Larson has today’s News in :90.
First-year students participated in a yearly St. Thomas tradition of marching through the arches on Tuesday. Director Samantha HoangLong captured some of the moments from the event.
An all-clear for John Roach Center was issued at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday after the university received a bomb threat.
