News in :90 – May 11, 2023

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This week marks the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants at the southern border for the last three years. U.S. Rep. George Santos, infamous for fabricating his life story, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he duped donors, stole from his campaign and lied to Congress about being a millionaire, all while cheating to collect unemployment benefits he didn’t deserve. The U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Thursday. It’s the first known shipment of the weaponry that Kyiv has long sought from its allies.

News in :90 – May 10, 2023

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U.S. Rep. George Santos has been charged with federal criminal offenses, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Former President Donald Trump will return to CNN’s airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event. The late pop superstar Prince is being honored in Minnesota as the state renames a seven-mile stretch of highway after him.

News in :90 – May 9, 2023

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The shooter who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a patch that read “RWDS” — short for “Right Wing Death Squad.” The Minnesota Senate approved a plan Monday to entitle workers across the state to paid leave when they’re sick or caring for relatives who are ill. St. Thomas Health and Exercise Science students attended the Northland Region of the American College of Sports Medicine Conference to learn from professionals and compete in the Quiz Bowl.

News in :90 – May 8, 2023

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Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday. In the past few weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have been facilitating these expulsions three times a day as roughly 30,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have entered the U.S. The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control.

News in :90 – May 5, 2023

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The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising resilience. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years commenced Tuesday as the 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America stopped working when their contract expired.

News in :90 – May 4, 2023

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Federal authorities announced racketeering and other charges Wednesday against 45 members or associates of two major Minneapolis street gangs for crimes including seven homicides, plus numerous drug trafficking and firearms violations. The suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, Fulton County Jail records show. Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found.

News in :90 – May 3, 2023

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Russia claimed it foiled an attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kremlin early Wednesday. A woman identified as the wife of a Texas man suspected of killing five of his neighbors was arrested Wednesday.

News in :90 – May 2, 2023

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Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been convinced of aiding and abetting manslaughter, the Writers Guild of America launched a strike for the first time in 15 years and an interstate highway in Illinois reopened today after a windstorm led to crashes that killed at least six people yesterday. Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 1, 2023

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After two days of searching, the FBI reportedly has “zero leads” on catching the gunman who “fatally shot five neighbors” Friday night in Texas. General Mills has issued a “nationwide recall of its Gold Medal flour after discovering salmonella during a sampling of a 5-pound bag.”

News in :90 – April 28, 2023

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The chairman of the BBC quit Friday after a report found that he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest. Abortion bans in deeply conservative Nebraska and South Carolina each fell a single vote short of passing in their legislatures. Police in Minneapolis are searching for a man suspected of setting fires that damaged two mosques earlier this week.

News in :90 – April 27th, 2023

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The Minneapolis NAACP sued the city of Minneapolis Wednesday over allegations that police officers used phony social media accounts to spy on activists without a legitimate public safety purpose. Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan. U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults.

News in :90 – April 26, 2023

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone conversation. The Minnesota House is debating a “red flag law” to allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people judged to be an immediate threat to themselves or others. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the case of a 94-year-old woman who lost her one-bedroom condo in minneapolis over 2,300 dollars in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

News in :90 – April 25, 2023

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President Joe Biden announced that he is running for reelection in 2024, jury selection is set to begin in a trail over E. Jean Carroll’s claim that she was raped by former President Donald Trump and the National Weather Service has maintained a flood warning for the Mississippi River. Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 24, 2023

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Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Duante Wright was released from prison. Jury selection began Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers in 2018. Gunfire at a huge prom after-party at a home in Texas injured nine teenagers.

News in :90 – April 21, 2023

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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.