News in :90 – Feb. 28., 2023

The Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments in a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered officials to tighten control of the border with Ukraine after a spate of drone attacks. Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast.

News in :90 – Feb. 27, 2023

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today over President Biden’s student debt relief plan, which impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. The death toll rose to 62 today in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies. Bella Adams has today’s news in :90.

News in :90 – Feb. 24, 2023

The St. Paul police department on Wednesday identified the victim of a fatal crash that occurred on Cretin Avenue Monday, The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a first-hand look at a creek contaminated by a freight train derailment in Ohio and the St. Thomas study abroad office is attempting a new approach to boost student engagement with its programs. Will Abrahamson has today’s News in :90.

Wednesday classes canceled due to weather

All in-person classes on Wednesday, Feb. 22, are canceled starting at 6 a.m. according to an email and text sent to the St. Thomas community by Public Safety. Executive Director Owen Larson and Managing Editor Sam Larson have the story.

News in :90 – Feb. 21, 2023

The St. Paul Police Department was on the scene of a fatal two-vehicle crash on Cretin Avenue North. Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus Monday. A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home has left the hospital and gone to her new home.

News in :90 – Feb. 20, 2023

President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war.” A shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans killed one person, wounded four and sent panicked families running for cover. Opinions editor Rhynn Paulsen has today’s news in :90.