3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing

Three former Minneapolis police officers have been convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man was handcuffed and facedown on the street on May 25, 2020.

News in :90 – February, 24, 2022

Ukraine’s leadership said at least 40 people have been killed so far in what is called a full scale assault. The U.S. congress is largely backing Biden’s decision to confront Russia with escalating sanctions for the crisis in Ukraine. Ella has today’s News in :90.

Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’

Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the world.

News in :90 – Feb. 23, 2022

The Russian Embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv has begun evacuation, deliberations are expected to begin in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers and finalists for the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences were announced in an email. Madeline Combs has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Feb. 22, 2022

The jury in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing has reached a verdict, a powerful winter storm with heavy snow and ice has created dangerous travel conditions and the St. Thomas executive budget committee announced the university is offering to purchase Town and Country Club golf course. Ad/PR Representative Bella Bot has today’s News in :90.

USG reflects on the death of Amir Locke and covers COVID protocols, financing, and special elections at Feb. 17 meeting

At the first in-person meeting of the spring semester, the Undergraduate Student Government took a moment to reflect on the death of Amir Locke; President Adam Revoir suggested USG show support by reaching out to multicultural councils and clubs, while another student pointed out that police officers and first responders are affected by these events as well.