News in :90 – Dec. 3, 2019

St. Paul public works will undergo a two-day plow operation for the residential streets of St. Paul, beginning Tuesday, Dec. 3. It is not a snow emergency.

City crews will plow North-South residential streets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This includes streets like Cretin, Cleveland, Prior and Fairview. Cars should be parked on East-West residential or arterial streets.
“No parking” signs still apply.

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, city crews will plow East-West residential streets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Streets include Marshall, Summit, Grand, Selby, Ashland, Laurel and Lincoln. Cars should be parked on North-South residential or arterial streets.

“No parking” signs remain in effect.

A Minneapolis man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his child’s mother on Thanksgiving.

Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman says 41-year-old Randall Watkins could make an appearance in court Tuesday on a charge of second-degree intentional murder in the death of 27-year-old Raven Gant.

According to the criminal complaint, police responded to a domestic dispute call Thanksgiving night and found Gant wounded on the floor.

She died that night at North Memorial medical center.

Authorities say the couple’s two-year-old daughter was present at the crime scene.

President Donald Trump criticized Democrats at the opening of a NATO leaders’ meeting Tuesday, calling the impeachment push by his rivals “Unpatriotic and a bad thing for our country.”

Trump, who commented while meeting with the NATO Secretary-General, is upset that Democrats scheduled an impeachment hearing while he is abroad.

The house judiciary committee has set a hearing on the constitutional grounds for Trump’s possible impeachment on Wednesday just before he wraps up two days of meetings with NATO alliance members in London.

Trump isn’t the only one complaining. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House counsel Pat Cipollone and adviser Kellyanne Conway all have criticized the committee’s timing.

McKenzie Hickey can be reached at hick1888@stthomas.edu.