Today is Thursday, March 17th, and this is TommieMedia News in :90. I’m Lane Kennedy.

Despite three weeks of Russian bombardment, Ukraine has kept up a stiff defense of its cities by using Turkish-made drones to carry out pop-up attacks on the invaders with a lethal effectiveness that has surprised Western military experts.
Turkey has sold these unmanned aerial vehicles, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, to more than a dozen countries, including Libya, Morocco and Ethiopia.
An unspecified number of U.S.-made drones will be among the additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden.
A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during protests that followed George Floyd’s killing will get a $2.4 million settlement.
Soren Stevenson was in a large group of people near an interstate on-ramp when he was hit by a 40 mm projectile on May 31, 2020.
Stevenson told reporters Wednesday in an interview that he believed a SWAT officer fired directly at his face. The city did not admit liability in the case.
On March 16, 2020, all St. Thomas classes moved online for the remainder of the semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, St. Thomas is still navigating a pandemic that emptied campus, introduced mask mandates and created a shift toward online learning.
The university is reflecting on the pandemic this week and celebrating St. Thomas now that it has loosened some of the restrictions, as students’ faces are now visible walking through the halls of buildings.
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For TommieMedia.com, I’m Lane Kennedy.