Gov. Tim Walz imposed four weeks’ worth of new COVID-19 restrictions, campus community members lined up for St. Thomas’ free on-campus COVID-19 testing and the number of Americans seeking unemployment rose last week to 742,000. University Affairs Editor Annie Terry has today’s News in :90.
Minnesota’s largest school district is planning to close its elementary schools due to COVID-19, Trump loyalists have filed at least 15 legal challenges in Pennsylvania and the University of St. Thomas hosted its first Division I signing day. Reporter Libby Simpson has today’s News in :90.
Democrat Joe Biden pushes closer to 270 Electoral College votes, Minnesota law enforcement arrested more than 600 demonstrators who marched onto Interstate 94 Wednesday night and St. Thomas dance and women’s lacrosse will join TommieMedia in the Locker Room. Photojournalist Irak Saenz has today’s News in :90.
Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party, a petition challenges Minnesota’s seven-day extension for absentee ballots and seasonal affective disorder affects around 10% of St. Thomas students. Ad/PR representative Cole Slocum has today’s News in :90.
Pope Francis becomes the first pope to endorse same-sex civil unions, Governor Tim Walz says that the $1.9 billion public works bill he passed will improve infrastructure and St. Thomas sports teams have been practicing under COVID-19 guidelines. Reporter Sam Larson has today’s News in :90.
COVID-19 cases on campus cut in half, the Justice Department is filing a lawsuit against Google and a Minnesota singer-songwriter who died seven years ago returned to the top of the iTunes chart. Ad & PR Representative Hope Hansen has today’s News in :90.
President Donald Trump sought to shore up support from constituencies in Iowa, Minnesota reported 29 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and the European-Japanese probe, BepiColombo, bound for Mercury swung by Venus. Photographer Casey Eakins has today’s News in :90.
Thirty-six positive COVID-19 tests were reported last week by the University of St. Thomas’ Center For Well-Being Monday, Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused for an investigation into a study participant’s “unexplained illness” and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is on Capitol Hill for a second day of hearings. Ad/PR representative Isabel Crosby has today’s News in :90.
Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris discussed issues such as the Pandemic, Systematic Racism and more in last night’s Vice Presidential debate, former Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, posted bail Wednesday and was released from jail and St. Thomas men’s hockey coach Jeff Boeser will retire at the end of the 2020-21 season, St. Thomas Athletics announced Monday. Videographer Nate Schneiderhan has today’s News in :90.
A humanitarian project that intends to deliver coronavirus vaccines, faces skepticism from some of the countries it intends to help most. Trump’s refusal to criticize the Proud Boys drew fierce blowback before altering his message in a day-later effort to quell the firestorm. Campus a cappella groups are beginning their season despite COVID-19 challenges. Reporter Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being reported 56 positive COVID-19 tests last week, the Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans are suspending in-person activities, and Donald Trump and Joe Biden will face off in a debate. Reporter Sawyer Rutan has today’s News in :90.
Protesters gathered outside of the Minnesota State Capital in response to the Louisville, Ky. grand jury’s decision to not indict the officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, some St. Thomas students participated in voting education events and St. Thomas club sports have been cleared to start practices this week. Design Manager Maggie Stout has News in :90.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a virus restriction order, 36 COVID-19 cases were reported at St. Thomas and Jomoy Lee was charged for the killing of Andre Conley and the wounding of another man. Chief Photo Editor Song Johansen has today’s News in :90.
An Edina hospital was locked down Monday night, a settlement was reached in the Breonna Taylor lawsuit and St. Thomas reported nine positive COVID-19 cases last week. Director Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired after being captured on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop and crews are searching the Mississippi River in Washington County for a plane that’s overdue at a South St. Paul airport. Creative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
