News in :90 – Sept. 30, 2022

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, saying Moscow would protect the newly incorporated regions by “all available means.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday that he is nominating a former public safety director from Newark, New Jersey, as his top pick for the city’s next police chief. A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, including teenagers who were taking university practice entry exams, a Taliban spokesman said. Cam Kauffman has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 29, 2022

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Hurricane Ian knocked out power to 2.5 million people as it carved a path of destruction across Florida, Russia intends to annex occupied parts of Ukraine on Friday and North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 27, 2022

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Hurricane Ian tore into Cuba Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a category 4 storm before it hits Florida, where officials have ordered two and a half million people to evacuate. Isabel Brown has todays News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 22, 2022

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Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy laid out a case against Russia at the United Nations, Democrats reach an agreement on a long-sought policing and public safety package, and clashes between Iranian security forces and protestors worsen. Chief Studio Producer Zachary Knapp has TommieMedia’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 20, 2022

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Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become integral parts of Russia, Hurricane Fiona raked the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico and JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork. Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 16, 2022

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Flash floods swept across central Italy, leaving ten people and at least four reported missing. The fire department tweeted that dozens of people trapped or stranded by the rising floodwaters were rescued. Stocks fell on Friday morning, putting the market on track for another week of sizable losses. Sydney Labelle has the stories.

News in :90 – Sept. 13, 2022

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The EU Parliament backed a proposal for a law banning the sale of agricultural products linked to the destruction of forests, a Connecticut jury will begin hearing evidence today in a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay to relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting, and lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month.
Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 13, 2022

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The fatal floods that weaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April have been attributed to human-caused climate change, the Minnesota Senate Democratic minority tried unsuccessfully to force consideration of nine abortion and health-related bills that the Republican majority has kept bottled up in committee, and St. Thomas’ O’Shaughnessy-Frey library was left mostly unscathed after a storm dropped almost two inches of rain during a tornado warning in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Radio host Joe LaPorte has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 10, 2022

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Pulitzer prize-winning news coverage and books were announced on May 9, St. Thomas post-graduation job rates remain relatively high amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and 55 positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week of May 6. Reporter Derek Badger has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 9, 2022

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Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in Ukraine, the man behind the wheel of a car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City’s Time Square is heading to trial after various delays and the Automotive Competition and Stomp N Shake Cheer clubs are the newest clubs at St. Thomas. Zachary Knapp has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 6, 2022

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The mother of Daunte Wright said she was injured while she was briefly detained by an officer after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop, Jill Biden thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania as a check against Russian aggression for their service, and St. Thomas students gathered at Summit and Cretin avenues to protest a leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Podcast Producer Mae Mcfarlane has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 4, 2022

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About 500 people gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance won Ohio’s contentious and hyper-competitive GOP Senate primary on Tuesday and Wall Street is off to a mixed start on Wednesday and bond yields are rising as traders look ahead to an announcement later in the day on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. Ben Hogan has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 3, 2022

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A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, employers posted a recond 11.5 million job openings in March and the United States now has an unprecedented two job openings for every person who is unemployed, and a Minnesota appeals court has sided with a Wright County man who was fined for flying a huge Donald Trump flag on top of a crane. Reporter Abby Kielty has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 29, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, Beijing is grappling with the latest wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and Minneapolis police used covert or bogus social media accounts to monitor black individuals and groups despite having no clear public safety rationale for doing so. Production Editor Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.