Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas University Action and Response Team released a statement that the university will maintain its current mask requirements through the end of the semester, satellite photos show what appear to be rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Polaris Inc. announced that it donated nearly $120,000 to off-road, utility-training, and all-terrain vehicles organizations across the United States. Reporter Luana Karl has today’s News in :90.
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back. Five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home on Wednesday, after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis. Isabel Brown has today’s News in :90.
Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday by intensifying assaults on cities and towns, a federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it’s really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Associate Vice Provost for Student Achievement Sheneeta White answered questions about St. Thomas’ faculty advising. Designer Gillian Farinella has today’s News in :90.
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries. A public outdoor patio will replace the Starbucks drive-thru on the corner of Snelling and Marshall avenues. Gillian Farinella has todays News in :90.
President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, prosecutors revealed Monday that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering changes to the Twin Cities’ busiest highway. Designer Saylor Kragness has today’s News in :90.
A Russian missile hit a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine Friday morning, President Joe Biden will celebrate the confirmation hearing of judge Kentanji Brown Friday, the Minnesota senate’s Republican majority passed a $8.4 billion tax cut bill Thursday, and the new Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, William “Bill” Tolman, will be joining St. Thomas on July 1. Photographer Zach Knapp has today’s News in :90.
Minnesota animal health officials say more than a million birds across the state have now been infected with bird flu. Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke in February. Olivia VanGrinsven has today’s News in :90.
Walser Automotive Group is working to offer a new scholarship program for students pursuing technical and associate degrees, the bird flu is spreading to additional poultry flocks in Minnesota, and the ALS Association thanked Minnesota state leaders for passing a legislation that includes a $25 million grant to fund ALS research. Reporter Annabelle Wiskus has today’s News in :90.
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, the national highway traffic safety administration has passed new fuel economy requirements, Amazon workers have begun voting to unionize and the Minnesota legislative leaders announced a bipartisan deal Thursday to extend Minnesota’s healthcare reinsurance program in a move to hold down premiums for residents who buy their health insurance on the individual market. Reporter Elijah Todd-Walden has today’s News in :90.
a UN refugee agency reported that the daily number of refugees reported by countries bordering Ukraine dropped below 40,000. Cold and wet conditions canceled the University of St. Thomas’ baseball team non-conference home opener Wednesday, March 30th. Kelly Chisholm has today’s News in :90.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday that forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, U.S. regulators authorized another COVID-19 booster for people 50 and older on Tuesday, and police in Champlin are searching for a suspect in a fatal stabbing after a 35-year-old woman was found unresponsive in the front yard of a residence on Monday. Ad/Pr Representative Allexa Whitehouse has today’s News in :90.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally Friday at a Moscow stadium, Public defenders are poised to go on strike as early as Tuesday across Minnesota, where unionized attorneys say they’ve been pushed to the brink by routinely high caseloads that have become unmanageable amid the coronavirus pandemic, and Governor Tim Walz gave an updated plan on what to do with the state’s reasonably big surplus last Thursday.
An unspecified number of U.S.-made drones will be among the additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine. 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. Lane Kennedy has todays News in :90.
Russian forces are pounding Ukrainian cities and edging closer to the capital, Kyiv, in a relentless bombardment that keeps deepening the humanitarian crisis in this war, now in its third week, the mayor of the Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser said Tuesday that a memorial to the Black motorist will stay in place, after miscommunication with staff led some to believe it would be removed and St. Thomas’ Luann Dummer Center for Women hosted Leslie Jamison, an acclaimed author and novelist, March 8. KUST host Joe LaPorte has today’s News in :90.
