Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials will spend at least $1 million to put up barricades before Derek Chauvin’s trial, and St. Thomas students await the Travel Risk Advisory Committee’s decision on several study abroad programs. Reporter Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
The MIAC said fall and spring sports will compete this semester, President Biden said that all adults will have access to the COVID-19 vaccine by May and a journalist in Myanmar was charged with violating a public order law. Ad/PR representative Isabel Crosby has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas international student Kay-Lin Wang, also known as Calvin, was found dead in his off-campus apartment Friday, Feb. 26. One positive COIVD-19 case reported by the Center for Well-Being; the lowest count since the university began reporting cases. Vernon Jordan, champion of civil rights in the south has passed away. Columnist Logan Sriharatsa has todays News in :90.
St. Thomas first-year student Erika Cruz died as a result of injuries in a car crash Tuesday night and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Thursday that every Minnesotan should be able to get a vaccine by this summer. Columnist Macy Berendsen has today’s News in :90.
Nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported at St. Thomas, security officials say that bad intelligence was to blame for the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Xcel Energy was named one of the world’s most ethical companies. Videographer Maddie Combs has today’s News in :90.
The Supreme Court cleared a New York prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns Monday and St. Thomas graduate Hannah Studee used a Tommie network to establish a fitness training business. Reporter Lauren Price has today’s News in :90.
The NASA rover Perseverance landed on Mars Thursday and Tommies Closet, a program that aims to recycle unwanted clothes, is offering mini workshops for students and faculty on how to mend torn clothes. Reporter Sam Larson has today’s News in :90.
Life expectancy in the United States has dropped due to COVID-19, National Guard troops will be in the Minneapolis area during the trial of Derek Chauvin and St. Thomas women’s hockey lost against Hamline University Wednesday night. Ad/PR representative Isabel Crosby has today’s News in :90.
Extreme winter weather is hitting over 100 million people in U.S. today, Minnesota is expected to administer its 1 millionth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and St. Thomas junior Josh Wagner ran 100 miles in 30 days. Designer Ava Wilk has today’s News in :90.
Democratic congressmen, Bennie Thompson, accused Donald Trump of conspiring with his lawyers to try and prevent President Joe Biden’s win. The cold streak broke a Twin Cities record low temperature for February 13th. Nineteen positive cases reported last week, breaking the three week case decline. Design Manager Lauren Dettmer has todays News in :90.
The Biden Administration plans to allow an estimated 25,000 asylum seekers waiting in Mexico into the U.S. as immigration court hearings proceed, and authorities charged a Minnesota man with murder after an attack on an Allina Health clinic left a medical assistant dead. Studio Producer Kayla Mayer has today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas men’s basketball game was postponed Monday for COVID-19 reasons, St. Thomas Center for well-being reported a decline in COVID-19 cases for the third week in a row from 17 to 13. A hacker gained unauthorized access to the water controlling system in Florida.
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin Tuesday and St. Thomas offered its fourth free campus-wide testing event Thursday. Ad/PR Operations Manager Carly Scheuerman has today’s News in :90.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment declined last week, small business owners face a tough decision on whether and when to hire employees and one of the original white doves at Prince’s Paisley Park estate died Tuesday. TM Creative Director Elizabeth Neil has today’s News in :90.
Thirteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas last week, a man died in a house fire in Minneapolis and Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon’s CEO. Production Editor Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90.
