Two people are hospitalized after suffering injuries when a house exploded, Former President Donald Trump faces an impeachment trial next week and the St. Thomas women’s and men’s basketball teams play their first games since before the pandemic this week. Director Mia Laube has today’s News in :90.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus relief and the St. Thomas vice president for mission, the Rev. Larry Snyder, will retire on June 30, 2021. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas reported 58 positive COVID-19 tests last week, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Minnesota, the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden and the community gathered to remember a St. Thomas sophomore who died. Production Editor Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90.
A memorial service will be held for Kyra Winslow, people will still have to wear masks and social distance for some time after vaccinations and a permit was granted to a church in western Minnesota that has been identified as a hate group. Videographer Kyra Taylor has today’s News in :90.
A St. Thomas sophomore died in a car crash, 12 St. John Vianney students tested positive for COVID-19 Friday and the first COVID-19 vaccination program in a western country began in the U.K. TMCreative Director Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
Students with disabilities are experiencing academic setbacks during the pandemic, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named Tina Flournoy as her chief of staff, and a small plane crash-landed on a Minnesota interstate. Chief Story Editor and Social Media Manager Mia Laube has today’s News in :90.
Positive COVID-19 cases on campus fell by almost half, Arizona certifies President-elect Joe Biden as its winner and police will not open a major investigation into the disappearance of a monolith in Utah. Business Manager Mae Macfarlane has today’s News in :90.
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.
