Karen Lange, vice president of student affairs, discussed the protest policy at St. Thomas in relation to the college protests happening nationwide at the general Undergraduate Student Government meeting on Thursday, May 2. USG CME Gwynn Vang has the story.
The first shipment of humanitarian aid to a floating pier in Gaza has left a port in Cyprus, forecasters warned of dangerous storms across the U.S. and attorney Ben Crump is calling for transparency in the investigation of the killing of a Black U.S. Air Force Airman by police. Sabrina Thompson has today’s News in :90.
The St. Paul City Zoning Committee unanimously denied both appeals against the Lee and Penny Anderson Arena site plans at a public meeting on Thursday, May 2. Managing Editor Owen Larson has the story.
Israeli forces took control of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the Gaza Strip, police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago early Tuesday and a Minnesota Senate ethics panel on Tuesday is expected to begin considering what to do with a lawmaker who’s charged with burglary. University Affairs CME Gwynn Vang has today’s News in :90.
Opinions CME Cecilia Wallace makes the case for naming Snoopy the official Gen Z icon.
China launched a lunar probe on Friday to land on the far side of the Moon, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the repeal of a Civil War-Era ban on nearly abortions in the state and St. Thomas President Rob Vischer sent an email to all students addressing protests on college campuses. Kevin Strus has today’s News in :90.
Carlos Alcatraz announced his withdrawal from the Italian Open because of an injury, a bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in jeopardy over the arrest of senator Nicole Mitchell on a burglary charge, and the St. Thomas Men’s and Women’s Track and Field team hosted 16 teams at the Joe Sweeney Invitational. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas men’s and women’s track and field hosted 16 teams at the Joe Sweeney Invitational at O’Shaughnessy Stadium on Wednesday. Kevin Lynch has the story.
Police removed barricades and began dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles, a highway collapse in China killed 36 and new data shows that pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels. Kendall Shostak has today’s News in :90.
Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order, the EPA said it finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride and hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the University of Minnesota Campus Monday. Jaydin Fairbanks has today’s News in :90.
Getting around the Twin Cities could become more difficult this summer after ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft have threatened to cease operations in the area over a Minneapolis city ordinance set to raise the minimum wage for rideshare workers. Livy Dunlap has the story.
Daniela Kopřivová explores the differences between the public transportation system in the Czech Republic and the United States.
St. Thomas baseball fell flat in an 8-0 defeat against the University of Minnesota Wednesday night in the last game of a two-game series. Juan Del Valle has the story.
Construction on the Lee and Penny Anderson Arena paused on April 16 until the City of St. Paul can assess the site’s building plans. Managing Editor Owen Larson has the story.
A New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, a top Hamas political official told The Associated Press they are willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel if aPalestinian state is established and some U.S. universities called in police to break up demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war. Dom Tritchler has today’s News in :90.
