California will ban carrying firearms in most public places. A U.S. soldier who fled to North Korea was set back to America. The Minneapolis City Council has not acted upon the ballot initiative that allows for rent control. Sydney Haus has today’s News in :90.
Russia is replenishing its supplies of ammunition and is expected to turn to North Korea for support, a California law will require many large companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and the Carver County Library is considering the removal of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” at a meeting today. Opinions Editor Rhynn Paulson has today’s News in :90.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed. Under Florida law, a death sentence requires a unanimous vote on at least …
Fifth-year quarterback Cade Sexauer threw three touchdowns and racked up 185 yards passing as the St. Thomas football team crushed the Lincoln (California) Oaklanders 43-6 Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium. Cam Kauffman has the story.
University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan’s decision to step down in favor of becoming the first female and layperson president of Santa Clara University wasn’t an easy one to make.
Just a day after the U.S. announced its first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus had been detected in California, health officials announced Thursday it was found in a man who attended an anime convention in New York City in late November.
Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators to authorize its pill against COVID-19, a Southern California beach reopened after an undersea pipeline leaked crude oil into the waters and a shootout at a busy St. Paul bar left a woman dead and 14 injured. Reporter Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.
California Governor Gavin Newsom remains in office after a recall vote, Minnesota House Democrats vote to expel Representative John Thompson from their caucus following allegations of domestic violence and questions about residency, and St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being reports six positive COVID-19 cases during the first week of class. Web Manager Lauren Dettmer has today’s News in :90.
The appearance of a mysterious monolith in Utah sparked a social media frenzy, and with subsequent appearances in Romania and California, the mystery was amplified. Opinions Editor Maddie Peters connects the metal monoliths’ appearances to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
Wildfires rage across California, Minnesota schools began their academic year Tuesday and St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan gave the university’s first virtual convocation address Tuesday. Sports Editor Joey Swanson has today’s News in :90.
Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.
The House has opened a second day of Trump impeachment hearings, a school shooting happened in Santa Clarita, California and a St. Paul man was arrested after a police chase. Designer Lia Saari has today’s News in :90.
For the first time in university history, St. Thomas’ dining services will offer halal options for students, faculty, and staff beginning in Fall 2019. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is continuing its work on repairing potholes on I-35W starting today. California will call in the National Guard to help protect communities from devastating forest fires starting in April. President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan announced that he plans to step down from his position on Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over the future course of the Central Asian country. Ad/PR representative Alexis Okafor has today’s News in :90.
Firefighters struggle to put out wildfires in Southern California, US colleges are attracting fewer students from abroad, and the university announced Monday that St. Thomas alumnus Phil Esten will be the next vice president and athletics director. Reporter Carly Noble has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas’s 2018 first-year class is the biggest in history which leads to renovations on campus, St. Paul expects to vote to raise the minimum wage, and more deaths are being discovered as wild fires rage on both ends of California. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
