Donald Trump faces criminal charges, Iran attacked Israel and the FBI is investigating the Baltimore bridge collapse.
News in :90 – April 15, 2024
US says China balloon could collect intelligence signals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The China balloon shot down by the U.S. was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals as part of a huge, military-linked aerial surveillance program that targeted more than 40 countries, the Biden administration declared Thursday, citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes.
News in :90 – Nov. 4, 2022
Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months. The Columbia Journalism Review unveiled a tool on Thursday that calculates the number of stories a missing person’s disappearance would net, based on demographics. A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to threatening a U.S. senator, according to federal prosecutors. Rhynn Paulsen has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Sept. 14, 2022
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of instigating new rounds of shelling Wednesday across their borders as hostilities reignited between the two longtime adversaries. MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Nurses, hospital staff and supporters gathered outside of Children’s Minnesota-St. Paul and United hospitals Tuesday as part of the second day of a three-day nurses strike pressing for higher wages, resolving understaffing and more. Ben Hogan has today’s New in :90.
FBI: Remains found in Florida park ID’d as Brian Laundrie
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.
AP: 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic
A 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left there and others at a motel where he was staying, authorities said.
AP: Minneapolis police face civil rights probe over Floyd death
The state of Minnesota on Tuesday launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department in hopes of forcing widespread changes following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for minutes, even after he stopped moving.
OPINION: Zuckerberg should step down from Facebook
Facebook is worth just under $140 billion and intermingled with issues of free speech, election fraud and general misinformation. Columnist True Dabill argues it is time for Mark Zuckerberg to step down from Facebook leadership.
OPINION: Impeachment is the proper response to a dangerous president
Impeachment. The word re-entered our political sphere with President Donald Trump’s 2016 election. Back then, it seemed like the vain hope of left-wing supporters, but now, it could become reality. Columnist Kayla Mayer argues impeachment is the best option.
News in :90 – Oct. 4, 2018
A new federal alert system is tested, the Senate reviews a supplementary investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, and Minneapolis Police will not investigate Keith Ellison. Director Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – April 13, 2018
An explosion at a 3M plant injures three people, former FBI Director James Comey calls President Donald Trump “untethered to the truth” in a new book, and Keep the Ball Rolling has a new episode available for download. Photographer Sophie Ringold has today’s News in :90.
AP: Minnesota terror case shows challenge of predicting attacks
After Tnuza Jamal Hassan was stopped from flying to Afghanistan last September, she allegedly told FBI agents that she wanted to join al-Qaida and marry a fighter, and that she might even wear a suicide belt.
News in :90 – May 10, 2017
President Trump’s defense of firing FBI Director James Comey, a report that the student who discharged a weapon in Flynn Hall will not face criminal charges, outrage over a rainbow-colored sign in the Delano school district and an art program for veterans being offered at St. Thomas lead today’s headlines. Sports editor Carolyn Meyer has …
Trump defends Comey firing, says both parties will thank him
Trump did not mention any effect the firing might have on the probe into contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia.
News in :90 – April 20, 2015
This is News in :90 for Monday, April 20, 2015.