Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action since a campaign to unionize the company’s stores began late last year.
Starbucks workers strike at more than 100 US stores
Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Walmart proposed a $3.1 billion legal settlement on Tuesday over the toll of powerful prescription opioids sold at its pharmacies, becoming the latest major drug industry player to promise major support to state, local and tribal governments still grappling with a crisis in overdose deaths.
News in :90 – March 17, 2021
A judge this morning dismissed a juror who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police office in George Floyd’s death. This year, St. Patrick’s Day was held mostly virtually in New York. Supporters for the University Survivors Movement, a group that advocates for the end of sexual assault on college campuses, is seeking changes for title nine.
Sports in :60 – Nov. 13, 2018
The St. Thomas basketball team heads to New York to compete against the Brooklyn Bulldogs Thursday, Hugh Jackson is hired by the Cincinnati Bangles, and the Japanese team widens the gap in their series against the MLB All-Stars team. Reporter Jack Stanek has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas student artfully juggles school, sports, fashion
Junior Alexandra Howard has spent her year balancing a full load of classes for a marketing major, swimming and her love for fashion.
News in :90 – March 12, 2018
A helicopter crash in New York, a charter bus crash in Minnesota, tweets from President Trump about gun control, and a St. Thomas petition for safer crosswalks are all part of today’s News in :90 with designer Jon Westerberg.
News in :90 – Dec. 13, 2017
Al Franken’s replacement is named, a Democrat wins the senate in Alabama for the first time since 1992, and a man who detonated a pipe bomb in a New York subway tunnel faces charges. Reporter Kailyn Johnson has today’s News in :90.
AP: 3 hurt when bomb strapped to man explodes in NY subway
A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square, injuring the man, slightly wounding three others and sending New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway.
News in :90 – Oct. 16, 2017
A New Jersey man is charged in two bombings this summer, and Minnesota joins a lawsuit against the White House. Assignment editor Carolyn Meyer has today’s News in :90.
Blast injures 29, rocks New York
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday a blast that injured 29 people in Manhattan was caused by some kind of bomb, but the attack didn’t appear to be linked to international terrorism.
NY, LA schools receive same email threat; LA cancels classes
The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats Tuesday of a large-scale jihadi attack with guns and bombs.
Pope Francis mingles with high and low in New York visit
While in New York City, Pope Francis on Friday offered comfort to 9/11 victims’ families, warnings to world leaders at the United Nations and encouragement to schoolchildren in Harlem.
The Latest: Pope Francis heading to Manhattan in helicopter
The latest developments in Pope Francis’ visit to the United States.
Women’s hockey to face Plattsburgh in NCAA quarterfinals
The game will be a rematch of last year’s national semifinal in which the Cardinals defeated the Tommies 1-0 in overtime.
Snowstorm threatens to paralyze the crowded Northeast US
Tens of millions of people rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and 1 to 3 feet of snow in the Northeast.