News in :90 – May 11, 2023

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This week marks the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants at the southern border for the last three years. U.S. Rep. George Santos, infamous for fabricating his life story, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he duped donors, stole from his campaign and lied to Congress about being a millionaire, all while cheating to collect unemployment benefits he didn’t deserve. The U.K. is sending Ukraine long-range cruise missiles to help push back Russian forces, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Thursday. It’s the first known shipment of the weaponry that Kyiv has long sought from its allies.

News in :90 – May 10, 2023

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U.S. Rep. George Santos has been charged with federal criminal offenses, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Former President Donald Trump will return to CNN’s airwaves on Wednesday, joining the network for a two-hour town hall event. The late pop superstar Prince is being honored in Minnesota as the state renames a seven-mile stretch of highway after him.

News in :90 – May 8, 2023

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Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday. In the past few weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have been facilitating these expulsions three times a day as roughly 30,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, have entered the U.S. The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline’s control.

News in :90 – April 26, 2023

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone conversation. The Minnesota House is debating a “red flag law” to allow the temporary confiscation of guns from people judged to be an immediate threat to themselves or others. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the case of a 94-year-old woman who lost her one-bedroom condo in minneapolis over 2,300 dollars in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

News in :90 – April 24, 2023

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Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who killed Duante Wright was released from prison. Jury selection began Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers in 2018. Gunfire at a huge prom after-party at a home in Texas injured nine teenagers.

News in :90 – April 17, 2023

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Alabama law enforcement officers Sunday were imploring people to come forward with information about a shooting. The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News put off the opening of the trial Monday. One sheriff’s deputy died on his 44th birthday and two other law enforcement officers were injured after a shootout in west-central Minnesota.

St. Thomas baseball walks off NDSU, first home win of season

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Sophomore pitcher Evan Esch dominated on the mound, tossing six scoreless innings and giving St. Thomas baseball a quality start in a 2-1 walk-off win over North Dakota State Saturday. Esch and junior reliever Duke Coborn held the Bison (10-25 overall, 6-4 Summit League) scoreless until the ninth inning. Junior second baseman Sam Kuelsa singled …

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Baseball drops home opening doubleheader to NDSU

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Both starters, junior Kolby Gartner (game one) and sophomore Walker Retz (game two), went at least six innings for the St. Thomas baseball team but were knocked around as the Tommies dropped both games of the home-opening doubleheader 13-3 and 10-4 against North Dakota State Friday at Koch Diamond. The Bison (10-23 overall, 6-2 Summit …

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News in :90 – April 11, 2023

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A volcano erupted early Tuesday on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday. A student at a private southeastern Minnesota college faces multiple counts.

News in :90 – March 27, 2023

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Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament and workers launched a nationwide strike on Monday, as a surging mass protest movement threatened to paralyze the economy. Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South. Managing editor Sam Larson has today’s news in :90.

News in :90 – March 15, 2023

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A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments Wednesday in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest. A former University of St. Thomas student was charged Monday in Ramsey County District Court with third-degree criminal sexual conduct.