GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high” based on early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with “severe consequences.”
Legend has it that in November of 1621, English settlers in Plymouth and the Indigenous Wampanoags celebrated their newfound friendship with a feast: America’s first Thanksgiving. History, however, tells a story of massacre, war and violence between the Native Americans and the English — that story is much harder to feel ‘thankful’ for.
All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
Vice President and Director of Athletics Phil Esten reviewed updates in the athletic department, a Dougherty Family College update was given, a new member was sworn in and finance updates were overviewed at the Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting Thursday, Nov. 18 at Scooter’s.
Executive Vice President and Provost Eddy Rojas announced a major milestone in St. Thomas’ history in a Monday morning email: the beginning of a nursing program.
Twenty positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of Nov. 15.
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing a crime, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
As St. Thomas Peer Ministry gathered to hold a “Prayer For Life” vigil Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, students in support of abortion rights also showed up to stand against the event.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding the government’s campaign to shore up protection and get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that may worsen with the holidays.
St. Thomas is offering an LGBTQIA+ literature course this spring, marking the first course in fifteen years with a focus on a specific group; English adjunct professor Melissa Hendrickx is pioneering the new curriculum.
Students will now be required to scan their ID when entering the O’Shaughnessy-Frey library after 10 p.m. The new protocol, put into effect on Oct. 24th, is due to library staff wanting students, faculty and materials to be safer at night.
LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
Twenty-eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being during the week of Nov. 12.
Rashaunea Ambers-Winston, a St. Thomas junior, uses poetry as a way to express herself and get her feelings out, writing about her life and the personal struggles and triumphs she has experienced and wants her writing to
