A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership’s efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine. The shooting comes after scattered arson attacks on enlistment offices and protests in Russian cities …
Voting began Friday in Russian-held regions of Ukraine to decide whether these regions should become part of Russia. The Kremlin-Orchestrated referendums, which have been widely denounced by Ukraine and the west as shams without any legal force, are seen as a step toward annexing the territories by Russia. The voting, overseen by Moscow-installed authorities, is …
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy laid out a case against Russia at the United Nations, Democrats reach an agreement on a long-sought policing and public safety package, and clashes between Iranian security forces and protestors worsen. Chief Studio Producer Zachary Knapp has TommieMedia’s News in :90.
Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become integral parts of Russia, Hurricane Fiona raked the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico and JBS has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit with consumers that accused the giant meat producer of conspiring with other meat companies to inflate the price of pork. Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.
Minnesota Timberwolves players and staff participated in a player-led icebreaker game of slow-pitch softball on the St. Thomas baseball field.
Over the weekend, the St. Thomas women’s tennis team competed at the Gopher Invitational, starting strong with two individual match wins and two doubles team wins. Joe Ryan pitched shutout ball for the second straight outing and become only the second Minnesota starter to reach the eighth inning this season. Chad Breitenfeldt has today’s Sports in :60.
Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico. A funeral was held today for Queen Elizabeth II. Governor Tim Walz proposed a 60 page plan regarding climate change. Rori West has the stories.
Flash floods swept across central Italy, leaving ten people and at least four reported missing. The fire department tweeted that dozens of people trapped or stranded by the rising floodwaters were rescued. Stocks fell on Friday morning, putting the market on track for another week of sizable losses. Sydney Labelle has the stories.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Thursday for talks on boosting ties between their countries. President Biden announced Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a nationwide strike that could have been devastating to the economy before the pivotal midterm elections. A St. Paul man was sentenced Wednesday to 43 years in prison for running an online pornography scheme that victimized more than 1,000 girls across the United States.
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.
The EU Parliament backed a proposal for a law banning the sale of agricultural products linked to the destruction of forests, a Connecticut jury will begin hearing evidence today in a trial to decide how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay to relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting, and lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month.
Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launch a three day strike over issues of pay. Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. The Center for Well-Being has recently opened online scheduling for counseling sessions. Cam Kauffman has today’s news in :90.
First-year left fielder Brigs Richartz was a key bat for the Tommies, hitting four for four with a three-run home runs, as the St. Thomas baseball team defeated Nebraska-Omaha 6-4 Thursday at Koch Diamond. Sam Larson has the story.
St. Thomas is working to create a game design minor with influence from Sky Anderson, a professor of Introduction to Mass Media, Visual Media Theory and Practice, and most recently: Game Design.
The St. Thomas football team wrapped up their spring practice schedule, St. Thomas softball’s first-year shortstop Brooke Ellestad earned the Summit League’s Freshman of the Year honor, and senior Parker Feueborn placed fourth in the hammer throw on opening day of the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Photographer Katie Goelz has today’s Sports in :60.
The fatal floods that weaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April have been attributed to human-caused climate change, the Minnesota Senate Democratic minority tried unsuccessfully to force consideration of nine abortion and health-related bills that the Republican majority has kept bottled up in committee, and St. Thomas’ O’Shaughnessy-Frey library was left mostly unscathed after a storm dropped almost two inches of rain during a tornado warning in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Radio host Joe LaPorte has today’s News in :90.
