The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have stopped requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test at restaurants. As a result, the University Action and Response team released a statement announcing the university would discontinue the steps taken to comply with the city rules.
Authorities searching the Minneapolis apartment where Amir Locke was killed by a SWAT team member said a no-knock search warrant was necessary to protect the public and officers as they looked for guns, drugs and clothing worn by people suspected in a violent murder, according to documents made public Thursday.
Despite graduate student guard Ryan Lindberg’s 16 first-half points, the St. Thomas men’s basketball team was unable to take down UM Kansas City Tuesday, losing 76-67 at Schoenecker Arena.
Authorities arrested Amir Locke’s 17-year-old cousin Tuesday in connection with the homicide investigation that led police to the Minneapolis apartment where a SWAT team officer fatally shot Locke while conducting a search warrant.
St. Thomas seniors Thevni Lelwala, Kevyn Perkins and Adam Revoir have been selected as finalists for the 2022 Tommie Award, an annual honor given to a St. Thomas senior who “embodies the ideals of St. Thomas Aquinas through scholarship, leadership and campus involvement.”
Thirty-eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week ending on Feb. 4.
Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuses cases, a lung specialist testifies George Floyd could have been saved if Minneapolis police officers had moved him into a position to breathe more easily and five St. Thomas students were trapped on a January study abroad trip in Greece after testing positive for COVID-19. Web Manager Lauren Dettmer has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas students’ January Term trip to Greece went from “wonderful” to “absolute chaos” when five students had to stay behind after testing positive for COVID-19 days before their flight home was scheduled, causing some to miss two days of spring semester classes.
Oral Roberts held strong in an overtime battle against St. Thomas’ women’s basketball team that resulted in a win for the Golden Eagles Saturday, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team went overtime and lost 4-3 to No. 15 Michigan Tech Friday night, and the St. Thomas women’s hockey team fell 3-2 in a fiery game to St. Cloud State. Natalie Hoepner has today’s Sports in :60.
International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified, a caravan of about 50 vehicles drove through Minneapolis demanding justice in the death of Amir Locke and the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s rights is expected to resume. KUST Station Director Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
After a come-from-behind win on Saturday, the St. Thomas women’s hockey team fell 3-2 in a fiery game to St. Cloud State despite junior forwards Maija Almich and Allie Monrean’s one goal performance Sunday at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights.
Graduate student goaltender Peter Thome saved 34 of 36 shots from No. 15 Michigan Tech, but the St. Thomas men’s hockey team was unable to put points on the board and lost 2-0 Saturday night at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights. (Lauren Price/TommieMedia)
First-year forward Jade Hill brought the St. Thomas women’s basketball team within reach, but Oral Roberts held strong in an overtime battle that resulted in a 73-67 win for the Golden Eagles Saturday at Schoenecker Arena.
A come-from-behind goal by first-year forward Blaine Warnert evened the score at three-a-piece with less than five minutes remaining in regulation, forcing the St. Thomas men’s hockey team into overtime and a shootout, where the Tommies lost 4-3 to No. 15 Michigan Tech Friday night at St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights.
The Minneapolis mayor on Friday imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed this week as a SWAT team executed a search warrant.
