News in :90 – March 30, 2023

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A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. Russia’s security service arrested an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent has been detained on spying accusations since the Cold War. The newspaper denied the allegations.

News in :90 – March 29, 2023

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription.The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Russia will no longer give the U.S. advance notice about its missile tests, a senior Moscow diplomat said Wednesday.

News in :90 – March 28, 2023

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Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville.Ukraine’s president visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine on Tuesday. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead opening statements in his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs.

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 17, 2023

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Protests against French president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age. The North Dakota supreme court ruled that a state abortion ban will remain blocked. Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400-thousand gallons of radioactive water from XCEL energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant.

News in :90 – March 16, 2023

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A freight train carrying corn syrup – not hazardous materials – derailed in western Arizona, near the state’s border with California and Nevada, BNSF Railway said. The European Central Bank carried through with a large interest rate increase Thursday, brushing aside predictions it might dial back as U.S. bank collapses and troubles at Credit Suisse feed fears about the impact of higher rates on the global banking system. Minnesota courts will allow greater audiovisual coverage of criminal proceedings starting next year under an order filed Wednesday by the Minnesota Supreme Court, but the rules will nonetheless remain more restrictive than those in many other states.

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.

News in :90 – March 14, 2023

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Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II. U.S. consumer price increases eased slightly from January to February but still pointed to an elevated inflation rate that is posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve. Ten more people have been charged in connection with a scheme to steal more than $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals to low-income children in Minnesota.

Sports in :60 – March 13, 2023

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St. Thomas first year guard Andrew Rohde is one of the 25 finalists for the Kyle Macy Freshman of the Year Award, awarded to the nation’s top first-year men’s basketball player. Oral Roberts Men’s basketball earned the No. 12 seed in the NCAA tournament this past Sunday. Adam Mueller has today’s Sports in :60.

News in :90 – March 13, 2023

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The Biden administration is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope. U.S. regulators closed the Silicon Valley Bank on Friday after it experienced a traditional bank run, where depositors rushed to withdraw their funds all at once. Mackenna Meyers has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – March 9, 2023

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Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday protecting the rights of LGBTQ people from Minnesota and other states to receive gender affirming health care, as he slammed the tide of other states rolling back transgender rights. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped by the most in five months, but layoffs remain historically low as the labor market continues to be largely unaffected by the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. Russia launched a massive barrage of missiles and drones that hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity.

News :90 – March 8, 2023

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A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days. Germany’s defense minister voiced caution Wednesday over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group was involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year. Immigration status will no longer disqualify more than 80,000 people from getting Minnesota drivers licenses under a bill signed by Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday.