Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek health care got caught in a deadly shootout and were kidnapped. An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and injured dozens. The Minnesota House approved a $1.9 billion public infrastructure package with bipartisan support Monday evening for fixing up roads, bridges, water systems, college facilities and parks and trails across the state.
Nearly three dozen people have been detained after flaming bottles and rocks were thrown at officers during a protest at “Cop City,” a new police training center that’s been the site of prior demonstrations and the death of a protester, Atlanta police said Monday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will temporarily transfer power to Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan on Monday while he’s under general anesthesia for a colonoscopy, his office said Sunday. Sumaii Gemechu has today’s news in :90.
St. Thomas men’s basketball will face number one seed Oral Roberts Monday night after beating Western Illinois 67-60 Sunday to advance to the Summit League semi finals. t. Thomas women’s basketball team was eliminated from the Summit League playoffs after a season-ending 87-59 loss to South Dakota State on Saturday. Joe Haske has today’s news in :90.
In the culmination of the once-prominent lawyer’s fall from grace, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday after being convicted of murdering his wife and son. Judge Clifton Newman asked Murdaugh if he had anything he wanted to say before sentencing him to two consecutive life terms, and the South Carolina …
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. A transgender woman was brutally assaulted near a light rail station in Minneapolis, suffering serious injuries including a rib fracture, collapsed lung and brain bleed.
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term. TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. Community opposition over the city of St. Paul’s draft plan for the proposed Summit Avenue Regional trial has continued to grow over concerns of safety, parking, and possible tree loss.
The Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments in a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered officials to tighten control of the border with Ukraine after a spate of drone attacks. Heavy snow bookended the United States on Tuesday, with a late-season storm bringing a messy morning commute to the Northeast.
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today over President Biden’s student debt relief plan, which impacts millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. The death toll rose to 62 today in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast after rescue crews recovered three more bodies. Bella Adams has today’s news in :90.
Despite trailing by as many as 13 points during the third quarter, St. Thomas women’s basketball celebrated senior day with a win against North Dakota on Saturday afternoon. St. Thomas men’s basketball was swept by North Dakota state, securing the fifth seed in the Summit League playoffs which begin on Sunday. Isabel Brown has todays sports in :60.
The St. Paul police department on Wednesday identified the victim of a fatal crash that occurred on Cretin Avenue Monday, The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a first-hand look at a creek contaminated by a freight train derailment in Ohio and the St. Thomas study abroad office is attempting a new approach to boost student engagement with its programs. Will Abrahamson has today’s News in :90.
The St. Paul Police Department was on the scene of a fatal two-vehicle crash on Cretin Avenue North. Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus Monday. A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home has left the hospital and gone to her new home.
The St. Thomas women’s hockey team collected its first w-c-h-a point against Minnesota. Graduate guard Riley Miller sank three 3-pointers at Schoenecker Arena for the last time in his St. Thomas career. St. Thomas baseball traveled to California for a series against c-s-u Bakersfield…going 1-and-3 over the weekend. Creative Director Lia Piazza has today’s sports in :60.
President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war.” A shooting during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans killed one person, wounded four and sent panicked families running for cover. Opinions editor Rhynn Paulsen has today’s news in :90.
Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers …
One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas. Two sheriff’s deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers, officials said late Wednesday. Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and businesses.
