St. Thomas baseball lost 6-5 to Mount Mercy University and won 14-1 to Iowa Wesleyan, and Karl-Anthony Towns scored 16 points in the 4th quarter to help the Timberwolves beat the Lakers. Ad/Pr representative Kelly Chisholm has today’s Sports in :60.
In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the Luann Dummer Center for Women hosted author Leslie Jamison in the O’Shaughnessy Education Center auditorium on Tuesday, March 8. Jamison’s lecture and Q&A session consisted of comprehensive reflections of women and the pandemic.
St. Thomas men’s basketball coach Johnny Tauer and junior forward Brooks Allen joined TommieMedia’s Scout Mason in The Locker Room to discuss the Tommies’ new recruits and and how they want to continue to improve in their second DI season.
An unspecified number of U.S.-made drones will be among the additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine. A Minneapolis man who lost an eye when he was hit by a projectile fired by police during protests that followed George Floyd’s killing will get a $2.4 million settlement. Lane Kennedy has todays News in :90.
Russian forces are pounding Ukrainian cities and edging closer to the capital, Kyiv, in a relentless bombardment that keeps deepening the humanitarian crisis in this war, now in its third week, the mayor of the Minneapolis suburb where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer who said she mistook her handgun for her Taser said Tuesday that a memorial to the Black motorist will stay in place, after miscommunication with staff led some to believe it would be removed and St. Thomas’ Luann Dummer Center for Women hosted Leslie Jamison, an acclaimed author and novelist, March 8. KUST host Joe LaPorte has today’s News in :90.
Russia’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv as a series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood, prosecutors have decided not to charge a Minneapolis woman and her son after one of them fatally shot a man they say was trying to break into their home and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a new policy for search warrants following the police shooting of a Black man in a downtown apartment. Photographer Zachary Knapp has today’s News in :90.
More than 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine, according to the U.N. refugee agency, with the vast majority seeking refuge in Poland, which has taken in more than 1.7 million refugees in the last 19 days. Gillian Farinella has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas softball lost 8-0 to Murray State and won 5-4 to Evansville Sunday, Tommies baseball fell 8-0 and 3-2 to Northwestern on Sunday in Evanston, Illinois, and St. Thomas women’s tennis earned its first Division I victory in a 7-0 sweep against Western Illinois on Sunday. Scout Mason has today’s Sports in :60.
St. Thomas men’s basketball senior guard Anders Nelson has reportedly entered the transfer portal listed as a graduate transfer, St. Thomas men’s hockey goaltender Peter Thome has signed a professional contract with the Idaho Steelheads, and the Timberwolves extend their win streak to six games after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder. Reporter Derek Badger has today’s Sports in :60.
Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine, a self-described member of an anti-government extremist group accused of taking advantage of the unrest after George Floyd’s killing to raise money for the movement was sentenced to three years in federal prison, and Minnesota legislative leaders remain so far apart on a deal to avert a looming increase in unemployment insurance taxes on businesses that they could not agree on whether the deadline is next Tuesday or April 30th. Reporter Ben Hogan has today’s News in :90.
3M is joining the growing list of multinational companies that have suspended business operations in Russia. St. Thomas men’s hockey graduate student goaltender Peter Thome signed a professional contract Tuesday with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL. Abby Kielty has todays News in :90.
Minneapolis teachers marched to the John B. Davis Education Center on Tuesday during the first day of the teacher strike. The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers is fighting for higher pay, mental health resources, smaller class sizes and more.
Despite Russia achieving less and struggling more than anticipated two weeks into the Ukraine War, the invading force of more than 150,000 troops retains large advantages in firepower as they bear down on key cities. Moscow’s main objective is toppling the Kyiv government and replacing it with Kremlin-friendly leadership. Angelica Franaschouk has today’s News in :90.
President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, teachers in the Minneapolis school district walked off the job on Tuesday in a dispute over wages, and three positive COVID-19 cases were reported by the Center for Well-Being during the week ending on March 4th. Ad/Pr representative Camarae Good has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas men’s hockey ended its inaugural Division I season with two losses over the weekend. St. Thomas softball lost three road games this weekend, falling twice to Bradley and once to Missouri in its third tournament of the season. The St. Thomas women’s tennis team fell to the University of Denver by a score of 7-0 in its summit league opener in Denver. Olivia VanGrinsven has today’s Sports in :60.
