Pfizer will allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, Minnesota law enforcement officers will have new body cameras, and St. Thomas students are in it to win it at trivia nights. Paige Yurczyk has the story.
Joe Biden signed his one-trillion-dollar infrastructure deal into law Monday, Minnesota reported another 5,266 coronavirus infections and a 9.7% positivity rate the past seven days, and St. Thomas has introduced new initiatives to reduce the university’s carbon footprint. Rori West has today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas football team defeated Drake University 21-14 Saturday, St. Thomas men and women’s swim and dive teams both placed last against St. Cloud State University and Minnesota State University-Mankato, the St. Thomas women’s volleyball team lost in three sets to Oral Roberts in Tulsa and the St. Thomas women’s basketball team lost its home opener to Illinois State 70-55 on Saturday. Director Justin Amaker has today’s Sports in :60.
The University of St. Thomas will require all employees to be vaccinated by January 4th in compliance with federal guidelines instated by the Biden administration, Minnesota hospitals scramble to make room for patients as hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have hit a high for the year and attorneys are set to make closing arguments today at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial in the shooting of three men during street unrest in Wisconsin. Reporter Pico Volkov has today’s News in :90.
A group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black service members who fought for the nation during World War II, leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party set the stage for President Xi Jinping to extend his rule next year, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is on “life support.” Zachary Knapp has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas’ Sustainability Club and French Club joined forces to pick up trash Saturday, Oct. 23 on the shorelines of the Mississippi River during the 28th annual River Clean-Up.
The name of the new St. Thomas STEAM building was announced, a body found along an interstate was identified as a missing girl, and two reporters are working on a biography of George Floyd. Josephine (Lopez) Otieno has the story.
Medical professionals are suing a city-owned hospital after they were terminated for refusing to receive the COIVD-19 vaccine, Wong Yah-Ping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk, and 28 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported by the Center For Well Being. Lucy Peterson has today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas football team ended its three-game winning streak as they fell 42-15 this last weekend and the St. Thomas women’s hockey team finished the Buckeyes series with a 6-2 loss. Reporter Natalie Hoepner has today’s Sports in :60.
Eight people died at an Astroworld Music Festival this weekend in Houston, the Minnesota Department of Transportation installed twelve highway signs recognizing land boundaries with three Ojibwe tribes and construction of the new Schoenecker Center will begin in May 2022. Reporter Sumaii Gemechu has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas athletics department hosted “Hoops Hysteria,” the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators and the St. Thomas football team will face the Davidson Wildcats in North Carolina. Photographer Pico Volkov has today’s Sports in :60.
The Biden administration sued Texas over new election laws, Minnesota school districts administer the COVID-19 vaccine to children and St. Thomas Dining Services introduced the OZZI reusable take-out system. Photographer Keaton Eakins has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas men’s cross country coach Pete Wareham and players Zach Haire and Cole Halla sit down with TommieMedia’s Zachary Knapp to discuss their first D-I season and what’s to come next year.
Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey vowed to make his re-election a turning point after a bitterly divisive campaign, and New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy narrowly won reelection Wednesday. Sydney Labelle has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas community members voted in the municipal election Tuesday, Jacob Frey is leading the Minneapolis mayoral race, and voters decided against replacing the Minneapolis police department. Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
