North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia have been declared in a state of emergency and New Hampshire is set to elect its first black member of congress or first openly gay representative. Ad Director Amanda Gasow has today’s News In :90.
St. Thomas Athletics Director Steve Fritz announced he will be retiring at the end of the 2018-2019 academic year.
Patrons are evacuated from a Buffalo Wild Wings in Moorhead, the new U.N. human rights chief warned about abuses worldwide, and the first woman to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit said she’s glad she didn’t have to. Production Editor Emily Sweeney has today’s News in :90.
The final day of hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begin, republican senate candidate Karin Housely uses her husband’s celebrity status in a new campaign ad, and Tesla stocks fall seven percent. Assignment Editor Althea Larson has today’s News in :90.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes northern Japan, the Trump administration announces plans to sidestep a border policy, and Minnesota receives federal disaster relief funding. Director Noah Brown has today’s News in :90.
A deadly tropical storm makes landfall in the U.S., the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begins, and new gene-modification research makes significant progress. Production Emily Sweeney has today’s News in :90.
Sen. John McCain, a war hero whose career took him from the battlefields and prison camps of Vietnam to a 35-year career in Washington as a leader in the GOP, died Saturday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 81.
Doug Hennes, a staple in the St. Thomas community since the 1970s, died unexpectedly Thursday morning in his home. He was 63.
President Donald Trump’s order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion and uncertainty along the border, with no clear plan to reunite families but with growing signs the administration is dialing back its “zero tolerance” policy on those entering the U.S. illegally.
Minnesota regulators opened a key hearing Monday meant to lead to a final decision on whether to approve a crude oil line proposed by Enbridge Energy.
China’s government responded to a tariff hike on Chinese goods imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it will impose penalties of “equal strength” on U.S. products.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says 10 people are dead and 10 more wounded after a shooting at a high school in the town of Santa Fe.
St. Thomas adjunct professor Ry Siggelkow made a commitment to himself to include black theology within the curriculum of all of his theology classes and taught Theology 432: Black Religious Experience this past spring.
St. Thomas’ art history department held a panel and reception April 17 to officially open the Voorsanger Architects Archive exhibit that has been in O’Shaughnessy Educational Center since mid-February.
Three business students started an athletic apparel brand, In Progress, for a Business 200 project. The group was able to get Twins’ first baseman Joe Mauer and free agent NBA forward Kris Humphries to endorse the line.
