News in :90 – May 13, 2022

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The fatal floods that weaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April have been attributed to human-caused climate change, the Minnesota Senate Democratic minority tried unsuccessfully to force consideration of nine abortion and health-related bills that the Republican majority has kept bottled up in committee, and St. Thomas’ O’Shaughnessy-Frey library was left mostly unscathed after a storm dropped almost two inches of rain during a tornado warning in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Radio host Joe LaPorte has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 12, 2022

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President Biden appealed to world leaders for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19. Minnesota suffered record amounts of heavy rainfall and live tornadoes during a Wednesday night storm. The University of St. Thomas’ Dougherty Family College has a new dean, Buffy Smith. John Martinez has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 11, 2022

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Senate Democrats are moving quickly to try to codify the 50-year-old ruling after a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggesting the court is poised to overturn the case was leaked last week; President Joe Biden wants to put a spotlight on the spike in food prices from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to emphasize how U.S. agricultural exports can relieve the financial pressures being felt worldwide; and Sri Lankan authorities deployed armored vehicles and troops in the streets of the capital on Wednesday. Cam Kauffman, Angelica Franaschouk and Elijah Todd-Walden have today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 10, 2022

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Pulitzer prize-winning news coverage and books were announced on May 9, St. Thomas post-graduation job rates remain relatively high amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and 55 positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being during the week of May 6. Reporter Derek Badger has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 9, 2022

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Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in Ukraine, the man behind the wheel of a car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City’s Time Square is heading to trial after various delays and the Automotive Competition and Stomp N Shake Cheer clubs are the newest clubs at St. Thomas. Zachary Knapp has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 6, 2022

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The mother of Daunte Wright said she was injured while she was briefly detained by an officer after she stopped to record an arrest of a person during a traffic stop, Jill Biden thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania as a check against Russian aggression for their service, and St. Thomas students gathered at Summit and Cretin avenues to protest a leaked Supreme Court draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Podcast Producer Mae Mcfarlane has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 5, 2022

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OPEC and allied oil-producing countries decided to gradually increase the flows they send to the world. Kyiv native, professor Paul Gavrilyuk, is dedicating his time to raising over $300,000 for Rebuild Ukraine. Gillian farinella had today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 4, 2022

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About 500 people gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance won Ohio’s contentious and hyper-competitive GOP Senate primary on Tuesday and Wall Street is off to a mixed start on Wednesday and bond yields are rising as traders look ahead to an announcement later in the day on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. Ben Hogan has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 3, 2022

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A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, employers posted a recond 11.5 million job openings in March and the United States now has an unprecedented two job openings for every person who is unemployed, and a Minnesota appeals court has sided with a Wright County man who was fined for flying a huge Donald Trump flag on top of a crane. Reporter Abby Kielty has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 2, 2022

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Israel lashed out at Russia over “unforgivable comments” by its foreign minister about Nazism and Antisemitism, President Joe Biden saluted his Walter Mondale Sunday at the UMN, and 29th Annual Undergraduate Communication Research Conference was held Friday. Camarae Good has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 29, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, Beijing is grappling with the latest wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and Minneapolis police used covert or bogus social media accounts to monitor black individuals and groups despite having no clear public safety rationale for doing so. Production Editor Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 28, 2022

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Putin’s demand to pay for gas in rubles would violate western sanctions imposed over the war, a Minneapolis Police Department investigation found patterns of race discrimination, and a TommieMedia columnist takes first place in contest. Ella Shuherk has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 27, 2022

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Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange, Elon Musk pledged to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week and 22 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being. Angelica Franaschouk has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 26, 2022

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Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 25, 2022

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French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term Sunday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for compromise in negotiations to replenish the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund, and Organizers of a vigil for four slain family members lit up their Duluth house with Christmas lights. Jack Taverna has today’s News in :90.