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.
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.
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.
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.
The Biden administration has pledged to work to reduce overall methane emissions worldwide by 30% by 2030, local elections are taking place across the U.S., and St. Paul will vote on a proposal for rent stabilization. Ella Shuherk has today’s News in :90.
President Joe Biden proposed a $555 billion plan for climate change spending and the University of Minnesota is participating in a new $25 million project that will reduce uncertainties in climate change projections using artificial intelligence technology. Reporter Anh Nguyen has today’s News in :90.
The European Union’s chief executive called for a show of climate leadership, President Joe Biden visited Capitol Hill Thursday morning to push a domestic policy package of $1.75 trillion, and a Minnesota judge has denied a defense request against a former suburban Minneapolis police officer. Patrick Toner has todays News in :90.
The first U.S. passport with an “X” gender designation was issued, the names of the jurors for the Derek Chauvin trial will be released, and seven positive COVID-19 cases were reported by the Center for Well-Being. Lauren Dettmer has today’s news in :90.
The names of 15 jurors and alternatives who sat in the courtroom for the trial of Derek Chauvin will be made public, a new survey shows that six out of ten Americans believe that the pace of global warming is speeding up, and a judge has ordered two Twin Cities rental companies to pay $736,000 to nearly two dozen women. Elizabeth Neil has today’s News in :90.
Two of the five people in the Cambridge house explosion were seriously injured, the Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place and children as young as 3 will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccines in China. Reporter Jonathan Rosario has today’s News in :90.
The FBI identified the remains of Brian Laundrie, the Minnsota Department of Health reported the first COVID-19 student death this school year and the Center for Well-Being restructured positions to add health promotion. Ad/PR Director Hope Hansen has today’s News in :90.
A former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman was sentenced to 57 months, COVID-19 infections and deaths surged to all-time highs in Ukraine, and U.S. regulators signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Lia Piazza has today’s News in :90.
Public Safety Sgt. Reggie Wright has a fan club, the White House has announced plans to vaccinate children, and a judge announced that bail will not be lowered for a man accused of shooting a Twin Cities man. Derek Badger has today’s News in :90.
Gov. Tim Walz launched his campaign for a second term, China’s spacecraft docked Saturday at its space station, and twenty-nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being. Francisca Aravena has today’s News in :90.
