Confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, St. Thomas contact tracers urged students to report cases and Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman died Sunday. Photojournalist Abby Klein has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct 16, 2020
17 Million Americans have voted ahead of the general election, a new testing program has started in Hawaii, and the Minnesota State Senate passed a 1.9 billion dollar construction package. Photojournalist Grace Hahn has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 15, 2020
President Donald Trump sought to shore up support from constituencies in Iowa, Minnesota reported 29 new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and the European-Japanese probe, BepiColombo, bound for Mercury swung by Venus. Photographer Casey Eakins has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 14, 2020
A second wave of COVID-19 hit Europe, the Minnesota House convened to try to pass a public works construction borrowing package and University of St. Thomas student clubs and organizations may host in-person events with more than 25 attendees. Designer Lauren Dettmer has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 13, 2020
Thirty-six positive COVID-19 tests were reported last week by the University of St. Thomas’ Center For Well-Being Monday, Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been paused for an investigation into a study participant’s “unexplained illness” and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is on Capitol Hill for a second day of hearings. Ad/PR representative Isabel Crosby has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 12, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing began Monday, a federal judge upheld a Minnesota state court agreement that allows counting of absentee ballots up to seven days after Election Day and four St. Thomas community members provided life-saving aid to professor Stephen Laumakis. Videographer Madeline Combs has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct 9, 2020
President Donald Trump insist he is ready to resume campaign rallies, 51 people were arrested Wednesday night in Minneapolis and the University of St. Thomas reduce AARC capacity limits. Photojournalist Huda Alsomali has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 8, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris discussed issues such as the Pandemic, Systematic Racism and more in last night’s Vice Presidential debate, former Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, posted bail Wednesday and was released from jail and St. Thomas men’s hockey coach Jeff Boeser will retire at the end of the 2020-21 season, St. Thomas Athletics announced Monday. Videographer Nate Schneiderhan has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 07, 2020
Former police officer Derek Chauvin was released from prison, rock legend Eddie Van Halen died, and former St. Thomas coach Mark Dowdle ran 160 miles for pancreatic cancer. Director Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 06, 2020
President Trump returns home from the hospital, Fairview health closes locations and reduces workforce and St. Thomas reports 51 positive cases of COVID-19. Web Manager Sara Thibault has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 5, 2020
President Donald Trump hopes to be released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today, the Supreme Court began its new term and three Minnesota Congressman face backlash after flying on a commercial plane from Washington, D.C. just two days after being in contact with Trump.
News in :90 – Oct. 2, 2020
President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19, America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September and residents in a St. Thomas first-year dorm will be tested for COVID-19 after multiple students were confirmed positive. Chief Video Editor Taylor Shupe has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Oct. 1, 2020
A humanitarian project that intends to deliver coronavirus vaccines, faces skepticism from some of the countries it intends to help most. Trump’s refusal to criticize the Proud Boys drew fierce blowback before altering his message in a day-later effort to quell the firestorm. Campus a cappella groups are beginning their season despite COVID-19 challenges. Reporter Leila Weah has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 — Sept. 30, 2020
The first Presidential Debate took place Tuesday night, Walt Disney Co. announced that it plans to lay off 28,000 employees and the St. Thomas Center for Well-Being reported 56 positive COVID-19 cases last week. Ad/PR Director Grace Hallen has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – Sept. 29, 2020
St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being reported 56 positive COVID-19 tests last week, the Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans are suspending in-person activities, and Donald Trump and Joe Biden will face off in a debate. Reporter Sawyer Rutan has today’s News in :90.
