The number of Americans seeking unemployment declined last week, small business owners face a tough decision on whether and when to hire employees and one of the original white doves at Prince’s Paisley Park estate died Tuesday. TM Creative Director Elizabeth Neil has today’s News in :90.
The Rev. Larry Snyder, St. Thomas vice president for mission, will retire on June 30, 2021, university President Julie Sullivan announced in an email to St. Thomas staff Monday. Chief Story Editor and Social Media Manager Angeline Terry has the story.
Thirteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas last week, a man died in a house fire in Minneapolis and Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon’s CEO. Production Editor Justin Amaker has today’s News in :90.
Thirteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being Monday, a decrease of four from the previous week.
Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping and entertainment behemoth, will step down later this year as CEO, a role he’s had for nearly 30 years, to become executive chairman, the company announced Tuesday.
The Minneapolis mayor and police chief said Monday that officers will no longer be allowed to turn off their body cameras to talk privately when they respond to calls, one of several changes implemented following George Floyd’s death in police custody.
Two people are hospitalized after suffering injuries when a house exploded, Former President Donald Trump faces an impeachment trial next week and the St. Thomas women’s and men’s basketball teams play their first games since before the pandemic this week. Director Mia Laube has today’s News in :90.
There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with 10 Republican senators who have proposed $618 billion in coronavirus relief and the St. Thomas vice president for mission, the Rev. Larry Snyder, will retire on June 30, 2021. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas women’s hockey games scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been postponed “due to COVID-19 protocols,” the St. Thomas athletics department announced in a statement Thursday afternoon. Production Editor Justin Amaker has the story.
Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb. 8, the first time a former president will face such charges after leaving office.
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
President-elect Joe Biden made a sober entrance to the nation’s capital Tuesday, ready to assume power as America reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave concerns about more violence as he prepares to take the oath of office.
Five St. Thomas students were victims of an armed robbery involving a firearm at around 2:56 a.m. Saturday on Cretin Avenue between Selby and Dayton avenues, approximately one block from the university’s St. Paul campus, according to an email from St. Thomas Public Safety Saturday morning. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson has the story.
The MIAC Presidents’ Council announced on Wednesday its intent to move forward with winter sports competition after postponing the decision on Dec. 15. Assignment Editor Joey Swanson and Sports Editor Olivia Paradise have the story.
