Nine positive COVID-19 cases were reported last week by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being, over a 50% decrease from last week’s 19 cases, and the lowest since the week of Jan. 30.

According to the St. Thomas COVID-19 Dashboard, there is no evidence of transmission in classrooms and labs, and more than 50% of quarantine spaces are available.

Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials say that bad intelligence was to blame for the disastrous failure to anticipate the violent intentions of the mob.

The officials, including the former chief of the Capitol Police Steven Sund, are blaming other federal agencies — and each other — for their failure to defend the building against supporters of then-President Donald Trump.

Three of the four scheduled to testify Tuesday before two Senate committees resigned under pressure immediately after the deadly attack, including Sund.

For the second year in a row, Xcel Energy has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

Xcel Energy is one of only nine honorees in the Energy & Utilities category, and one of only four companies in the United States in that group.

Xcel Energy is the first major U.S. electricity provider to commit to reducing carbon emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2030, with a vision of providing 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050, and today the company is more than halfway to its goal, having reduced carbon emissions 51%, a record 12% drop in a single year.

Madeline Combs can be reached at comb5953@stthomas.edu.