News in :90 – March 20, 2024

A wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia’s Northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen who rescued six people. The survivors said more people were still on the boat.

There were no immediate reports of casualties and those rescued were moved to a temporary shelter in the Samatiga sub-district.

Thousands have been trying to flee overcrowded camps in Bangladesh to neighboring countries with Indonesia seeing a spike in refugee numbers since November which prompted it to call on the international community for help.

Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he’d support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure.

The Republican former president has taken credit for striking down a federally guaranteed right to abortion by appointing three U.S. Supreme Court justices, who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, but has refrained from embracing any specific limit on the procedure, warning it could backfire politically and instead suggesting he would “negotiate” a policy on abortion.

In a radio interview Tuesday, Trump criticized democrats for not endorsing a ban that would limit abortions in states that still allow the procedure.

The demolition of McCarthy gym on St. Thomas’ south campus began Wednesday morning and is the next step in the construction of the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena.

Elaina Mankowski can be reached at elaina.mankowski@stthomas.edu.