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. 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.

AP: Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate

Republican Mike Pence firmly defended the Trump administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans while his Democratic challenger, Kamala Harris, condemned “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” in a Wednesday night debate dominated by the coronavirus.

AP: Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask

President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask.

AP: Trump has COVID-19, going to military hospital

President Donald Trump will spend a “few days” at a military hospital after contracting COVID-19, the White House said Friday, as the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans spread to the highest reaches of the U.S. government. Trump “remains fatigued,” his doctor said.