Much of the St. Thomas campus and surrounding neighborhood lost power at around 1 p.m. Monday due to an issue at an Xcel substation. Power was restored at around 1:45 p.m. Kevin Lynch, Anya Capistrant-Kinney and Justin Jones have the story.
Nearly three dozen people have been detained after flaming bottles and rocks were thrown at officers during a protest at “Cop City,” a new police training center that’s been the site of prior demonstrations and the death of a protester, Atlanta police said Monday. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will temporarily transfer power to Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan on Monday while he’s under general anesthesia for a colonoscopy, his office said Sunday. Sumaii Gemechu has today’s news in :90.
CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.
North Korea on Tuesday conducted its longest-ever weapons test, a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that flew over Japan and could reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and beyond, forcing the Japanese government to issue evacuation alerts and halt trains. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has today’s News in :90.
A power outage affected parts of the University of St. Thomas campus and the surrounding St. Paul area Saturday morning at 9:47 a.m. but was restored within an hour.
Eight buildings lost power on the St. Thomas campus, the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex flooded and Senator Amy Klobuchar spoke in New Hampshire. Reporter Joey Swanson has today’s News in :90.
The Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex flooded from a sprinkler head hit by a softball and parts of St. Thomas’ North Campus lost power for 3.5 hours, disrupting campus life Monday evening. While both incidents occurred within an hour of each other, they were unrelated; despite an incorrect campus-wide alert stating that the loss of power was caused by the tripped sprinkler head.
The St. Thomas campus was among several St. Paul neighborhoods which briefly lost power twice on Wednesday morning.
Widespread power outages affected the White House and other sites across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon — all because of an explosion at a power plant in southern Maryland.
