News in :90 – April 20, 2023

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SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Strong storms with tornadoes and hail killed at least two people in the central U.S., injuring others, destroying homes and leaving thousands without power. The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams.

News in :90 – April 3, 2023

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New York. Diana Zaharia has today’s news in :90.

News in :90 – Dec. 8, 2022

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Russia released WNBA star Brittney Griner today as part of a prisoner exchange with the U.S., hundreds of journalists and other employees at The New York Times began a 24-hour walkout this morning and Sen. Chuck Schumer was elected for another term as Senate Democratic leader. Samantha Ellsworth has today’s News in :90.

Biden welcomes Macron amid friction over US climate law

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron are celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences. The French leader is using his visit to Washington to sharply criticize aspects of his ally’s signature climate law as a bad deal for Europe.

News in :90 – Nov. 29, 2022

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President Joe Biden asked congress to intervene in contract talks ahead of a potential railroad strike, Houston officials lifted an order calling for residents to boil their water and the University of St. Thomas had its annual tree lighting ceremony. Madeline Mussay has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Nov. 17, 2022

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A wartime agreement that allowed grain exports from Ukraine to resume will be extended by 120 days, Republicans have won control of the U.S. House by a narrow margin and Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike. Isabelle Lynch has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Oct. 18, 2022

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President Joe Biden officially kicked off the application process for his student debit cancellation program, Australia agreed to recognize Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel and Stacks Cafe reopened for the fall semester in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library. KUST Station Director Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Sept. 29, 2022

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Hurricane Ian knocked out power to 2.5 million people as it carved a path of destruction across Florida, Russia intends to annex occupied parts of Ukraine on Friday and North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday. Anya Capistrant-Kinney has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – May 2, 2022

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Israel lashed out at Russia over “unforgivable comments” by its foreign minister about Nazism and Antisemitism, President Joe Biden saluted his Walter Mondale Sunday at the UMN, and 29th Annual Undergraduate Communication Research Conference was held Friday. Camarae Good has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 12, 2022

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President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanol blend gasoline this summer, prosecutors revealed Monday that they offered plea deals to three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering changes to the Twin Cities’ busiest highway. Designer Saylor Kragness has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Dec. 15, 2021

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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will appear in federal court this morning, President Joe Biden will visit Kentucky after devastating tornadoes tore through the state, and St. Thomas students conducted research around Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline. Angeline Terry has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Nov. 22, 2021

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A SUV driver plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, President Joe Biden announced he’s nomination Jerome Powell for a second four-year term as federal reserve chair and the United States Department of Agriculture Office of Tribal Relations has announced that it will partner with several native-led organizations on projects to raise awareness of indigenous perspectives about food and agriculture. Reporter Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.