News in :90 – April 29, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, Beijing is grappling with the latest wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and Minneapolis police used covert or bogus social media accounts to monitor black individuals and groups despite having no clear public safety rationale for doing so. Production Editor Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 27, 2022

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Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange, Elon Musk pledged to buy Twitter for $44 billion this week and 22 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported by St. Thomas’ Center for Well-Being. Angelica Franaschouk has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 26, 2022

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Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 22, 2022

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St. Thomas University Action and Response Team released a statement that the university will maintain its current mask requirements through the end of the semester, satellite photos show what appear to be rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Polaris Inc. announced that it donated nearly $120,000 to off-road, utility-training, and all-terrain vehicles organizations across the United States. Reporter Luana Karl has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 21, 2022

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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional $800 million in military aid to help Ukraine fight back. Five people were found dead inside a Duluth, Minnesota, home on Wednesday, after police received a report of a male experiencing a mental health crisis. Isabel Brown has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 19, 2022

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Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday by intensifying assaults on cities and towns, a federal judge’s decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it’s really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Associate Vice Provost for Student Achievement Sheneeta White answered questions about St. Thomas’ faculty advising. Designer Gillian Farinella has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 14, 2022

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The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia’s war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries. A public outdoor patio will replace the Starbucks drive-thru on the corner of Snelling and Marshall avenues. Gillian Farinella has todays News in :90.

News in :90 – April 11, 2022

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Russia claims that it destroyed several air defense systems in Ukraine over the weekend, students will be in school 42 minutes longer due to the Minneapolis teacher strike and members of the St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Government feel the university community needs to better understand their positions as the 2022-23 elections draw near. Francesca Sartor has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 8, 2022

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A Russian missile hit a crowded train station in eastern Ukraine Friday morning, President Joe Biden will celebrate the confirmation hearing of judge Kentanji Brown Friday, the Minnesota senate’s Republican majority passed a $8.4 billion tax cut bill Thursday, and the new Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, William “Bill” Tolman, will be joining St. Thomas on July 1. Photographer Zach Knapp has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – April 6, 2022

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A man arrested Tuesday in connection with a Sacramento shooting that killed six people was released from prison weeks before, and Kremlin-backed media are denouncing recent videos and photos of bodies that emerged from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha as an elaborate hoax. Luana Karl has today’s News in :90

News in :90 – April 4, 2022

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Russia faced condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine, a mass shooting in Sacramento left six people dead and 12 wounded, and Minneapolis police responded to multiple shootings overnight that left one man dead and five people injured in four separate incidents. Scout Mason has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – March 31, 2022

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a UN refugee agency reported that the daily number of refugees reported by countries bordering Ukraine dropped below 40,000. Cold and wet conditions canceled the University of St. Thomas’ baseball team non-conference home opener Wednesday, March 30th. Kelly Chisholm has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – March 30, 2022

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Ukraine submitted a set of proposals including its readiness to adopt a non-bloc, nuclear-free status, and scientists are concerned that the Corona virus could evolve within animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous viral mutants that could jump back to people. Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.