News in :90 – Feb. 27, 2019

St. Thomas first-year Miranda Mead was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. In northwestern Minnesota, a woman was accused of setting fire to her restaurant for insurance money. President Donald Trump met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday in hopes to curb North Korea’s pursuit of Nuclear weapons. At St. Thomas, this is the first year all three Tommie Award finalists were first-generation college students and students of color. Reporter Emily Haugen has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Feb. 26, 2019

President Donald Trump was greeted in Hanoi, Vietnam for a second meeting with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, Interstate 35 in Owatonna reopened early Tuesday morning after a blizzard left a foot of snow, and Australian Cardinal George Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric ever to be charged with child sex abuse. Reporter Alex Panos has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Feb. 22, 2019

House Democrats on friday introduced a resolution to block the national emergency, Cardinals attending Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse call for accountability, and St. Thomas sophomore Jenny Keller made a high school pastime profitable by selling handcrafted mugs and bowls through her pottery business JK Ceramics. Zekriah Chaudhry has today’s News in 90.

News in :90 – Feb. 21, 2019

Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man walking on an interstate late Wednesday night, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men, and St. Thomas closed the campus down Wednesday as a result of a snow emergency in St. Paul. Reporter Jacob Schneider has today’s News in :90.

Feb. 20, 2019 – News in :90

President Donald Trump may try to persuade North Korean leader, the Environmental Protection Agency sees budget cuts and columnist Maddie Peters argues foreign language should be offered in elementary schools. Reporter Carly Noble has today’s News in :90.

News in :90 – Feb. 19, 2019

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his bid for the 2020 presidential race, 16 states have filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, 16 people were rescued and many more trapped in a SeaWorld ride Monday night, and a water main broke on St. Thomas’ South Campus Monday morning. Photo Editor Isa Tine has today’s News in :90.