A man accused of driving a car into protesters in Charlottesville faces a new charge, Mario Batali faces sexual misconduct allegations, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their wedding date. Chief Story Editor Mary Brickner has today’s News in :90.
This is News in :90 for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017.
Al Franken’s replacement is named, a Democrat wins the senate in Alabama for the first time since 1992, and a man who detonated a pipe bomb in a New York subway tunnel faces charges. Reporter Kailyn Johnson has today’s News in :90.
Minnesota’s governor has chosen Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to fill Sen. Al Franken’s seat until the November election, and she will run in that election to complete the final two years of Franken’s term.
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017.
A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square, injuring the man, slightly wounding three others and sending New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway.
Sen. Al Franken’s resignation, snow in the Deep South, a Stop @ Buzzed campaign and a new nonprofit on campus are all part of today’s News in :90.
The St. Thomas professor who lost to Minnesota Sen. Al Franken in the 2008 Democratic-Farmer-Labor Senate primary said Thursday that he believed Franken was not resigning for the right reasons.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he’ll resign in the coming weeks amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations.
University Affairs Editor Emily Sweeney summarizes the biographies of the 21 Tommie Award nominees for 2018.
The St. Thomas music department puts on in annual Christmas concert at Orchestra Hall, and Al Franken denies another allegation. Reporter MacKenzie Bailey has today’s News in :90.
Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday denied a new sexual misconduct accusation that came from a former Democratic congressional aide that he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.
This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017.
Today’s News in :90 covers the United States and South Korea’s massive combined air force exercise, President Donald Trump endorses Republican Roy Moore and Pixar’s Coco is named the top film for the second straight week.
The latest on former Today Show host Matt Lauer’s sexual misconduct allegations, and St. Thomas held its annual tree-lighting ceremony Wednesday. Columnist Jack Dodd has today’s News in :90.
