An Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes, singer R. Kelly faces more abuse allegations and St. Thomas administration responds to TommieMedia’s recent article. Ad/PR Rep. Sarah McCarthy has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – March 11, 2019
News in :90 – March 8, 2019
St. Paul declared a one-side residential street parking ban following a record-breaking February snowfall, and President Donald Trump is expected to release his budget proposal which will include $100 million for a global women’s fund spearheaded by his daughter Ivanka Trump. Production Editor MacKenzie Bailey has today’s News in 90.
News in :90 – March 7, 2019
The St. Thomas Intercultural Center opened Wednesday, R. Kelly was jailed Wednesday after he said he couldn’t afford to pay child support, Senator Martha McSally revealed Wednesday that she was raped by a superior officer while serving in the Air Force, and five clubs were funded, one new club was approved and new business was discussed at the Feb. 21 Undergraduate Student Government general council meeting. Ad/PR Representative Mckenzie Hickey has today’s News in :90.
News in :90- March 6, 2019
St. Thomas students find blackface photos in university archives, Minnesota joins a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration and London doctors eliminate HIV from a patient’s body. University Affairs Editor Kat Barrett has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – March 5, 2019
Hillary Clinton has ruled out a 2020 rematch with Donald Trump, a London man appears to be free of the AIDS virus after a stem cell transplant, democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump on Monday, and St. Thomas students voted on Feb. 12 and 13 in a special election to fill nine open USG positions. Columnist Kayla Mayer has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – March 4, 2019
President Trump speaks out against the New Green Deal, SpaceX launches its first commercial spaceship and harsh weather hits the U.S. Reporter Lexie Nustvold has today’s News in :90.
News in :90 – March 1, 2019
The Saudi Arabian government revoked the citizenship of Osama Bin Laden’s son, President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un fail to make a trade deal, Bryce Harper landed the largest contract in baseball history after signing with the Philadelphia Phillies, and Samantha Hoanglong and Kat Barrett host this week’s episode of Tommie Media’s Top stories. Reporter Rae Beaner has today’s News in 90.
News in :90 – Feb. 28, 2019
President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified before Congress Wednesday casting Trump as a racist and a con man, the Minnesota House opened a hearing with Democrats pushing for new gun control laws, Walmart has decided to remove its blue-vested “greeters” from nearly 1,000 stores nationwide, and President Sullivan gave her first state of the University Address on Feb. 21. Reporter Tina O’Malley has today’s News in :90.
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.
Feb. 25, 2019 – News in :90
A winter storm hits the Midwest, “Green Book” takes top prize at the Oscars and Tim Walz speaks out against Carl Bahr. Reporter Justin Amaker 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.