This is News in :90 for Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.
News in :90 – Sept. 8, 2011
McCarthy reopens after renovations
Learn about McCarthy Gym’s second wave of renovations.
News in :90 – Sept. 7, 2011
This is News in :90 for Sept. 7, 2011.
New students March Through the Arches
St. Thomas welcomes the class of 2015 and other new students in a traditional ceremony.
Judge OKs lawsuit challenging NYDP stop and frisks
The lawsuit accuses the New York Police Department of discriminating against blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk policies aimed at reducing crime, citing evidence that officers are pressured to meet quotas and are punished if they do not.
US security intensifying as Sept. 11 date nears
Security is intensifying at airports, train stations, nuclear plants and major sporting arenas around the country as the 10th anniversary approaches.
Contentious Ala. immigration law goes before judge
A federal judge in Birmingham will hear arguments whether a new Alabama immigration law constitutes an unfair assault on civil liberties or is a long-overdue effort to protect American jobs and borders.
Police arrest naked NY man in fatal stabbing spree
The man killed an elderly man dead and injuring four others, was charged with murder on Wednesday, police said.
Pope laments ‘amnesia’ about God during Spain trip
Pope Benedict XVI is in Spain to celebrate the church’s World Youth Day.
6th person dies from Ind. fair accident injuries
Strong winds at Indiana fair cause stage to collapse.
Planned Parenthood to end abortions in 3 AZ cities
These changes comply with recent state laws that placed restrictions on abortion.
Students absent as neighbors discuss city proposal limiting housing
The moratorium, which the council voted to support on Aug. 9, extends around the St. Thomas campus from I-94 to St. Clair Avenue and from Mississippi River Boulevard to Fairview Avenue.
Shutdown over, Dayton to ‘do what I can’ on jobs
More than 200,000 Minnesota residents are jobless, and last month’s shutdown caused the state’s unemployment rate to jump to 7.2 percent.
Police: School bomb plot aimed for mass casualties
Police found shrapnel, plastic tubing, timing and fuse devices the student was amassing in a plot he intended to be worse than the Columbine mass killings, police said Wednesday.
FBI investigates fatal rundown of black Miss. man
An FBI spokeswoman in Mississippi, said Wednesday that the bureau is investigating the June 26 death and said the agency wants to “determine whether federal civil rights crimes occurred.”