This is News in :90 for Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.
News in :90 – Jan. 31, 2017
AP: Man accused of shooting Minneapolis protesters takes stand
In a surprise move, the man accused of shooting five men protesting the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police has agreed to testify in his own defense.
AP: Trump fires Justice Dept. head over executive order defiance
President Donald Trump on Monday fired Sally Yates, the acting attorney general and a Democratic appointee, after she refused to defend in court his controversial refugee and immigration ban.
President Sullivan responds to travel ban
In response to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan sent an email on Jan. 30 to the St. Thomas community declaring the school’s support for “those who are most vulnerable and in need.”
News in :90 – Jan. 30, 2017
This is News in :90 for Monday, Jan. 30, 2017.
With students stranded abroad, colleges condemn travel ban
Dozens of U.S. colleges are opposing President Donald Trump’s sweeping travel ban that has left some students and professors stranded abroad.
St. Thomas perspectives abroad: Belarus
Director Simeon Lancaster describes his experience in Belarus.
Undefeated Tommies crush Scots to claim seventeenth win
The third-ranked and undefeated St. Thomas women’s basketball team claimed its seventeenth win of the season after crushing Macalester College 71-48 Wednesday night at Schoenecker Arena.
Pro-life women are still women
Opinions editor Letizia Mariani discusses the national Women’s March and how abortion divided its participants.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he has prostate cancer
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton announced Tuesday that he has prostate cancer, revealing the diagnosis hours after collapsing while delivering his State of the State address the night before.
AP: Minnesota governor eyes fast return to work after collapse
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s top staffer said he was OK and planned to return to work Tuesday after he collapsed during his State of the State speech.
Tommies among thousands rallying against Trump at Minnesota women’s march
An army of women and their supporters estimated in the tens of thousands poured onto the front grounds of the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday to hear a call for resistance and mobilization against Donald Trump’s new presidency.
Promises, pomp and protests as Trump sworn in
Pledging to empower America’s “forgotten men and women,” Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a deeply divided nation and ushering in an unpredictable era in Washington. His victory gives Republicans control of the White House for the first time in eight years.
St. Thomas to host national business plan competition
The Schulze School of Entrepreneurship is hosting two divisions of competitions for students with a business plan — one is for local high school and St. Thomas graduate and undergraduate students, and the other is for undergraduate students nationwide.
Change doesn’t require a new year
I stopped making new year’s resolutions three years ago, when I realized that the calendar changing is not a good enough reason for me to change.