News in :90 – Oct. 30, 2024

University STEM departments have been working with the facilities management department for over a year on plans to demolish the greenhouse and medicinal garden attached to Owens Science Hall and construct a new center for microgrid research in the space, according to St. Thomas director of construction John Silva.

The new, two-story structure will contain a new greenhouse built from scratch on the roof of the new micro-grid facilities, plus an indoor lab, an office and storage space attached to the second floor of OWS.

Two fans at Yankee stadium were ejected from game 4 of the world series after one pried a foul ball out of the glove of los angeles dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts on tuesday night.

Betts leaped at the wall in foul territory and initially caught Gleyber Torres’ pop up in the first inning, but a fan in the first row with a gray Yankees’ road jersey grabbed Betts’ glove with both hands and pulled the ball out. another fan grabbed Betts’ non-glove hand.

Betts reacted angrily, and Torres was immediately called out on fan interference.

Flash floods in eastern Spain swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers, disrupted rail lines and highways and killed at least 72 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the european nation in recent memory.

Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed a death toll of 70 people on Wednesday. 

Teagan Stupsky can be reached at stup3715@stthomas.edu