Inmate indicted for threatening judge, two attorneys
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd on Tuesday, a verdict that sent waves of celebration…
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George Floyd’s brothers shared their pain and grief with the world for nearly a year. On Tuesday, they finally felt some relief. “Today,…
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Continue Reading Ohio police officer shot and killed 15-year-old girl with knife, police say and bodycam video shows
A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a 15-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon after she attempted to cut two females with a knife, according…
Continue Reading Super League to amend plans for elite tournament after UK teams say they won’t participate
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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama praised Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, but emphasized…
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Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter on Tuesday after jury of 12 people, unnamed and unseen during the trial in Minneapolis,…
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Continue Reading High school students walk out of classes to call for racial justice
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Continue Reading Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd
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Continue Reading CT college students line up to get their COVID-19 vaccines
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Continue Reading Archaeologists find Maryland site of home where Harriet Tubman’s father once lived
Archaeologists working in a remote, marshy site on Maryland’s Eastern Shore say they’ve found the site of home where Ben Ross, the father…
Continue Reading Mother of 4 killed after stopping to help pedestrian who had also been hit
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Europe’s medicines regulator said it has found a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and rare blood clots, but…
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Continue Reading Report: Substance appearing to be feces falls from low-flying plane onto Studio City, CA home
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Continue Reading TX resident on immunosuppressant medication dies of COVID-19 after receiving 2 vaccine doses
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Continue Reading A violent trend: Increasing numbers of children killed by gun violence in Chicago
Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Community members Monday released balloons near the Homan Square…
Continue Reading 1 killed, 2 wounded in a grocery shooting in West Hempstead, New York, police say
Investigators are looking for a man they believe shot three people Tuesday — killing one — in a manager’s office of a grocery store…
Continue Reading Residents fight back against city’s first gun store
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Continue Reading ‘I pray the shooting stops’ | Baltimore Community, Police call for end to violence after several weekend incidents including 5-year-old shot
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Continue Reading Tishaura Jones to make history by being sworn-in as St. Louis’ first Black female mayor
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The jury resumed deliberations Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s trial on charges of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The jury of…
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A shooting was reported Tuesday at a Stop & Shop grocery in West Hempstead, New York, and no suspect has been apprehended, officials said. Police…
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As more and more Canadians are being given access to COVID-19 vaccines, people are being reminded not to question their co-workers or loved ones as…
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Continue Reading New program hoping to recruit and retain candidates, pays students to go to EMT school
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Continue Reading TN man to run 1-person marathon this weekend
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Europe’s medicines regulator said it has found a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine and rare blood clots, but…
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Continue Reading Unattended cooking causes fire at OR hotel, man suffers minor burns
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Continue Reading Mobile, AL’s top cop talks about ‘bizarre’ sexual extortion allegations against fired officer
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — An early-morning incident by an off-duty Mobile police…
Continue Reading A judge declined to toss the federal sentence of ex-officer Michael Slager in fatal Walter Scott shooting
A federal judge Monday declined to toss out the prison sentence of a former South Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in…
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Attorneys for Deshaun Watson said in a court filing Monday that 22 lawsuits filed by women are either inaccurate or mischaracterize their…
Continue Reading Authorities arrest a former sheriff’s detective wanted in Austin, Texas, shooting that left 3 dead
A former sheriff’s office detective is accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and two other people Sunday in Austin, Texas, according to…
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Judge Peter Cahill was way, way out of line to suggest Monday that the words of Rep. Maxine Waters — one of many leaders calling for protests…
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Colorado District Judge Natalie Chase has resigned after she admitted using a racial slur in front of court employees, voiced her opinion on racial…
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Chad’s long-serving President Idriss Deby has died from injuries sustained in clashes with rebels, an army spokesman told state TV on Tuesday.…
Continue Reading People aged 15 to 29 should get annual testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea: experts
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Continue Reading A year before the Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting, the gunman browsed White supremacist websites, police say
The gunman in an Indianapolis shooting that left eight people dead at a FedEx facility browsed White supremacist websites a little over a year before…
Continue Reading Man charged in connection with drive-by shooting of Minnesota National Guard and police team
A Minneapolis man has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with a drive-by shooting of a team of Minnesota…
Continue Reading The mother of a Black man shot by police in 2009 sees her own family’s tragedy in the death of Daunte Wright
The mother of Oscar Grant, an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2009, told CNN the fallout from the fatal shooting of…
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Retired NBA great Scottie Pippen announced the death of his eldest son, Antron, in a digital tribute. Antron, who played basketball in college and…
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The jury in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin concluded its first day of deliberations Monday, according to the Hennepin…
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With jury deliberations in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd expected next week, Minneapolis and other US cities are preparing…
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Under President Xi Jinping, China’s former leaders have grown accustomed to keeping their heads down. But in an essay published this week,…
Continue Reading America’s violent weekend: US rocked by back-to-back shootings across the country
Americans awoke Friday to news of yet another mass shooting, this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, where eight people were killed late…
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Across the globe, the coronavirus pandemic has brought isolation, shut down travel and shown there are few places to hide from a virus that preys on…
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The shift in power away from Cuba’s Raul Castro is finally afoot. The country’s Communist Party hierarchy on Monday selected Cuban…
Continue Reading Jury to resume deliberations in Derek Chauvin’s trial in death of George Floyd
The jury is set to resume deliberations Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s trial on charges of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.…
Continue Reading Man gets life in prison for beating girlfriend with a hammer
Click here for updates on this story Honolulu (KITV) — A 33-year-old man who was found guilty of second-degree…
Continue Reading Chauvin trial is ‘believe your eyes’ vs. ‘hey, look over there!’
Closing arguments are exactly what they sound like: the lawyers’ last opportunity to speak to the jurors, and their only chance during the…
Continue Reading George Floyd’s brother bonds with Emmett Till’s cousin over brutal, public deaths decades apart
When Deborah Watts met Philonise Floyd, they already knew each other’s pain without saying a word. The cousin of Emmett Till and the brother of…
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Continue Reading An Atlanta school named after a Confederate general will be renamed to honor Hank Aaron
An Atlanta school that had been named after a Confederate general will soon be renamed after Braves legend and Hall of Famer Henry Louis…
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