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    Closing arguments begin for Derek Chauvin's murder trial in the death of George Floyd

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    Closing arguments begin for Derek Chauvin's murder trial in the death of George Floyd

    • 5 people in hospital after shooting in Louisiana

      5 people in hospital after shooting in Louisiana

      One victim was shot in the head, and another suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to local news outlet.

      Multiple police units dispatched to scene »
      • Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces a reckoning

        Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces a reckoning

      • Suspected poacher killed by elephants in South Africa

        Suspected poacher killed by elephants in South Africa

      • 'Any law is only as good as the people ... enforcing it'

        'Any law is only as good as the people ... enforcing it'

      • Powerful House Republican announces he's quitting

        Powerful House Republican announces he's quitting

      • Human-animal hybrid research raises hope, concern

        Human-animal hybrid research raises hope, concern

    • DeSantis signs Florida's anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      DeSantis signs Florida's anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial

      Florida's top Republicans cited events in cities around the country — but not the Jan. 6 riots in Washington — as Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday to create tougher penalties for people who participate in violent protests. The so-called anti-riot bill was a response to protests around the country because of police violence against African-Americans. After the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, Republicans pushing the legislation used it as an example to support the effort.

      • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Controversial 'Public Disorder' Bill Into Law
        Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Controversial 'Public Disorder' Bill Into Law
        HuffPost
      • DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Riot’ Bill into Law
        DeSantis Signs ‘Anti-Riot’ Bill into Law
        National Review
    • Colorado judge resigns after using N-word
      U.S.
      CBS News

      Colorado judge resigns after using N-word

      A Colorado judge who was censured by the state's Supreme Court after being accused of using racist language with a coworker has resigned. The Colorado Supreme Court said Arapahoe County District Court Judge Natalie T. Chase used the N-word multiple times with a coworker and was racially insensitive on many occasions, according to court documents recommending discipline for Chase and public censure from the Court. The documents detail a 2020 incident in which Chase, a former law clerk and a Family Court Facilitator were driving back to work after attending an event in Pueblo, Colorado.

    • Asian Woman in SF Followed, Robbed of $16,000 Rolex at Gunpoint
      U.S.
      NextShark

      Asian Woman in SF Followed, Robbed of $16,000 Rolex at Gunpoint

      An Asian woman in her 50s was held at gunpoint and robbed of her jewelry -- including a $16,000 Rolex watch -- at San Francisco's Sunset District last October, new surveillance footage shows. The surveillance footage, now under investigation by the San Francisco police, shows two suspects emerging from a white SUV. Lee told ABC7 News anchor Dion Lim that one of her attackers was arrested in Georgia last week.

    • New evidence leads judge to revoke bail for Proud Boy leaders involved in Capitol riot
      World
      Axios

      New evidence leads judge to revoke bail for Proud Boy leaders involved in Capitol riot

      A federal judge will revoke bail for two leaders of the Proud Boys, a paramilitary right-wing extremist group, after they were released while awaiting trial for their involvement in the Capitol insurrection, Politico reports. Why it matters: The judge said he was swayed by new evidence from prosecutors showing encrypted messages and profanity-laden social media posts from the defendants that vowed violence against lawmakers who planned to certify the election. What they're saying: "The defendants stand charged with seeking to steal one of the crown jewels of our country, in a sense, by interfering with the peaceful transfer of power," Judge Timothy Kelly said about his decision.

    • Cape Town fire: Residents evacuated on city's outskirts
      U.S.
      BBC

      Cape Town fire: Residents evacuated on city's outskirts

      South African emergency workers have evacuated three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town as a huge fire burns along Table Mountain. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed.

      • Table Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town
        Table Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town
        Reuters
      • Cape Town fire burns university library, students evacuated
        Cape Town fire burns university library, students evacuated
        Associated Press
    • Pelosi: Waters Should Not Apologize for Urging Protesters to ‘Get More Confrontational’
      U.S.
      National Review

      Pelosi: Waters Should Not Apologize for Urging Protesters to ‘Get More Confrontational’

      House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said she does not believe Representative Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) should apologize for her recent suggestion that protesters should “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted. On Saturday, Waters traveled to Brooklyn Center, Minn., to join protests in response to the police shooting of Daunte Wright last week. Speaking just a few miles from where George Floyd died last year after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest, Waters said she was “going to fight with all of the people who stand for justice,” and called on others to join her.

      • Maxine Waters Tells Protesters to ‘Stay in the Street,’ Be ‘More Confrontational’ If Chauvin Acquitted
        Maxine Waters Tells Protesters to ‘Stay in the Street,’ Be ‘More Confrontational’ If Chauvin Acquitted
        National Review
      • ‘I’m not going to be bulled’: Maxine Waters hits back at GOP criticism after she urged protesters to get ‘more confrontational’ in Minneapolis
        ‘I’m not going to be bulled’: Maxine Waters hits back at GOP criticism after she urged protesters to get ‘more confrontational’ in Minneapolis
        The Independent
    • Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case
      Politics
      Associated Press

      Supreme Court rejects lingering 2020 election challenge case

      The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case out of Pennsylvania related to the 2020 election, a dispute that had lingered while similar election challenges had already been rejected by the justices. The justices in February, after President Joe Biden's inauguration, had rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election. In the case the court rejected Monday, however, the court had called for additional briefing that was not complete until the end of March. The case involved a federal court challenge to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision requiring election officials to receive and count mailed-in ballots that arrived up to three days after the election.

      • U.S. Supreme Court brings end to another Republican election challenge
        U.S. Supreme Court brings end to another Republican election challenge
        Reuters
      • Supreme Court won't hear Republican challenge to Pennsylvania ballot deadline
        Supreme Court won't hear Republican challenge to Pennsylvania ballot deadline
        NBC News
    • 'Mortal Kombat' Video of SJ Sergeant Performing Baton Tricks Investigated by Internal Affairs
      U.S.
      NextShark

      'Mortal Kombat' Video of SJ Sergeant Performing Baton Tricks Investigated by Internal Affairs

      A police sergeant who showed off his baton handling skills in a video set to music from the film "Mortal Kombat," is now under investigation by the San Jose Police Department's internal affairs office. Sgt. Eddie Chan can be seen performing martial arts moves with two police batons.

    • Suspect apprehended in fatal shooting at Wisconsin tavern
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Suspect apprehended in fatal shooting at Wisconsin tavern

      Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured. Kenosha County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. David Wright said the suspect is facing a charge of first-degree intentional homicide, with additional criminal charges likely after further investigation. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said earlier a suspect was asked to leave the Somers House Tavern in Kenosha County but returned and opened fire.

      • 3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern
        3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern
        Associated Press Videos
      • Suspect in Wisconsin bar shooting that killed 3 identified
        Suspect in Wisconsin bar shooting that killed 3 identified
        Associated Press
    • Backroom legislative deals. DeSantis shouts back at boycott threats - but will he stand down?
      Politics
      Miami Herald

      Backroom legislative deals. DeSantis shouts back at boycott threats - but will he stand down?

      The most controversial bill of the legislative session passed last week. HB 1, the “anti-mob” legislation promoted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and blasted by Democrats as racist, unconstitutional and partisan, It was immediately sent to the governor. He is expected to sign it as soon as today, as the George Floyd trial comes to a close, and it will take effect immediately.

      • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Controversial 'Public Disorder' Bill Into Law
        Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Controversial 'Public Disorder' Bill Into Law
        HuffPost
      • DeSantis signs Florida's anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial
        DeSantis signs Florida's anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial
        Associated Press
    • World
      WABC – NY

      Police searching for 2 women who grabbed necklace off 84-year-old in Brooklyn

      Police are searching for the two women who grabbed a necklace off an 84-year-old woman in Brooklyn.

    • Cuba's Communist Party chooses Miguel Díaz-Canel as leader
      World
      Associated Press

      Cuba's Communist Party chooses Miguel Díaz-Canel as leader

      In many ways, Cuba's new maximum leader is nothing like those who have governed the island for the past six decades. Miguel Díaz-Canel was never a guerrilla fighter and was for only a few years, like all Cubans of his generation, a soldier. On Monday, Cuba's Communist Party congress — as expected — chose Díaz-Canel to be its leader, adding that crucial post to the title of president he assumed in 2018.

      • End of the Castro era: Diaz-Canel becomes Cuban Communist Party chief
        End of the Castro era: Diaz-Canel becomes Cuban Communist Party chief
        Reuters
      • Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief
        Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief
        BBC
    • 7-year-old girl fatally shot in McDonald’s drive-thru, Illinois police say
      U.S.
      Lexington Herald-Leader

      7-year-old girl fatally shot in McDonald’s drive-thru, Illinois police say

      A 7-year-old girl was killed and her father was injured after police say gunmen opened fire on their car in a Chicago drive-thru line Sunday. Around 4:20 p.m., Jontae Adams, 28, and his daughter Jaslyn Adams were waiting in a silver Infiniti in a McDonald's drive-thru, police said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. A McDonald's worker said two men got out of another car and started firing into the vehicle, WLS reported.

      • 7-year-old girl killed at McDonald’s drive-thru
        7-year-old girl killed at McDonald’s drive-thru
        ABC News Videos
      • Jaslyn Adams shooting: First grader shot 6 times, Chicago police investigating if father was target
        Jaslyn Adams shooting: First grader shot 6 times, Chicago police investigating if father was target
        Chicago Tribune
    • Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo
      World
      Associated Press

      Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo

      A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. Four train wagons ran off the railway at the city of Banha in Qalyubia province, just outside Cairo, the railway authority said in a statement. The train was travelling to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura from the Egyptian capital, the statement said.

    • Marjorie Taylor Greene says she'll introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters for her 'continual incitement of violence'
      U.S.
      Business Insider

      Marjorie Taylor Greene says she'll introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters for her 'continual incitement of violence'

      Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she'd introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters. Greene said Waters incited violence when she spoke with protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Protests in the city have gone on for a week following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.

      • Marjorie Taylor Greene to introduce House resolution to expel Maxine Waters
        Marjorie Taylor Greene to introduce House resolution to expel Maxine Waters
        TheGrio
      • Rep Maxine Waters Calls for Action at Daunte Wright Protest in Brooklyn Center
        Rep Maxine Waters Calls for Action at Daunte Wright Protest in Brooklyn Center
        Storyful
    • Texas didn’t see a COVID surge after opening and ending its mask mandate. Here’s why
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      Texas didn’t see a COVID surge after opening and ending its mask mandate. Here’s why

      It's been over a month since Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the state's mask mandate and ended business restrictions, but at least for now, Texas has not become the epicenter of a coronavirus surge as some predicted. After Abbott announced COVID-19 restrictions would end on March 10, President Joe Biden called the decision a “big mistake” and that it reflected “Neanderthal thinking. A slew of other political figures thought the decision was premature and a way to distract people from the February winter storm and power outage that killed at least 111 Texans.

    • Historian says Census didn't consult states on privacy tool
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Historian says Census didn't consult states on privacy tool

      The U.S. Census Bureau didn't consult with the 50 states when making its decision to introduce a controversial statistical method used to protect the privacy of participants in the 2020 census, a significant departure from 40 years of practices, according to a leading census historian. Historian Margo Anderson said Friday in a court filing that the Census Bureau should reach out to the states as it works towards putting the finishing touches on the privacy method known as “differential privacy." The method, for the first time, will be applied to the data used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts later this year.

    • No more fingerprints! How to easily clean stainless steel appliances at home
      Lifestyle
      TODAY

      No more fingerprints! How to easily clean stainless steel appliances at home

      Cleaning stainless steel can also be tricky. Luckily, TODAY Home found the magic solution: olive oil. It turns out that the versatile oil is an effective cleaner for stainless steel and protector for all your stainless steel woes.

    • The war against Russia's spies just cost Putin billions from a cancelled nuclear contract
      World
      Business Insider

      The war against Russia's spies just cost Putin billions from a cancelled nuclear contract

      Russia announced on Monday the expulsion of at least 20 Czech diplomats in a furious response to the gutting of Moscow's most critical intelligence station in central Europe over the weekend, when Czech authorities accused Russian intelligence of being behind two blasts at an ammunition storage facility in 2014. Czechia has accused a notorious Russian intelligence unit implicated in multiple operations across Europe and the UK of conducting two operations in 2014 that led to explosions at a munitions factory in 2014. At the time, the ammunition was said to be headed for Russia's rivals in Ukraine.

      • Czechs expel 18 Russian envoys, accuse Moscow over ammunition depot blast
        Czechs expel 18 Russian envoys, accuse Moscow over ammunition depot blast
        Reuters
      • Livid Russia expels 20 Czechs after blast blamed on Skripal suspects
        Livid Russia expels 20 Czechs after blast blamed on Skripal suspects
        Reuters
    • 1,000-year-old petroglyphs damaged by climbing bolts in Utah, photos show
      U.S.
      Fort Worth Star-Telegram

      1,000-year-old petroglyphs damaged by climbing bolts in Utah, photos show

      A 36-year-old climber stood in front of a nearly 5,000-feet-tall rock formation looking to create a new route up when he made a regretful mistake. Richard Gilbert, a climber from Colorado Springs, was in Moab, Utah, in March, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. When Gilbert was visiting in March, he created climbing routes by adding bolts to Sunshine Slabs.

    • Lifestyle
      KCRA - Sacramento Videos

      Woman dies after parachute gets tangled at Lodi Parachute Center, officials say

      A woman died Saturday after an accident at the Lodi Parachute Center, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office confirmed Sunday. Officials said that shortly before 2:30 p.m. the sheriff's office received a call of a parachutist who had come down with her parachutes tangled.

    • Derek Chauvin trial: What are the possible outcomes?
      U.S.
      The Independent

      Derek Chauvin trial: What are the possible outcomes?

      Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chuavin for the killing of George Floyd are about to finish. The 45-year-old is accused of restraining Mr Floyd for over nine minutes over a counterfeit bill, thereby causing the 46-year-old's death in the custody of Minneapolis police. The city was the location of the killing of Mr Floyd in May 2020, and with a final wait for justice imminent, the tension inside the courtroom – and out – is discernible.

      • Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd
        Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd
        Yahoo News Video
      • Report: NBA prepared to postpone games after Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict
        Report: NBA prepared to postpone games after Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict
        Yahoo Sports
    • The bosses of the Suez Canal say the excavator operator who helped free the Ever Given is getting his overtime pay, plus a bonus
      World
      Business Insider

      The bosses of the Suez Canal say the excavator operator who helped free the Ever Given is getting his overtime pay, plus a bonus

      The excavator driver who helped free the Ever Given ought to have been paid, Suez Canal bosses said. Abdullah Abdul-Gawad, a subcontractor, earlier told Insider he was still waiting for overtime money. The Suez Canal Authority said it paid, though Insider couldn't reach Abdul-Gawad's direct employer.

    • Royal summit to decide future of monarchy to be led by Prince Charles and Prince William
      Celebrity
      The Telegraph

      Royal summit to decide future of monarchy to be led by Prince Charles and Prince William

      The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will hold a summit to decide the future of the monarchy over the next two generations following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. In consultation with the Queen, Britain's next two kings will decide how many full-time working members the Royal family should have, who they should be, and what they should do. The death of Prince Philip has left the Royal family with the immediate question of how and whether to redistribute the hundreds of patronages he retained.

      • Harry, William, and Kate Left Prince Philip's Funeral Together
        Harry, William, and Kate Left Prince Philip's Funeral Together
        Cosmopolitan
      • What the Future Looks Like for the Royal Family After Prince Philip's Funeral
        What the Future Looks Like for the Royal Family After Prince Philip's Funeral
        E!
    • Derek Chauvin: Prosecutor defends police while condemning officer who ‘abandoned his values’
      World
      The Independent

      Derek Chauvin: Prosecutor defends police while condemning officer who ‘abandoned his values’

      Prosecutor Steve Schleicher claimed that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was not on trial for being a police officer, but solely because of his role in the death of George Floyd last year. Mr Schleicher was trying to convince the jury to separate their biases about police from the facts surrounding Mr Floyd's death. "Policing is a noble profession.

      • Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd
        Closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd
        Yahoo News Video
      • Report: NBA prepared to postpone games after Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict
        Report: NBA prepared to postpone games after Derek Chauvin murder trial verdict
        Yahoo Sports
    High-speed rail: The future or fantasy?
    • “High-speed rail is bold and attention-grabbing, but the scale of the project makes it near impossible.”

    • “While a long, slow train ride across the country can be a great thing, the US needs real high-speed rail too.”

    • “Liberals are right that America has a car problem — but it's commutes, not road trips, that suck.”

    • “Investments into a high-speed rail system wouldn’t just improve the railroads — automobile traffic could also see some relief.”

    • “Big cities that are reasonably close together is pretty much a prerequisite for high-speed rail.”

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