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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 County Court. Deliberations began at 4 p.m. CT and ended at 8 p.m. Jurors are being sequestered during deliberations and will spend tonight in a hotel. The court did not say when

With jury deliberations in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd expected next week, Minneapolis and other US cities are preparing for protests and possible civil unrest. The verdict in one of the most closely watched police brutality trials in decades could come next week as the Minneapolis metropolitan area and other cities

Under President Xi Jinping, China’s former leaders have grown accustomed to keeping their heads down. But in an essay published this week, ostensibly a tribute to his late mother, former Premier Wen Jiabao appeared to issue what many have interpreted as a coded criticism of Xi: calling for fairness, justice, humanity and liberty, all while

Americans awoke Friday to news of yet another mass shooting, this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, where eight people were killed late Thursday. By the end of the weekend, at least a half dozen more mass shootings took place across the country. Since March 16, when eight people were killed and one wounded

The shift in power away from Cuba’s Raul Castro is finally afoot. The country’s Communist Party hierarchy on Monday selected Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to the powerful position of First Secretary, replacing Raul Castro after he announced his retirement last week. As head of state and leader of the only political party permitted by law

Closing arguments are exactly what they sound like: the lawyers’ last opportunity to speak to the jurors, and their only chance during the trial to actually argue their case: to explain why jurors should convict, if you’re the prosecution, or acquit, if you’re the defense. Beyond that basic similarity — with both sides trying to

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 George Floyd both know what it’s like to have a family member die suddenly and violently. To have that death broadcast around the world. Gruesome, graphic, intimate images of a

Click here for updates on this story     SPANISH FORT, Alabama (WALA) — Police in Spanish Fort spent the last week going through specialized training to prepare its officers for whatever’s thrown at them. The Firearms Training System (FATS) has been around for more than a decade but is reprogrammed regularly with updated training scenarios. The

An Atlanta school that had been named after a Confederate general will soon be renamed after Braves legend and Hall of Famer Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron. The Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted last week to approve the renaming of Forrest Hill Academy to Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy. The change will take effect next

Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Henderson County family of eight has been left homeless after a fire destroyed their home last week. The fire happened Thursday afternoon, April 15, off Pilot Mountain Road in Edneyville. Lola Gonzalez says her family lost a cat, two hamsters and

After a day of closing arguments, jury deliberations began late Monday afternoon in former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. In the state’s closing argument, a prosecutor said Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds because of his pride and his ego in

Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday night called for protesters to “stay on the street” and “get more confrontational” if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in the killing of George Floyd. The comments by Waters, a California Democrat and icon among progressives, were immediately seized on by Republicans who claimed that Waters was

A man has been arrested in connection with the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shooting that killed three people and wounded three others early Sunday, authorities said. In a Monday statement, Kenosha County Sheriff David G. Beth identified the suspect as Rakayo Alandis Vinson, 24. The jail’s website for inmate information lists him as facing first-degree intentional homicide