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The death that sparked a worldwide movement took center stage in a heavily fortified Minneapolis courtroom on Tuesday as jury selection began in Derek Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, then a Minneapolis Police officer, placed his knee on Floyd’s neck

Two lawsuits have been filed against the local power company, blaming the utility for the extent of the damage caused last year by Oregon’s Beachie Creek fire. The fire, which ignited in August and burned through the end of October 2020, destroyed nearly 200,000 acres. More than 1,300 structures, including 470 homes, and at least

Click here for updates on this story     FLOWERY BRANCH, Georgia (WGCL) — A teacher at Flowery Branch High School was arrested late Tuesday afternoon for allegedly sending a sexually explicit photograph of himself to one of his students. Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Matthew “Tyler” Stubbs, 25, of Duluth at the sheriff’s office headquarters.

Click here for updates on this story     QUEENS, New York (WABC) — An incident in which an Asian American mother says she was spit at while holding her baby and called the ‘Chinese virus’ is being investigated as a possible hate crime. The woman told police that the confrontation occurred Tuesday morning, sometime between 10:30

Click here for updates on this story     VALLEJO, California (KGO) — In Vallejo Wednesday, was a birthday party for the ages. It was a gathering of firefighters and a family they know very well though difficult circumstances. We have never seen a party like it, especially for a two-year-old like Michael Reading. “He loves fire

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Body-cam video shows a Phoenix police officer crashing through a side gate to save a family of six while their house burned down all around them. It happened at a home off McDowell Road and 64th Avenue in Phoenix on Saturday. Eighty-year-old Ruby Johnson Smith

Prince William has denied the royal family is racist in his first public remarks since his brother Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan, made explosive claims in a TV interview. Asked by a reporter during a visit to a school in east London if the royals were a “racist family,” the Duke of Cambridge said,

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO ) — When the Food Pantry Team at New Jerusalem Apostolic Church in Kansas City, Kansas walked into the church this week, they were shocked to find it had been ransacked. Nearly $15,000 worth of equipment was stolen, including a television used for announcements,

Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (WOWT) — Dozens of Nebraskans on Wednesday tried to speak for nearly 200,000 who had their voices on medical marijuana silenced by the courts last year. The issue is once again before state lawmakers, and many supporters say lawmakers continue to be on the wrong side

Kenichi Kurosawa clung precariously to a tree as the water rose around him, entirely flooding the roads below. For almost six minutes on March 11, 2011, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake — the worst to ever hit Japan — struck 370 kilometers (230 miles) northeast of Tokyo, triggering a huge tsunami that crashed into Ishinomaki, the