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Waters calls for protesters to ‘get more confrontational’ if no guilty verdict is reached in Derek Chauvin trial

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

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Man arrested in connection with Wisconsin shooting that killed 3 people, wounded 3 others, authorities say

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

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Former Tulsa police officer faces fifth trial in slaying of his daughter’s boyfriend in 2014

Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — Despite a request for a last-minute postponement, jury selection will begin Monday for Shannon Kepler, a former Tulsa police officer who is facing his fifth trial in connection with the shooting death of his eldest daughter’s boyfriend, Jeremey Lake. Kepler was charged in

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Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial will contrast the prosecution’s concise case with a more complex defense

Watch closing arguments in the Chauvin Trial in the player below. Watch defense closing arguments in the Chauvin trial in the player below. Watch the prosecution’s closing arguments in the player below. Prosecutors and the defense will offer competing visions of Derek Chauvin’s role in George Floyd’s death during closing arguments Monday in the former

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Chief 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 officer resulted in his dismissal and criminal charges, Interim Police Chief Roy Hodge said Monday. The fired officer, Jamorris Cage, 27, faces two counts of sexual extortion. “In my 38-year-career, I have never seen anything like

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Willie Mays Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the life of Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays. Personal Birth date: May 6, 1931 Birth place: Westfield, Alabama Birth name: William Howard Mays Jr. Father: William Mays Mother: Ann (Satterwhite) Mays Marriages: Mae Louise Allen (1971-2013, her death); Margherite Wendell Chapman (1956-1961, divorced) Children: adopted with Margherite Wendell

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Johnson & Johnson said blood clots have been reported with all Covid-19 vaccines. The author of the study they cited says they’re wrong.

When news broke that Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine might be linked to blood clots, the company responded by pointing a finger at Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines, issuing a media statement that said a study showed there were reports of blood clots with their vaccines as well. But the study doesn’t show that at all,

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