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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, here in September, praised the witnesses and jurors in the Derek Chauvin trial on Tuesday.

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Minnesota Attorney General Calls Chauvin Guilty Verdict 'First Step' Toward Justice

7:09pm April 20, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

"I would not call today's verdict justice, however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice," Keith Ellison said on Tuesday.

People gather outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday before the jury's decision returning guilty verdicts against former police officer Derek Chauvin.

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Floyd's Brother On Verdict: 'I Was Just Praying They Would Find Him Guilty'

7:00pm April 20, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Philonise Floyd began weeping as Judge Peter Cahill read the three guilty verdicts aloud in court on Tuesday. "As an African American, we usually never get justice," he told reporters through tears.

A protester holds a sign across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 6 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The testimony ran for three weeks.

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Revisiting Key Moments From The Derek Chauvin Trial

5:36pm April 20, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.

How Pandemic Responses Are Shaping The Economic Recovery Of 3 Continents

4:57pm April 20, 2021

by Scott Horsley

China, Europe, and the United States have had mixed success in controlling the pandemic, and it's shaping the economic recovery on three continents.

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John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, speaks to the media last year in Moscow. In a statement Tuesday, Sullivan said it was important for him to speak directly to "my new colleagues in the Biden administration" about U.S.-Russia relations.

U.S. Ambassador To Russia Returns To Washington As Relations Sour Further

4:56pm April 20, 2021

by Scott Neuman

John Sullivan is returning for "consultations" after a new round of tit-for-tat sanctions between Moscow and Washington last week.

As Cape Cod's Tourist Season Nears, A Push To Get The Community Vaccinated

4:29pm April 20, 2021

by Jennette Barnes

COVID-19 variants are escalating new cases on Cape Cod. Health officials are racing to get communities vaccinated before the tourists arrive.

Outdoor Mask Mandates Could Lift Soon, According To Ashish Jha Of Brown University

4:29pm April 20, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ashish Jha, Dean of Brown University School of Public Health, who says outdoor transmission of COVID-19 is low and states may soon lift outdoor mask mandates.

If passed, two new bills in Congress would extend the reporting deadlines for 2020 census results, which are now months overdue after the pandemic and interference by Trump administration officials upended last year's national count.

After A Disrupted Census, Congress Tries Again To Extend Deadlines For Results

4:14pm April 20, 2021

by Hansi Lo Wang

The 2020 census results are months overdue after COVID-19 upended the national count. Efforts to extend reporting deadlines stalled last year after Trump officials decided to cut short counting.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to Judge Peter Cahill read instructions to the jury before closing arguments Monday.

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What We Know About The Jurors In The Chauvin Trial

2:30pm April 20, 2021

by MPR News Staff

The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.

Students pose for photos during a walkout at Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn.

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Minnesota Students Walk Out Of School To Protest Racial Injustice

1:00pm April 20, 2021

by Elizabeth Shockman

Across the state young people left class in an impromptu demonstration as jurors in Minneapolis began deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial.