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A lone protester stands outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on Monday as lawyers presented closing arguments in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. The jury is now deliberating.

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1st Full Day Of Jury Deliberations Underway In Chauvin Murder Trial

12:39pm April 20, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

The 12 jurors, who have remained anonymous throughout the trial, will be fully sequestered each night at a nearby hotel until they reach a decision. Any verdict must be unanimous.

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Jury Deliberates As Derek Chauvin's Murder Trial Comes To A Close

11:50am April 20, 2021

by Cheryl Corley

The jury in the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now deliberating after more than three weeks of testimony.

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Congressman Adam Kinzinger Says Withdrawing Groups From Afghanistan Is The Wrong Call

9:04am April 20, 2021

Rachel Martin speaks to former President George W. Bush and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) about the U.S. role in Afghanistan. President Biden has announced the decision to withdraw U.S. forces.

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Sulma Franco, an organizer with Mujeres Luchadoras and Grassroots Leadership and an LGBT activist from Guatemala, leads protestors to the entrance of the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas on March 24 where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor

Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump

7:32am April 20, 2021

by John Burnett

A grassroots movement opposing privately-run immigrant jails across the country, which grew under former President Trump, has continued and found a more receptive audience under President Biden.

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The SolarWinds Attack: The Story Behind The Hack

7:27am April 20, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

The U.S. announced new sanctions on Russia in response to the SolarWinds attack. Hackers broke into the networks of key companies and federal agencies. This is the story of how they did it.

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When You Add More Police To A City, What Happens?

6:30am April 20, 2021

by Greg Rosalsky

A new study looks at the effects of growing police forces on racial inequality.

U.S. And China Agree To Cooperate On Climate Crisis, Despite Fraught Relationship

5:04am April 20, 2021

by John Ruwitch

The Biden admin. has taken a tough approach to China so far, but it is hoping to make climate change an arena of cooperation. It will be a test of Biden's compete-and-cooperate China policy.

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News Brief: Derek Chauvin Trial, SolarWinds Hack, Ethiopian Conflict

5:04am April 20, 2021

The jury is deliberating Derek Chauvin's fate. We break down one of the most audacious cyber hacks in recent memory. And, a humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) speaks outside the U.S. Capitol in March with other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the size of which has stayed at 435 voting members for decades.

Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn't Grown With Census Counts

5:00am April 20, 2021

by Hansi Lo Wang

A 1929 law set up a process for redistributing representation after each census that has pitted states against one another in a once-a-decade fight for power in Congress and the Electoral College.

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A rescue boat is seen next to the capsized lift boat Seacor Power seven miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday. The vessel capsized during a storm last Tuesday.

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Coast Guard Ends Search For Missing Crewmembers Of Capsized Boat Off Louisiana

2:31am April 20, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Seacor Power capsized 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, La. in the Gulf of Mexico last Tuesday amid rough waters.