Chauvin Trial Judge Denies Request For Jury Sequestration After Police Shooting
Judge Peter Cahill said the jury would be sequestered beginning next week when closing arguments are expected to start.
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Long Marred By Racism, St. Louis Elects 1st Black Female Mayor
Amid unrest at local jails, surging gun violence and a pandemic that has disproportionately hurt people of color, Tishaura Jones says: "We are done avoiding race and how it holds this region back."
Jurors In Chauvin Trial Have Security Escort, Are Partially Sequestered
When jurors report for duty each morning in Derek Chauvin's trial, they do so as a group, escorted into the courthouse building by sheriff's deputies.
Officer Who Handcuffed And Pepper-Sprayed Black Army Lieutenant Is Fired
Lt. Caron Nazario was knocked to the ground and handcuffed by two Windsor, Va., officers after a traffic stop, multiple videos show. The officer who pepper-sprayed Nazario was terminated.
Protesters Gather In Minneapolis Suburb After Man Is Killed In Traffic Stop
Police deployed tear gas and flash-bang grenades to clear protesters who assembled outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Minnesota after police shot a 20-year-old man earlier in the day.
Army Lieutenant Sues Police Officers In Virginia For Excessive Force
An Army lieutenant, who is Black and Latino, is suing Virginia police after they held him at gunpoint and pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop that he alleges was the result of racial profiling.
Prosecution Team Enters Another Week Of Testimony In Chauvin Trial
The prosecution in Minneapolis this week will finish laying out its case in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused in the killing of George Floyd.
News Brief: Chauvin Trial, COVID-19 Vaccine Demand, Supply Crunch
Prosecutors in the Derek Chauvin trial will wrap up this week. In parts of the U.S., supply and demand for vaccines is a little lopsided. The White House holds a meeting on the lack of semiconductors.
'Today, I Am A Witness To Change': A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate
NPR's resident poet Kwame Alexander created a community poem from submissions that reflected on increased violence and discrimination against Asian Americans.
COMIC: How Your State Wins Or Loses Political Power Through The Census
How much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College is determined through a little-known, once-a-decade process based on the census.