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April 22, 2021

Chicago man shot at National Guard troops in Minneapolis amid Chauvin trial, prosecutors say

Minnesota prosecutors filed multiple charges Wednesday against a man accused of opening fire on National Guard soldiers stationed in Minneapolis as part of efforts to maintain the peace following the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. 

April 21, 2021

Minnesota US Attorney's Office says National Guard shooting suspect could face additional charges

The suspect, 28-year-old Andrew Thomas, is currently charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm

April 20, 2021

LIVE UPDATES: Derek Chauvin's fate in jury's hands as closing arguments wrap, nation braces for verdict

Attorney's in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin finished closing arguments on Monday following weeks of testimony as the nation braces for a verdict while jurors deliberate. 

April 19, 2021

Illinois National Guard activated ahead of Chauvin verdict

Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated the Illinois National Guard Monday ahead of an expected verdict in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with George Floyd’s death.

April 19, 2021

Minneapolis becomes fortress ahead of verdict in George Floyd trial

Minneapolis looks like a military fortress ahead of the George Floyd murder trial verdict — with fears heightened by a drive-by shooting targeting some of the thousands of National Guard members trying to protect the city.

April 18, 2021

Minneapolis drive-by shooting leaves 2 National Guard members injured

The Minnesota National Guard has been activated in the area as part of an effort to protect people, freedom of speech and property during the Derek Chauvin trial and aftermath of the police involved shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center. 

April 7, 2021

US Marshals secure international warrant in Yale student’s murder

U.S. Marshals have secured an Interpol "red notice" for Qinxuan Pan, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher and the primary suspect in the murder of Yale University graduate student Kevin Jiang, two months after he was gunned down in New Haven, Connecticut.

April 5, 2021

Wisconsin wildfires creates state of emergency

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday signed Executive Order #110 declaring a State of Emergency in Wisconsin, now very high in danger of spreading wildfires.

April 2, 2021

DC National Guard deployed to Capitol complex after man rams car into police officers

The National Guard deployed an Immediate Response Force (IRF) to the Capitol complex on Friday to support Capitol police, which has lost at least one officer after a vehicle rammed into a security barrier.

March 23, 2021

Arizona man arrested after holding National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines at gunpoint: cops

An Arizona man was arrested Monday after he allegedly held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas, according to police.