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April 20, 2021

Minnesota hockey coach dies after being punched outside bar in social distancing dispute: report

A Minnesota man is facing a second-degree murder charge after allegedly punching a high school hockey coach outside a bar in a dispute over social distancing rules, causing him to hit his head on concrete and suffer a brain injury, which he later died from, a report says.

April 20, 2021

Minnesota city spent over $9,000 to protect home of former officer who shot Daunte Wright

The city of Champlin, Minnesota, is seeking more than $9,200 in reimbursements for security fencing outside former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter's home.

April 20, 2021

Derek Chauvin trial: Who is Judge Peter Cahill?

Presiding over the murder trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill is handling what’s viewed by many as a defining moment for law enforcement and race relations in America following the death of George Floyd last May.

April 20, 2021

Biden offered support in call with George Floyd family, who says protests should be 'peaceful'

The brother of George Floyd said Tuesday that President Biden called him to offer support as closing arguments ended and jury deliberation begins in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

April 20, 2021

Fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs

Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, new research unveiled Monday found.

April 20, 2021

Jurors weigh Chauvin's fate, staying out of sight but center stage

The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin's murder trial in George Floyd's death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city.

April 20, 2021

Maxine Waters' comments during Rodney King riots resurface amid 'confrontational' controversy

A video of Rep. Maxine Waters’, D-Calif., comments during the Rodney King riots resurfaced amid the controversy surrounding her inflammatory remarks about the Derek Chauvin trial.

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 20, 2021

Minnesota’s Walz declares state of emergency prior to Derek Chauvin verdict

Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Democrat, declared a state of emergency Monday night in the counties around Minneapolis as the city prepares for the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

April 19, 2021

House Democrats have problem with Waters after judge calls her out

Congressional Democrats have a major problem with House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and her ‘’confrontational” comments in Minnesota over the weekend.