A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin and three other ex-Minneapolis police officers on charges of US civil rights violations on Friday, accusing the four ex-cops of violating George Floyd’s constitutional right to be free from excessive force and unreasonable seizure during an arrest that led to his death in 2020.
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The National Hockey League announced today that the New York Rangers have been fined $250,000 for their public comments on Tuesday, May 4.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a number of voting provisions into law on Thursday that will, among other measures, restrict the use of mail-in ballots and limit access to ballot drop boxes.
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Two California men were each sentenced today to two years in prison for accepting bribes in return for a guarantee of a city permit to open a commercial cannabis dispensary.
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NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson announced Wednesday that Susie Perez Quinn will serve as the agency’s chief of staff. Quinn joins NASA with extensive experience in government and government relations.
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Several months after elected officials certified 2020 presidential election results declaring Joe Biden president, state senators in Arizona used subpoena powers to take possession of and audit paper ballots and voting machines in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to The Associated Press.
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Scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad say that the N440K COVID-19 variant is not the dominant strain in India’s second wave of the virus.
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According to a new article by The Hollywood Reporter (THR), insiders say Warner Bros. and DC are committed to hiring a Black director to tackle what will be the first cinematic incarnation of a Black Superman.
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On Aug. 13, 2012, the FBI reported that freelance photo-journalist Austin Bennett Tice was kidnapped inDaraya, a suburb of Damascus, Syria while reporting on the Syrian Civil War.
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May the Fourth Be With You! In celebration of May the Fourth, we are going to look towards the future of Star Wars. There is so much for Star Wars fans to be excited for from live-action shows like “Obi-Wan Kenobi” to “Andor” to animated fare like “Star Wars: Visions” and “The Bad Batch,” which premiered today.
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