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Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sent potential jurors in Derek Chauvin's trial home on Monday. Here, a painting of Floyd is seen outside the Hennepin County Government Center, where the trial is taking place.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

George Floyd Case: Jury Selection In Chauvin Trial Delayed Over Murder Charge Appeal

Mar 08, 2021

A pool of potential jurors were in the court building, waiting to start the selection process. But they're being sent home for the day.

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National
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she will sign the bill headed to her desk that prevents transgender girls from playing on sports teams of their gender identity.

South Dakota Passes Bill Restricting Transgender Girls From Sports Teams

Mar 08, 2021
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, says she is excited to sign a bill that lawmakers have passed that bans transgender girls from sports teams of their gender identity.
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Religion
Pope Francis leaves Iraq Monday after his four-day visit to the country, a first for the papacy. President Biden said the pope and his trip set an example for the entire world.

Pope Francis Defends His Trip To Iraq Despite Infection Risks

Mar 08, 2021
The pope spent four days visiting six cities. He met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric to encourage Christian-Muslim dialogue.
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Two health care workers prepare syringes with AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in London Monday. A U.K. study will expose volunteers to the coronavirus and could help development of future vaccines.

Why Scientists Are Infecting Healthy Volunteers With The Coronavirus

Mar 08, 2021
Exposing people to a potentially fatal disease could hasten understanding of COVID-19 and development of new vaccines and treatments. But the risks of such studies raise serious ethical questions.
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Europe
Radio journalists work in the studio at the headquarters of the independent Hungarian radio station, the Klubradio in Budapest on Feb. 9. It was removed from the airways after the national media regulator would not renew its license, raising new press fr

As Hungary Cuts Radio Station, Critics Say Europe Should Put Orban On Notice

Mar 08, 2021
Taking Klubradio off the air was the latest blow to press freedom in a country where the right-wing populist leadership and its allies have increased control and influence over the media.
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Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, the subject of Walter Isaacson's new biography <em>The Code Breaker, </em>shared a Nobel prize in chemistry in 2020 for the part she played in developing the CRISPR gene editing technology.

CRISPR Scientist's Biography Explores Ethics Of Rewriting The Code Of Life

Mar 08, 2021
The Code Breaker profiles Jennifer Doudna, a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist key to the development of CRISPR, and examines the technology's exciting possibilities and need for oversight.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Police officers are shown arresting <em>Des Moines Register</em> reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sahouri went on trial Monday on charges of failing to disperse and interfer

Iowa Reporter Goes On Trial In Case That Raises Press Freedom Concerns

Mar 08, 2021
The Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.
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Law
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his colleagues on the court, filing a solo dissent for the first time in his nearly 16 years on the bench.

Roberts Accuses Supreme Court Justices Of 'Turning Judges Into Advice Columnists'

Mar 08, 2021
In an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of two former students blocked from expressing religious opinions on campus. But Roberts protested keeping the case alive after the college caved.
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu learned of a way to stop smallpox from women in the Ottoman Empire in the early 18th century. Trying to persuade her country to do the same proved tricky.

A 300-Year-Old Tale Of One Woman's Quest To Stop A Deadly Virus

Mar 08, 2021
In 1721, London was in the grips of a deadly smallpox epidemic. One woman learned how to stop it, but her solution sowed political division.

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