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People gather outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday before the jury's decision returning guilty verdicts against former police officer Derek Chauvin.
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Floyd's Brother On Verdict: 'I Was Just Praying They Would Find Him Guilty'

Apr 20, 2021
Philonise Floyd began weeping as Judge Peter Cahill read the three guilty verdicts aloud in court on Tuesday. "As an African American, we usually never get justice," he told reporters through tears.
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Obituaries
Jim Steinman speaks onstage at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards in 2012.
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Jim Steinman, Writer Of Operatic Rock Hits For Meat Loaf And Celine Dion, Dies At 73

Apr 20, 2021
Closely associated with Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman also wrote over-the-top hits for Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply and Celine Dion, as well as music for the stage.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, here during a news conference Thursday, brought a motion to censure Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., over comments she made at a protest last weekend.
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Democrats Block McCarthy Resolution To Censure Maxine Waters Over Protest Comments

Apr 20, 2021
Republicans criticized the California Democrat's remarks urging protesters to "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in his trial.
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Energy
A gas pump nozzle is seen at a gas station in Miami in 2018. Some activist shareholders are pushing companies to tie executive compensation to meeting climate targets.
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Some CEOs Are Hearing A New Message: Act On Climate, Or We'll Cut Your Pay

Apr 20, 2021
Some companies, under pressure from shareholders, are tying executive compensation to climate targets. It's not widespread yet, but the approach is catching on.
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Technology
Apple's app store is poised to reinstate Parler, which it suspended after the Capitol riots over what it described as violations of its guidelines around violent content.
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Far-Right-Friendly Platform Parler Expected To Return To App Store Next Week

Apr 20, 2021
Apple suspended the platform from its app store in the wake of the Capitol riots, citing inadequate content moderation practices. Parler says it will relaunch next week with "several new safeguards."
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Coronavirus Updates
Boxes containing the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the company's Janssen Pharmaceuticals unit, are shown at a vaccination center in Los Angeles last week.
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EU Regulator: 'Possible Link' Between Johnson & Johnson Vaccine And Rare Blood Clots

Apr 20, 2021
While emphasizing that the risk is low, the health agency said there should be a warning about the rare condition included in the product information for the vaccine.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
A protester holds a sign across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 6 during the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. The testimony ran for three weeks.
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Revisiting Key Moments From The Derek Chauvin Trial

Apr 20, 2021
The jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. As the country reacts, NPR revisits key moments from the last three weeks.
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Goats and Soda
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Anatomy Of A Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do Find The Next 'Big One'?

Apr 20, 2021
For decades, the U.S. has spent many millions hunting down viruses in hope of stopping a pandemic. Yet the efforts failed. A group of researchers thinks they have a better strategy for the future.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin (center) is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd on Tuesday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minne
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Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of George Floyd's Murder

Apr 20, 2021
Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, has been found guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
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Shots - Health News
A pharmacist administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a worker at a processing plant in Arkansas City, Kan., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Researchers are concerned that vaccination rates in some rural communities may not keep up with urban rates.
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Lagging Vaccination Rates Among Rural Seniors Hint At Brewing Rural-Urban Divide

Apr 20, 2021
As adults of all ages get access to the COVID-19 vaccines, health researchers worry that the trend could worsen.
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National
If passed, two new bills in Congress would extend the reporting deadlines for 2020 census results, which are now months overdue after the pandemic and interference by Trump administration officials upended last year's national count.
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After A Disrupted Census, Congress Tries Again To Extend Deadlines For Results

Apr 20, 2021
The 2020 census results are months overdue after COVID-19 upended the national count. Efforts to extend reporting deadlines stalled last year after Trump officials decided to cut short counting.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to Judge Peter Cahill read instructions to the jury before closing arguments Monday.
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What We Know About The Jurors In The Chauvin Trial

Apr 20, 2021
The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.
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Africa
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno addresses supporters at an election campaign rally in N'djamena earlier this month. The government announced Tuesday that Déby had died during clashes with rebels.
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Chad's President, Idriss Déby, Reportedly Killed During Clash With Rebels

Apr 20, 2021
The death of Déby, who came to power in 1990, was announced a day after his reelection to a sixth term was certified. The army said that his son, a four-star general, will become interim president.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
Students pose for photos during a walkout at Tartan High School in Oakdale, Minn.
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Minnesota Students Walk Out Of School To Protest Racial Injustice

Apr 20, 2021
Across the state young people left class in an impromptu demonstration as jurors in Minneapolis began deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
A lone protester stands outside the Hennepin County Courthouse on Monday as lawyers presented closing arguments in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. The jury is now deliberating.
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1st Full Day Of Jury Deliberations Underway In Chauvin Murder Trial

Apr 20, 2021
The 12 jurors, who have remained anonymous throughout the trial, will be fully sequestered each night at a nearby hotel until they reach a decision. Any verdict must be unanimous.
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Author Interviews
Lauren Hough struggled to adjust after escaping a doomsday cult. "There's an aspect of trauma that's hard to explain," she says. "It's exhausting to be scared all of the time. That anxiety just starts to weigh on you."
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After Growing Up In A Cult, Lauren Hough Freed Herself By Writing The Truth

Apr 20, 2021
Hough was 15 when her family left the Children of God cult. Afterward, she struggled to face the trauma of her past. Her new collection of personal essays is Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.
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World
John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, speaks to the media last year in Moscow. In a statement Tuesday, Sullivan said it was important for him to speak directly to "my new colleagues in the Biden administration" about U.S.-Russia relations.
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U.S. Ambassador To Russia Returns To Washington As Relations Sour Further

Apr 20, 2021
John Sullivan is returning for "consultations" after a new round of tit-for-tat sanctions between Moscow and Washington last week.
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COMICS: Teaching In The Pandemic
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COMIC: 'Radiating Love And Positivity' While Teaching In The Pandemic

Apr 20, 2021
It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid a pandemic. This week is Shameem Patel, a second-grade teacher in Dallas.
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Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
President Biden meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Oval Office of the White House on April 13.
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Looming Chauvin Verdict Will Test Biden's Leadership On Race

Apr 20, 2021
The president prioritizes racial justice while also acting as an ally of law enforcement, and the trial's end could be the first significant flashpoint over race and policing in Biden's presidency.
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National
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right) speaks outside the U.S. Capitol in March with other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the size of which has stayed at 435 voting members for decades.
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Stuck At 435 Representatives? Why The U.S. House Hasn't Grown With Census Counts

Apr 20, 2021
A 1929 law set up a process for redistributing representation after each census that has pitted states against one another in a once-a-decade fight for power in Congress and the Electoral College.
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National
Sulma Franco, an organizer with Mujeres Luchadoras and Grassroots Leadership and an LGBT activist from Guatemala, leads protestors to the entrance of the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas on March 24 where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfo
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Immigrant Detention For Profit Faces Resistance After Big Expansion Under Trump

Apr 20, 2021
A grassroots movement opposing privately-run immigrant jails across the country, which grew under former President Trump, has continued and found a more receptive audience under President Biden.
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National
A rescue boat is seen next to the capsized lift boat Seacor Power seven miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday. The vessel capsized during a storm last Tuesday.
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Coast Guard Ends Search For Missing Crewmembers Of Capsized Boat Off Louisiana

Apr 19, 2021
The Seacor Power capsized 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, La. in the Gulf of Mexico last Tuesday amid rough waters.
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Shots - Health News
Medicare Advantage, a fast-growing private alternative to original Medicare, has <a href="https://www.ahip.org/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-medicare-advantage/">enrolled</a> more than 26 million people. Humana Inc. is one of the largest of these insur
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Humana Inc. Overcharged Medicare Nearly $200 Million, Federal Audit Finds

Apr 19, 2021
If the report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General is sustained, Humana Inc. could face a record penalty for overcharges in a Medicare Advantage plan.
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Obituaries
Former Vice President Walter Mondale and former President Jimmy Carter appeared together in 2018, marking Mondale's 90th birthday.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale Dies At 93

Apr 19, 2021
The Minnesota Democrat was President Jimmy Carter's vice president and the Democratic nominee for president in 1984. He's lauded for humor and transforming the vice presidency, but also for decency.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The U.S. Department of State will add a slew of countries to its "Do Not Travel List" later this week because of coronavirus danger.
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State Department To Issue Travel Warnings Amid 'Unprecedented' COVID-19 Risks

Apr 19, 2021
The department said the new advisories will "better reflect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's science." Americans are urged not to travel to nearly 80% of countries around the globe.

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