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In this screen grab from video, prosecutor Steve Schleicher speaks as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over jury selection earlier this month in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.

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  • National

Televised Chauvin Trial Due To Pandemic Yields Wide Access — And Concern

This is the first time a Minnesota trial has been broadcast. Unlike Iowa, Wisconsin and other states, courts here have long opposed electronic media coverage.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Matt Sepic
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

The Mood In Minneapolis Is Tense As Chauvin Trial Is About To Start

Minneapolis braces for the start of the trail of Derek Chauvin, the ex-officer charged with murdering George Floyd. The Floyd family held a vigil Sunday night at a church near where Floyd was killed.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King and
  • Adrian Florido
Brothers Dennis (left) and Lee Horton were recently released from prison. The New Jersey Public Library's Fresh Start program has helped them navigate daily life and learn new technology that didn't exist in 1993.

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  • News

Libraries Are Key Tools For People Getting Out Of Prison, Even During A Pandemic

A New Jersey library program assists ex-prisoners with everything from making a FaceTime call to compiling job resources. It also helps them rebuild relationships when they come home.

March 28, 2021
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By:
  • Sally Herships
Voters in Atlanta casting their ballots on voting equipment made by Dominion Voting Systems. After losing the election, former President Trump and his allies spread conspiracy theories about the company, which has responded with defamation suits to combat the disinformation.

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  • Politics

Election Defamation Lawsuits Open New Front In Fight Against Disinformation

Some see these legal fights as another way to take on viral misinformation, one that's already starting to show some results.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Bente Birkeland
Attorney General Merrick Garland, pictured on March 11, said Friday the Justice Department will continue its effort to deter and punish coronavirus-related fraud.

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  • Law

DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year

A year after the first major coronavirus relief package passed, the Justice Department has charged defendants over exploiting loan and unemployment programs as well as with fraud targeting consumers.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
A lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems highlights election claims that Trump attorney Sidney Powell made on Lou Dobbs' Fox Business program. The suit includes a photo of one appearance that bore the on-screen headline, "The Battle for the White House: Concerns Raised about Dominion Voting Systems."

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  • Media

Dominion Voting Systems Files $1.6 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News

"Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process," the voting machine company's lawsuit said.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy and
  • Bill Chappell
Juan Gonzalez, shown here during a meeting last month at the White House, recently returned from a trip to Mexico and Guatemala. He's the National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere.

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  • Politics

'Predatory Elite' Also Bear The Blame For Migrant Crisis, NSC's Juan Gonzalez Says

"Migration is essentially a social release valve for migrants," says Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
State Rep. Park Cannon is placed into the back of a Georgia State Capitol patrol car after being arrested at the state Capitol. Cannon was arrested after she attempted to knock on the door of Gov. Brian Kemp's office during his remarks after signing into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections.

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  • Politics

Georgia Lawmaker Arrested As Governor Signs Law Overhauling Elections

Democratic state Rep. Park Cannon, a Black woman, is facing charges after refusing to stop knocking on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's office door.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The University of Southern California has agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who have accused the college's longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse, officials announced Thursday.

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  • National

USC Agrees To $852 Million Settlement To End Sex Abuse Litigation

Added to a separate 2018 settlement of $215 million, the agreement means the university is paying more than $1 billion to clear the lawsuits related to former campus gynecologist George Tyndall.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
In this March 31, 2019, photo, women speak to guards at the gate that closes off the section for foreign families who lived in the Islamic State's so-called caliphate, at al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria.

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  • World

No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo

The case of a woman who reportedly married ISIS fighters and is now stuck in Turkey with her young children has become the subject of a diplomatic dispute between Australia and New Zealand.

March 26, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Georgia Has Passed A Highly-Partisan Bill Overhauling State Voting Laws

Georgia passed a highly-partisan bill overhauling the state's voting laws Thursday. Republicans had proposed a number of voting restrictions, walking back some of the more controversial provisions.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler

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  • Law

Supreme Court Dips Gingerly Into Roiling Police Misconduct Waters

Justices ruled 5-3 that when officers fired 13 shots at a fleeing suspect, their actions were a seizure under the Constitution, entitling the suspect to sue for damages.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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  • Law

Prosecutors Allege 'Substantial Evidence' Of Oath Keepers Conspiracy To Storm Capitol

The founder of the Oath Keepers militia had a phone call with a member of the group who minutes later took part in a military-style "stack" formation to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, prosecutors say.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
A member of the Minnesota National Guard stands outside the Hennepin County Government Center during jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 11 in Minneapolis. Chauvin is facing murder charges in George Floyd's death. Among the 12 jurors and three alternates selected are three Black men, one Black woman and two multiracial jurors.

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  • Race

Half Of The Jury In The Chauvin Trial Is Nonwhite. That's Only Part Of The Story

The fact that four of the jurors are Black and two are multiracial glosses over some important nuance.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
A sign framed with flowers lists victims' names on a fence outside a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo. The suspect in the mass shooting made his first court appearance on Thursday.

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  • Law

Boulder Shooting Suspect Makes 1st Court Appearance

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is facing 10 counts of murder in the first degree and one count of attempted murder over the horrific attack at a King Soopers supermarket.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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