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Articles by Valerie Richardson

In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney Eric Nelson, left, watches, after his bail was revoked after he was found guilty on all three counts in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Derek Chauvin convicted of murdering George Floyd

A Minneapolis jury on Tuesday found Derek Chauvin guilty of all charges in the death of George Floyd, reaching a verdict after less than a day of deliberations in a case that ignited mass protests and calls for police reform across the nation.

April 20, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., center, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right, arrive to talk about legislation to end Major League Baseball's special immunity from antitrust laws during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  **FILE**

Republicans bring heat with bills to plunk MLB over ‘spineless’ All-Star Game move

If Major League Baseball wants to yank the rug out from under Atlanta, then the league should pay, according to congressional Republicans who introduced bills in Congress to revoke MLB's antitrust exemption and permit local governments to sue the league in the event it relocates or cancels an All-Star Game scheduled for their city.

April 17, 2021
Authorities fire gas munitions at demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright, late Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Daunte Wright police protests spread out of Minnesota

Protests both peaceful and violent spread Wednesday beyond Minnesota, driven by the twin catalysts of the Duante Wright shooting and the Derek Chauvin trial, as public officials sought to thwart the tide of unrest from engulfing their jurisdictions.

April 14, 2021