Concern appears to be fading that a massive settlement for George Floyd’s family will derail the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of Floyd.

Most potential jurors say they avoided news of the city’s $27 million settlement or could set it aside.

Two jurors seated before news of the settlement broke last week were dismissed Wednesday after being re-questioned by Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, but five others were retained and two were added later in the day.

Asian-Americans are grieving in the wake of an Atlanta-area shooting that happened Tuesday night. The attack occurred at several massage parlors and killed eight people with most of the deaths being Asian women.

Many were outraged when the suspect was not immediately charged with hate crimes. Asian-Americans have been rallying together with the hashtag #StopAsianHate on social media.

“I think the reason why people are feeling so hopeless is because Asian-Americans have been ringing the bell on this issue for so long,” Executive Director of the Atlanta-based Asian-American Advocacy Fund Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood said. “We’ve been raising the red flag.”

Many U.S. schools are preparing for a summer of learning to help kids catch up on any schooling they may have missed during this year of interrupted study.

The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package will aid in these programs because it allocates $122 billion in aid to K-12 public schools, with $30 billion specifically set aside for summer school, after-school and other enrichment programs.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota plan to use the funding to lure students into the summer learning program by offering music, dance, theater and other fun activities.

Samantha Ellsworth can be reached at ells7415@stthomas.edu.