Several people were killed after a single-engine plane crashed in Tennessee, tensions are on the rise between Germany and Russia after a recording of German Military officers discussing the use of long-range missiles leaked and the Minnesota House passed a change meant to allow school resource officers to use prone restraints on students. Eli Bieber has today’s News in :90.
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison 22 times by a former gang leader and one-time FBI informant who told investigators he targeted the ex-Minneapolis police officer because of his notoriety for killing George Floyd.
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week has risen to 13 people. The Biden administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine. Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times in prison. AP Wire Editor Grace Sutton has today’s News in :90.
Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter has died at the age of 96. Populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s Presidential election. The Supreme Court rejected Derek Chauvin’s appeal of his conviction. Campbell Klecatsky has today’s News in :90.
The British government plans to send migrants to Rwanda even though United Kingdom’s highest court says it’s against the law. President Joe Biden criticized Republican lawmakers for denying the reality of global warming. Ex-Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin wants his conviction of George Floyd’s murder reversed. Grace Olson has today’s News in :90.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held back bystanders while his colleagues restrained a dying George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter.
Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been convinced of aiding and abetting manslaughter, the Writers Guild of America launched a strike for the first time in 15 years and an interstate highway in Illinois reopened today after a windstorm led to crashes that killed at least six people yesterday. Owen Larson has today’s News in :90.
Brazilians have delivered a tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics. Bolsonaro’s campaign had made repeated unproven claims of possible electoral manipulation before the vote, raising fears that, if he lost, he …
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s next Prime Minister after winning the Conservative leadership race Monday. Sunak will be Britain’s first leader of color and the nation’s third leader this year. He now faces the task of stabilizing the party and country in a time of economic and political turmoil. His only rival, …
European Union leaders on Friday gave the green light to a plan to provide Ukraine with 18 billion euros (dollars) in financial support over the next year, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is trying to spark a refugee exodus by destroying his country’s energy infrastructure. The City of Minneapolis will pay more than $700,000 to resolve complaints over excessive force by police during protests over the death of George Floyd. St. Thomas seminarians embody “pride and passion” during the football team’s home games by dressing up as construction workers and carrying around duct tape tools to continue the legacy known as Caruso’s Crew. Jack Taggart has today’s News in :90.
OPEC and allied oil-producing countries decided to gradually increase the flows they send to the world. Kyiv native, professor Paul Gavrilyuk, is dedicating his time to raising over $300,000 for Rebuild Ukraine. Gillian farinella had today’s News in :90.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit to the city by the U.N. chief, Beijing is grappling with the latest wave of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and Minneapolis police used covert or bogus social media accounts to monitor black individuals and groups despite having no clear public safety rationale for doing so. Production Editor Natalie Hoepner has today’s News in :90.
Putin’s demand to pay for gas in rubles would violate western sanctions imposed over the war, a Minneapolis Police Department investigation found patterns of race discrimination, and a TommieMedia columnist takes first place in contest. Ella Shuherk has today’s News in :90.
A state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing in the custody of four Minneapolis police officers has determined that the department engages in a pattern of race discrimination.
Ukrainian officials say the Russian military has hit a strategic bridge linking the southern Odessa region with neighboring Romania on Tuesday, a Minnesota judge ruled Tuesday that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd’s killing will not be live streamed, and Tentative plans are in place to rebrand and reopen Scooter’s on August 21. Ad/Pr Representative Ethan Erickson has today’s News in :90.
