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    Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon at Monday's news conference regarding the killing of Daunte Wright. He, along with Kim Potter, who shot Wright, resigned Tuesday.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice

    Brooklyn Center Police Chief And Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Resign

    Apr 13, 2021
    The resignations of Kim Potter, who fired her gun at Wright, and Chief Tim Gannon come after the city council passed a resolution calling for them to be relieved of duty.
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    knpr's STATE OF NEVADA

    Air Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021

    Las Vegas' Entertainment Industry Begins To Re-emerge In Earnest

    Clark County's Budget Shows Signs Of Recovery

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    • The pandemic has impacted a lot of industries, but in Las Vegas, it has put the vital entertainment industry completely on hold. After a year, is that finally changing? 

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    Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers of the art squad's archaeological unit pose with a headless Roman statue wearing a draped toga in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.
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    1st Century Roman Statue, Looted A Decade Ago, Found In Belgium By Off-Duty Police

    Apr 13, 2021
    The statue is valued at 100,000 euros and was stolen from an archaeological site near the outskirts of Rome.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Officer Rusten Sheskey "was found to have been acting within policy and will not be subjected to discipline," the Kenosha, Wis., police chief said, following a review of the shooting of Jacob Blake.
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    Rusten Sheskey, Kenosha Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake, Will Not Face Discipline

    Apr 13, 2021
    "Officer Sheskey was found to have been acting within policy," Kenosha, Wis., police Chief Daniel Miskinis said Tuesday, adding that he knows "some will not be pleased with the outcome."
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    Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
    Minneapolis Park Police Officer Peter Chang testifies Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged in the death of George Floyd.
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    Park Police Officer Who Provided Backup Testifies In Derek Chauvin Trial

    Apr 13, 2021
    Chauvin's attorney said the footage from Officer Peter Chang's bodycam would show how another officer reacted to events as well as reflect bystanders' reactions to what they were seeing.
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    Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
    Barry Brodd, a use-of-force expert, testifies Tuesday in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial. Brodd said the position in which George Floyd was restrained — facedown on the ground — was safest for officers and the suspect.
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    Expert Testifies Chauvin's Actions Were Justified And In Line With Policies

    Apr 13, 2021
    Defense witness Barry Brodd, a former police officer and use-of-force expert, told the court that the defendant, Derek Chauvin, followed his training as he pinned down George Floyd with his knee.
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    Aaron Lee Tasjan's New Album Touches On Health, Being Alone, And Money

    Apr 13, 2021
    Though these songs may sound like they were inspired by the pandemic, Aaron Lee Tasjan's had an anxious mind since before the lockdown.
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    Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyd's Killing
    Shawanda Hill testifies Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin. She said that as a police officer stood with a gun drawn outside the car she was in with George Floyd, Floyd grabbed the steering wheel and started saying, "Please, please don't kill me, plea
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    Passenger In George Floyd's Car Testifies In Derek Chauvin Trial

    Apr 13, 2021
    Shawanda Hill said she was with George Floyd when an officer drew a gun outside the car. Floyd grabbed the wheel and said, "Please, please don't kill me, please, please don't shoot me," she recalled.
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    Henry Louis Gates Jr. On 'The Black Church' And His Own Bargain With Jesus

    Apr 13, 2021
    When he was 12, Gates made a bargain with Jesus in an attempt to save his mother's life. He talks about how that altered his own life, and his new book and PBS series, The Black Church.
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    Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie (center) visits Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2020. The Biden administration said it plans to complete a drawdown of U.S. troops in the country by Sept. 11.
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    Biden Administration Says It Will Withdraw U.S. Troops From Afghanistan By Sept. 11

    Apr 13, 2021
    A senior administration official said that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted America's involvement in its longest war.
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