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Kim Potter trial: the ex-officer is expected to take the stand in her own defense

6:11am December 17, 2021

by Matt Sepic

Kim Potter, a white former police officer is expected to testify Friday that she mistakenly used her gun and killed Daunte Wright, a Black man, when she really meant to use her Taser.

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Judge overturns settlement that protected the Sackler family from opioid lawsuits

9:52pm December 16, 2021

by Brian Mann

A federal judge has overturned a bankruptcy settlement worth more than $4 billion which granted immunity from opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family who own the company that makes Oxycontin.

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Defense attorneys called their first witnesses in the trial for Ghislaine Maxwell

8:01pm December 16, 2021

by Jasmine Garsd

Defense began its case in the trial for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of grooming underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell says she's being tried in lieu of Epstein, who died in federal prison.

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Prosecutor in Crumbley case says charging parents in school shootings is warranted

6:07pm December 16, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald about working on the Oxford High School shooting case and working towards safer schools.

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FDA relaxes restrictions on abortion pill

5:53pm December 16, 2021

by Sarah McCammon

The Food and Drug Administration has reviewed its rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. Patients will now permanently be able to get the drug through the mail.

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Former Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Beach player is shown here during a preseason NHL hockey game in 2008 in Dallas.

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Chicago Blackhawks settle with a former player who says he was sexually assaulted

8:21am December 16, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Kyle Beach said the organization mishandled his sexual assault allegations. He came forward publicly in October as the man behind the lawsuit.

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Grand jury report on Surfside condo collapse calls for immediate action

7:15am December 16, 2021

by Greg Allen

In Miami-Dade County, Fla., a grand jury issued a report on the collapse of a condo tower in Surfside that killed 98 people. Among its recommendations: inspect condo buildings every 10 years.

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Chauvin reverses decision, pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights

5:50am December 16, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleading guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights.

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Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights in federal court

4:28pm December 15, 2021

by Leila Fadel

Former cop Derek Chauvin changed his not guilty plea to guilty of willfully depriving George Floyd, a Black man, of his constitutional rights when Chauvin used excessive force that killed Floyd.

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Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's brother, speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday, after Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in George Floyd's murder.

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Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd's civil rights

1:35pm December 15, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"Nobody is above the law, and nobody is beneath it," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, calling Chauvin's change of plea "important and historic."