Apr 06 Watch 5:24 News Wrap: Navy medic shot dead after critically injuring two sailors in Maryland shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, two U.S. sailors are in critical condition after a navy medic shot them at a military facility in Frederick, Maryland. The suspect was later shot dead. Then, a look at how COVID related public restrictions… Continue watching
Apr 06 WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 7 By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press Lt. Johnny Mercil became the latest member of the Minneapolis force to take the stand as part of an effort by prosecutors to dismantle the argument that Chauvin was doing what he was trained to do when he put his… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 9:49 Chauvin’s actions were in ‘no way, shape, or form’ part of protocol, police chief says By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Courtney Norris The Derek Chauvin trial resumed Monday, with the prosecution arguing the former Minneapolis police officers' use of force did not follow protocol. The city's chief of police testified on the matter. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro has our report… Continue watching
Apr 05 WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 6 By Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski, Tammy Webber, Associated Press The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy in pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck and keeping him down after Floyd had stopped resisting and was in distress. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 3:42 For some, ‘an extra layer of trauma’ surrounds Derek Chauvin’s trial By PBS NewsHour The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin—charged with murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd last year—wrapped up its first week of testimony yesterday. The prosecution opened its case with testimony and video from eyewitnesses, emergency… Continue watching
Apr 02 WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 5 By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Tammy Webber, Associated Press The head of the Minneapolis Police Department's homicide division has testified that kneeling on the neck of someone who is handcuffed and lying on his stomach is "totally unnecessary" deadly force. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 2:54 Floyd’s girlfriend gives tear-filled testimony of his life on Day 4 of Chauvin trial By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Prosecutors continued to lay out their case on day four of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second and third degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May. Jurors… Continue watching
Apr 01 WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 4 By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press Chauvin is accused of killing Floyd by pinning his knee on the Black man's neck last May in a case that triggered massive protests and scattered violence around the U.S. and soul-searching over racial inequality. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Pfizer says its COVID vaccine highly effective in children as young as 12 In our news wrap Wednesday, Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine can be administered safely to children as young as 12. The CDC said COVID was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, and the global death… Continue watching
Mar 31 WATCH: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 3 By Associated Press To the prosecution, the witnesses who watched Floyd’s body go still were regular people going about their daily lives. But some of those people are being portrayed at trial as unruly, angry, even threatening the attorney for Chauvin. Continue reading