MINNEAPOLIS – Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Chauvin, 45, could be sent to prison for decades. The jury…
Sens. Kevin Cramer & John HoevenWASHINGTON (KVRR) – North Dakota’s U.S. Senators say the Green New Deal would cost taxpayers a fortune and force the nation’s economy into bankruptcy. Members of the progressive “Squad” rallied around a new push for the Green New Deal Tuesday with separate bills for public housing, a civilian climate corps and funding for cities. “The…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota health officials are confirming 58 new cases of the coronavirus out of 1,686 tests that were processed since Saturday. Nearly 106,000 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. That includes nearly 24,000 in Cass County. The COVID Tracking Project reports there were about 279 new cases per…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and that he believed the case, which has gone to the jury and put the nation on edge, to be “overwhelming.” Biden, ahead of a meeting with lawmakers in the Oval Office, told…
FARGO (KVRR) – A non-profit group that works to oppose religious displays on public property says a new North Dakota law that allows the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional. “The North Dakota law flouts the Constitution in an attempt to sneak religion and Christian nationalism into public schools,” according to the Freedom from Religion Foundation. “Of course, FFRF…
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed legislation that eases restrictions on citizens’ rights to use deadly force in self-defense. The legislation signed Tuesday modifies the state’s “castle law” and would allow someone to use deadly force without retreating in certain circumstances. Its sponsor, Republican Rep. Ben Koppelman, called the legislation “the most consequential gun law change…
(Court TV, via AP, Pool)MINNEAPOLIS – The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts. The jury of six white people and six people who are Black or multiracial resumed deliberations Tuesday morning. They began…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Following three weeks of testimony and several hours of closing arguments, the jury has begun deliberating in the Derek Chauvin trial. Closing arguments and jury instructions began Monday morning. Judge Peter Cahill told the jury to resist any urge to reach a verdict by bias, prejudice, sympathy or public opinion and to listen to different perspectives. The…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Lisbon, N.D. man has admitted to using an ax to vandalize the downtown Fargo office of Sen. John Hoeven. Federal prosecutors say 30 year-old Alexander Starks pleaded guilty to a charge of Destruction of Government Property. On Dec. 21, 2020, Starks used an ax to smash a window and caused substantial damage to the intercom system…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Dept. is partnering with a local tire dealer in an attempt to reduce the number of catalytic converter thefts. OK Tire will mark catalytic converters with heat resistant paint and engrave a partial Vehicle Identification Number. The service is available free of charge. An appointment is not required. Since December, police have received 137…
