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…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – “I hope that we can come together because i know that division does not help us we have to come together,” one parent said. Members of ONEFARGO and city groups took the chance to change how people in Fargo are heard. “I’m just encouraging people to do what we been doing since America was founded and…
FARGO, N.D. — If you are still looking to get the COVID-19 vaccine, walk-ins are being accepted at the vaccination center in the former Gordman’s building in Fargo. Fargo Cass Public Health says walk-ins are welcome during clinic hours and they announced they are moving its vaccine operation to its main location next Monday. Essentia Health will accept walk-ins starting…
Walter MondaleMINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9/AP) – Walter Mondale passed away in Minneapolis Monday at the age of 93, his family says. The Minnesotan’s long career in politics was highlighted by serving as Jimmy Carter’s Vice President. He also served as Minnesota’s Attorney General, U.S. Senator and the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Mondale’s own try for the White House, in 1984, came…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo police say the final suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting that happened on March 22. A juvenile has been taken into custody. Police also say that the dark colored vehicle they were looking for has been found. The shooting happened at 9th Street West and Parkway Drive when two others…
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…
