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People cheer after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Crowds React with Joy, Wariness to Verdict in Floyd’s Death
  • 20 April 2021
Black Americans from Missouri to Florida to Minnesota cheered, marched, hugged, waved signs and sang...
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This aerial photo provided by WABC shows police responding to the scene of a shooting at a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead, N.Y., on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said in a tweet Tuesday there had been shooting at the Long Island supermarket and that the suspect has not been apprehended. (WABC via AP)
One Killed, 2 Wounded in Shooting at NY Grocery Store
  • 20 April 2021
A gunman shot three workers inside a manager's office at a Long Island grocery store,...
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Sheriff: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded in Shooting at Wisconsin Tavern
  • 18 April 2021
Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth said the suspect in the shooting at Somers House Tavern...
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. Some people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not join a deadly insurrection. Experts say it's unlikely that they can mount a viable defense on First Amendment free speech grounds, but some appear intent on trying. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Some Jan. 6 Defendants Try to Use Journalism As Riot Defense
  • 18 April 2021
The camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history...
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A sheriff's car blocks the entrance to the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 17, 2021 where eight people were killed during a shooting late Thursday night. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Police: FedEx Shooter Legally Bought Guns Used in Shooting
  • 18 April 2021
A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed that suspect...
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A women wears a shirt calling for the end of gun violence during a vigil at the Olivet Missionary Baptist Church for the victims of the shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Saturday, April 17, 2021. A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Four Sikhs Among Victims of Indianapolis Mass Shooting
  • 17 April 2021
The deaths have reportedly left the tight knit Sikh community stunned and in mourning.
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A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
FBI Says It Interviewed FedEx Mass Shooter Last Year
  • 16 April 2021
FBI agents last year interviewed the gunman who fatally shot eight people at a FedEx...
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8 Dead in Shooting at FedEx Facility in Indianapolis
  • 16 April 2021
Fedex released a statement saying it is cooperating with authorities and working to get more...
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Naisha Wright, aunt of the deceased Daunte Wright, holds up images depicting X26P Taser and a Glock 17 handgun during a news conference at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Daunte Wright’s Family Wants Stiffer Charge for Minnesota Ex-Cop
  • 15 April 2021
Daunte Wright’s family members joined with community leaders in calling for more serious charges against...
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Bernie Madoff, Ponzi Schemer, Dies in Prison
  • 14 April 2021
Bernie Madoff apparently died from natural causes, an Associated Press source said.
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FILE - This undated photo released by the FBI shows Kristin Smart, the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo student who disappeared in 1996. The San Luis Obispo County sheriff plans a major announcement Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in the nearly 25-year mystery of the disappearance of Smart. (FBI via AP, File)
‘Prime Suspect’ Arrested in Kristin Smart’s 1996 Disappearance
  • 13 April 2021
Paul Flores, 44, who was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished...
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Undated photo issued Monday April 12, 2021, by West Mercia Police, showing the world's biggest rabbit, Darius, who has been stolen from it's home in Worcestershire, police have said. West Mercia Police are appealing for information after the 129 centimeters (4 feet, 3 inches) long Continental Giant rabbit named Darius was taken from its enclosure in the garden of the property in Stoulton, England, overnight on Saturday. (West Mercia Police via AP)
Bunny Snatched: Record-Holding Giant Rabbit Stolen in UK
  • 13 April 2021
Police say one of the world’s biggest bunnies has been stolen from its home in...
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