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The murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of killing 46-year-old Black man George Floyd by kneeling on his neck, began March 29. It comes 10 months after the killing sparked ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and

Brazil’s Ministry of Defense has announced that the commanders of the army, navy and air force will be replaced, deepening a political crisis for President Jair Bolsonaro.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s brother was sentenced to life in prison by a New York judge Tuesday for large-scale drug trafficking after a trial that implicated the leader of the Central American country. Tony Hernandez, 42, was found guilty

The world’s oldest ballet company is undergoing a racial reckoning. The Paris Opera Ballet is working to update racist stereotypes and increase diversity.

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to British Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce about how a new American president changes how the United Kingdom fits on the world stage.

Derek Chauvin trial resumes as MMA fighter who witnessed ‘blood choke’ during George Floyd arrest returns  Fox News Derek Chauvin Trial: Young witnesses to testify as court resumes  KARE 11 MMA fighter who watched George Floyd’s death gives emotional testimony at Chauvin

Children sleeping on mats in overcrowded plastic pods: Inside a facility on the US-Mexico border  CNN Inside the border crisis: Press tours packed Texas facility with 4,000+ migrants  Fox News Border Patrol detains nearly 50 unaccompanied migrant children near Rio Grande  New York

Young activists today are looking to build on the work of civil rights icons, keeping a connection between social justice movements and the Black church. But the fight for Black social justice looks more intersectional now than it did years

NFL owners voted Tuesday to approve the scheduling change, the first of its kind in more than four decades. It’s been widely expected and follows a finalized round of lucrative media agreements. (Image credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

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