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My hometown of Minneapolis erupted last May over a video that showed Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck until the life drained out of him. Within days, I headed there and met dozens of residents united in their fury and anguish. Nearly a year later, after the announcement of Mr. Chauvin’s conviction on murder and manslaughter charges, once-moribund streets bloomed with displays of euphoria and relief. People hugged and cried, laughed and danced, and for a few hours at least, Minneapolis could exhale.  “I’m feeling super excited,” Trahern Crews, the lead organizer of Blac...

The pungent smell of cannabis on Britain’s streets and in its parks is hard to escape. People openly smoke and share joints, or even deal it, safe in the knowledge they are unlikely to be apprehended, let alone punished. Yet cannabis is a class B drug and possessing or selling products that contain THC — the drug’s psychoactive compound — is illegal. Now, it seems, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is set to challenge the status quo with his announcement that, should he be re-elected for a second term next month, he will set up an independent drugs review to examine the health, economi...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has agreed to a motion to allow Krystal Kenney, the Idaho nurse who helped clean up the crime scene left behind after Patrick Frazee murdered his fiance, Kelsey Berreth, to be released early from prison.

Share this article Share this article AACHEN, Germany and SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology to the professional and broadcast industries, today announced it was selected by Blackmagic Design as the first company authorized to provide encoder plugins for custom output options for DaVinci Resolve Studio. DaVinci Resolve is an industry-leading solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post-production all in one software tool. Starting with DaVinci Resolve Studio 17, the Mai...

[Live: Follow coverage of the trial.] MINNEAPOLIS — Late last year, a 14-page questionnaire began to arrive in mailboxes across Minneapolis and its suburbs. It asked if the recipient had watched the video of George Floyd dying under a police officer’s knee. What about the protests against police brutality, it wanted to know — did you go? How do you feel about Black Lives Matter? It asked respondents to list their education level, any martial arts training, even their favorite podcasts. And then there was the essay prompt, followed by a daunting expanse of blank paper: Tell us everythi...