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What happens now in the proceedings against the man accused in the death of George Floyd? Judge Peter Cahill told the 14 members of the jury that they should return to court at 9 a.m. CDT Monday and be prepared to hear closing arguments from attorneys on both sides. After that, Cahill will instruct the jurors on the laws in the case before the panel members start verdict deliberations. Two members of the jury will be informed that they were alternates and will not be part of deliberations. The jury will be sequestered during its deliberations. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, t...

Des Moines Register Just after noon on Nov. 6, Melinda McNabb received a call from a prison counselor at Clarinda Correctional Facility.  Her son, Christopher James Rios, an inmate serving decades for a burglary and robbery, had contracted the coronavirus.   For McNabb, 52 and a mother of four, the news was worrying but expected: Coronavirus was peaking in Iowa’s prisons. “I figured it was just a matter of time,” she said of her 28-year-old son’s positive test. He was one of 4,800 prisoners who have tested positive for coronavirus in the state's overcrowded prisons since the p...

USA TODAY MINNEAPOLIS — The chief medical examiner for Hennepin County who conducted the autopsy on George Floyd testified Friday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin,  telling jurors that Floyd's breathing did not appear to be impaired by the placement of Chauvin's knee on Floyd's neck. Dr. Andrew Baker testified that Floyd's existing and underlying heart disease was a contributing cause of his death; it was evidenced by a heart that "weighed more than it should" and coronary arteries that were significantly narrowed. "The law enforcement subdual and neck compression is just mor...

MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd could be heard pleading for his life and saying "I can't breathe" in four police body-camera videos prosecutors played for jurors Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Prosecutors played videos from the body-cams of former officers Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, as well as part of Chauvin's video. The videos revealed that Chauvin defended his tactics after an ambulance left the scene, remarking to a bystander that Floyd was "a sizable guy" and "probably on something." Earlier, a witness who glim...

The trial of Derek Chauvin, a former police officer charged in George Floyd's death, starts March 8 in Minneapolis. Here's what to know.