Live Updates: Derek Chauvin trial set to resume after emotional testimony
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Prosecutors will continue to lay out their case Thursday against Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer charged in the death of George Floyd. Three days of testimony have included first-hand accounts of Floyd's fatal arrest from a series of eyewitnesses, some of whom cried and described feeling helpless as the unarmed Black man struggled for air.
Chauvin, who was seen in disturbing videos kneeling on Floyd's neck, is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty. Court ended Wednesday with jurors watching a series of police body camera videos showing the fatal encounter. Earlier Wednesday, a bystander witness broke down in tears on the stand as prosecutors played a bodycam video showing officers attempting to force Floyd inside a squad car.Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is facing backlash for allegedly sharing remarks that audience members found sexist, homophobic and generally offensive at a Q&A event over the weekend tied to a Massachusetts theater's screening of "Jaws." Dreyfuss starred in the 1975 blockbuster that was filmed in Massachusetts and screened Saturday night at The Cabot, a performing arts center in the coastal community of Beverly.