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Chauvin "treated Mr. Floyd without respect and denied him the dignity owed to all human beings," wrote Judge Peter Cahill, adding an additional 10 years to Chauvin's presumptive sentence.

NPR's Audie Cornish checks in with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about vaccinations, variants and the current state of the pandemic.

President Biden is set to meet with Afghanistan's leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation.

In Surfside, Fla., rescue crews are still combing through the wreckage of the 12-story condominium that collapsed Thursday morning. Dozens of people are unaccounted for as the investigation begins.

Johnson County, Iowa, voted to change its eponym from Richard Mentor Johnson, a lifelong slaveholder, to Lulu Merle Johnson, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Iowa.

NPR's Ailsa Chang interviews Andrea Jenkins, vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, about Derek Chauvin's sentence in the death of George Floyd. She lives close to where he was killed.

Vice President Harris has been working on the root causes pushing so many Central Americans to seek asylum at the U.S. border. On Friday, she visited El Paso to talk to migrants and community members.

On Friday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd. A jury found Chauvin guilty on three counts in April.

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's restrictive new voting law. The suit alleges its purpose, restricting ballot access for Black voters, is in violation of the Voting Rights Act.

An investigation from CapRadio and the California Newsroom collaboration has found that Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., misrepresented his wildfire preparedness and even disinvested in prevention.

The urban search and rescue team combing through the condominium that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. is often called to major disasters worldwide. Now its searching for survivors in their backyard.

AMC Theaters is the latest stock to have gotten caught in a meme wave. But this time, the company seems to be taking advantage of the ride.

The U.S. government report is the most substantial public effort to date to deal with decades of speculation about UFOs, and whether the government had a role in concealing information.

Before designating Miami's Pulse nightclub a national memorial Friday, the president gave his condolences to individuals wrestling with uncertainty as rescue workers search for 159 people.

The former Minneapolis police officer gave his condolences to George Floyd's family. He also said, without explanation, there would be "some other information in the future that would be of interest."

She said in a victim impact video played in court that when she is someday reunited with her father, she wants to "play with him, have fun. Go on a plane ride. And that's it."

"For an entire year, I had to relive George being tortured to death every hour of the day," Philonise Floyd said during his victim impact statement in court.

Carolyn Pawlenty told the judge Derek Chauvin's character has been twisted by the media. He was convicted of second degree-murder in George Floyd's death, a killing that reverberated around the world.

With his lush, warm tone and exceptional technique, concert violinist Randall Goosby is easily winning over music lovers.

Venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz has launched a website it calls "the future of media." The firm has backed Clubhouse and Substack, two efforts to take messages directly to the public.

Author Scott Anderson chronicles the formative years of America's spy agency by focusing on four soldiers who became intelligence agents after World War II. Originally broadcast Sept. 1, 2020.

A standout track from Mia Berrin's debut album shreds its way through the dizzying uncertainty of young love, dating, parties and heartache, all while still living with one's parents.

Every Friday, Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts and guests share the shows, movies, books and music that brought them joy. This week: Sexy Beasts, Launchpad shorts, a Hunchback history and Mythic Quest.

Britney Spears' appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday points to a broader history of how women in entertainment and the music business have been treated.

The title track to the mysterious collective's fifth LP is an aspirational bop about overcoming social injustice.