ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin asked an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer’s convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial.

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Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, in response to what it described as “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.”

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INA, Ill. — The American Red Cross Blood Drive is returning to the Rend Lake College Campus on Tuesday, January 24, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm in the South Oasis. The event is open to the public and all individuals are encouraged to participate in this life-saving opportunity.

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(The Center Square) – The first federal lawsuit against Illinois’ gun ban and registry has been announced by the Illinois State Rifle Association. It follows two others that were filed in state court Tuesday.

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BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister died Wednesday in a helicopter crash near the capital that killed more than a dozen other people, including children, authorities said.

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MARION — State Sens. Dale Fowler and Terri Bryant and State Reps. Dave Severin, David Friess, Patrick Windhorst, Paul Jacobs and Charlie Meier hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday evening the Marion Civic Center.

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ROME (AP) — Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, a Mafia boss convicted of helping to mastermind some of the nation’s most heinous slayings, was arrested Monday when he sought treatment at a private clinic in Sicily after three decades on the run.

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The Centers for Disease Control says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic stroke in people 65 and older.

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer Robbie Bachman has died.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default.

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