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Even with the aggravating factors, legal experts have said, the former Minneapolis police officer is unlikely to get more than 30 years.

Family, basketball and tequila were top of mind when the hardwood legends last communicated weeks before Bryant’s death.

"It's sickening and unacceptable that any member of our community fears for their safety during a routine traffic stop," prosecutor Steve Descano said.

"We know justice is closer,” said Marcus Arbery Sr., father of the 25-year-old Black man fatally shot in Brunswick while he was out for a run.

The teaching of "Ghost Boys," about a 12-year-old Black boy who is killed by a white officer, was halted in two Broward County fifth grade classes.

“My hope is that this action will ... help to right these horrific wrongs and perhaps bring a measure of peace to the memories of these individuals," Gov. Larry Hogan said.

Jason Williams vacated convictions in February of nearly two dozen people found guilty by nonunanimous verdicts. It's only the beginning, he says.

Derek Chauvin and three others are accused of "willfully" depriving Floyd of the Constitutional right "to be free from an unreasonable force by a police officer."

The moves follow an investigation published in February by the Los Angeles Times that noted there were no Black people currently in the HFPA.

William Tate will take charge of a system in the midst of several campus controversies.

From Toni Morrison to Michelle Obama, here are some of the best fiction and nonfiction works to read.