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The defense has rested in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin , who’s charged with the murder of George Floyd last year. Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson decided to rest his case to the jury after the former police officer invoked his Fifth Amendment rights Thursday morning before jurors had been seated for the day. Whether or not Chauvin would take stand was one of the last question marks remaining in the high-profile case, which has lasted nearly three weeks. ADVERTISEMENT The defense relied on considerably fewer witnesses to make its case to the court, calling only seven between Tuesday and Wednesday, whereas the prosecution called nearly 40 over the first two weeks of the trial. Nelson’s strategy relied on trying to prove that Floyd died from underlying heart disease and the illicit drugs in his system instead of Chauvin kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes. This game plan took a hit on Wednesday when Hennepin County … [Read more...] about Defense rests as Chauvin murder trial adjourns for the week

The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 cases are increasing globally at a worrying rate, with the number of new cases doubling each week, a pace approaching the highest rate of infection since the pandemic began. The WHO said Friday there were 541,960 new cases in the past week. On February 22 -- the week new cases began to tick up after six weeks of decline – 194,469 new cases were reported. At a virtual briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries that had avoided widespread infections are now seeing steep increases. He pointed to Papua New Guinea, which, until the beginning of this year, had reported less than 900 cases and only nine deaths. The nation has now reported more than 9,300 cases and 82 deaths. Tedros said that while that is a small number relative to other countries, the dramatic rate of new infections has the WHO very concerned about the potential for a larger epidemic in Papua … [Read more...] about Global COVID-19 Infection Rate Approaches Record High, WHO Warns

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Singapore’s apparent decision this week to sustain a more than 40-year-old military training program with Taiwan, despite pressure from China, is giving Taiwan’s embattled foreign policy a rare win in Asia. Officials in Taipei said this week Singapore would continue the Project Starlight military training program despite a visit last month to China by the Southeast Asian country’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as part of its own territory and discourages other governments from pursuing diplomatic or military relationships. The two sides started the training program in 1975 under Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his friend Chiang Ching-kuo, Taiwan’s premier at the time. Chiang went on to become president. Singapore picked Taiwan for the training site because the city-state lacked land for extensive military exercises, including war simulations. ? Singapore neutral “I think Singapore tries to, at least … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s Beleaguered Foreign Relations Find Stable Support in Singapore

DENVER (CBS4) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado continues to increase. On Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 500 people hospitalized with the virus in the state, the largest number since February 5. (credit: CDPHE) The 7-day average positivity rate among COVID-19 tests in Colorado is 5.71%. The state reported 2,260 new cases of the virus on Friday. READ MORE: Subaru Stolen Outside Westminster Business With 15-Year-Old Dog Inside So far, nearly a quarter of the state’s population is fully immunized against COVID-19. There are currently 1,316 vaccine providers across the state. CDPHE updates COVID-19 data each day at covid19.colorado.gov/data . COVID-19 Data as of 4 p.m. Friday: READ MORE: Colorado Supreme Court Censures Arapahoe County District Court Judge Natalie Chase Vaccines (Phase 1A & 1B): 1,316 Total Vaccine Providers 2,276,093 People Immunized with One Dose (40% of state … [Read more...] about COVID In Colorado: Hospitalizations Increase To 500 Statewide

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 17 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Whew! And still 18 more to go. Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer on Tim Hill's first pitch of the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Friday night in a tense, entertaining first matchup this season between NL West rivals who have visions of deep playoff runs. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM It took 4 hours, 57 minutes to decide this one, which ended early Saturday morning. The benches emptied after Dodgers reliever Dennis Santana hit Jorge Mateo with a pitch to put runners on the corners with one out in the 10th. Trent Grisham walked to load the bases, but Santana struck out Fernando Tatis Jr. to escape. "I’m very hesitant to get ahead of things, but it was like a playoff game," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, a multisport high school … [Read more...] about Seager’s homer in 12th sends Dodgers to 11-6 win over Padres