Kimberly Potter is convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright.
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| By The Associated Press Daunte Wright's mother and the attorney general of Minnesota gave remarks on the jury's decision to convict Ms. Potter on two counts of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Mr. Wright. | | | By The Associated Press and Reuters In the latest crackdown on political dissent in Hong Kong, authorities removed the "Pillar of Shame" statue that memorialized those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square government massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. | | | By Caroline Kim People waited in a line that snaked around the block in hopes of getting an at-home coronavirus test. | | |
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