Today's Headlines: Inflation Is High and Uncertainty Rampant as Economy Heads Into 2022

Kimberly Potter is convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright.
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Inflation Is High and Uncertainty Rampant as Economy Heads Into 2022

Inflation Is High and Uncertainty Rampant as Economy Heads Into 2022

By Jeanna Smialek

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge climbed at the fastest pace in nearly four decades, as Omicron clouded the outlook for 2022.

Kimberly Potter is convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright.

Kimberly Potter is convicted of manslaughter for killing Daunte Wright.

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

The prosecution and defense had agreed that the shooting was a mistake and that Ms. Potter, who is white, had meant to draw her Taser when she fatally shot Mr. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop.

Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87

Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87

By William Grimes

She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing. But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.

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Will Donald Trump Get Away With Inciting an Insurrection?

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Today's Videos

Family and Prosecution React to Verdict in Kimberly Potter Trial

Video Video: Family and Prosecution React to Verdict in Kimberly Potter Trial

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.

Hong Kong Removes Tiananmen Square Memorial Statue

Video Video: Hong Kong Removes Tiananmen Square Memorial Statue

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.

New Yorkers Wait in Long Line for Covid Tests as Cases Surge

Video Video: New Yorkers Wait in Long Line for Covid Tests as Cases Surge

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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