CHICAGO – Questions around race have been central to the murder case against the former Minneapolis police officer who leaned on George Floyd's neck while the Black man pleaded for air.

Of the six men and three women selected through Monday for Derek Chauvin's jury, five are white, one is multiracial, two are Black and one is Hispanic.

They range in age from their 20s to their 50s. Scholars, courts and legal groups have increasingly advocated for greater jury diversity — not just of race, but of gender and socioeconomic backgrounds — as a way to make trials fairer.

DOES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION REQUIRE DIVERSE JURIES? Not directly. But the Constitution does guarantee a trial “by an impartial jury,” widely interpreted to mean juries that

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Trucker protests: Ottawa mayor says deal struck for trucks to leave residential neighbourhoods

The mayor of Ottawa says he’s reached a back channel deal with protest organizers to limit their demonstration to the area immediately surrounding Parliament Hill. The agreement calls for vehicles to roll out of residential neighbourhoods over the next 24 hours.

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As a blockade of a B.C. border crossing continues into the second day, RCMP make four arrests.

Surrey RCMP Sgt. Elenore Sturko provides an update on enforcement at a protest blockading the Pacific Highway border crossing on Sunday. Four people have been arrested for mischief.

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Alberta brothers team up to help sister battling rare genetic disease

A pair of Ardrossan, Alta., brothers is rallying around their younger sister battling a rare genetic disease. They’ve teamed up to create a fundraiser this month using their skills to raise money and awareness. Nicole Stillger has the story.

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Anger, frustration over how Edmonton police handled counter protest and convoy noise: councillor

Several Edmontonians are not happy about the level of enforcement by police in Saturday’s trucker convoy. While many people are disappointed by the noise amid an injunction to stop it, it was how police handled a counter protest that pushed some people to their tipping point.

US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear protesters

North America's busiest trade link has fully reopened for traffic following a six-day blockade, Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared protesters fighting to end Covid-19 restrictions.

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Ottawa mayor made a ‘backchannel’ deal to remove convoy from ‘residential’ areas

Ottawa’s mayor says he’s reached a “backchannel” deal with convoy organizers to limit the three-week occupation’s to the area immediately surrounding Parliament Hill.

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Health strike continues for 8th day despite interim order

COLOMBO (News 1st): The issuance of medicines, laboratory and radiology services at Government Hospitals will not be carried out on Monday (Feb. 14) as well, due to the ongoing strike action of the Health Trade Unions.The health workers are continuing their island-wide trade union action for the 8th consecutive day; the strike was launched citing several issues including salary anomalies.As a result of the strike action, various health services including the vaccinations and services offered by the Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) are no longer available.The trade union action is being carried out against the backdrop of the Colombo District Court issuing an interim order to suspend the strike immediately.According to News 1st correspondents, patients have been severely inconvenienced due to the strike action.

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Houston area couple celebrates 20th wedding anniversary, 2nd anniversary of kidney transplant

HOUSTON - A Houston couple walked down the aisle Sunday to celebrate both a 20th wedding anniversary and their two-year paired kidney donation.SIGN UP FOR FOX 26 HOUSTON EMAIL ALERTS10 couples made plans to exchange vows during the Heritage Society's 2022 Valentine’s Express Wedding Extravaganza. Ceremonies take place each year in the historic St. John Church in Sam Houston Park. Although many couples share in the picturesque event, Kim and Sean Ballesteros take the cake as the perfect match for more than one reason.Valentine's Day is around the corner and the million-dollar question is: what do women really want? Psychotherapist Mary Jo Rapini shares how and what partners should prepare for the love holiday.They met more than twenty years ago, working at a local Central Market store where she was managing gift baskets, and he was managing the wine department."He was in love with me by date two, that's what he said," says Kim. A year later they married, and the next year, they had their son. MORE HEALTH NEWSOn Sunday, they renewed their vows where Kim used to volunteer with the Heritage Society, two decades down the line."When you’re focusing on this person you love more than anything, of course, you’re going to tear up a little bit," says Sean of the emotional vows he shared at the altar. In 2019, he was diagnosed with stage four renal disease and needed a kidney donor.

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Saskatchewan dropping proof of vaccination requirment

Saskatchewan government’s public health order requiring proof of vaccination or proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test to enter most public buildings expires at 12:01 a.m. Monday morning.The measures were put in place last October to stop the disease from spreading.The requirement included venues such as theatres, bingo halls, concerts, gyms, liquor stores and cannabis retailers.

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More than 20,000 boosters given yesterday; 981 community cases; 39 in hospital

The Big Boost Week continues to see tens of thousands of people going out to get their booster dose each day. Yesterday, 20,739 boosters doses were administered despite the weather.

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Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says protesters are harming our country

After another weekend of protests across the country, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair tells ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson that the blockades are hurting Canadians and need to stop.

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Lifting weights for 3 seconds a day increases muscle strength, study suggests

FILE - Image of study participant during testing. Participants were asked to do three different types of arm workouts which included isometric, concentric or eccentric bicep curls.Isometric means the arm sits stationary, with basically no movement.

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B.C. evening weather forecast: Feb. 12

Meteorologist Yvonne Schalle has the Saturday, February 12, 2022 forecast for Metro Vancouver and British Columbia.

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Four arrested as blockade of key B.C. border crossing stretches into second day: RCMP

COVID-19 measures continued into a second day, Surrey RCMP said.Highway 15 remained closed between 1st and 8th Avenue, according to DriveBC, and highway traffic cameras showed access to the route blocked by police vehicles.Surrey RCMP said Sunday the border crossing was closed an all vehicle access to the border area south of 8th Avenue was suspended.“Safety is our priority in this situation, this is a very high emotion protest where we want to do as much as we can to try and keep people calm, even as we move forward with arrests,” Surrey RCMP Sgt. Elenore Sturko said.Police formed a line around 12:30 p.m.

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US suspends avocado imports from Mexico

Avocados for sale at the Trader Joe's Upper East Side Bridgemarket grocery store in New York, U.S. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S.

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Mickey Guyton gives powerful rendition of national anthem at Super Bowl 2022

Singer Mickey Guyton performs the national anthem before Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Steph Chambers)LOS ANGELES - Country singer Mickey Guyton kicked off Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals with a powerful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."Guyton, a Grammy-nominated country artist from Texas, performed the anthem in a solid blue gown, representing the colors of the Rams.

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Police investigate swastika vandalism in Wilmington

WILMINGTON, Del. - Police in Delaware’s biggest city are investigating the vandalism of multiple locations with spray-painted swastikas. The News Journal in Wilmington reports that The Columbus Inn in Wilmington’s Wawaset neighborhood, a billboard on nearby Union Street and Brandywine Counseling and Community Services are among the spots vandalized.

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Pandemic can end only when we eradicate the virus, say experts

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Coronavirus infection rates down almost 40 per cent across Greater Manchester

Coronavirus infection rates across the region have fallen by almost 40 per cent, figures have revealed.

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Trudeau government actively considering emergency powers to end blockades: Blair

the blockades that have snarled cross-border traffic and paralyzed the City of Ottawa.“Certainly,” responded Minister Bill Blair when asked Sunday if his government was prepared to invoke the Emergencies Act, rarely-used legislation that grants federal authorities exceptional powers to address national threats.“I want to assure you that we recognize the threat to Canada, to Canadians, to our livelihoods and to our prosperity that these protests represent. This isn’t about vaccines anymore.

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Trucker protests: Police remove blockade in Windsor, Ont. make arrest

Police removed protesters that have been blocking the Ambassador bridge in Windsor, Ont., on Sunday. They also made an arrest when drivers refused to remove their vehicles. Sean O’Shea has the details.

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Russian skater to testify by video Sunday in doping case hearing

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during a figure skating training session at Winter Olympic Games. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Russian skater Kamila Valieva will testify by video Sunday at a court hearing about her doping case.Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Both the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Testing Agency — on behalf of the IOC — said Friday they would fight the decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to allow the 15-year-old Valieva to skate. The Russian agency provisionally banned Valieva Tuesday because she failed a doping test in December.

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COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations decline in Quebec ahead of further reopening

COVID-19 on Sunday, a drop that comes a day before the province prepares to allow gyms and spas to reopen for business.The Health Department says 2,081 people are in hospital with the disease after 121 patients were admitted in the past 24 hours and 183 were discharged.#COVID19 – En date du 12 février, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/pwoUoaBgaF pic.twitter.com/zwEv6UuVP9— Santé Québec (@sante_qc) February 13, 2022It says the number of overall virus-related hospitalizations is down by 62.Officials say 140 patients are listed in intensive care, a drop of 13.The province is also reporting 1,870 new cases confirmed by molecular testing, which is limited to certain higher-risk groups.They say 25,040 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Saturday, and 49 per cent of provincial residents have received their third dose.

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Game day food facts: Americans to consume the most amount of food on Super Bowl Sunday

LOS ANGELES - From pizza to chips and wings to beer, Super Bowl Sunday is known for its food!After Thanksgiving, Americans will consume the most amount of food on Super Bowl Sunday.According to TigerFitness, the average household buys about 6,000 calories worth of snacks per person.RELATED: Super Bowl LVI: Where to eat near SoFi StadiumBelow is a list of Super Bowl food facts from TigerFitness.Get your top stories delivered daily! Sign up for FOX 11’s Fast 5 newsletter. And, get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android.Tune in to FOX 11 Los Angeles for the latest Southern California news.Advertisement

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Police: Man in critical condition after shooting in West Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after a shooting in West Philadelphia.The shooting happened at approximately 1 a.m.

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Ukraine's president asks for evidence on new Russia invasion warnings

possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence, even as the U.S. warned Sunday of more Russian troops pressing closer to Ukraine's borders and some airlines canceled or diverted flights there.The White House said President Joe Biden would talk later in the day with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Ukrainian leader's repeated statements urging calm among his people — while Russian forces surround Ukraine on three sides in what Russia insists are military exercises — grew this weekend to Zelenskyy questioning strident warnings from U.S.

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Liam Payne Admires 4-Year-Old Son’s ‘Childish Deviousness’ After Lying About Having COVID To Skip School

Liam Payne is sharing an anecdote indicating his 4-year-old son Bear has a bit of a mischievous streak.

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Trucker protests: Police arrest protesters blocking US-Canada bridge

Police clear a roadway at the Ambassador Bridge US-Canada border crossing blocked by truckers as they protest anti-vaccine mandates in Windsor, Ontario. (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images) Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Sunday, trying to end a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations even as they held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.Local and national police formed a joint command center in Ottawa, where protests have paralyzed downtown, infuriated residents who are fed up with police inaction and turned up pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The protests have reverberated across the country and beyond, with similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands.

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French anti-vaccine pass convoy heads toward Brussels

Around 300 vehicles taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations have arrived in Lille, northern France.

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The UK has recorded another 41,270 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours - down from 46,025 on Saturday.

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2 men shot and killed in Kingsessing, police say

PHILADELPHIA - Two people are dead after a late night shooting in the Kingsessing section of the city.The shooting happened shortly after midnight on the 5700 block of Belmar Street. When police arrived on the scene, they found two men shot and killed.

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Winter Olympics: Erin Jackson becomes 1st Black woman to win gold medal in speedskating

Gold medallist Erin Jackson of Team United States poses with a Bing Dwen Dwen mascot and the winning time during the Women's 500m at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) Erin Jackson has become the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.And a gold one, at that.Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first speedskating medal of the Beijing Games and first individual medal since 2010.But this one meant much more than national pride.The 29-year-old Jackson, a former inline skater who switched to the ice shortly before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, joined fellow American Shani Davis as the only Black athletes to win speedskating medals at the Olympics.The silver went to Miho Takagi of Japan, while Angelina Golikova of the Russian team took the bronze.Jackson's gold came after the native of balmy Ocala, Florida, slipped at the U.S.

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Jury selection in 3rd week for ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection enters a third week Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death.

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Live: No delay in Derek Chauvin trial, jury selection continues

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Jury selection resumed Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, after Judge Peter Cahill ruled the trial will continue as scheduled and not be moved out of Hennepin County. The trial is being streamed live, gavel-to-gavel, at fox9.com/live. Court proceedings resumed at 8:15 a.m. Judge Cahill denied a request by Chauvin’s defense attorney, Eric Nelson, to delay the trial and move the trial out of Hennepin County over concerns regarding pretrial publicity.

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Live: 9 jurors seated in Chauvin trial, jury selection continues

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Jury selection enters its eighth day Thursday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, with nine jurors seated so far. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will continue to question potential jurors until they can seat a 12-person jury, with two alternates. Court will resume at 8:30 a.m.

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Chauvin jury grows despite $27M settlement to Floyd family

MINNEAPOLIS – Concern appears to be fading that a massive settlement for George Floyd's family would derail the trial of a former police officer accused in his death, with most potential jurors saying they had avoided news of the settlement or could set it aside.

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Live: Derek Chauvin trial jury selection continues after 2 seated jurors dismissed

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two previously seated jurors have been dismissed from serving on the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial after Judge Peter Cahill recalled the first seven jurors to question them over their knowledge of the $27 million civil settlement for the family of George Floyd, which was announced after they were selected. Juror No. 36, a Hispanic man in his 20s, was dismissed for cause after he told the judge he had heard about the lawsuit and said it would impact his ability to be impartial "a lot." He said it confirmed his negative opinion of Chauvin. Juror No.

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EXPLAINER: What's behind some Chauvin jury questions?

Potential jurors in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd's death have been asked many predictable questions. Attorneys from both sides have asked how they feel about the Black Lives Matter movement, and about police. They ask how they felt when they saw the video showing Derek Chauvin with his knee on Floyd’s neck.

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7 picked, 7 to go for jury in ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection continues Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death, with the process halfway complete after the first week.

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EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything that suggests jurors would help, or hurt, their side.

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Live: Derek Chauvin trial jury selection resumes, 8 seats remain

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Jury selection continues for a fourth day on Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged in the death in George Floyd.There will be no hearing on preliminary motions on Friday, court proceedings will start at 9 a.m. with jury selection. The trial is being streamed live, gavel to gavel, at fox9.com/live. Six jurors have been seated so far. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will continue to question and challenge potential jurors until they can seat a 12-person jury, with two alternates.On Thursday, seven jurors took the stand.

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6 chosen for Chauvin trial jury so far; murder charge added

MINNEAPOLIS – A man who said he has a “very negative" impression of Derek Chauvin nevertheless became the sixth juror selected for the former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death.

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EXPLAINER: What is 'spark-of-life' testimony in trials?

MADISON, Wis. – Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of life” to humanize Floyd in front of jurors.

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Derek Chauvin trial: Jury selection continues, 9 seats remain

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Jury selection continued for a second day in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged in the death in George Floyd. Five jurors have been seated so far. Prosecutors and defense attorneys will continue to question and challenge potential jurors until they can seat a 12-person jury, with two alternates. Court proceedings started at 8 a.m.

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EXPLAINER: Why battle over a murder charge in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis officer accused in the death of George Floyd was put on hold Monday while an appeals court considers whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against him.

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EXPLAINER: What is the impact of racially diverse juries?

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