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Ahead of closing arguments in the case of the former Minneapolis police officer, Judge Peter Cahill issued detailed instructions to the jury. Chauvin faces three counts.

Colleges around the country faced an admissions season marked by pandemic-era challenges: dropped testing requirements, remote learning, disrupted extracurriculars and record applicant pools.

The Biden admin. has taken a tough approach to China so far, but it is hoping to make climate change an arena of cooperation. It will be a test of Biden's compete-and-cooperate China policy.

The 12 jurors, who have remained anonymous throughout the trial, will be fully sequestered each night at a nearby hotel until they reach a decision. Any verdict must be unanimous.

The death of Déby, who came to power in 1990, was announced a day after his reelection to a sixth term was certified. The army said that his son, a four-star general, will become interim president.

The 2020 census results are months overdue after COVID-19 upended the national count. Efforts to extend reporting deadlines stalled last year after Trump officials decided to cut short counting.

The group is more racially diverse than Hennepin County, Minn., as a whole: Six are white, four are Black, and two identify as multiracial. Derek Chauvin's fate is now in their hands.

As adults of all ages get access to the COVID-19 vaccines, health researchers worry that the trend could worsen.

Southeast Asian leaders — including the leader of a coup in Myanmar — will meet this week to discuss a possible end to the crackdown on protesters following the Feb. 1 coup.

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn and the state of Wisconsin have reached a deal, with reduced tax incentives, years after a $3 billion deal that some politicians and taxpayers say was all a mirage.