
The fatal obstacles for Chauvin's defense
CNN
A library of video evidence showing George Floyd's death beneath Chauvin's knee -- and the officer's apparent demeanor of arrogance as Floyd perished -- copious testimony from medical experts and the instructions of Minnesota law leave the jury with one reasonable verdict, writes Paul Callan.
One legendary Brooklyn prosecutor, according to office lore, had an answer to the sympathy ploy. "Even a snake has a mother," he would tell the jury.
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found.

Two of the most senior figures in the US government — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the White House chief of staff — have been impersonated in recent weeks using artificial intelligence — a tactic that harnesses a rapidly developing technology that cybersecurity experts say is becoming the “new normal” in terms of cheap and easy scams targeting senior US officials.