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The length of time spent suggests that the jurors may have clashed on the complex decisions they face. They were expected to resume deliberations on Friday morning. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team sought a mistrial on Wednesday, its second such request. The judge has yet to rule on either. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial [...]

The jury will begin deliberating on Tuesday. The prosecution says Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men after instigating the shootings, while his lawyers say he was defending himself. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Four Lives Lost: Inside America's Homicide Surge A hot dog vendor walking out of a downtown ballpark, where gunfire pierced the night after the home team won a game. A [...]

Among the important portions of the trial: Mr. Rittenhouse's own testimony, along with the words of someone who thought he, too, had been shot by Mr. Rittenhouse. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse testified for hours about the deaths of two men and the shooting of another amid protests in Kenosha, Wis. The judge and prosecutor sparred bitterly over judicial procedure. [...]

For much of his life, Mr. Rittenhouse, now 18, tried on identities infused with bravery and service. Kyle Rittenhouse arrived in downtown Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020, with at least [...]

Bruce Schroeder is presiding over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse and at times took a strict line with prosecutors. Bruce Schroeder, the longest-serving circuit court judge in Wisconsin, is presiding [...]

The testimony underscores the prosecutors' challenge in disproving a self-defense claim. Gaige Grosskreutz, who was armed, was shot while responding to an earlier shooting. KENOSHA, Wis. -- Gaige Grosskreutz, the [...]

On the fourth day of the trial, jurors were shown graphic videos from the chaotic night in 2020 when shootings broke out after demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis. The fourth day [...]

Prosecutors described Mr. Rittenhouse as an out-of-town visitor who was armed illegally during tense protests over policing in Kenosha, Wis. His defense team said he was defending himself. KENOSHA, Wis. [...]

The judge pushed back against comments from potential jurors who said they had read and talked too much about the shootings that took place during unrest in Kenosha County, Wis. [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse was 17 when he went to Kenosha, Wis., amid protests against police violence. He fatally shot two men and wounded another who were pursuing him. KENOSHA, Wis. -- [...]

Mr. Rittenhouse will stand trial for the shootings of three men -- two of whom died -- in the aftermath of demonstrations in Kenosha, Wis. Kyle Rittenhouse, an 18-year-old from [...]

Legal experts said the term ''victim'' could appear prejudicial during self-defense cases. Mr. Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two, during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wis. A judge's decision [...]

For years, some of the victims of John Wayne Gacy had gone unidentified. DNA and expanding genealogical databases allowed officials to identify a victim this month. CHICAGO -- Authorities in [...]

The United States surpassed 700,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, a milestone that few experts had anticipated months ago when vaccines became widely available to the American public. An [...]

Good morning. The book industry usually does well during the holiday season, but has faced a tumultuous year instead. Battlegrounds Book bans are https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html. A failed corporate acquisition resulted in [...]

Mohamed Noor's manslaughter conviction stands, and he will be resentenced on that count in the death of Justine Ruszczyk. Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who in 2017 killed [...]

A Year After Unrest, a Scarred Kenosha Still Waits to Rebuild KENOSHA, Wis. -- Last August in Kenosha, on the second night of protests after the police shooting of Jacob [...]

Cases are starting to fall in some hard-hit Southern states, but nearly half of Americans are not fully vaccinated, allowing the Delta variant to persist. OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- A [...]

All state residents 2 and older will need to wear masks inside. Students and staff at public schools already have to wear masks. CHICAGO -- Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith CHICAGO - As alarm mounted over the coronavirus ripping through the country, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago was barraged with warnings: Lollapalooza was looking [...]

CHICAGO -- As alarm mounted over the coronavirus ripping through the country, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago was barraged with warnings: Lollapalooza was looking increasingly risky. The annual four-day music [...]

One segment of people who have avoided shots is vehemently opposed to the idea. But there is a second group, surveys suggest, that is still deciding. As coronavirus cases rise [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - They acknowledged that they could have showed up months ago. Many were satisfied that they were finally doing the right thing. A few grumbled that [...]

CHICAGO -- They acknowledged that they could have showed up months ago. Many were satisfied that they were finally doing the right thing. A few grumbled that they had little [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Sophie Kasakove and Daniel Victor The 18-month drop, the steepest decline since World War II, was fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. New federal data draws one of [...]

The 18-month drop, the steepest decline since World War II, was fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. New federal data draws one of the starkest illustrations to date of how the [...]

Hospitals are stretched thin in a few hot spots, but the vaccines are working and the national outlook remains far better than during previous surges. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Frances Robles and Rick Rojas Most city leaders, eager to rejuvenate downtown economies, have lifted coronavirus restrictions. But rising violent crime has kept both residents and tourists [...]

Daily deaths have dropped considerably since their January peak, with about 44 percent of the population now fully vaccinated. It is a number that once seemed unimaginable. In the next [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman CHICAGO - One Saturday last June, Dan O'Conor began his day in a prickly and painful state. He was anxious from the coronavirus pandemic, troubled by American [...]

Most city leaders, eager to rejuvenate downtown economies, have lifted coronavirus restrictions. But rising violent crime has kept both residents and tourists at home. CHICAGO -- Mayors of American cities [...]

CHICAGO -- One Saturday last June, Dan O'Conor began his day in a prickly and painful state. He was anxious from the coronavirus pandemic, troubled by American politics and, on [...]

New coronavirus mask guidelines from the C.D.C. have left Americans wondering whether they can trust one another. And it's been a challenging year for trust. CHICAGO -- When Tori Saylor, [...]

More than half of mass shootings in recent years involve a perpetrator who killed an intimate partner or family member, including the gunman who killed six people in Colorado Springs. [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Sarah Mervosh Cases and deaths have dipped, and vaccinations make scientists hopeful, even as variants mean the coronavirus is here to stay. After weeks of coronavirus [...]

Cases and deaths have dipped, and vaccinations make scientists hopeful, even as variants mean the coronavirus is here to stay. After weeks of coronavirus patients flooding emergency rooms in Michigan, [...]

Anthony Alvarez, 22, died after a police officer shot him following a chase. A video showed he was running away, holding a gun. CHICAGO -- City officials in Chicago released [...]

U.S. experts weigh the risks for younger women and cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder, and lift the pause in giving the one-shot vaccine. Use of the one-shot Johnson & [...]

People across the country reacted with a variety of emotions to the news of the former officer's conviction on all charges in the killing of George Floyd. MINNEAPOLIS -- Outside [...]

Chicagoans reacted with grief to the shooting of Adam Toledo, a seventh grader. Some recalled Laquan McDonald, another teen killed by the police. CHICAGO -- Another killing by a police [...]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for calm before the body camera footage was made public. The victim, Adam Toledo, was one of the youngest people killed by the police in Illinois [...]

Byline: Kay Nolan, Julie Bosman and Campbell Robertson With Democratic governors and Republican legislatures, ending stay-at-home orders mixes health guidance and partisan politics. WAUKESHA, Wis. - In Wisconsin, residents woke [...]

Kimberly A. Potter, who resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was arrested on Wednesday. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old [...]

Kimberly A. Potter was a 26-year veteran of the force in a Minneapolis suburb and president of a police union. BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- Officer Kimberly A. Potter was in [...]

Hours after body camera video of the killing was released, protesters gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police station despite a new curfew for much of the Twin Cities region. BROOKLYN [...]

Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat, locked down her state over the din of protests last year. Now she is trying a different approach, appealing to personal responsibility. Nowhere in America is [...]

CHICAGO -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said Friday that she had urged President Biden to surge Covid-19 vaccines into her state, where a worst-in-the-nation outbreak has filled hospitals and [...]