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In late March 2020, 12 days after the death of her husband of 51 years, Vickie Goodwin received an email.
She had spent the past several weeks at home in central Wyoming sorting through his clothing, a common if painful burden for a grieving widow. In this case, however, the garments had weighed heavily on the life she built with her husband, Larry Goodwin, a onetime airplane mechanic, military veteran and rodeo cowboy. Read More...
File photo via ReutersTou Thao (left) and J Alexander Kueng (right) assisted in the fatal arrest of George Floyd in May 2020Two former Minneapolis police officers who assisted in the fatal arrest of George Floyd have been sentenced on federal civil rights charges.
J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were convicted in February of violating the unarmed black man's civil rights by failing to provide care or intervene.
Kueng will spend three years behind bars, while Thao was sentenced to 42 months. Read More...
ReutersA man's died after running into a fire at the Burning Man Festival in the US state of Nevada.
Authorities say Aaron Mitchell broke through a security perimeter on Saturday during the "Man" burn event.
The 41-year-old died on Sunday morning after being airlifted to the University of California, Davis hospital burn centre in California.
Fires were cancelled on Sunday but the "Temple" burn, which ends the nine-day event, did take place. Read More...
