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In February, Kueng and Thao were found guilty of civil rights violations for holding down Floyd’s torso and a group of bystanders, respectively, and for failing to intervene to arrest coworker Derek Chauvin during restraint.

Four police officers who assisted in restraining Floyd in May 2020 have also been given prison terms.

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Thomas Lane, the man who held down Floyd’s legs, was found guilty of a federal charge and sentenced to 2.5 years in prison last week. The judge, Paul A. Magnuson, justified the lengthy sentence by pointing to Lane’s “minimal role” in the incident.

Two Ex-Officers Sentenced In Federal Prison

Chauvin, the main perpetrator, pleaded guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights and another civil rights violation and was given a 21-year sentence to be served concurrently with his 22.5-year sentence for state murder.

Prosecutors had requested that Kueng and Thao be given sentences that were “significantly more” severe than the range applicable to Lane but less severe than Chauvin’s. The defense for Thao requested a sentence of 2 years, while Kueng’s recommendation was filed under seal.

Kueng decided against testifying. However, Thao gave a lengthy statement in court, during which he quoted numerous Bible verses and described how he was “born again” while incarcerated.

The court heard from Courteney Ross, Floyd‘s girlfriend, as she addressed the two ex-cops.

“I’ll never forget you spoke to the audience when you said, ‘That’s why you don’t do drugs,’” she told Thao. “No one deserves to be treated like less. That’s not how Floyd treated others.”

After serving their time, Kueng and Thao will be placed on two years of probation and required to pay a special assessment of $200.

On Wednesday, the judge explained that Kueng was a relatively inexperienced officer who was submitting to the authority of a “much more senior officer.” In a legal filing made last week, Magnuson claimed that Kueng and Thao “each made a tragic misdiagnosis in their assessment” of Floyd.

Kueng “genuinely believed that Mr. Floyd was suffering from excited delirium with a drug overdose,” and “Thao genuinely believed that the officers were dealing with a drug overdose with possible excited delirium,” he said. 

It has been over two years since Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck and back while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach for more than nine minutes in May of 2020. Lane, Thao, and Kueng were fired and arrested for their actions, or lack thereof.

A worldwide protest movement against police brutality and anti-Black violence has been sparked by the viral video of the incident and Floyd’s ignored pleas for help.

When they went on trial in federal court in February, Lane, Kueng, and Thao all testified in their own defense, putting the spotlight on Chauvin’s role in the proceedings.

Because of Chauvin’s seniority and 15 years of experience, Kueng testified that he followed the advice of his senior officer in making arrest decisions.

According to testimony, Thao provided in court, he believed that the other officers present were “dealing” with Floyd and that his responsibilities had shifted to that of traffic and crowd management. Thao responded to a question from the prosecution about why he didn’t tell Chauvin to cut off Floyd’s neck with the following: “I think I would trust a 19-year-old veteran to figure that out.”

In addition, state trials for second-degree manslaughter, aiding and abetting, and second-degree manslaughter are scheduled for October for both Thou and Kueng. They entered a not-guilty plea.

The state court hearing where Lane entered his guilty plea was last month. He was charged with aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison reports that as part of a plea agreement, the prosecution and defense agreed to jointly recommend a three-year sentence to be served concurrently with his federal sentence in a federal institution.

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More than a billion dollars are up for grabs in the Mega Millions jackpot. Lottery officials have estimated that Friday night’s drawing will have a grand prize of $1.02 billion, though that number is sure to rise as more and more tickets are sold.

That golden pot can be purchased for $602.5 million in cash.

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The $830 million jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing went unclaimed. A win of this size would have been the third-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history, and the fourth-largest lottery prize won in the United States.

Mega Millions Jackpot Tops $1 Billion

On Tuesday night’s drawing, the winning numbers were 29 and 63, 66 and 7 and 60, and the “Mega Ball” was 15.

“It takes a long time for this kind of jackpot to get up to this high, so we’re excited,” Mega Millions spokeswoman Maria Kilbane said.

In this case, the jackpot has been unclaimed for the past 29 drawings. As of April 15th, no one has matched all six numbers required to win the game.

The Powerball jackpot of $1.58 billion in 2016 was the largest payout in the history of lottery games.

The Mega Millions website saw “unprecedented” traffic as people flocked to see if they won, said Kilbane in a statement. Despite repeated attempts, no one was able to reach the site without encountering an error message.

While Kilbane claims traffic died after Tuesday night’s drawing results were made public, 62 million people still attempted to access the site in that period.

Mega Millions reports three significant jackpot wins this year: a $426 million pot in California in January, a $128 million ticket in New York in March, and a $110 million prize in Minnesota in April.

Winning the jackpot is an improbable event, with odds of about 1 in 302.5 million. If you match five regular numbers but miss the Mega Ball, you still have a chance at winning $1 million, but the odds are much better. It’s still one in 12.6 million, though.

For context, the non-profit National Safety Council estimates that the odds of dying in a car accident during your lifetime are about one in 101. This is something to keep in mind the next time you’re driving to the convenience store to buy a lottery ticket.

On the other hand, even if you do manage to beat the odds, you won’t receive the full payout. If the winner chooses the annuity payout, they will receive that amount spread out over 30 annual installments. For this drawing, however, the vast majority of winners will take the cash option, which is worth an estimated $602.5 million.

Though “just about everyone has chosen the cash option prize” in recent years, “some people like the idea of having something consistent over time,” according to Kilbane.

Also, the payout will be reduced by federal taxes. Depending on the winner’s state of residence, state taxes could also eat into the prize money. Though still sizable, this fortune is much more modest.

They would still have to split even those smaller winnings in half or more depending on the number of lucky players because it is possible that someone else will match the winning numbers.

A total of 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, participate in Mega Millions. Lotteries in each state work together to run the game.

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All of Apple’s Mac models are being upgraded to use their custom A-series chips. Recently, the company introduced an updated version of the M-series chip, which boasts faster processing speeds and lower power consumption.

But the Mac Pro is one of the last Macs to feature M-series processors. The latest information suggests that the Mac Pro with an M1 custom chip was ready to ship “months ago,” but the company held off in favor of the M2 Extreme.

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M1 Mac Pro Was Ready to Ship Months Ago

The hypothesis is also put forth that the Mac mini will not be updated anytime soon. Read on for a supplementary explanation of this matter.

In an interview with Max Tech on YouTube, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claimed that Apple had been holding the Mac Pro with a variant of the M1 chip in exchange for the even more powerful M2 Extreme chip.

Later this year, Apple is expected to release the M2 Extreme-powered Mac Pro. According to Gurman, the new machine and processor will be previewed by Apple later this year, with a launch expected in the first quarter of 2023.

It was speculated at first that Apple would unveil the new Mac Pro at WWDC 2022 in June. In spite of this, Apple only revealed the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13-inch models with the M2 chip.

Apple also alluded at its Spring event that a Mac Pro with custom silicon is something to be discussed at a later time. Gurman hints that the Mac mini will not be updated anytime soon, unlike the Mac Pro with an M2 Extreme chip.

Former speculation had it that Apple was developing a new Mac mini that would be thinner and feature a plexiglass top. As of yet, however, official information about the gadget is lacking.

Gurman drew comparisons between the Mac mini and Mac Studio, which led him to conclude that the next iteration of the Mac mini would merely have better internals.

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There has been no indication from Nintendo that they plan to discontinue the Switch in favor of a new console anytime soon. The fact that it doesn’t is also a plus.

Fans will find the hardware to be more than adequate, and many exciting Switch games are on the horizon, including Bayonetta 3, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and many others.

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There is, of course, the matter of constantly updating the firmware to ensure that the Nintendo ecosystem as a whole remains cutting edge. Update 14.1.2 for the Nintendo Switch was released last month, and it addressed general system stability, enhanced a few OS features, and added a word to the bad name list, among other things. Nintendo has also released a new update for this firmware version that does not require a system reboot.

Nintendo Released a Minor Update

Earlier today, Nintendo released a minor “rebootless” update for the Switch console and a new version of the Switch Online mobile app. This update is installed invisibly and requires no action from the fans. It is also quite small. OatmealDome, a Nintendo data miner, claims that this update merely adds a few new swear words to the existing list.

According to reports, the Japanese update is a continuation of changes introduced in firmware 14.1.1, as Nintendo continues investigating the wide range of expressions that can be considered offensive. The two URLs may be the most out-of-place additions here, but OatmealDome claims they are there to stop people from typing email addresses into the wrong text fields.

This patch is relatively minor, but it does expand upon the features introduced in the previous major Switch update (14.0.1). A long-awaited feature, groups, was introduced with this update in May.

Major new features like this can’t always be included in updates, and it’s possible that some fans might not even notice when one does. After all, it’s negligible and only affects the minority of people who try to engage in inappropriate behavior while using their hybrid game consoles.

Nintendo may decide to improve the Switch’s Group functionality in the future. While the Nintendo Switch shows no signs of slowing down, the console’s longevity and security are dependent on iterative updates and seemingly minor additions like this one.

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By the end of the year, we should have a good selection of powerful Chromebooks to choose from, thanks to the arrival of 12th Generation Intel Chromebooks. In addition, MediaTek and Qualcomm will power a slew of ARM-based devices.

However, if you’re in the market for a new laptop, you shouldn’t dismiss the current class of 11th Gen Intel Chromebooks.

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11th Gen Lenovo Chromebook Costs $294

One of the best parts about purchasing an 11th Gen Intel Chromebook is that you can frequently save tons of cash while still enjoying the most cutting-edge features of ChromeOS. One such device is available now on Amazon, and it has a 13.3-inch convertible screen, an 11th-generation Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a lot of flexibility thanks to its convertible design.

The Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5i is an updated version of the company’s previous 10th-generation model. The Flex 5 family has always been one of our favorites due to the excellent value it provides for the money. Its price is significantly lower than that of competing “flagship” devices, but it doesn’t look or feel cheap, thanks to subtle compromises here and there.

Multiple configurations of the 2021 model are available, and the one in question features a Core i3, 8 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, and a backlit keyboard. All you stylus users rejoice; up-firing speakers and USI compatibility are coming your way.

Multiple Amazon stores currently offer the brand new, unused Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5i for the relatively low price of $295 or less, suggesting that this model has been cleared out to make way for the upcoming 12th Generation version.

The Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5i, which is currently in production, is sold by both Amazon and third-party sellers and is guaranteed to be brand-new and to come with the full protections of Lenovo’s warranty. With Google promising support and software updates until June of 2028, a Chromebook that costs less than $300 is a fantastic value.

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Janet Bewley, the Democratic minority leader in the Wisconsin Senate, was involved in a car accident on Friday that took the lives of a mother, 27, and her 5-year-old daughter from Pennsylvania, according to police.

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Janet Bewley Was Involved In a Car Crash

Bill Hagstrom, chief of police in Ashland, told the Ashland Daily Press on Monday that Bewley was unharmed in the collision and that the State Patrol was currently at the scene reconstructing the accident. As of this writing, no charges have been filed.

“We’ll be sitting down with them and going over everything as far as determining how it all actually happened,” Hagstrom told the newspaper. “Then we’ll forward everything to the district attorney for their review because it was a fatal accident.”

Bewley, a 70-year-old Mason native and representative of Wisconsin’s far northwest, is a Democrat. According to the Ashland Police Department, the accident happened when Alyssa Ortman’s car was struck when she pulled out of a beach entrance onto Lake Superior. After colliding with Bewley’s, Ortman’s car spun across Highway 2 and was struck by another car.

Ortman’s daughter, who was only five years old, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Ortman was taken to a local hospital, but sadly she was pronounced dead there, as reported by the police. According to Hagstrom, Bewley did not end up in the hospital.

“This is a heartbreaking event for the community. Our thoughts and prayers are focused on the individuals involved, their families, and their loved ones,” Bewley’s office said in a statement Monday. “Senator Bewley, who was not seriously injured in the accident, wants to thank all the dedicated law enforcement and emergency medical personnel who helped in the aftermath of the accident.”

Senator Bewley, who has served since 2015, will not be running again.

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Three days after voting against a House bill that would have codified federal protections for same-sex marriage, a Republican lawmaker attended the wedding of his gay son.

Rep. Glenn Thompson’s (R-Pa.) gay son said on Monday, “Father was there” as he “married the love of [his] life” on Friday. Both grooms are private citizens, so we aren’t going to publish their names.

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Maddison Stone, Thompson’s press secretary, also verified the congressman’s presence.

GOP Lawmaker Attends Gay Son Wedding

“Congressman and Mrs. Thompson were thrilled to attend and celebrate their son’s marriage on Friday night as he began this new chapter in his life,” Stone said in an email, adding that the Thompsons are “very happy” to welcome their new son-in-law “into their family.”

In an article published on Thursday, the day before the ceremony, Gawker broke the news, though it was not specified whether or not the lawmaker would be present.

In an email to the Centre Daily last week, Stone characterized the Respect for Marriage Act as “nothing more than an election-year messaging stunt for Democrats in Congress who have failed to address historic inflation and out-of-control prices at gas stations and grocery stores.”

Rep. Tommy Thompson (R-15) of Oklahoma was one of 157 Republican House members to vote against the bill on Tuesday. Fearing that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court would strike down existing same-sex marriage protections, 47 of his Republican colleagues joined Democrats to pass the bipartisan measure.

If the Senate wants to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Joe Biden’s desk, it needs the support of 10 Republican senators in addition to the support of all 50 Democratic senators. Rob Portman of Ohio, one of five Republican senators who has already confirmed a yes vote on the bill, announced his support for same-sex marriage in 2013 after his son came out as gay.

According to a Gallup poll conducted just last month, 71% of American adults, including a majority of Republicans, are in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage.

While there has been an increase in support for same-sex marriage among Republican voters and some Republican lawmakers, the Republican National Committee’s most recent platform, adopted in 2016 and renewed in 2020, still defines marriage as only being valid when it takes place between a man and a woman at least five times.

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Fans who were able to make the trip to Comic-Con this past weekend got an exclusive first look at the trailer for James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” but those who couldn’t are still out of luck because the trailer hasn’t been released online.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Trailer Hasn’t Been Released Online

However, on Sunday, Gunn calmed the nerves of a disappointed fan who blamed Marvel for holding back by explaining that the delay wasn’t just because “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” sucked up all the oxygen, but rather, it had something to do with the trailer’s visual effects.

“It’s not just Marvel, it’s also me. Although I love the teaser, some VFX isn’t where I’d want them to be for repeated views and close inspection,” Gunn wrote on Twitter. “Remember we didn’t wrap long ago – so you’ll have to wait for just a beat! Sorry!”

It’s also important to note that Marvel often reserves special footage for fans to view at Comic-Con that they don’t release online, including footage that may not have finalized visual effects.

Those who didn’t catch the trailer in Hall H can rest assured that Will Poulter will be making his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) debut as Adam Warlock in the upcoming Phase 5 film.

On the Hall H stage, Gunn also revealed that this third “Guardians” film would conclude the arcs of the characters introduced in the first film, though this does not mean that any of the main characters will perish.

Even as studios try to deal with the fallout from the COVID work stoppages, it has become common practice to delay or reschedule the release of high-budget movies while they wait for the completion of CGI and visual effects.

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It has recently come to light that former WWE CEO Vince McMahon received “hush money” payments, which has prompted a federal investigation.

The Board of Directors had been looking into allegations that he had paid off former female employees. McMahon recently stepped down as CEO, and his daughter Stephanie McMahon and longtime employee Nick Khan have been promoted to joint leadership roles.

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Federal Prosecutors and SEC Are Looking Into Vince’s Hush Payments

In addition to his role as WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Triple H is also in charge of the company’s creative direction.

Today, the Wall Street Journal published a new report explaining the circumstances surrounding McMahon’s sudden retirement. The report claims that both the SEC and federal prosecutors are investigating the payments made by the former WWE CEO.

In addition, the federal investigation into the “hush money scandal” “hasted” his retirement, according to the report. According to the report, McMahon’s actions may threaten the company’s partnerships with media outlets and advertisers.

The Wall Street Journal attempted to contact McMahon’s representatives but did not hear back from them.

During his tenure as WWE Chairman and CEO, the 76-year-old reportedly received payments totaling around $14.6 million.

Today, WWE disclosed in a filing with the SEC that the payments made to the former CEO between 2006 and 2022 should have been treated as business expenses. In an earlier SEC filing, it was suggested that additional entities investigate the allegations of wrongdoing against him.

As a result of, in relation to, or in connection with these issues, “the Company has also received, and may in the future receive, regulatory, investigative, and enforcement inquiries, subpoenas, or demands.”

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A representative for Paul Sorvino confirmed on Monday that the 83-year-old actor who played notorious mobster Paulie Cicero in the film “Goodfellas” had passed away.

Sorvino has been an actor for over 50 years, appearing in films, TV shows, and plays. He is perhaps best known for his role as police sergeant Phil Cerreta in the 1990s drama “Law & Order.”

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Paul Sorvino Passes Away

According to a Mayo Clinic spokesperson, he passed away of natural causes at their facility in Jacksonville, Florida. “I am completely devastated. The love of my life & the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken,” his wife, Dee Dee Sorvino, wrote on Twitter.

Sorvino, who was born in Brooklyn in 1939, wanted to be an opera singer before he got into acting. During his lengthy career, he appeared in both the 1982 film adaptation of the Broadway play “That Championship Season” and the original production. Also, you may know him from films like “Dick Tracy,” “Reds,” and “Nixon,” in which he portrayed Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Sorvino, then 50 years old, was cast by Martin Scorsese as Cicero in “Goodfellas” (1990), a quiet but formidable character based on the real-life mobster Paul Vario.

Mira Sorvino, one of Sorvino’s three children, thanked him for his support when she accepted an Academy Award for her performance in the 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite.

She cried on stage as he watched from the audience and credited him with teaching her everything she knew about acting. Actress Mira Sorvino said Monday, “my heart is rent asunder” over the loss of her father.

“A life of love and joy and wisdom with him is over,” she wrote on Twitter. “He was the most wonderful father. I love him so much. I’m sending you love in the stars, Dad, as you ascend.”

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