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New York Times Service
March 13, 2021
The city of Minneapolis agreed on Friday to pay $27 million to the family of George Floyd, the Black man whose death set off months of protests after a video showed a white police officer kneeling on his neck.
The payment to settle the family’s lawsuit was among the largest of its kind, and it came as the officer, Derek Chauvin, was set to go on trial this month for charges including second-degree murder. As the settlement was announced by city officials and lawyers for Floyd’s family, Chauvin sat in a courtroom less than 1 mile away, where jurors were being selected for his trial.
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Brandon University is getting a head start on International Women’s Day by unveiling this year’s list of outstanding women, which includes 17 female students.
According to a Friday news release from the university, the school’s 2021 outstanding women list consists of:
• Robyn Allen
• Raven Willoughby
Status of Women Review Committee chair Candice Waddell said that these 17 students were chosen because of their academic and personal achievements, as well as their passion toward social issues such as inequality and gender bias. We have students from six different countries who represent all five of our faculties, she said. Some are mature students, and some are balancing their studies with full-time jobs or parenthood. They all bring something special to BU, and I believe they are all going on to great things in their careers and their communities after gr