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I'm your host anne Bowles and this is news jur Yeah. Yeah. People. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Welcome back to News de jure if you're new here, I wanted to start off with the disclaimer that while we promise to be a calmer space to consume the news, that's not to say that bad stuff doesn't happen and when it does, we're going to be here to tell you about it and acknowledge its seriousness. However, we believe there's a lot more than doom and gloom going on in the world and we will report on a range of different topics, from entertainment, to business, to politics, to art and fashion and much more whatever the top stories of the day are, that is what we're excited to tell you about. We're glad you're here. Happy friday, you guys. We made it and guess what? There are no chainsaws outside my home studio today. So if you missed that, that was from yesterday, A little bit crazy. Um But things are back to normal, so thank goodness, I also wanted to remind you guys that sponsoring our podcast financially Is a huge, huge, helped us in order to help reach more people and let more people know about our podcast and that there is a calmer space to consume the news. So please please please consider donating financially. It's a monthly recurring charge, but we only accept amounts of 99 cents 499 or 999 keeping it small. So if you have anything to give, we would so greatly appreciate it. And you can find the link for that at the bottom of every day's show notes. Now let's get into the news. So first up, we have the Derek chauvin trial, it is now rested, its case trigger warning. Of course, this story does involve uh the death of George Floyd and therefore some violence. The defense of Derek chauvin has rested. This means they're done making arguments defending his actions. Chauvin opted not to take the stand instead invoking his 5th amendment rights before they rested. They did try to argue that carbon monoxide from the car exhaust actually contributed to George Floyd's death. They also found a medical expert to claim that the drugs in his system contributed to Floyd's death and a use of force expert to testify that chauvin's aggressions were warranted despite the fact that the police chief himself testified that they were not. So what happens next? Well now the prosecution and the defense have both rested their case. So come monday, the jury will hear summaries of the two sides and kind of closing arguments and then they will deliberate. Deliberation is basically where the jury members get in a room together and decide on a verdict guilty or not guilty. How long will this take? Well, every trial is different so it can take a matter of days or weeks. But if the group cannot come to a consensus, a mistrial can be declared. Hopefully they will all agree and it won't come down to that. But just so you are aware they would need every juror to agree in order to convict him of the crime. Stay tuned. So for our next story, we're talking about the new sanctions against Russia. So biden did not come to play yesterday. You guys, we as the United States of America have imposed some intense sanctions on Russia and they stand to really smother their economy. This is in response of course to Russia's hacking of the 2020. US. presidential election. The solar winds cyber attack as well as human rights violations involving alexei, Navalny and Crimea. The sanctions themselves directly affect 32 different entities and officials accused of involvement with the hackings and sowing disinformation. 10 diplomats are being expelled from Washington and U. S. Financial institutions will no longer be able to purchase any ruble dominated bonds. They've also now published tons of information about which groups specifically conducted these hacks and how this was in an effort to make it harder for them to operate. Because of course if we know how they're conducting these hackings we can create firewalls and be aware of it, you know, whereas before we weren't really sure how they were doing it. However, the Russians obviously did not like any of this and have vowed to hit back with a quote decisive response end quote. So stay tuned you guys. And for our next story today could reparations be a reality With a 25-17 vote. The house made history on Wednesday night by passing a bill designating a commission to evaluate and make recommendations about how the US. government would go about making reparations to the descendants of slaves. H. R. 40. If it passes, the Senate would be the first step in actually securing reparations. And this could really change the course of U. S. History. While nothing will ever make up for the pain, suffering and intergenerational injustice that slavery has caused. Financial reparations for all the work done under slavery could potentially go a long way to restoring financial equity within the United States. We will keep you guys posted on this very important piece of legislation. Okay, so we're going to end friday with a lighter note. It's not per se a happy story, but we're going to enter celebrity world for a second. So J Lo and a Rod. It seems that J Lo and a Rod have officially called it quits. If you guys remember, we kind of covered this story, tentatively, rumors were swirling about what was going on with them and they issued a joint statement saying that they are quote better as friends and quote and that they will continue to work on their business ventures together and that they wish each other well. But we all know that there were cheating, rumors swirling and it seems from what I have read that J Lo is working right now and just feels like she doesn't have time to keep up with whether he's cheated or not. She's tired of being embarrassed by his behavior and decided to call things off because the distrust was just exhausting her And who can blame her trust is # one in a relationship. Sources say that he's been sending her flowers and gifts trying to win her back and he even posted a photo of them together to instagram hours before they released their joint statement. But it seems that they are both moving on and it's likely for the best if you're even close to cheating on jlo, I mean, what are you doing? And that is the news to tour today. I wanted to leave you with the quote you were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live your purpose and to do so courageously. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe on whatever podcast platform used to listen, a rate and review on apple podcasts would mean the world to us and really help us be able to keep creating the news. Did your for free for you guys. You can also follow us on social media under sugar free media dot co on instagram. Sugar free underscore media on twitter and just sugar free media. All one word on Tiktok. You can also subscribe to emails on our blog so that you get an alert every time we have a new post or an announcement and that's at www dot sugar free media dot co Again, that's sugar free media dot c. O. Our music is by Joey LaVoy and Nicholas Foster. Our cover art is by Hannah. Pierce. Photography are sugar free media logo is by Catherine Jezek designs. We appreciate you listening. And look forward to telling you about the news again next time on news to shore. Yeah. Mm Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Broadcasting from mm