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Top Eight

Top eight stories for today including a woman calling herself Harry Potter has been arrested for a hit-and-run that killed a Brooklyn federal judge in Florida; A federal judge granted final approval of a settlement between U.S. Women’s National Team soccer players and the sport’s national governing body over claims that working conditions were not equal to those of the Men’s National Team; The prosecution delivered its closing statements in a retrial of two top former Serbian secret police officers accused of crimes against humanity, and more.

Your Monday night briefing from the staff of Courthouse News

Top eight stories for today including a woman calling herself Harry Potter has been arrested for a hit-and-run that killed a Brooklyn federal judge in Florida; A federal judge granted final approval of a settlement between U.S. Women’s National Team soccer players and the sport’s national governing body over claims that working conditions were not equal to those of the Men’s National Team; The prosecution delivered its closing statements in a retrial of two top former Serbian secret police officers accused of crimes against humanity, and more.

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National

1.) In time for President Joe Biden’s meeting with lawmakers regarding his administration’s sweeping infrastructure proposal, the White House published 50 reports Monday that detail widespread deficiencies plaguing American roads and bridges, its power grid and more.

People sit at the base of a transmission tower in North Arlington, N.J., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. President Joe Biden is setting about convincing America it needs his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, deputizing a five-member “jobs Cabinet” to help in the effort. But the enormity of his task is clear after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's vowed to oppose the plan “every step of the way.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

2.) A California federal judge Monday granted final approval of a settlement between U.S. Women’s National Team soccer players and the sport’s national governing body over claims that working conditions were not equal to those of the Men’s National Team. 

United States players celebrate with Kristie Mewis, number 22, who scored her side's second goal during the international friendly women's soccer match between The Netherlands and the US at the Rat Verlegh stadium in Breda, southern Netherlands, Friday Nov. 27, 2020. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool via AP)

Regional

3.) A woman calling herself Harry Potter has been arrested for a hit-and-run that killed a Brooklyn federal judge walking on the sidewalk in Boca Raton, Florida. 

Judge Annette Elstein of the Immigration Court in New York congratulates her daughter, Sandra J. Feuerstein, after swearing her in as Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. (Image courtesy of the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia Law School, and Committee of the Historical Records of the New York County Clerk Inc. via Courthouse News)

4.) In the latest escalation of the state’s climate change fight, California Democrats are attempting expose corporate America’s top polluters by prying into the business schemes of companies like Amazon and Apple.

California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, argues in support of his bill SB 260 before Senate Environmental Quality Committee on April 12, 2021. If passed and signed, SB 260 would require large corporations to calculate and disclose every greenhouse gas they emit, either directly or indirectly.

5.) A Monday afternoon shooting at a high school in Knoxville, Tennessee, left one person dead and a police officer injured.

The Sunsphere in downtown Knoxville, Tenn. (Photo by Cija Tuttle from Pixabay via Courthouse News)

6.) The third week of testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial for the death of George Floyd began Monday with several hotly discussed motions and continued medical testimony from a prominent cardiologist

In this image from video, Dr. Jonathan Rich, a cardiologist, testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over court Monday, April 12, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

7.) Citing the policy of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City police commanders have all but forbidden arrests for drug dealing, prostitution, public urination and defecation, and an array of other nonviolent crimes.

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, file photo, a Baltimore police cruiser is seen parked near a building while officers check on a call. A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the Maryland General Assembly on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 including repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

International

8.) The prosecution delivered its closing statements Monday in a retrial of two top former Serbian secret police officers, arguing they should be convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity despite an earlier acquittal. 

Jovica Stanisic, left, and Franko Simatovic appear before the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2017. (Photo courtesy of U.N. MICT via Courthouse News)
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