Murder trial begins in the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging in 2020. As the murder trial begins, </span><a href="https://apple.news/AA_HBCrhgRZyPJIU_5DCWyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NPR</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports from the Georgia community where his killing happened.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colin Powell, America&rsquo;s first Black secretary of state, who shaped American foreign policy in recent decades, has died from complications from Covid-19, </span><a href="https://apple.news/AIvZwLjRcR3mzLTgXTCCnVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports. He was 84.</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AiOkqYFWGRceTmkpPltO5bw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reuters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has a trove of internal documents revealing how Amazon created knockoff goods and manipulated search results to boost its own product lines in India.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats in Congress are working to pass an ambitious spending plan to further their agenda. </span><a href="https://apple.news/AH9sNeRtRTiK7dlGwAJoRuA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Politico</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explains why the next few days are so important.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The appearance of an Arctic walrus on European shores was fun at first. But scientists needed to convince him to head home, for his own sake and to stop the damage he&rsquo;s been doing to boats. The </span><a href="https://apple.news/AA-m4bTHURGCvIuw0BTkzqg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has the story.</span></p>