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This May 12, 2016 file photo shows officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arriving at a courthouse at the beginning of his trial in Baltimore Md.(Photo: Jose Luis Magana, AP)
[h=2]Verdict due in trial of officer in Freddie Gray case[/h]A Baltimore judge is expected to give a verdict Monday in the trial of police officer Edward Nero, one of six officers facing charges in the death of Freddie Gray more than a year ago. Nero is <span style="color: Red;">*</span>charged with assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. He was among a group of bicycle officers who initially pursued and helped arrest Gray, although Nero claims he did not touch Gray except to help search for his inhaler. Gray, 25, suffered a spinal injury while in police custody on April 12, 2015, and died a week later. His death sparked riots in Baltimore and prompted a series of Black Lives Matter protests across the nation. Nero<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is the second officer to stand trial in the case.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The trial of Officer William Porter ended in a hung jury.
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[h=2]Obama lifts arms export embargo on visit<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Vietnam[/h]President Obama on Monday announced an end to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>four-decade<span style="color: Red;">*</span>American arms embargo on its former war rival Vietnam and billions of dollars in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>new business ties between the two nations.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Just a generation ago, we were adversaries and now we are friends," Obama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said during a news conference in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hanoi<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with Vietnamese President<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tran Dai Quang.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Obama also predicted eventual passage of another item that is part of the emerging American-Vietnamese relationship: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, the proposed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>12-nation trade deal currently stalled in the U.S. Congress. Obama is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the third consecutive U.S. president to visit the communist nation.
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The President arrived late Sunday for a three day stay and talks that will include the trans-Pacific trade agreement and Vietnam's human rights record. (May 22) AP
[h=2]Absentee ballot could decide tight Austrian runoff election<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]Absentee ballots are to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be counted by Monday and could decide Austria's presidential runoff between far-right candidate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Norbert Hofer<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and independent<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Alexander Van der Bellen.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The candidates were in a statistical dead heat with 50% each after all the direct votes were tallied. With Van der Bellen, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>former Green Party chief, ahead by fewer than 3,000 votes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the nearly 900,000 absentee votes could determine the winner. Whoever wins, it will be the first time since World War II that the presidency will be held by neither the left-leaning Social Democrats nor the conservative People’s Party.
Presidential candidate Alexander Van der Bellen, supported by the Green Party, waves to supporters at the Palais Auersperg after the Austrian presidential elections run off in Vienna, Austria, 22 May 2016.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: FLORIAN WIESER, EPA)
[h=2]Trial begins for 'The Shield' actor accused of killing wife<span style="color: Red;">*</span>[/h]Two years after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Michael Jace<span style="color: Red;">*</span>shot and killed his wife in their Los Angeles home, the actor is scheduled to go on trial.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jace turned himself in to police immediately after the shooting and has been behind bars ever since. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>His attorneys have said his state of mind on the day of the killing will be a key element of his defense in the murder case. Jace played a police officer on the FX series The Shield and had small roles in films such as Planet of the Apes, Boogie Nights and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Forrest Gump.
In this Oct. 6, 2012 file photo, actor Michael Jace attends WordTheatre presents Storytales at Ford†Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Richard Shotwell, Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
[h=2]It's time for the 'Dancing With the Stars' finale[/h]Dancing with the Stars' two-night season finale begins Monday at 8 p.m. ET. Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy, Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd, and Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas are in the finals. Pitbull is set to perform. See how we got here and check out some of the top dances from the previous weeks.
Ginger Zee, left, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy dance elegantly on ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars.'<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Adam Taylor, ABC)
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Stocks:U.S. stock futures were higher<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Monday.
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