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Medical Experts: Floyd’s Speech Didn’t Mean He Could Breathe

While it would be right to believe a person who can’t talk also cannot breathe, the reverse is not true.

Did the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Just Recognize ‘Irregardless’ as a Word?

This long-used word has been the bane of many a pedant.

Is This Cat Wearing a Mask During the ‘Spanish Flu’?

This cat wasn't going to risk any of its nine lives.

Did an Armed Black Militia March Through a Georgia National Park?

A Confederate monument became the site of another protest on the Fourth of July 2020.

Ousted NY Prosecutor Tells Panel Barr ‘Urged’ Him to Resign

Berman said Barr, over a 45-minute session at the Pierre Hotel in New York, “pressed” him to take on another position at the Justice Department.

Did Trump Tweet That South Dakota Should Close Its Border with California?

A fake tweet fooled some.

Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Back in Federal Prison

Cohen had been released May 21 on furlough as part of an attempt to slow the spread of the virus in federal prisons.

Is Pence Taking Trump’s Coronavirus Tests for Him?

A routine review of content labeled satire.

Does Video Show an Eagle Carrying a Shark?

It's a bird, it's a plane — it's an eagle carrying a shark?

Ivy League Suspends Fall Sports Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

The decision means Harvard and Yale will not play football in 2020, interrupting a rivalry known as The Game for the first time since the two World Wars.

Supreme Court Rules Manhattan DA Can Obtain Trump Taxes

The court rejected arguments by Trump’s lawyers and the Justice Department that the president is immune from investigation while he holds office or that a prosecutor must show a greater need than normal to obtain the records.

Former ‘Glee’ Star Naya Rivera Missing in SoCal Lake

Her young son was found on a boat wearing a life vest.

Layoffs Stuck at High Level as 1.3 Million Seek Jobless Aid

The figure has now topped 1 million for 16 straight weeks.

Missing Seoul Mayor’s Body Found After Massive Search

A longtime civic activist and human rights lawyer, Mayor Park Won-soon was elected as Seoul mayor in 2011 and became the city's first mayor to be voted into a third term in June last year.

Was Suspect in Slaying of 7-Year-old Girl Released on Bail Hours Before Her Shooting?

Aaliyah Norris died two days after suffering a single gunshot wound to the head while sitting in a car in Forest City, North Carolina.

Did Ivanka Trump Say, ‘Let’s Ask What We Can Do for My Dad’?

The U.S. president's daughter drew harsh criticism in India after tweeting support for an impoverished girl who cycled her wounded father 750 miles.

Officer to Floyd: ‘It takes … a lot of oxygen to talk’

As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck dismissed his pleas, saying "it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."