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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday misspoke when she said that a Democratic bill in the House on police reform, named after George Floyd, was worthy of “George Kirby’s name.” Pelosi meant to refer to Floyd, who died in police custody last month and whose death sparked calls for reforms to policing across the country. George Kirby was a black comedian and singer who died in 1995.

North Texas Family Surprised To Find Artwork Was Stolen When a McKinney couple picked up a coloring book for their daughter at a garage sale, they were surprised to see what looked like sketches drawings for a comic book tucked inside. But that was just the start of the surprises. Paul and Jamillah Washington took the black-and-white sketches to a local art auction house to get a better idea of what they were. They turned out to be oversized artboards for the original "Avengers" comic book from 1964, worth some $48,000. But that's not all -- the sketches were also...