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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is facing another accusation of misconduct, this time by an unnamed female aide who alleged to the Times Union Wednesday that he groped her. Cuomo denies the claims.

Driving the news: The staffer alleged Cuomo "aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned to the governor's mansion late last year."

  • The Times Union reports that Cuomo "allegedly reached under her blouse and began to fondle her."

What he's saying: Cuomo in an emailed statement called the report "gut-wrenching," but added: "I have never done anything like this."

The big picture: It's the latest in a series of allegations of sexual and professional misconduct by the embattled governor, all of which he denies.

  • Cuomo is also facing a federal investigation into his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York nursing homes.

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Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times

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Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.

Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.

The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.

  • The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.

What the transcripts say:

  • Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
  • The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
  • Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."

Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.