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A gambler's optimism is driving a reopening burst in Vegas, with the planned return of poolside Bacchanalia and sprawling trade shows, along with Cloroxed slots and socially distanced dining.

The big picture: The city's unemployment is 10.5%, visitor counts were down 55% last year and gambling revenue fell 37%, The Wall Street Journal reports.

  • But hotel prices are at their lowest in years and signs indicate Americans are ready to travel again.

The Vegas reopening includes:

  • Earlier this week: Casino capacity went from 35% to 50%.
  • Early June: "The World of Concrete will be the first major convention to return to Las Vegas."
  • This summer: "Resorts World, a $4.3 billion megacasino that is the first new resort to be built on the Strip in more than a decade," is expected to open.
  • September: The Life is Beautiful arts and music festival returns, headlined by Billie Eilish, Green Day, Tame Impala and A$AP Rocky, AP reports.

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.