Time - USA (2019-09-30)

6 Time September 30, 2019

For the Record

They, themself

pronouns, used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary

Among 533 new entries Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary on Sept. 17

‘I did this for my

human soul. For

myself. I wanted

to practice and

compete with

freedom, with

peace of mind.’

SAEID MOLLAEI,

Iranian judo champion, in an AP interview

published Sept. 16, after refusing a

government directive to throw a match

190

million

Distance, in miles, to a newly

discovered comet, at its

closest approach to Earth;

scientists believe it may

be the second interstellar

object ever observed in our

solar system

14 days

Jail sentence handed down to
Felicity Huffman on Sept. 13;
the actor admitted in May to
paying $15,000 in 2017 to
have her older daughter’s SAT
answers doctored

‘The madder

Hulk gets,

the stronger

Hulk gets.’

BORIS JOHNSON,

U.K. Prime Minister, in a Mail on Sunday interview published on Sept. 14,

on his determination to take his country out of the E.U. next month

$11 billion

Settlement that California utility PG&E has agreed

to pay for its role in the 2017 wine-country fires and

the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people

‘Hell yes,

we’re

going to

take your

AR-15, your

AK-47.’

BETO O’ROURKE,

presidential candidate, at

the third Democratic debate

on Sept. 12, describing his

plan to force buybacks of

assault-style weapons

‘I KNOW YOU’RE TRYING,

BUT JUST NOT HARD

ENOUGH. SORRY.’

GRETA THUNBERG,

Swedish climate-change activist, 16, to Democratic

Senators who invited her to a forum in Washington on Sept. 17

Stressed-out sheep

After a ewe was

spotted in Chicago,

police tracked

her down

Chilled-out goats

A Florida farm

attempted to break

the world record

for the largest

goat-yoga class

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

SOURCES: THE MAIL ON SUNDAY; NPR; AP; UPI

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