The Motley Fool

A New CRISPR "DNA Shredder" Could Change Gene-Editing -- What It Means for CRISPR Therapeutics

The newly discovered tool reads a signal unique to a diseased cell and subsequently destroys that cell's DNA by cutting it into fragments faster than the cell can repair it. That continues until the ...
Education Week

The Most Popular Kid Slang in Classrooms—From the Annoying to the Concerning

The “six-seven” shrug—or, more frequently, collective shout—still tops teachers’ list of annoying kid slang, but slurs and online crudity are also percolating in some classrooms, to the worry of ...

What Does "86" Mean? The Common Restaurant Term Explained

You may have heard it on 'The Bear' or another food service show. Here's what "86" means and why restaurants use the term.
Time

What to Know About the Giant ’86 47′ That Appeared on National Mall Grass

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The Boston Globe

Enormous etchings of numbers interpreted as threat to Trump appear on National Mall

U.S. Park Police, the D.C. fire department and members of the National Guard were seen responding Thursday to what appeared to be large-scale etchings of the numerals “86 47” on the ‌grounds of the ...
RealClearPolitics

Moulton: Markey Needs To Pass The Torch To The Next Generation, He Would Be 86 At The End Of His Next Term

On CNN, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) explained why he was primary challenging Senator Ed Markey (D-MA): KATE BOLDUAN: Part of this conversation gets to the direction of the Democratic Party and where it ...
The Conversation

James Comey’s Instagram seashell post sits in a murky legal zone between protected political speech and criminal threat

In the case of United States v. James Brien Comey Jr., the U.S. president’s security is pitted against the bedrock right to free speech enjoyed by Americans. Two federal charges have been lodged ...
New Haven Register

James Comey’s Instagram seashell post sits in a murky legal zone between protected political speech and criminal threat

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University (THE CONVERSATION) In the case of United States v.
Mediaite

Court Rules Protest Group’s ’86 47′ Flag Is Not Threat of Violence Against Trump

A federal court ruled that the National Parks Service (NPS) cannot block a protest by a group that has been displaying a flag that said “86 47” — the same phrase at the heart of the Department of ...
The New York Times

Demonstrators Cannot Be Forced to Take Down ‘86-47’ Flag, Judge Rules

A federal judge wrote that the phrase, which also led to charges against the former F.B.I. director, James Comey, did not appear to constitute a true threat. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington ...
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To '86' occasionally means to kill but usually doesn't: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey

A federal grand jury in April 2026 charged James Comey with making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a crime across state lines. The charges came after Comey, the former FBI ...