Preliminary investigation indicated that an unknown offender pulled out a gun and shot into a crowd of people who were standing outside, hitting three of them.
Several weeks before suffering the ACL tear, Furphy had been slowed by a pair of ankle sprains.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
Only a species suffering from terminal main character syndrome would, when describing intimately human experiences like love, reach for the language of global cataclysm.
In a publicity release, owner Mike Micallef summed up the Reata’s enduring legacy as a survivor of both a tornado and the buffeting winds of downtown business.
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Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
An enduring legacy By the time Terry was a toddler in the early ’70s, Motown had begun its migration from Detroit to Los Angeles, aiming to strike Hollywood gold.
While all the common camellia species make a fine hedge, the species Camellia sasanqua has the advantage of tolerating both full sun and partial shade.
One of life’s abiding mysteries—at least to this writer—has been Tesla’s enduring success over recent years despite offering so few choices for customers.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
Spoelstra said the respect for Dusty May is abiding.
But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.
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Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
When Samson starts coming round in search of more of the morphine darts Kelson has been using to subdue him — not even zombies are immune to the appeal of opiates — Kelson starts treating his wounds, then joining him in his doses, then dancing with him to fragments of ’80s songs.
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