Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
The outstanding Adam Wharton clipped a glorious pass into the penalty area, but an unmarked Tyrick Mitchell mistimed his header and could only direct the ball wide from close range.
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Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
The eye-catching details were clipped on both sides of her space buns, while a third of her hair was pulled into a low ponytail.
The New World screwworm had been declared eradicated in the US decades ago, thanks to efforts such as the breeding of sterile flies, awareness campaigns and efforts to control the pest in foreign countries.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
With this method, called Sterile Insect Technique, the flies were eradicated not just from the US, but from all of Central America.
Most distressingly to protesters, there is no way to request the DNA samples’ destruction, and the process to get DNA profiles expunged from the database comes with extra costs and could take as long as five years.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
The district attorney’s office dismissed Bennett’s charge, Dougherty said, and records related to her case were expunged per Colorado law – including the original police report.
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