Jazzy Davidson scored all of her 12 points in the first quarter on a poor shooting night (5 for 23 from the field), grabbed five boards and dished out five assists.
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Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
Towns scored 17 and grabbed 20 rebounds for New York, while Mikal Bridges scored 21 and OG Anunoby scored 25.
Then Barnes snatched all three points with the latest winning goal in a Premier League game Opta has on record (since 2006-07).
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Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
The dictator who imprisoned and tortured Venezuelan politicians, activists, and ordinary people was snatched from his bed and put on an American plane with his wife, Cilia Flores.
After her rescue, Robinson arrived at an Animals Asia sanctuary in Vietnam traumatized and injured, missing part of her front paw and most of her hind paw, which rescuers believe is from her being snared and captured as a cub.
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Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
Showing his versatility, 6-foot-11 Davis snared the ball, dribbled upcourt and Davis fed Klay Thompson in the left corner for a 3-pointer.
Contacts can cause those corneal abrasions that provide the pathogen with a point of entry; acanthamoeba can also hitch a ride on the surface of a lens or become trapped between a contact and the eye, making burrowing deeper possible.
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Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
Sad numbers are thus trapped in a loop from which there is no escape.
Kyiv has grappled with severe power shortages for days, although Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Monday night’s strikes caused the biggest electrical outage the city has faced so far.
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Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Job growth slowed throughout 2025 as some businesses grappled with economic uncertainty, prompting them to pull back on hiring.
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