For a team on the edge of the wild-card race, nailing that balance is crucial.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2026
After receiving the ball from an inbound pass with three seconds left in game 5, Jordan nailed the buzzer-beater while floating horizontally through the air near the free throw line.
In 2024, when the National Electoral Council proclaimed Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election without publishing the results, opposition tallies indicated the opposition candidate, Edmundo González, had won.
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Catherine Ellis,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2026
Mother Teresa was proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis during a canonization ceremony at the Vatican.
In her previous job as mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum expressed outrage when a conservative critic proposed publicizing a list of prominent supporters of her leftist Morena political party.
—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Aug. 2026
SpaceX has promised to adopt mitigation strategies in their filings, but other companies have not publicized plans for any mitigation efforts, and the FCC has declared that light pollution from satellites is, by and large, not under its control.
—
Arielle Frommer,
Scientific American,
20 Aug. 2026
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