Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 28, and we’d like to welcome the flamingos back to Florida. Now let’s catch up from the long weekend. But first — there’s still time to make the most of our Memorial Day sale. A year of The Post is now just 99¢ every four weeks. Subscribe here. |
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| Closing arguments will begin in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial today. |
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| Israeli strikes on a tent camp in Rafah killed at least 45 people. |
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| Severe storms killed 22 people over the weekend. |
- What happened? Swarms of tornadoes tore through the southern Plains, Ozarks, Tennessee Valley and Mid-Atlantic, causing widespread damage.
- One deadly example: A tornado crossed Interstate 35 in Valley View, Tex., north of Dallas, killing seven people and damaging or destroying more than 200 structures.
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| More than 2,000 people may have been buried in a landslide in Papua New Guinea. |
- What happened? The landslide deluged several villages on Friday in the Pacific nation, just north of Australia. The cause of the disaster isn’t clear.
- The latest: “Very few bodies” have been recovered, the U.N. said yesterday. It hasn’t verified a Papua New Guinea official’s estimate of how many people were buried.
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| Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton died at 71. |
Bill Walton was named college basketball’s player of the year three times. (AP) |
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| California is building the world’s largest wildlife bridge. |
An aerial view of construction of the Annenberg crossing at the Agoura Hills site. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) |
- What it will do: Allow species like mountain lions to safely cross a busy stretch of Highway 101 in Southern California, which slices through a vibrant natural ecosystem.
- Why it matters: The freeway kills animals and limits their genetic diversity. The bridge, expected to open in 2026, could save the local mountain lion population.
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| Orcas aren’t attacking boats — they’re just being playful, scientists say. |
- Over the past few years: Hundreds of dangerous boat-ramming incidents have made some speculate that orcas are calculated villains plotting to take back the ocean.
- The newer, cuter theory: The whales may just be bored teenagers. The orcas want to have fun and boat rudders make a great toy in a vast ocean, a recent report found.
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