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Extra Extra: Jalen Brunson, big hand-cream guy

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Published May 21, 2025

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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where it's raining.

Here's what else is happening:

• The United States might let Canada under the Golden Dome.
• A former Long Island-based state trooper who shot himself in the leg and blamed it on a "dark-skinned" person on the Southern State Parkway has pleaded guilty to three charges.
• The Public Theater is staging free showings of "Much Ado About Nothing" in Queens this summer.
• Tom Hanks will star in a play he co-wrote at the Shed in October.
• Long Island's rabid raccoon count is up to six.
• ESPN has an important feature about how Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns take care of their hands.
• NYC's high-end sushi places are getting cheaper.
• Some models went to check out the plants in Tompkins Square Park last weekend.

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