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From the daily newsletter: the plodding race to replace Gavin Newsom.

For the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks are eagerly awaiting the N.B.A. Finals. Vinson Cunningham appreciates the artfulness of the game, but "when the Knicks are on, playing prettily or not, I am a foulmouthed partisan," he writes.

See today's Daily Cartoon.

Every day, order a set of items based on a hidden theme.

Both parties are picking candidates in the races to replace the Republican senator Joni Ernst and the Republican governor Kim Reynolds.

Tight races in jungle primaries for governor and mayor of Los Angeles feature well-known Democrats, such as Xavier Becerra, Tom Steyer, and Karen Bass.

I recently created a simple test, which convinced me that the answer is no.

Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

I think Cryson's W.N.B.A. hatred is just a glitch, but what an annoying glitch!

Korean short-rib dish: five letters.