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7 hours ago | usatoday.com | Daryl Austin

Cucumbers have been cultivated and enjoyed for thousands of years and remain a staple in many cuisines around the world today. You’ll find them used in everything from sandwiches, soups, wraps and charcuterie boards to Asian dishes and a wide variety of salads. “People love that cucumbers are a refreshing snack on their own and are as versatile as they are satisfying,” says Jen Messer, a registered dietitian and nutrition consultant at Jen Messer Nutrition.

19 hours ago | usatoday.com | Jonathan Limehouse

Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight to Naples, Italy, had to be bused over 140 miles to their destination from Rome because their plane was seemingly too big to land in Naples. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner departed Philadelphia at 7:10 p.m. on Monday, June 2, FlightAware shows.

21 hours ago | usatoday.com | Jonathan Limehouse

Washington state authorities have charged and accused a man of robbing the homes of multiple professional Seattle-area athletes, including former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and Mariners center fielder Julio Rodríguez. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced the charges on June 6 against the 21-year-old man, whom they did not identify.

23 hours ago | usatoday.com | Eduardo Cuevas

A Utah judge on June 6 ruled a 67-year-old convicted murderer diagnosed with dementia on death row is competent enough to be executed. A trial court sentenced Ralph Leroy Menzies to death in 1988 for kidnapping, robbing and murdering 26-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother with three children. Since then, Menzies has been on death row. Menzies had chosen firing squad as his method of execution, according a ruling published by KUTV.

1 day ago | usatoday.com | Dan Wolken

Don’t let Coco Gauff have a sniff of victory. Don’t get in a situation where a match becomes about more than just the tennis. Don’t open the door even a little bit for her to knock down. Because if you’re on the other side of the net against this special 21-year old from Atlanta via Delray Beach, Florida, and there’s a big trophy on the line, there might not be anybody in sports mentally tougher or better prepared for the ugliness of a true battle.