Artemi Panarin scored in overtime, Igor Shesterkin stopped 40 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Monday night. Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist for New York (2-1-1), the 100th two-point game of his NHL career. Michael...
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Federal judge rules University of North Carolina can continue race-based admissions
A federal judge ruled that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can continue to use race-based admission practices, saying the school’s policy did not discriminate against white and Asian American applicants. “Seventy years after the first Black students were admitted to U.N.C., the...
The killing of MP David Amess
At 12.02pm on Friday the Conservative MP David Amess ended a Zoom call and turned his attention to his weekly constituency advice surgery in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Three minutes later he had been stabbed various times in front of his assistants. When the police arrived they...
New MacBook Pro Keyboard Has All-Black Design, Full-Size Function Keys, and Touch ID Ring
Apple’s new MacBook Pro models unveiled today feature a redesigned keyboard with an all-black design, a row of full-size function keys, and a Touch ID ring that provides a more tactile experience for unlocking the Mac with your finger. The function keys include new shortcuts...
Trump defense official: China is on its way to replacing US as world superpower
Former defense official Elbridge Colby said in a new episode of Fox Nation’s “Tucker Carlson Today” that the country’s desensitization to threat inflation has made it difficult to convey “the severity and seriousness” of the threat posed by China to the United States and the...
Biden urges supreme court to block Texas’ near-total abortion ban
The Biden administration has asked the supreme court to block Texas’ extreme abortion ban as a battle over its constitutionality plays out in the courts. The Texas law, which has halted most abortions in the state, defies the supreme court’s major decisions on abortion rights...
Illinois man pleads guilty to funding Brooklyn residents’ trips to Syria to join ISIS, al-Nusra Front
An Uzbekistan-born Illinois man pleaded guilty Thursday to helping fund overseas trips for people joining the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front (ANF). Dilshod Khusanov, 36, of Chicago, faces a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison. Per his plea agreement, Khusanov agreed to be removed...
Covid anger drives recall election targeting 3 San Francisco school leaders
In this Sept. 26, 2018, photo, Alison Collins, right, speaks during a meeting in San Francisco. | Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File SAN FRANCISCO — Voters with “recall fever” will decide next year whether to remove three San Francisco school board members in...
Russia shutters its mission to NATO in retaliation for expulsion of its diplomats
In NATO’s initial statement Monday afternoon, spokesperson Oana Lungescu said Moscow had not yet sent official word about its actions, contradicting Lavrov, who said the alliance had “already been notified.” Hours later, Lungescu said officials “have taken note of the decision by Russia to suspend...
Chicago police officer shot in face, suspect taken into custody: reports
A Chicago police officer was shot Monday, authorities said, following another violent weekend in which four people were killed in 21 shootings. The officer was responding to reports of an altercation between a security guard and an alleged offender acting erratically at the Ulta Beauty...
