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Maple Leafs goalie Woll out for opener against Canadiens, Stolarz to start
MONTREAL - Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz will get the start in place of injured Joseph Woll when the Maple Leafs visit the Montreal Canadiens to open their NHL season on Wednesday night. Maple Leafs ...
Oct 09, 2024
Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday were holding their first call in weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursio...
Oct 09, 2024
Former Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who was adept at securing federal funding for projects back home dur...
Oct 09, 2024
The death toll in a gang attack on a small Haitian town rises to 115, a local official says
PONT-SOND, Haiti (AP) - The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on resid...
Oct 09, 2024
Ottawa Senators sign goalie Ullmark to four-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Linus Ullmark to a four-year contract extension. The NHL team says the deal is worth US$33 million with an average annual value of $8.25 million. Ot...
Oct 09, 2024
NHLers discuss long-term injured reserve rules: 'Obviously a loophole in the system'
Nick Suzuki and the Montreal Canadiens were dreaming big. The club stunned the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2021 playoffs before sweeping the Winnipeg Jets and besting the Vegas Golde...
Oct 09, 2024
Canada's Fernandez defeats Rakhimova to advance to Round of 16 in Wuhan
WUHAN (AP) -- Canada's Leylah Fernandez battled past Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday to reach the Round of 16 at the Wuhan Open. Fernandez, ranked 28th in the world, took two...
Oct 09, 2024
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. Baker works at the University of Washington in Seattle,...
Oct 09, 2024
NHL player Nazem Kadri tells his story so far in book "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge"
CALGARY - Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thornton's beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronic...
Oct 09, 2024
Six Canadian squads open their NHL seasons tonight
The Edmonton Oilers came up a goal and win short in June of winning the Stanley Cup and breaking Canada's 31-year drought of hoisting the NHL's most coveted trophy. The Oilers, who lost a 2-1, Game 7 ...
Oct 09, 2024
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