MONTREAL (AP) — Several of Quebec’s major party leaders say new Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki needs to learn French. The Canadiens announced the appointment of the 23-year-old Ontario native as the team’s captain earlier this week. He has played for Montreal the past three seasons. Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade told reporters it would be
Continue ReadingCNN By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray, Evan Perez and Kristen Holmes, CNN Justice Department criminal prosecutors are now examining nearly every aspect of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election — including the fraudulent electors plot, efforts to push baseless election fraud claims and how money flowed to support these
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray, Evan Perez and Kristen Holmes, CNN Justice Department criminal prosecutors are now examining nearly every aspect of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election — including the fraudulent electors plot, efforts to push baseless election fraud claims and how money flowed to support these various
Continue ReadingBy MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It doesn’t seem to matter which shirt Robert Lewandowski is wearing. Bayern Munich just keeps getting the better of Barcelona either way. Bayern extended its recent dominance over the Spanish giant with a 2-0 win in the Champions League to show it can cope quite well without
Continue ReadingFRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have signed general manager Jim Nill to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. Nill is going into his 10th season with the Stars. That was the last year on his current deal before the extension was announced. Dallas has made the playoffs three of the past
Continue ReadingLEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Struggling Bayer Leverkusen left it late to earn a 2-0 win over Atlético Madrid in their Champions League group-stage game. Two goals in three minutes from Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby were enough for Leverkusen to claim just its second win of the season after six defeats in eight games across
Continue ReadingBy DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mohamed Ibrahim tore an Achilles tendon in Minnesota’s opener last year and missed the rest of the season. His college career could have been over. He decided to return for a sixth year and has 262 yards and four touchdowns on 44 carries over two games
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo got ejected against Germany and Greece’s hopes of bringing home a European championship ended not long afterward. Dennis Schroder scored 26 points, Daniel Theis had a 13-point, 16-rebound effort and host Germany moved into the EuroBasket semifinals with a 107-96 win over Greece. Also, Willy Hernangomez scored 27 points, Juancho
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN A New York City woman was recently sentenced to four months in prison for interference with flight crew members, according to a Department of Justice news release. Kelly Pichardo had previously pleaded guilty to the charge, which is a Class C felony offense. Pichardo also received 36 months of supervised release
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Careless defending cost Marseille again in the Champions League as it lost 1-0 at home to Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt. Coach Igor Tudor’s side is unbeaten in the French league but lacks a cutting edge at this level. Marseille fell behind in the 43rd
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The city of Boston has joined the ranks of other major cities challenging their 2020 census figures. The city claims the once-a-decade U.S. head count which determines political power and federal funding missed university students, the foreign-born and inmates at correctional facilities. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday said the
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — A former reality TV star from St. Louis testified that he had nothing to do with his nephew’s killing. James “Tim” Norman is accused of arranging the death of 21-year-old Andre Montgomery on March 2016. Both men were part of the “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” reality show based in St. Louis
Continue ReadingBy ADAM GELLER AP National Writer BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — It’s less than ten minutes walk from the Falls Road to the Shankill Road in Northern Ireland’s capital, where Catholics and Protestants still live in segregated enclaves. But to hear people in these adjoining neighborhoods explain their almost diametrically opposite views of the British
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A freight railroad strike, and the economic upheaval it could cause, is getting closer and closer to reality. While two more rail unions reached tentative agreements with railroad management on new contracts Tuesday, the two most important unions — representing the engineers and conductors who make up
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family. Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, showing that agents earlier obtained a hard drive after issuing a subpoena for surveillance footage recorded inside Mar-a-Lago. A heavily redacted version
Continue ReadingBy Rayvin Bleu and Katrenia Busch Click here for updates on this story SANFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — It has been more than two years since the collapse of two mid-Michigan dams drained the lakes they once held back. The lakes have remained dry, but nature is wasting no time reclaiming them. The beds of those
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hughes Click here for updates on this story VINELAND, New Jersey (KYW) — In nearly two weeks, Jewish Americans from across our area will celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Eyewitness News reporter Ryan Hughes shows us how holocaust survivors are being celebrated before one of the holiest days of the year. They are bonded through
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Coloradans are taking the state’s housing crisis into their own hands with a ballot initiative that would direct a portion of the state’s income tax to affordable housing projects. The campaign, called Make Colorado Affordable, launched its effort on Tuesday in the Denver suburb
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Perhaps no team in the Pac-12 has worked the transfer portal harder than Southern California. The Trojans have 33 players who previously played at other four-year universities on their roster. In contrast, Stanford has just one. For USC, it was out of necessity. New coach Lincoln Riley was
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