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Devils beat Blackhawks 4-2 for sixth win in eight games

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Dawson Mercer and Max Willman scored in the first period and the New Jersey Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday night.Curtis Lazar and Michael McLeod also scored as the Devils won for the sixth time in eight games. Vitek Vanecek stopped 32 shots for his sixth win in eight starts.“We did not start well at all,” Lazar said. “We took it upon ourselves to say enough’s enough. We simplified our game. As the game went on, we generated more looks.”Taylor Hall and Ryan Donato scored for Chicago, which lost for the fifth time in seven games. Arvid Soderblom finished with 36 saves.Lazar tipped John Marino’s drive in the slot and the puck eluded Soderblom to push the Devils’ lead to 3-2 at 4:35 of the third period. “He’s my son’s favorite player,” Lazar said of Marino. “He’s going to be a happy camper.”Donato pulled the Blackhawks back within one as he scored on his second rebound with 4:46 left.Vanecek had a big stop on Phillipp Kurashev with 1:12 remaining, ...

Ducks score 4 goals in 3rd period, hand Golden Knights first regulation loss with 4-2 win

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mason McTavish scored the go-ahead goal with 3:40 to play, Sam Carrick had two late goals, and the Anaheim Ducks beat Vegas 4-2 Sunday night, handing the Vegas Golden Knights their first regulation loss of the season.Adam Henrique scored early in the third for the Ducks, who rallied from two goals down in the final period to get their sixth straight win for the first time in nearly two years. John Gibson made 29 saves for Anaheim, which scored four goals on five shots in the third.They beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights, who had earned a point in 12 straight games to start this season, the longest streak by a defending champ in NHL history. Vegas also had earned a point in 20 straight regular-season games since last March, the second-longest such streak in the last 40 years.Ivan Barbashev and Jack Eichel scored for the Golden Knights, who took a 2-0 lead into the third period before fading late on the second night of a back-to-back set. Log...

¿Te sobran dulces de Halloween? Esto es lo que puedes hacer con ellos

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Después de la rara experiencia de ver nevar en un frío Halloween, es posible que tengas muchos más dulces extra de los que esperabas, pero hay formas de deshacerte de ellos.Claro, puedes comerlos todos o tirarlos a la basura por que ambas son opciones, pero también hay otras que puedes elegir.Especialistas aconsejan a las personas que se comuniquen a refugios y hogares de ancianos locales para ver si aceptan donaciones de dulces y ahí podrían llevarlos.Ronald McDonald House Charities tiene varios programas locales en el área de Chicago, por ejemplo. La organización se compromete a ayudar a las familias que viajan a la ciudad a encontrar alojamiento y atención mientras su hijo recibe tratamiento. Pueden localizar algo similar en tu ciudad.También puedes ingresar tu código postal aquí para encontrar el Buyback más cercano donde puedes enviar paquetes de dulces para que las donaciones se agreguen a los paquetes de ayuda de múltiples organizaciones.Los niños también podrán recibir produ...

Ducks rally for 6th straight win, snap Golden Knights’ 12-game point streak with 4-2 victory

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mason McTavish scored the go-ahead goal with 3:40 to play, Sam Carrick had two late goals, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from two goals down in the third period to hand the Vegas Golden Knights their first regulation loss of the season with a 4-2 victory on Sunday night.Carrick got the tying goal with 9:05 left and added an empty-netter for the upstart Ducks, winners of six straight for the first time in nearly two years.Adam Henrique scored early in the third for the Ducks, who rallied from two goals down in the final period to beat the defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights, who had earned a point in 12 straight games to start this season, the longest streak by a defending champ in NHL history. Vegas also had earned a point in 20 straight regular-season games since last March, the second-longest such streak in the last 40 years.Anaheim trailed 2-0 entering the third, but Henrique got the Ducks on the board with a power-play goal from the slot. The Duc...

Bouanga, Crépeau spark LAFC to 1-0 victory, first-round sweep of Whitecaps

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored on a first-half penalty kick and Maxime Crépeau made it stand up against his former club as defending-champion Los Angeles FC finished off a first-round sweep of the Vancouver Whitecaps with a 1-0 victory on Sunday night.Bouanga, who scored 20 goals during the regular season to win the Golden Boot and was named a finalist for the MVP award, scored on a penalty kick in the 24th minute to give LAFC (15-10-10) the lead. Bouanga took the PK after Mario González drew a foul on Whitecaps defender Tristan Blackmon.Crépeau, a member of the Whitecaps from 2018-2021, finished with five saves to earn his second career clean sheet in the postseason — both with LAFC. Yohei Takaoka had six saves for Vancouver (12-11-12).The Whitecaps won LAFC’s first four visits to Vancouver in all competitions, but LAFC has gone 2-0-1 since.Bouanga and Ryan Hollingshead became the sixth pair of teammates to both score twice in the same match in LAFC’s...

Mending Ground project aims for 38,000 new trees in Thousand Islands National Park

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

The Mending Ground tree planting project has kicked off this fall at Thousand Islands National Park.4,000 trees will have been planted as the season wraps up this week, with the park’s focus being on restoring a former quarry on Hill Island that was active over 50 years ago to a forested habitat.The Mending Ground project will aim to plant as many as 18,000 trees in that quarry, with a goal of planting 38,000 trees throughout the park in 10 years. The project falls under the umbrella of the federal government’s 2 Billion Trees program, which is providing up to $3.2 billion over 10 years to support efforts by provinces, not for profits, and Indigenous organizations to plant trees. Mary Beth Lynch, the Mending Ground Project Lead, says the planting project – and in particular planting within the quarry – has been something that park staff have hoped to do for a while, and the boost in funding from the 2 Billion Trees program has allowed it to happen.“We&#...

Driver hurt after car slams into Lauderhill restaurant

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

A restaurant in Lauderhill was boarded up following a dangerous drive.According to Lauderhill Police, a driver slamming his black Toyota sedan into a restaurant on West Commercial Boulevard and Northwest 77th Avenue, Sunday afternoon.The front of the business was damaged, and tables and chairs inside were left mangled.No one inside the restaurant was hurt, but police said the driver suffered minor injuries.He was taken to a medical facility for treatment.

Kramer: College presidents need to show leadership

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Unrest on college campuses increased during the 60’s and early 70’s.  Racial tension rose following the assassination of Martin Luther King, and painfully slow desegregation after the rejection of the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson  in 1896. Combined with the growing unease and concern with our role in Vietnam where thousands of young American servicemen were killed, times were turbulent and college students joined forces in protest.Today, similar unrest is being demonstrated on many campuses, but not due to domestic and international policies of the United States. Hate and prejudice are being exhibited by students as antisemitism and Israeli support grows in constituencies which confront each other based on recent events in the Middle East.The horrific slaughter of Israelis by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 is cited by supporters of Israel to justify the retaliatory attacks against Hamas in Gazan villages regardless of civilian casualties. Palestinian s...

Brennan: Generational tobacco bans shun civil liberties

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Under the pretext of youth smoking prevention, over-zealous anti-tobacco crusaders have finally unveiled their real endgame – the total ban on all nicotine-containing products for all people, including those who have reached legal adulthood.If advocates achieve the age-based prohibition goals they are currently pushing, then one day a retiree looking to purchase a cigar for the golf course or a trucker seeking a non-tobacco nicotine pouch will be treated like a 12-year-old trying to drive a car or purchase a beer in a pub or liquor store.The so-called “Nicotine-Free Generation” movement is, in fact, a generational sales prohibition that bans anyone born after a certain date from ever purchasing nicotine or tobacco products. The town of Brookline enacted a bylaw in 2021 that banned anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2000 from purchasing tobacco or nicotine products in the town. Retailers sued, and their case is before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Despite the ongoing litigat...

Editorial: Social Security is nearing a crisis

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:02:50 GMT

Washington seems determined to ignore the country’s rapidly worsening fiscal picture, but sooner or later policymakers will be forced to pay attention. When they do, they’ll find that changes to Social Security are unavoidable.No doubt, any such effort will meet strong political resistance. That’s why nothing has been done for 40 years and counting. The best approach — on the merits and as a matter of political feasibility — would combine entitlement reform with fresh thinking about financial security in retirement.Thanks to relentless pressure from an aging population, Social Security is expected to exhaust its financial reserves in 2033. At that point, without offsetting action, benefits will automatically be cut by a quarter.The program’s last big overhaul, in 1983, scheduled a gradual rise in the normal retirement age from 65 to the current 67. Life expectancy will increase further over the coming decades, and longer retirements will continue to raise costs. Indexing the normal ...