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Julie Turris, Ida Bjornstad offer new perspective in hockey family podcast
When Ida Bjornstad first approached Julie Turris about starting a podcast to discuss the lives of hockey families outside the rink, Turris was apprehensive. The wife of Nashville P...
Feb 05, 2019
Film featuring disabled actors wins Spain's top Goya award
MADRID - The film "Campeones" ("Champions"), a comedy about a basketball team featuring actors with mental disabilities, won best picture at the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards. Directed by Javier ...
Feb 05, 2019
Blackface photo stirs calls for Virginia governor to resign
RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Ralph Northam clung to office Sunday amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, going silent after a bizarre...
Feb 05, 2019
Friends, relatives of victims to speak at McArthur sentencing hearing today
TORONTO - A sentencing hearing continues today for Bruce McArthur, a serial killer who preyed on men from Toronto's gay village for years before he was arrested. Friends and relatives of McArthur's ei...
Feb 05, 2019
AARP film awards for grown-ups honour Shirley MacLaine
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Have you got a grown-up state of mind? If so, the AARP has some film awards just for you. For the 18th year, the organization for retired persons and its AARP, The Magazine, ha...
Feb 05, 2019
Apartment fire in high-end Paris area kills 7, injures many
PARIS - A fire in a Paris apartment building early Tuesday killed seven people and sent residents fleeing to the roof or climbing out their windows to escape, authorities said. The cause of the blaze ...
Feb 05, 2019
Anaheim Ducks drop another game, left searching for answers against Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Goaltender John Gibson didn't even stick around to watch the end of his club's latest loss - Anaheim's fourth in a row and 16th in 18 games. Gibson was pulled midway through the third period...
Feb 04, 2019
Hyman scores winner, Sparks makes 28 saves as Maple Leafs edge Penguins 3-2
TORONTO - Zach Hyman's line was tasked with going up against Sidney Crosby. Chipping in on the scoreboard was an added bonus. The gritty Maple Leafs winger bagged&nb...
Feb 04, 2019
Hart, Voracek lead Flyers past Canucks for 8th straight win
PHILADELPHIA - Carter Hart made 41 saves, Sean Couturier and Jakub Voracek scored, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Monday night for their eighth straight victory. The Fly...
Feb 04, 2019
Jack Roslovic has hat trick as Winnipeg Jets crush Anaheim Ducks 9-3
WINNIPEG - Jack Roslovic is glad he's a quick healer. The Winnipeg forward had his first NHL career hat trick as the Jets scored a franchise-record six goals in the first period on their way to a 9-3 ...
Feb 04, 2019