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Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson explains why he traded Seth Jones, what goaltender Spencer Knight brings to the team and more ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

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Tinseltown was once a hotbed of resistance to Maga. Now even Oscar-nominated films are being buried by nervous movie execs for fear of offending the president

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Quite a day for the Robertson family. #Stars #MapleLeafs #NHL

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No practice for the @NHLBlackhawks tomorrow. After all, they're humming along like a well-oiled machine. Two straight losses, 1-4-2 in the last 7, 2-5-4 in the last 11, 5-14-5 in the last 24. Yep, purrin' like a kitten.

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"You can't take our country — and you can't take our game," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on X after Canada beat the U.S. in an international hockey championship final amid political tensions caused by President Trump’s taunts and economic threats.

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Staircase carved into an Egyptian cliff leads to what could be the most significant discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun

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How many people over 100 years old are collecting Social Security checks? Not a lot. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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How did a successful, financially sophisticated banker in a small Kansas town gamble his community’s money away?

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So Team USA had clinched a spot in the final, and top seed. That part’s easy. Finland/Canada becomes must win for both. Loser goes home. Also easy. Where it gets interesting: If Canada beats Finland in OT/SO on Monday, Team USA could eliminate them by losing to Sweden in regulation.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

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More lunacy.

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This Eagles fan was struggling 😅

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Though the Trump Administration renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the U.S. only lays claim to 46% of the gulf. Learn more about who controls what and why here: nyti.ms/41czLfw

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A protester unfurled a combined Palestinian and Sudanese flag on the field during Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance. The NFL said in a statement that the person was part of the 400-member field cast. nyti.ms/3CVV6Au

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This week's D.C. plane crash unfortunately wasn't the Boston Skating Club’s first airline tragedy. Ten members of the U.S. figure skating team were killed in a plane crash in 1961. More: http://dlvr.it/THhwFw

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Marc-Andre Fleury records his 76th career shutout in his final start in Montreal to move into the top 10 all-time. Magnifique! 18th #mnwild win in the last 19 meetings with Montreal.

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Breaking News: Officials said they feared there were many deaths after a plane collided with a helicopter near Washington. There were 64 people on the plane, and three on the helicopter. Follow live updates.

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Breaking news: A military helicopter and a regional aircraft from Kansas collided near Reagan National Airport, drawing a large emergency response near D.C. Roughly 60 people were aboard the aircraft, officials said. Follow live updates: wapo.st/4jG7XYn

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“We really want to ask each and every Wichitan, Kansan and American to pray for everyone involved in this incident,” Wichita Mayor Lily Wu said during a late Wednesday evening press conference. Follow the latest updates:

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Hall when asked about this being his seventh NHL team: “I'd love for this to be the last. I'm tired of moving around.”

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Devotion runs deep in western New York for the Buffalo Bills — an NFL team that has never won a Super Bowl. “We’ve put up with a lot,” said one fan of the team since its inception in 1960. “Buffalo needs this.”

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Taylor Hall said he knew for a couple of days he was being traded and was pretty sure it was to Carolina. “And I found out why it was taking so long gestures toward Rantanen and totally understandable.”

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Some wealthy property owners in California are hiring private fire crews, which can cost thousands of dollars a day. Demand for private firefighting has been rising as wildfires have grown in ferocity and frequency over the past several decades.

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With the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions both Super Bowl contenders, Canadian NFL fans are nervously hopeful a title drought could end.

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Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders who traveled from Washington to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1961 in an effort to integrate interstate bus terminals across the South — and who were nearly beaten to death for doing so — died on Wednesday. He was 82. nyti.ms/40qH6I6

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Patrick Kane through 110 games: 34G, 72A, 106 pts Connor Bedard through 110 games: 33G, 66A, 99 pts The similarities go beyond the numbers, too. But there's one key difference, and per Kane, "I feel like it’s put a lot of pressure on him." Column from Detroit: www.nytimes.com/athletic/605...

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A man broke into Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, and stole a Christmas ornament before being arrested, the police said. The incident was recorded by surveillance cameras.

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I ain't giving up Bourbon St. or football either, and all the tailgating that goes with it. My thoughts on the courage buried in our public amusements. wapo.st/3DDSKq1

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The FBI does not believe Shamsud-Din Jabbar was “solely responsible” for the attack in New Orleans. Weapons and IEDs were found in the vehicle along with others in the French Quarter. Jabbar was a veteran of the U.S. Army, who investigators believe was honorably discharged, they said.

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Texas took a 24-8 lead over Arizona State with 10:17 left. With 5:00 left, it's now 24-24. Here's what happened in between:

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Breaking news: At least 10 people are dead and 30 are injured after a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a large crowd in New Orleans in the Bourbon Street area early Wednesday. New Orleans Police said the man tried “to run over as many people as he possibly could.” Follow live updates:

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Outdoor games I've covered ranked by coolness factor: 1. Wrigley 2. Busch 3. Notre Dame 4. Soldier Field (just for the snow) 5. Nationals Park 6. TCF Bank Related: My phone quality has steadily improved since 2014:

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It’s all #Blues in #WinterClassic victory over the #Blackhawks

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Familiar story for the #Blackhawks. Next up is the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field.

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The Staleys close out the season a week from Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in a meeting of the smallest city with an NFL team and the largest city without one.

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Back in September of 1897, the editor of the New York Sun received a letter with a very important question. The answer, to which we link below, still rings true today. Merry Christmas from Illinois Golfer! illinoisgolfer.net/blog/2016/12...

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