OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Gabbie Hughes scored the game winner with 4:06 remaining in the third period to lead Ottawa to a 4-2 win over New York on Wednesday night. With the win, Ottawa — losers of seven of its last eight coming into the game — moved into fifth place in the standings and are just two points back …
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Executive Order 9066 authorized Japanese detention during World War II, not gift cards for recent migrants CLAIM: President Joe Biden issued Executive …
Read More »Capital One’s bid for Discover carries expectation that Americans won’t slow credit card use
NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial is betting that Americans will keep shopping and use a credit card to pay for their purchases at stores and on the internet. Capital One announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion. The combination could potentially shake up the payments industry, which is largely dominated by Visa and …
Read More »Tuesday’s Time Schedule
All Times EST Tuesday, Feb. 20 NHL Dallas at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. Nashville at Vegas, 10 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. TOP 25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 1 UConn at …
Read More »A $355 million penalty and business ban: Takeaways from Trump’s New York civil fraud verdict
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump suffered a big blow Friday as a New York judge ordered the former president and his companies to pay $355 million in penalties for what the judge described as a scheme to deceive banks and insurers by exaggerating Trump’s wealth on his annual financial statements. The stunning ruling adds to Trump’s legal woes as …
Read More »Convicted New York killer freed on a technicality: Judge says he was held at the wrong prison
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed solely because he was held at the wrong prison according to an interstate law on detainees, a state judge has ruled. Terrence Lewis was released earlier this month from a maximum-security prison in Seneca County, where …
Read More »Democrat Tom Suozzi flips George Santos’ seat in Congress
Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to take the seat that was left vacant when …
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