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Siakam, VanVleet set career highs to lead Raptors past Hawks
ATLANTA - Pascal Siakam scored a career-high 33 points, Fred VanVleet added a career-best 30 and the Toronto Raptors rallied after trailing by 17 points in the first half to beat the Atlanta Hawks 119...
Feb 07, 2019
Anders Nilsson earns first shutout of season as Senators blank Ducks 4-0
OTTAWA - Anders Nilsson stopped 44 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 Thursday night. Matt Duchene led the way with two goals for the Senat...
Feb 07, 2019
Brendan Gallagher's three-point game leads Canadiens past Ducks 4-1
MONTREAL - Rookie Jesperi Kotkaniemi is only 54 games into his NHL career but is already etching his name in the Montreal Canadiens' record book. He became the first 18-year-old in franchise...
Feb 07, 2019
Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights. The justices said by a 5-4 vot...
Feb 07, 2019
Former Rep. Dingell, US's longest-serving lawmaker, dies
DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit's auto industry, has die...
Feb 07, 2019
Oshie dominant as Capitals beat Canucks 3-2
WASHINGTON - T.J. Oshie put in the work to help Alex Ovechkin set another record and get the defending Stanley Cup champions back on track. Oshie scored his 16th goal of the season as part of a domina...
Feb 07, 2019
'Big Bang Theory' gets honour as series nears its end
BURBANK, Calif. - Champagne is briefly replacing scripts on the set of "The Big Bang Theory." A nondescript building on the sprawling Warner Brothers production lot in Burbank known as Stage 25 was re...
Feb 07, 2019
Man who broke into Taylor Swift's home gets 6 months in jail
NEW YORK - A man who broke into Taylor Swift's New York City townhouse and took a nap has been sentenced to six month in jail. The New York Post's Page Six reports that 22-year-old Roger Alvarado, of ...
Feb 07, 2019
Facility where incapacitated woman gave birth to shut down
PHOENIX - A long-term care facility in Arizona where an incapacitated woman was raped and later gave birth announced Thursday that it would shut down operations. Officials with Hacienda HealthCare sai...
Feb 07, 2019
Bezos says Enquirer threatened to publish revealing pics
LOS ANGELES - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threated to publish revealing personal photos ...
Feb 07, 2019