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Wild make it a series against the Avalanche, who have a Game 4 goalie decision to make
During an unusually long break in the second round after Colorado took a 2-0 series lead on Minnesota, Kirill Kaprizov could not help but to think about hockey. What was on his mind? “How you want to beat these guys next game,” Kaprizov said. Kaprizov and the Wild did exactly that, cutting their deficit to […]
Appeals court spares President Trump from paying $83 million defamation award, for now
NEW YORK | President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one […]
UK’s Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and several ministers quit
LONDON | U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told members of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he has no intention of resigning as calls grew louder within his Labour Party for him to step down. Starmer tried to shore up support within his Cabinet following a febrile few days in the wake of hefty losses for […]
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles. For this part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from previous hearings on Capitol Hill in his […]
Ukraine officials say Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe
KYIV, Ukraine | Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine named President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation. They said Tuesday that the Ukrainian leader is not under suspicion in the case. Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme, the agencies […]
Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit
BEIJING | President Donald Trump is set to leave on Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping after weeks of trying, and failing, to persuade the Chinese government to use its considerable leverage to prod Iran to agree to U.S. terms to end the 2-month-old war — or, at the very least, reopen […]
Shipping industry fears fuel shortages as Iran war squeezes bunker fuel supply
BANGKOK | Ship operators rely on a sludgelike substance known as bunker fuel to keep vessels running. The Iran war ‘s closure of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off the supply of this fuel that powers the global maritime industry and its largest refueling hub in Asia. Bunker fuel is a literal bottom of […]
A Cannes Film Festival light on Hollywood but not lacking in star power kicks off in France
CANNES, France | The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the South of France. The French Riviera festival beginning Tuesday will include 12 days of nonstop world premieres before culminating May 23 with the presentation of the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top honor and one of the film […]
‘Uncut Gems’ producer Oscar Boyson made a movie for the Letterboxd generation
“Our Hero, Balthazar” is not really an elevator-pitch kind of movie. Sure, there’s a log-line: A wealthy New York City teenager ( Jaeden Martell ) who, in a misguided attempt to impress a girl, travels to Texas to try to stop a school shooting. But it’s the describing of it that gets tricky: It’s a […]
Movie Review: In ‘The Sheep Detectives,’ the private eyes have wool over their eyes
Maybe out of fear of putting filmgoers to sleep, the sheep has not been much of a mainstay at the movies. There’s Charles Burnett’s lyrical classic “Killer of Sheep.” You could get creative and cite Chris Farley’s “Black Sheep.” But, really, this is the domain of “Shaun the Sheep,” the uber-charming Aardman Animation about the […]