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Anderson scores in OT, Canadiens beat Lightning to stay alive in Stanley Cup final
MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens are still alive in the Stanley Cup final. Josh Anderson scored his second goal of the game at 3:57 of overtime as the Canadiens defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 ...
Jul 05, 2021
Blue Jackets goalie dies after fireworks accident
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast in what authorities described Monday as a tragic accident on the Fourth of July. Police in...
Jul 05, 2021 (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Search back on after rest of South Florida condo demolished
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Rescuers searched for victims of a collapsed South Florida condo building through fresh rubble Monday after crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the...
Jul 05, 2021
Tally of missing in condo collapse falls to 128 after audit
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The tally of the missing in the Florida condominium collapse was substantially reduced Friday, from 145 to 128, after duplicate names were eliminated and some people reported mis...
Jul 02, 2021 (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned by court
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pennsylvania's highest court threw out Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction and opened the way for his immediate release from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune f...
Jun 30, 2021 (AP file photo/Matt Slocum)
'Excruciating:' Florida collapse search stretches to Day 6
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) - The slow work of sifting through the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desperate for progress endured a wrenching ...
Jun 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Rescuers: Survivors could still be inside collapsed building
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Rescue workers digging for a fifth day into the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stressed Monday they could still find survivors in the rubble, a hope family member...
Jun 28, 2021 (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Flames hamper rescue effort amid rubble of Florida condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Fire has spread amid the rubble of the collapsed condominium in South Florida, hampering rescue efforts, officials said Saturday. The flames are deep and firefighters have not be...
Jun 26, 2021 Rescue workers work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo is seen, Friday, June 25, 2021, in Surfside. The apartment building partially collapsed on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Death toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; 159 still missing
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - About 160 people were still unaccounted for Friday after an oceanside condominium building collapsed into a smoldering pile of rubble, and searchers using both big machines and t...
Jun 25, 2021
Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin's knee led to the biggest out...
Jun 25, 2021 Defence attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listen to testimony during Chauvin's trial on March 31, 2021. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
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