From errant passes up the middle and goals scored from 132 feet away, to highlight-reel stops and shutouts, the beauty that is the Oilers goaltender has certainly kept things interesting. Smith and the Oilers are in the conference finals, but things did not get off on the right foot against the Avalanche. Edmonton fell behind 6-3 during the second period and Smith was pulled and replaced by backup Mikko Koskinen....

The vice president and general manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes, Colorado’s Triple-A affiliate, can’t seem to escape apparel requests. When Traub visited big league camp in Arizona, Rockies head honchos greeted him by asking for Albuquerque’s new cap. One Isotope, outfielder Noel Cuevas, reached out via text message, hoping to get a jersey with his girlfriend’s name stitched across the back. Oh, and there are also the 1,000 or so online orders that must be filled....

After debuting in March 2006, Hannah Montana ran for four seasons, concluding in January 2011. Besides the Plastic Hearts singer, the show also starred her father, “Achy Breaky Heart” singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Cyrus tweeted the letter to Hannah, discussing many of the experiences she had on the show, including taping an audition in Nashville, driving to work with her dad and grandmother, and “falling in love for the first time....

As talks over a new U.N. resolution head to an expected vote this week, the frenzy at Clifford’s shipyard is another sign that the U.S. military buildup against Iraq is working against its own unannounced deadline. The Pentagon wants to be ready by mid-December–most likely a week or so after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends on Dec. 5, sources say. Why then? If Saddam Hussein obstructs U.N. inspectors sooner rather than later, the military can then move quickly against him, flying thousands of troops to the gulf in a matter of days to man equipment already waiting for them in Kuwait, Qatar and giant floating warehouses at sea....

Troops who refuse the vaccine will reportedly not receive any special protections in regard to their dismissals from the military, according to the Military Times. The decision on whether or not to give troops an other-than-honorable or dishonorable discharge will now fall on the individual commanders of local stations, and the Times stated that commanders were instructed not to give “any preferential evaluations for veterans’ benefits eligibility.” Typically, service members are automatically barred from receiving benefits if they receive a dishonorable discharge, such as a court marshal or desertion, according to the U....

As his nom de shred implies, he loves the white stuff. We’re not talking about the Bolivian marching powder enjoyed by some of his cohort. White Gold gets high on milk. Grade A moo-juice. He drinks it, midsolo, right out of his transparent, hollow guitar. If you’ve never heard of White Gold, that’s probably because he doesn’t really exist. But he does star in the new multiplatform advertising campaign from the California Milk Processor Board (the “Got Milk?...

The robbery took place the morning of April 1 at a business near Pearson International Airport that is used for refilling privately owned ATMs, Toronto Police Inspector Richard Harris said during a press conference Tuesday. Two masked, armed men allegedly entered the business, forcing two employees to let them into the cash vault. They allegedly loaded garbage bags with more than $1 million in cash, Harris said. They then fled the scene in an awaiting getaway car, which was driving “in tandem” with another vehicle, Harris said....

Yarimar Bonilla, a political anthropologist and director of Hunter College’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies, said that Puerto Ricans are coming to understand that “their whiteness comes with an asterisk.” “They know they’re not white by U.S. standards, but they’re not Black by Puerto Rico standards,” Bonilla said. Nearly 50 percent of Puerto Rico’s residents who responded to the 2020 census identified with “two races or more,” a significant jump from the 3 percent who chose the option in the 2010 census....

Manager Jurgen Klopp initially feared a back injury sustained against Watford in March would keep Can out for the remainder of the season. But the midfielder, who has been heavily linked with a move to Juventus, was back in training on Monday and Klopp revealed he was an “option” for Saturday’s match in Kiev. Meanwhile, James Milner has also been given the all-clear following a minor muscle problem. “Millie was clear [he would be fit] and Emre is a surprise,” Klopp told Liverpool’s official website....

A frustrating loss to the Washington Wizards leaves the Bucks 4-6 on the season with losses in five of their last six games with the latest defeat coming on the eve of a visit to the White House to be honored as last season’s title winners. Battling extraordinary health and injury concerns to start the season, the Bucks are simply trying to keep their head above water until they are able to insert some key bodies back into the rotation....

In an interview with local CBS affiliate WCCO that was posted Friday, Frey spoke about the decision to vacate the 3rd precinct amidst the protests. When asked what the plan was for keeping order and being told that some officers told WCCO that they felt the order was to allow it to get overrun, Frey responded that it was not. “That could not be farther from the truth,” he said....

Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, said in an interview aired Tuesday on CBS This Morning that city and state officials have placed their “failed leadership” onto union members. “We believe that our membership…has been unfairly scapegoated by political leaders in our city and our state,” Kroll said in his first interview since Floyd’s death on May 25. “They have shifted their failed leadership onto us and our members and it’s simply unjust....

At least one person attending North Star Stampede Rodeo in Effie, 225 miles north of the Twin Cities, tested positive for the disease and now hospitals in Itasca County are bracing themselves for a wave of tests. Ahead of the event which took place between July 24 and July 26, the ranch and its owner, Cimarron Pitzen, had been in dispute with state officials who told him he would have to limit attendance to no more than 132 people to keep within the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings imposed by Governor Tim Walz....

Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 5,277 new cases and 43 new deaths. This increased the state’s totals to 831,669 confirmed cases and 8,925 deaths. Minnesota hospitals are caring for 1,159 COVID patients, with 257 in intensive care units. Malcolm stated the new case numbers were “extraordinarily high and concerning” in a briefing for reporters. She called it a “truly alarming spike,” according to The Associated Press. “The tragedy of this current spike in cases is that more than ever, we have the tools and the knowledge to minimize the impact of this virus,” Malcolm said....

Since there are more than 4,000 medical journals in the world, being able to ignore the great majority of them will save me a lot of work. But that’s not why I’m doing it. I was shamed into it by a new book from R. Barker Bausell, a biostatistician at the University of Maryland. When a researcher tests a new drug or treatment, Bausell supplies the statistical analysis that journalists demand to see in a serious scientific study, even if they don’t understand a word of it....

Mirogabalin is an experimental drug that’s that third member of a “family” of medications that is familiar to the FMS community. Its progenitors are Neurontin (gabapentin) and Lyrica (pregabalin), which has been called “son of Neurontin.” Neurontin and Lyrica are both anti-seizure drugs that also have been found effective for the pain of diabetic neuropathy. Lyrica was then FDA-approved for FMS and Neurontin is frequently prescribed off-label for it. They’re also used for other types of pain, including post-surgical pain and postherpetic neuralgia....

In a recent Facebook post, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina said that the child, identified as Joanna Lockaby, was found dead on Tuesday. According to the sheriff’s office, Lockaby’s body was found in a “wooded area” near 112 Chevy Chase Blvd. “Yesterday evening investigators arrested 17-year-old William Micah Hester. Investigators believe Hester suffocated the victim, contributing to her death,” the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post....

The Flyers came close in 1967, making it all the way to the NCAA Tournament title game before becoming another notch on UCLA’s dynasty belt. But in our current bizarro coronavirus world, the Dayton Flyers are champions. They knocked off five teams in Sporting News’ “Missing March Madness” poll — the closest we can come to the real thing in 2020 — to reach the title game. There, they upended the mighty Kansas Jayhawks in the championship contest....

The Battle for Kosovo The war in Kosovo is increasingly troubling to me. In your story “Doing Injury to History” (National Affairs, April 5), Henry Kissinger is correct in saying World War II did not start due to ethnic conflicts. But it did begin because one man decided to go after something he felt he had to possess, and he definitely had ethnic cleansing on his mind, which resulted in millions’ dying needlessly....

Police in Kansas City, Missouri responded to a call for medical assistance after the unidentified man was pinned by the car while allegedly attempting to strip it of the valuable part. The man initially called for assistance and a passerby attempted to use a jack to free him, but he died before he could be helped, according to a report from KCTV. An investigation into the incident is ongoing and no further details are currently available....