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☆ NHL roundup: Kraken use huge 2nd period to down Blackhawks
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/4] Jan 14, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) and Calgary Flames center Nazem Kadri (91) look for the puck in the Calgary zone during the second period at the American Airlines Center. Flames 6, Stars 5Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson and Chris Tanev collected one goal and one assist apiece as visiting Calgary rode a four-goal second period to a victory over Dallas. Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 3Matt Grzelcyk scored with 1:16 left in the third period to lift host Boston past Atlantic Division rival Toronto. Grzelcyk scored his second goal of the season and first since Oct. 28, firing a bomb from above the left circle with David Krejci screening Maple Leafs goaltender Matt Murray. Paul Cotter, Keegan Kolesar and William Karlsson scored goals and Logan Thompson made 33 saves for Vegas.

The head of the United Nations atomic agency plans to visit Ukraine next week to deploy international inspectors at all of the war-torn country’s nuclear plants, significantly expanding the regulator’s presence after months of attacks on power stations and amid the threat of a renewed Russian offensive. The agency’s Director-General Rafael Grossi plans to station two or three inspectors at the South Ukraine, Rivne and Khmelnytskyi power plants, according to Ukrainian officials and Western diplomats. Power lines to the latter two plants were damaged in a Nov. 15 barrage of missile strikes that plunged both into crisis. Inspectors will also deploy to Chernobyl, the site of the world’s largest nuclear disaster in 1986, which was occupied for 36 days at the start of the war and where dangerous radioactive materials are still stored, the officials said.

☆ What, if Anything, Can You Do to Prepare for a Recession?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There is no guarantee a recession is coming in 2023 and it is likely too late for people to make any major financial preparations even if they are convinced one is imminent. Many economists and business leaders expect a recession this year. In October, economists surveyed in a quarterly Wall Street Journal poll on average estimated that there was a 63% chance of a recession in the following 12 months.

☆ Is Now a Good Time to Buy a New Car?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Americans planning to shop for a new car in 2023 might find slightly better prices than during the past two years, though auto industry analysts say it is likely better to wait until the fall. Since mid-2021, car buyers have been frustrated by rising prices, skimpy selection and long waits for deliveries. A chip shortage bedeviled the industry and constricted supply.

☆ NHL roundup: Alex Tuch, Sabres knock off Bruins in OT
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 37 saves for Buffalo, facing 11 shots in the second period and 19 more in the third. Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist, while Dylan Strome, Anthony Mantha and Garnet Hathaway also scored. Emil Bemstrom and Kirill Marchenko also scored for the Blue Jackets in the comeback victory over the NHL's last-place team. They netted goals three times in the second, including Alex Killorn's go-ahead breakaway goal for a 4-3 lead. Stamkos scored his 498th career goal and had an assist, and Brayden Point notched a goal and a helper.

☆ Don’t Just Spend Your Time—Invest It
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When it comes to time, we are born rich and then spend down our fortunes over the years. It may not grow like money in a bank account, but there are ways to get time to pay out a similar kind of interest. The go-to verb for what we do with time is “spend” it. Researchers say it might be better to think of time as something we invest, using our precious hours to accumulate a wealth of fulfillment and meaning that our future selves can draw on.

☆ How actor Robin De Jesús became a TV show's secret weapon
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Alicia Ramírez | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Robin De Jesús always shows up. Kumail Nanjiani and Robin de Jesús in "Welcome to Chippendales." “With or without my consent, as a Latino actor, even with my light skin, I end up being the representative of my specific demographics: Latino Puerto Rican, working class,” the actor said. “It helped me clarify who my character was and his intentions.”Robin de Jesús and Kumail Nanjiani in "Welcome to Chippendales." “I’m a very fortunate actor that I get to do really, really beautiful work, but I’m still in my come-up,” he said.

☆ Johannesburg tanker explosion death toll rises to 15
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has risen to fifteen, authorities said, from an earlier estimate of eight. "In terms of fatalities ... this number has now risen to 15," including three hospital staff members, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said late on Sunday. Phaahla suggested that the death toll might later rise because of the nature of the injuries some survivors had sustained. "We are told that of those who survived, many of them have quite severe burns, so we still have a long way to go," he said. Reporting by Tim Cocks; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

MOSCOW—Russian troops were losing the battle for Lyman, a small city in eastern Ukraine, in late September when a call came in for the commanding officer on the front line, over an encrypted line from Moscow. It was Vladimir Putin , ordering them not to retreat.

The highest inflation in four decades. A bear market in stocks. The past year was a trying one for American households. It strained their budgets, reduced their spending power and clobbered their 401(k) balances. Despite a recent burst of positive news—moderating gas prices and a slowing pace of inflation—many believe the economy will be in worse shape in 2023 than it is now.

☆ Woodlands Preservation Emerges as Issue in President Trump’s Personal Income Tax Filings
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Peter Grant | Joe Palazzolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A $21.1 million tax deduction involving former President Donald Trump’s Seven Springs estate has become a point of contention in Mr. Trump’s tax returns. In 2015, then-businessman Donald Trump pledged to preserve more than 150 acres of woodland on his Westchester County, N.Y., estate, enabling him to take a big charitable deduction on his federal taxes. That $21.1 million tax deduction involving his Seven Springs estate now has emerged as a point of contention in Mr. Trump’s taxes, according to the House Ways and Means Committee, which voted Tuesday to make six years of his tax returns public.

The Internal Revenue Service’s audits of Donald Trump‘s tax returns were thinly staffed and unusually deferential to Mr. Trump’s tax advisers, according to a nonpartisan report from congressional tax specialists. At times, only a single IRS agent was assigned to examine Mr. Trump’s complex tax returns, with insufficient support from specialists, according to the report by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, which provided the information to the House committee that voted to release the former president’s tax information.

Representatives of former President Donald Trump have criticized the decision of Democrats to make his tax returns public. The Internal Revenue Service’s audits of Donald Trump’s tax returns were thinly staffed and at times unusually deferential to Mr. Trump’s tax advisers, according to a nonpartisan report from congressional tax specialists. At times, only a single IRS agent was assigned to examine Mr. Trump’s complex tax returns, with insufficient support from specialists, according to the report by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, which provided the information to the House committee that voted to release the former president’s tax information.

☆ Who’s Getting a Car for Christmas? Ask the People Who Sell Giant Bows
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Joe Pinsker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

If you are secretly hoping to be led outside on Christmas morning and surprised with a new car in the driveway, this may not be your year. Some makers and sellers of car bows, the oversize decorations that sit on hoods and roofs, report a steep decline in business this holiday season. As with many economic indicators of late, the data is mixed. But if weak bow sales are taken as a shiny red indicator, they may foreshadow a drop-off in the number of cars given as gifts this year.

☆ Harry and Meghan renew clash with British royals, media in Netflix doc
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Henry Austin | Henry Austin Is A London-Based Editor For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Prince Harry with Meghan Markle appeared in public together for the first time at the Invictus Games in Toronto. Aside from showing the story of their courtship, the six episodes of “Harry & Meghan” also look set to highlight long-running grievances that have roiled Britain's royal family for years. The British tabloids have intensely scrutinized Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, publishing stories about her estranged family following her engagement and marriage to Harry in May 2018. In addition, Harry is challenging in court a decision by the British government to deny him police protection while in Britain. “In the Netflix trailer it’s implied the photographers, including me, were trying to get a shot of the royal couple — but that’s nonsense,” he told the tabloid.

Dec 6 (Reuters) - An Oklahoma man was charged with four counts of murder in the killing and dismemberment of four men he believed were stealing from his salvage yard, according to court documents. Joseph Lloyd Kennedy, 67, was charged in Okmulgee County court on Monday. Kennedy was already on probation for shooting a man in 2012 who he believed was stealing from his salvage yard. Okmulgee County district attorney Carol Iski, who announced the charges against Kennedy on Monday, was asked by reporters whether the men were stealing from Kennedy's salvage yard. She replied that it would not matter as "we don't have a death penalty in Oklahoma for stealing."

☆ U.N. Nuclear Agency Under Pressure to Share Knowledge of Alleged Russian Abuse of Ukraine Plant Workers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Drew Hinshaw | Joe Parkinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Man allegedly confessed to slayings of 4 Oklahoma bicyclists, court records show
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A man arrested in connection with the slayings of four Oklahoma bicyclists’ allegedly told a friend that he killed and dismembered them because "they were stealing from him," court documents show. From left, Alex Stevens, Mark Chastain, Billy Chastain, and Mike Sparks. Court documents state that Kennedy parked his Chrysler PT Cruiser across the street from the scrap yard around 3 p.m. on Oct. 9, before the killings. Kennedy allegedly traveled back and forth from the scrap yard several times. Bloodied items belonging to Mark Chastain were also found in the vacant lot, the document says.

☆ Joe Pesci says playing Harry in the ‘Home Alone’ films came with some ‘serious’ pain
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —They say artists have to be willing to do anything for their art, and for Joe Pesci, that includes setting his head on fire. “It was a nice change of pace to do that particular type of slapstick comedy,” Pesci said of making the first two “Home Alone” films in the email interview, published on Tuesday. In the uber-successful franchise, Pesci played one half a bungling thief duo (alongside Daniel Stern) who is continually one-upped by a clever kid played by Macaulay Culkin. He acknowledged that the movies “were a more physical type of comedy, therefore, a little more demanding.”One example – when Pesci’s character Harry walks unsuspectingly into a booby trap laid by Culkin’s Kevin, leading to a fiery finish. (Pesci did not clarify during which film he sustained his injury.)

☆ How Student-Loan Debt, or Not Having It, Shapes Lives
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Joe Pinsker | Photographs James Stukenberg For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Without student loans, millions of Americans couldn’t afford the degrees that might smooth the road to prosperity. Yet, having student loans can also make it tougher to get far along that journey. People who leave school without loans can have an easier time buying a home, saving for retirement or starting a business, compared with those who have student debt. One aim of President Biden’s student-debt relief plan, currently stalled by legal challenges, is to help borrowers shed debt and progress toward those goals, though critics argue the program is unfair to those who sacrificed to pay for college or pay down their debt.

☆ ‘The Hole’: Gruesome Accounts of Russian Occupation Emerge From Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Joe Parkinson | Drew Hinshaw | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Hooded and handcuffed, Ihor Murashov , director general of Europe’s largest nuclear plant, was on the stone floor of a basement prison, accused by masked men of betraying Russia. He could hear the captors interrogating his chauffeur. The 46-year-old Mr. Murashov, who had led the occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic energy station for seven months, was ordered by gun-brandishing guards to face the lens of a video camera. “What you say now will determine your fate,” he recalled one telling him.

☆ Russian Occupation of Nuclear Plant Turns Brutal, With Accusations of Torture and Beatings
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Joe Parkinson | Drew Hinshaw | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Christopher Gregory/Getty ImagesDonald McGahn, Trump campaign counsel: I was at the top. Trump's 2016 campaign aides said they paid about 50 people, including part-time actors, to appear as supporters for his 2016 campaign announcement. Corey Lewandowski, Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski: I called my wife just as we were getting onto the plane. Stuff that would be from Mars on any other campaign was perfectly normal for the Trump campaign. Mark J. Terrill/AP photo Show less Trump at the Republican National Convention while Cruz speaks on July 20, 2016.

☆ NHL roundup: Devils dump Habs for 10th straight win
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Jonathan Marchessault and Jack Eichel scored for the Golden Knights, who took their second straight loss following a nine-game winning streak. Boone Jenner added two goals and Eric Robinson contributed one goal and one assist for the Blue Jackets. Canucks 5, Sabres 4Bo Horvat notched a goal and two assists as Vancouver ended a three-game losing streak with a win in Buffalo. Predators 2, Wild 1Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist for Nashville in a win against visiting Minnesota. Dylan Strome and John Carlson scored for the Capitals, who got 38 saves from Darcy Kuemper.

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