Special teams rule the day as the Edmonton Oilers top the Wild 4-03 in OT: Cult of Hockey Player Grades

A rally outside Long Beach City Hall drew calls for ICE to leave the community after video showed a man being pinned against a curb while being detained.

VANCOUVER – Logan Stankoven and Nikolaj Ehlers each scored twice and had an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Tuesday. Nicolas Deslauriers also contributed a pair of goals for the Hurricanes (8-2-1), and Jackson Blake registered three helpers. Carolina’s goalie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 14 of the 17 shots he faced for the reigning Stanley Cup champions, who were coming off a 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames on Sunday. Linus Karlsson, Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Max Sasson scored a goal apiece for the Canucks (2-8-1), whose losing skid stretched to eight games (0-7-2). Goalie Leevi Merilainen provided a bright spot for Vancouver with 26 saves, and stopped a Sebastian Aho penalty shot attempt in the second period after Canucks centre Elias Pettersson was caught throwing his stick in an attempt to interrupt the centreman’s attack. Story continues below advertisement

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A tour through the Oklahoma County Jail reveals more problems that one county commissioner says are deeply rooted in the flawed building design. On Monday, a walk through the county jail with Oklahoma County Commissioner, Brian Maughan, pulled back the curtain on the problems inmates and jail staff navigate each day. [...]

Those costs are top of mind as Escolastico, who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, weighs whether to vote Democratic next month. Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter EmailShe lives in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested 7th Congressional District, one of a handful that will determine which party controls Congress next year. The midterm elections have been dominated by anxiety over rising prices for gas, groceries and housing, a liability for Trump and his Republican Party. For millions of parents of young children, childcare is one of the largest strains on the family budget. Both parties are talking about childcareChildcare costs have rose faster than inflation from 2020 to 2024, with the U. S. average for full-time childcare topping $13,000 in 2025, according to Child Care Aware of America. About three-quarters of U. S. adults saw the expense of childcare as a “major problem” in the U. S., and 64% supported the federal government providing free- or low-cost childcare for children too young for public school, according to an AP-NORC poll from June 2025.

EDMONTON – Evan Bouchard scored in overtime for the Edmonton Oilers who continued their strong start to the season with a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Connor McDavid had three assists for the Oilers (7-1-1) who have won two in a row and seven of their last eight. Mathieu Joseph also scored. Devon Levi made 27 stops to earn the win in the Oilers’ net. Joel Eriksson Ek, Kirill Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman replied for the Wild (6-2-2) who saw a two-game winning streak halted. Story continues below advertisement