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Michael Garnett is used to stopping pucks. The former pro hockey goalie played in the Western Hockey League, National Hockey League and Kontinental Hockey League over a nearly two-decades-long career. Now after hanging up the pads and skates and retiring from hockey, he and his wife Rebecca Rider are helping those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.They help people wanting to flee Ukraine and get them into mainly Poland, where they arrange flights and take care of logistics to get them to Canada.“We got in touch with a group in Poland that provides transportation, as it’s a huge issue,…

Germany wants to introduce a public transit pass that costs $47 a month and will be valid nationwide — if officials can agree on the funding.The proposal follows a wildly successful “9-euro ticket,” which was on offer in Germany for three months this summer as part of efforts to help people switch to environmentally friendly transport, reducing gasoline use and helping combat inflation.One of its biggest attractions for users is that it will be valid on all the country’s regional bus, train and tram networks, each of which have myriad fare options that many find baffling to navigate.FRANCE STARTS EXPORTING…

Commercial Content 21+ Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the New York Islanders last season. On the other hand, very little went awry for the Florida Panthers, who set a salary-cap era record with 340 goals scored and won the Presidents’ Trophy with 122 points, which was 38 more than the Isles accrued.  Considering how these teams fared last season, it’s not a surprise to see the Cats as a road favorite. But is this a case of these two clubs being priced like the teams we saw last year rather than the ones we should expect…

Human remains discovered in 1974 near a northeastern Illinois creek have been identified through forensic DNA testing as a suburban Chicago man who vanished in the early 1970s, officials said.The skeletal remains are those of Donald M. Rozek of Harvey, Illinois, and Rozek’s cause of death remains undetermined, the Will County Coroner’s Office announced Wednesday.The coroner’s office and the Will County Sheriff’s Office worked with Othram Inc. — a private laboratory that conducts advanced forensic DNA testing — to identify Rozek’s remains, The (Joliet) Herald-News reported.2 ILLINOIS POLICE OFFICERS, SUSPECT SHOT AT TRAFFIC STOP IN DECATURHunters found the skeletal remains…

Vermont is getting a little colder. Craig Conover is shedding light on his upcoming altercation with Luke Gulbranson in the second season of Winter House. “It was a bar fight, and that stuff happens. Just ours are captured on camera,” the Southern Charm star, 33, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, October 13, while promoting the new season of Winter House. According to snippets of the upcoming season, an argument took place between Craig and Luke, 38, regarding the Delaware native’s girlfriend, Paige DeSorbo. The reality stars were friends for years before their relationship blossomed into a love connection. “I…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the ‘number one enemy’ to the global economy is ‘inflation’ at a media conference in Washington, D.C.“The global economy is treading an increasingly narrow and perilous path. That is one of the key messages from meetings that we’ve had through the course of yesterday and this morning as well,” Dr Chalmers said. “We’ve seen some very troubling outcomes for inflation in the United States released this morning, the highest core inflation in something like 40 years. So, the Americans like all of us around the world are very focused on, very concerned about the high levels…

Indonesia’s leader launched the country’s first home-grown COVID-19 shot Thursday to help reduce the world’s fourth most populous nation’s dependency on imported vaccines.President Joko Widodo announced the vaccine brand, IndoVac, as a new milestone of Indonesia’s pharmaceutical industry that will manufacture primary series vaccines, booster vaccines and vaccines for children, which have been in development since November 2021.”From now on, we can produce our own COVID-19 vaccine,” Widodo said in an unveiling ceremony in West Java’s Bandung city. “And so we have independence in vaccine matters.”INDONESIA FOCUSES ON GETTING THEIR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK UNDER CONTROL BY YEAR-ENDDuring the…

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown paid tribute to Bukayo Saka’s match-winning performance against Bodo/Glimt.Mikel Arteta’s side travelled to Sweden for their Thursday night Europa League match-up against their unfancied rivals, but after making several changes from the team that beat Liverpool at the weekend, Arsenal found it heavy going at times.Nonetheless, Saka continued his habit of influencing games this season when he opened the scoring on 24 minutes with a goal that proved to be the only one of the game. That gave Arsenal all three points.Europa League’I’m a believer now’ – Cole backs Arteta to maintain Arsenal’s winning form2…

The Supreme Court has denied former President Trump’s motion to allow Special Master Raymond Dearie access to review the approximately 100 classified documents seized by the FBI in its raid of Mar-a-Lago.In a brief order, the Supreme Court states: “The application to vacate the stay entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on September 21, 2022, presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied.”MAR-A-LAGO PROBE: DOJ ASKS SUPREME COURT TO DENY TRUMP REQUEST TO BLOCK ITS REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED RECORDSTrump’s attorneys last week elevated the former president’s legal battle to the Supreme…

Welcome to the Start TODAY Walking Challenge sponsored by Easy Spirit. Sign up for our free Start TODAY newsletter to join the challenge with Al Roker and receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox. Then, join us on the Start TODAY Facebook group for tips and motivation, to connect with others following the plan — and to get real-time advice from trainer Stephanie Mansour!Contrary to popular belief, workouts don’t need to be long to be effective. In fact, just 15-minutes of exercise per day can increase your lifespan, improve cardiovascular and metabolic health and even sharpen cognitive function. Shorter workouts also tend to be easier…