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The Colorado Avalanche raised their 2022 Stanley Cup banner on Wednesday night, and they didn’t forget what got them there. For their season opener, the Avs brought in Blink 182 frontman Mark Hoppus to lead the crowd in signing “All the Small Things” at Ball Arena after the team’s fans went viral for their sing-a-longs last year. “What a season, what a team,” Hoppus told the raucous crowd. “Congratulations, you did it! Stanley Cup champions! Thank you so much for taking our band along or the ride, it means the absolute world to us.” He invited fans to join in…

An Ohio man who tried to kill a woman’s boyfriend with a homemade bomb placed in a gift box pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges that carry up to 30 years in prison, prosecutors said.The victim in the Oct. 30, 2020, explosion at a Maryland home survived, but he spent two weeks in a walker, needed multiple operations and still has shrapnel in his body, the U.S. attorney’s office in Baltimore said.Clayton Alexander McCoy, 32, pleaded guilty to one count each of transporting explosives with intent to injure and possession of an unregistered firearm/explosive device, prosecutors said.He was rejected by…

The Saudi Arabian government said on Thursday that the Opec+decision to slash oil supply was taken unanimously by the cartel and was not influenced by the kingdom’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following a backlash from the US.In an extraordinarily detailed and unusual defence of the Opec+ cuts, the Saudi foreign ministry also appeared to suggest that the Biden administration had asked the kingdom to delay a plan to cut oil production by a month. A delay would have reduced the impact of any increase in crude prices until after the US midterm elections, as President Joe Biden and…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of two long-range strategic cruise missiles, state media reported on Thursday (Oct 13), calling it a test to confirm the reliability and operation of nuclear-capable weapons deployed to military units. The test firing was conducted on Wednesday, and was aimed at “enhancing the combat efficiency and might” of cruise missiles deployed to the Korean People’s Army “for the operation of tactical nukes”, state media Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Stressing that the test launch was another clear warning to its “enemies”, leader Kim Jong Un said the country “should…

A chief economist for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has said that “storm clouds are visible” with house prices set to drop over the coming year due to rising mortgage ratesHouse prices are set to drop over the next year due to surging mortgage rates with a chief economist saying “storm clouds are visible”. The market lost momentum in September, with new buyer enquiries falling for the fifth month in a row, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said. A limited supply of properties for sale is still supporting modest price rises, but this looks set to end…

Basketball star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison on drug possession charges, is growing increasingly nervous about the prospects of being released, her lawyer said.Griner was in Russia to compete during the WNBA offseason when Russian authorities said she had vape canisters with cannabis oil inside her luggage while traveling through an airport in Moscow in February.The Biden administration reportedly talked about a potential prisoner swap to free her and another American held in a Russian jail, Paul Whelan. But Griner’s lawyer, Alexandr D. Boykov said he spoke with her Tuesday and said she…

Authorities warn of serious migration crisis as record numbers of people, mostly from Venezuela, try to cross jungle passage.Thousands of migrants and refugees are waiting in a town in northwest Colombia for boats to take them across the Gulf of Uraba, from where they will trek through a treacherous jungle on their way to the United States, Colombia’s human rights ombudsman has said. The group, which Colombian government officials have called a humanitarian crisis, has gathered in Necocli, an obligatory stop in the journey towards the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama. “The migration crisis this year is far more…

TAOYUAN: Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday (Oct 13) after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of COVID-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group that stepped off the plane shortly after midnight. Taiwan had kept some of its entry and quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia relaxed or lifted them completely, although in June it cut the number of days required in isolation for arrivals to three from seven previously. While Taiwan has reported almost seven million domestic cases since the start of this year,…

Democratic Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan once called for an end to cash bail nationwide and called the system “inherently unfair.”Ryan made the comments during a civil liberties forum when he was running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.”A good portion of people who are in jail right now are there pretrial. Right, people who have not been convicted, they retain their presumption of innocence. And we’re seeing states end cash bail state-by-state. Would you support that nationally?,” asked Jeanne Hruska, former American Civil Liberties Union political director.”Yeah,” Ryan replied in the September 2019 video. “The bail system…

Noise complaints are surging in New York City, and a Manhattan councilman thinks “noise cameras” that detect and ticket illegally loud vehicles could solve the problem. East Side Democrat Keith Powers on Wednesday introduced six bills to address growing noise concerns across the city, including one proposal to create a “photo noise violation monitoring device program” similar to the city’s existing speed and red light camera initiatives. “New Yorkers live in the city that doesn’t sleep, but they still have the right to a good night’s sleep,” Powers said in an interview. Noise complaints to the city’s 311 hotline have…