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17 power plays. 74 shots on net. 11 goals. To put it mildly, it was a wild Thursday night in the Windy City for the Edmonton Oilers.“Big two points, I’ll leave it at that,” Leon Draisaitl moments after the final buzzer went.“I don’t what else to say, it was a crazy game.” In the end, it was Draisaitl who scored a dramatic game-winner on his 27th birthday to give the Oilers a 6-5 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center.Penalties played a significant role in the game. The Blackhawks were 2 for 10 on the power play while…

PHOENIX — Arizona’s attorney general has agreed not to enforce a near total ban on abortions at least until next year, a move that Planned Parenthood Arizona credited Thursday with allowing the group to restart abortion care across the state.The state’s largest provider of abortions restarted services at only their Tucson clinics after an appeals court blocked enforcement of the old law on Oct. 7. A lower court had allowed enforcement of that law on Sept. 23, halting all abortions statewide.On Thursday, Planned Parenthood said services would resume statewide, including at clinics in metro Phoenix and in Flagstaff.“While we are celebrating today,…

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has insisted reports of a Chinese outpost in Glasgow have been taken seriously by authorities, with police set to handle the investigationNicola Sturgeon has responded to reports of a secret Chinese outpost being located in Glasgow, stating that police and the government are taking the information “extremely seriously”. Earlier in the week, human rights body Safeguard Defenders released a report that contained information suggesting that over a hundred security outposts have been set up across the world. It stated that there were 110 units, with one based on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, reported the Daily…

CNN  —  President Joe Biden predicted Thursday that student loan borrowers will start receiving relief – which is currently on hold over a court challenge – within weeks, projecting confidence that his administration will win the challenge. “We’re going to win that case. I think in the next two weeks you’re going to see those checks going out,” Biden told Nexstar’s Washington Correspondent Reshad Hudson. The Biden administration started taking student debt forgiveness applications on October 14 and officials have said it could take weeks to process and grant relief. Eligible borrowers won’t be receiving actual checks. Instead, they will…

Loveable until the end. Leslie Jordan sent former costar Max Greenfield a heartwarming and hilarious text message just days before his death — after he was denied entry to the New Girl alum’s book signing.  “He tried to get in, but the event was sold out and they didn’t let him in,” Greenfield, 43, told E! News in an interview published on Thursday, October 27. “And he texted me and he was like, ‘I tried to get in. I saw that you was so famous they wouldn’t let me in. And they turned my little ass away.’” The New York…

Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged Friday, remaining an outlier compared with its hawkish global peers that are undertaking jumbo rate hikes.The central bank also said it would purchase necessary amounts of Japanese government bonds at a fixed rate in order to keep 10-year JGB yields at around 0%.The announcement is in line with predictions by economists in a Reuters poll, who expected no changes to the central bank’s monetary policy despite the Japanese currency hovering at 32-year lows.”The Bank will support financing, mainly of firms, and maintain stability in financial markets,…

HONOLULU — Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt.Scientists say an eruption isn’t imminent, but they are on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the volcano’s summit. Experts say it would take just a few hours for lava to reach homes closest to vents on the volcano, which last erupted in 1984.Hawaii’s civil defense agency is holding meetings across the island to educate residents about how to prepare for a possible emergency. They recommend having a ″go″ bag with food,…

Well, it’s official — officially bad. After the Lakers’ 110-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night, in which they shot 8-for-30 from beyond the arc, they became the worst three-point shooting team in NBA history in a four-game span, according to ESPN Stats and Information. Through the first four games of the season, the Lakers have made just 33 of their 148 3-point attempts, a 22.3 percent mark that makes for a dubious record. It’s five percentage points worse than the Thunder, who hold the second-worst three-point shooting percentage this season, and a long way from the top mark…

CNN  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed some concern Thursday over Democratic prospects in Georgia in the final weeks before the midterm elections, but he remained hopeful about Pennsylvania after the their nominee’s recent debate performance. “The state where we’re going downhill is Georgia. It’s hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker,” the Democratic leader said of the Republican Senate nominee, adding later, “But our vote, our early turnout in Georgia is huge, huge.” Of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s high-stakes debate performance against Republican Mehmet Oz, Schumer said: “It looks like the debate didn’t hurt…

When you play as long as Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, some records that he’ll eventually take to Canton won’t be the best to boast about. One of those all-time feats came on Thursday night against the Baltimore Ravens, as Brady became the most sacked quarterback in NFL history, passing Pittsburgh Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger with his 555th takedown. Brady was already sacked 10 times in seven games heading into this contest, and the Ravens added two more in the first half on one drive. It was defensive end Justin Houston who collected both the all-time tying sack and the 555th…