Category: Long Island
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Angels’ Nolan Schanuel loses lengthy on-base streak on a scoring change from a game 6 days earlier
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel’s on-base streak to begin his major league career has ended at 30 games due to a retroactive scoring change made nearly a week after the game. Schanuel’s streak is still the third-longest in baseball history, but it’s over after MLB on Friday changed the scoring…
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Islanders’ Semyon Varlamov is getting his chances in goal during playoff run
Semyon Varlamov was back in net on Saturday night against the Predators at UBS Arena after Ilya Sorokin started and won the Islanders’ previous two matches. The Islanders have no back-to-backs left in their schedule with two days off before hosting the Rangers on Tuesday night and then single days between each of their final four…
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Namestnikov has a goal and two assists as Jets beat Wild 4-2
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vladislav Namestnikov had a goal and two assists, linemate Alex Iafallo a goal and an assist, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday. Kyle Connor and Morgan Barron also scored, and Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves for Winnipeg in the opener of a four-game trip. The Jets,…
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Everton ends 13-game winless run by beating Burnley after bizarre Calvert-Lewin goal
LIVERPOOL, England — Everton secured a first English Premier League win since December by beating 10-man Burnley 1-0, boosting its survival hopes and dealing a big blow to the struggling visitor on Saturday. Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s luck appears to have finally changed as his goal gave Sean Dyche’s team a first win in 14 league matches.…
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Valley Stream man arrested after he fled Levittown burglary in patrol car, crashed, police say
A Nassau County man faces a litany of felony charges after allegedly burglarizing a home and trying to steal multiple vehicles, including a patrol car that he crashed while trying to flee police on Thursday, county police said. Four people, including a police officer, were injured. Nicholas Corrow, 34, of Valley Stream, is charged with second-degree…
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Suns score game’s 1st 15 points, cruise past Timberwolves 97-87
PHOENIX — Grayson Allen scored 23 points, Kevin Durant had 22 and the Phoenix Suns raced to a 15-0 lead in a 97-87 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. Bradley Beal had 14 points for the Suns, who have won four straight home games. Devin Booker, coming off games with 52 and 40…
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Judge says Trump’s lawyers can’t force NBC to turn over materials related to ‘Stormy’ documentary
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers were blocked Friday from forcing NBC to provide them with materials related to the TV network’s recent documentary about porn actor Stormy Daniels, a key prosecution witness at the former president’s upcoming hush-money criminal trial in New York. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the defense’s subpoena for NBC…
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Tourist from Minnesota who was killed by an elephant in Zambia was an adventurer, family says
MINNETONKA, Minn. — Family members described an American tourist who was killed in Africa when a bull elephant charged the truck she was riding in as an adventurer who loved to travel. They identified her as Gail Mattson, 79, of Minnetonka, Minnesota. She was with other tourists on a game drive in a Zambian national…
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J&J to pump another $13B into its MedTech business with Shockwave deal
Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries. The health care giant said Friday that it will spend $335 in cash for each share of Shockwave. The total deal value includes cash acquired. The deal…
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Indonesian Cabinet ministers deny claims by losing presidential candidates of misused government aid
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Four Indonesian Cabinet members testified Friday that no rules were violated in the distribution of government aid during the recent election campaign, despite claims by the two losing presidential candidates that it was used for the benefit of the election winner. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto won the election with 58.6% of the…