The Utah Hockey Club has signed forward Dylan Guenther to an eight-year extension, according to a team announcement. The organization does not typically share financial details, but Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports shares that it will be a $7.143M cap hit for Guenther making the total value just north of $57.14M.It’s the richest deal the franchise has signed since being birthed from the ashes of the Arizona Coyotes. He’ll be the team’s second-highest-paid forward starting next season, trailing Clayton Keller’s $7.15M cap hit by a slim margin. Guenther, 21, was projected as a future cornerstone piece for the Coyotes when they drafted…
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Television legend Oprah Winfrey and United States Vice President Kamala Harris shared the stage on Thursday in a event called “Unite for America” to drum up support for Harris’s presidential campaign. Harris is the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the November election. This is not the first time the television personality has voiced support for Harris during this election. She made a surprise speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last month. Since emerging as her party’s frontrunner for the presidential nomination, and especially since winning that nomination, Harris has secured the endorsements of hundreds of prominent Americans — from Hollywood…
Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiya district killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives. “We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,” said Israeli Defense…
Subject to the confirmation that additional defendants in the RICO lawsuit are expected to include CIP lawyers, agents, bankers, and politicians; and that there is reportedly a major criminal investigation pending in the United States,” unclutters ‘St Lucia’s CIP is a soap opera’ By Caribbean News Global TORONTO, Canada – The weekly citations of CIP St Lucia continues to take a toll on the island internally and externally, irrespective of the authorities’ ability to understand short, medium and long matters of banding and reputation, the pitfalls to legal and personal accusations and the lack of communication therein; to which CIP…
The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by proclamation declared Saturday, September 21, 2024 as International Day of Peace to be observed throughout the Republic as a Working Holiday. According to a Foreign Ministry release, this year’s commemoration will be held under the theme: ” Cultivating the Culture of Peace”, which highlights the responsibility to provide the opportunity for prosperity, peace and partnership through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The observance of the day will also include a call for global ceasefire in situations of conflict and violence in order to enhance the…
Mavin Records singer-songwriter Boy Spyce has dropped a new single, Shout. The song flaunts his artistic versatility – a brief departure from his usual sound, moving into the world of dancehall with infectious energy.Co-produced by himself and JVXN, Shout is a catchy and groovy track that will have you moving your feet. The song’s repetitive chorus, “I no fit come shout,” is a playful expression of the desire for a carefree and stress-free life.Shout marks Boy Spyce’s fifth release of the year, following the success of his previous single Lose featuring Don Jazzy and King Promise.With Shout, Boy Spyce has…
Second baseman Jose Altuve has effectively committed himself to the Houston Astros for the remainder of his career. Now he wants to see to it that one of his star teammates is similarly taken care of.Altuve publicly urged the Astros to work out a new contract with Alex Bregman ahead of the third baseman’s impending free agency. The star second baseman made it clear that he thinks Bregman will stay as long as the organization holds up its end of the bargain.“I don’t see any chances of him leaving,” Altuve said this week, via Chandler Rome of The Athletic. “That…
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris present conflicting plans on the issue of immigration.What are the positions of the two United States presidential nominees on immigration and is it a make-or-break topic on who will next sit in the White House? The Democrat’s Kamala Harris says she wants to fix a broken system. But Republican nominee Donald Trump says she is not up to the task, and says his strong stance and plan to carry out mass deportations is what is best for America. Is immigration policy a deciding factor for many Americans? What is the difference between the two candidates’…
September has been an unusually dry month. Only one day this month has Central Park recorded measurable rain, and that only added up to about a quarter inch. Three weeks into September we should be closing in on three inches of total rainfall, about 2.7 inches in all – almost 10 times what we’ve gotten so far. Central Park isn’t alone. From New Jersey to the Hudson Valley to Connecticut to Long Island, the entire area is running at least two inches below average rainfall this month. Month-to-date, 2024 is now our third-driest September. We haven’t seen a start to the…
On 19 September, with a view to holding consultations on cooperation with African countries, Special Representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa Maksym Subkh held a meeting with Director of the Sub-Saharan Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Vaclav Prašil. During the consultations, the Czech diplomat was informed about Kyiv’s initiatives in the context of intensifying political dialogue, trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation with African countries. In particular, Maksym Subkh briefed the Czech diplomat about the expansion of Ukraine’s diplomatic presence on the African continent.. For his part, Vaclav Prašil outlined current…