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Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane will have sports hernia surgery in the next 10 days or so, according to Mark Spector of Sportsnet. Kane has been dealing with the issue since last season and played through the pain as much as he could but eventually missed significant time in the Stanley Cup Final when he dressed in just two of the Oilers’ final seven games.Kane performed reasonably well last season, given that he played through pain for most of it. However, his 24 goals and 20 assists in 77 games represented his lowest point-per-game pace in seven years. The 31-year-old added…

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President Joe Biden has denounced election-season attacks on the Haitian American community in the United States, calling out Republican leaders for fear-mongering. Speaking on Friday at a White House brunch billed as a “celebration of Black excellence”, Biden warned that Haitian Americans were a “community that’s under attack in our country right now”. His remarks were a rebuke to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick JD Vance, both of whom have spread unfounded rumours about Haitian migrants and asylum seekers in the US. “It’s simply wrong. There’s no place in America” for that kind of rhetoric,…

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The NYPD has quietly reduced the suggested punishment for cops guilty of abusing authority, using offensive language, failing to take a civilian complaint, and conducting an unlawful search, THE CITY has learned. The changes to what’s called the disciplinary matrix are dated Sept. 9, just three days before now former Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned in the middle of a federal corruption probe that has touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration. The police commissioner has total control over the penalty guidelines and the mostly watered down version took effect this past Monday. “With each revision of the matrix, we strive to…

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By Caribbean News Global TORONTO, Canada – The policy statement and related extraordinary Gazette publication of the government of Saint Lucia is the basis on which fundamental arguments of Citizenship by Investment (CIP) strategy and legality permutation exist. This is primarily in the permutations of repetition with multi-sets, and circular permutations. Moreover, the calculation of numbers can be set in a particular arrangement, choosing several items from a set in a certain order. The premise is that other factorials involve all possible outcomes of an occurrence. Background “The government has taken the decision to leverage the Citizens by Investment Programme…

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Home / Galleries / Getting irie with Iration, Pepper, DENM & more in Orange County Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System Artikal Sound System DENM DENM DENM DENM DENM DENM DENM DENM w/Pepper DENM w/Pepper DENM Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper Pepper sing-along during set change Around the show Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration Iration On August 23rd, Iration headlined the first of two nights at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California, supported by Artikal…

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The Mandela Washington Fellowship, begun in 2014, is the flagship program of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) that empowers young leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, and networking. In 2016, the Fellowship provided nearly 1,000 outstanding young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to hone their skills at a U.S. higher education institution with support for professional development after they return home. Ideal candidates are self-identified leaders, aged 25 to 35, with proven accomplishment in promoting innovation and positive change in their organizations, institutions, communities, and countries. U.S.-based Activities Academic and Leadership Institutes: Each Mandela Washington Fellow takes part in…

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Brighton’s head coach, Fabian Hurzeler, has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for August following the Seagulles unbeaten start into the 2024/25 season.Brighton recorded two wins and a draw from their opening three match, having won 3-0 at Everton, beat Manchester United 2-1, and drew 1-1 at Arsenal.Fabian Hurzeler is the youngest permanent head coach in Premier League history and is also the youngest to win a Manager of the Month award. He is also the first manager to win a manager of the month award in his first month in the Premier League since Ange Postecoglou achieved…

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Philadelphia Eagles Darius Slay has his eyes on one particular milestone ahead of a Week 2 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on “Monday Night Football.”On Friday, the six-time Pro Bowler discussed reaching 30 career interceptions, a mark he’s only two away from achieving.  “I’m trying to get over the 30,” Slay said via NBC Sports Philadelphia. “You get into that 30 club, you special.”Even though 200 players in NFL history have recorded 30 interceptions or more over their careers, Slay told reporters that reaching the number was a “personal goal.” Accomplishing the feat would help solidify the 33-year-old’s place as…

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Without naming the two main US presidential candidates, the pontiff decried abortion and restrictions on immigration.Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics in the United States to vote in the November elections, saying they should “choose the lesser evil” while criticising both of the leading candidates. In remarks on Friday while flying to Rome from Singapore, the pope named neither the Republican nor Democratic presidential nominees: former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, respectively. But he offered pointed criticisms of their platforms, saying refusing to welcome immigrants is a “grave” sin and abortion is akin to an “assassination”. “Not voting…

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Federal authorities probing City Hall insiders are zeroing in on a Florida technology company, Saferwatch, that hired the brother of two of Mayor Eric Adams’ top officials whose homes and electronic devices were searched last week.The intensified scrutiny comes after THE CITY reported on Saferwatch’s attempts to influence Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks and Schools Chancellor David Banks to deploy its emergency alert app in New York City public schools — with their sibling Terence Banks claiming Saferwatch as a client of his government relations firm. On Friday, the Daily News reported that the feds had seized the electronic devices…

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