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Oilers close to a Stanley Cup chance, going home needing one win over Stars to wrap up West final 06/01/2024 03:45pm • Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has never been this close to playing for a Stanley Cup since the Edmonton Oilers took him with the first overall draft pick in 2011. It's been even longer for the franchise that has won the Cup five times. Edmonton was right in the middle of a span of 10 consecutive seasons witho Kuwait's emir names new crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah 06/01/2024 03:08pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Kuwait's ruling emir on Saturday named the small nation's new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah will become next in line to the throne, the state-run KUNA news agency reported. Sheikh Sabah, 71, previously se From his Montana ranch, a retired lawmaker is angling for a comeback in a crowded House race 06/01/2024 02:50pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) ��� From a ranch in one of America���s largest and newest congressional districts, where agriculture and Republicans dominate the landscape, a retired six-term Montana lawmaker and grandfather is taking an unlikely path in search of a political comeback. Former U.S. Rep. Denny R With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes 06/01/2024 01:03pm • COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) ��� One of freestyle skier Jay Riccomini's priceless life moments came this year in Switzerland, when he was recognized on the podium for a third-place finish in a major global competition. It was a breakthrough performance ��� and the announcer used his correct pronouns UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate 06/01/2024 01:02pm • As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better warning, planning and resilience, a top United Nations official said. The world hasn't really notice Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels 06/01/2024 12:18pm • GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) ��� On a tiny island off Panama���s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mai European vote could tip the balance on Meloni's far-right agenda in Italy 06/01/2024 11:20am • MILAN (AP) ��� While Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni adopts a reassuring Western-allied foreign policy, cultural wars at home are preserving her far-right credentials heading into a European parliamentary election, where her neo-fascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party is projected to secure significan From collapsed plea deal to trial: How Hunter Biden has come to face jurors on federal gun charges 06/01/2024 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden's son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father���s r Kimmich slams 'racist' survey that says 1 in 5 Germans want more white players in the national team 06/01/2024 10:09am • HERZOGENAURACH, Germany (AP) ��� Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as ���absolutely racist��� a survey and its findings that one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national Sports on TV Sunday, June 2 06/01/2024 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, June 2 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. TRUTV ��� FIM MotoGP: The Italian Grand Prix, San Piero, Italy Noon USA ��� NTT IndyCar Series: The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Detroit 1 p.m. FS1 ��� NHRA: The New England Nationals - Round 1, New A climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet's 'Poppy Field' 06/01/2024 09:00am • PARIS (AP) ��� An environmental activist was detained Saturday after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris��� famed Orsay Museum. It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect food supplies fr Could other fruits be added to orange juice amid orange shortages? 06/01/2024 08:32am • Yulia Naumenko/Getty Imagess(NEW YORK) -- Orange production in two top growing regions has been plagued by diseased fruit and bad weather, a combination that's prompted all-time high prices and left juice makers to consider other citrus varietals to supplement in the widely consumed breakfast bevera UK ambassador to Mexico out after video allegedly shows him pointing a rifle near a colleague 06/01/2024 08:07am • LONDON (AP) ��� The UK���s ambassador to Mexico has left his post after a video was posted on social media that purportedly shows him pointing an assault rifle near a colleague. The Financial Times reported Friday that Jon Benjamin was traveling in Sinaloa and Durango, two states in northern Mexico Who is Alvin Bragg? District attorney who prosecuted Trump says he was just doing his job 06/01/2024 07:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When Alvin Bragg took office as Manhattan district attorney in 2022, he stunned the public and his own staff by pausing an investigation into former President Donald Trump that appeared to be hurtling toward an indictment. Two top prosecutors were so upset with the decision, they q Everton faces uncertain future after proposed sale to investment firm 777 Partners falls through 06/01/2024 06:28am • LONDON (AP) ��� Storied Premier League club Everton faces an uncertain future after a proposed takeover by American investment firm 777 Partners collapsed on Saturday. The Miami-based private investment firm reached a deal in September to buy out Everton���s majority shareholder, Farhad Moshiri, who