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Hockey fans and organizations across the country are mourning legendary coach Ernie “Punch” McLean, who has died in a crash in northern B.C. at the age of 93. RCMP say investigators have confirmed McLean was the sole victim in a single-vehicle crash about 30 kilometres south of Dease Lake.McLean coached 16 seasons in the Western Hockey League with the New Westminster Bruins and Estevan Bruins.After six seasons in Estevan, McLean and his partner Bill Shinske moved the Bruins from Saskatchewan to B.C., where he navigated the New Westminster Bruins to four straight WHL championships from 1975 to 1978 and two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former MLB pitcher’s divorce is getting ugly.Carl Pavano and his ex-wife, Alissa, have been in quite the prenup battle, with Alissa accusing the former pitcher of signing the one-sided agreement she says she was “demanded” to sign.According to documents, Alissa “had given up her residence, potential employment, and all financial independence” after Carl had shown “ongoing controlling behavior,” including name-calling, cutting off her expenses and threats to take their children. Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Carl Pavano delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Target Field in…

WARNING: Graphic detailsPassengers on board a plane that struck and killed a pedestrian who was sucked into its engine have described the harrowing incident, saying they thought they were going to die.John Anthens, 56, was on board with his two sons headed for a Pokémon Go competition in Los Angles when the tragedy unfolded.A person had jumped a fence and was on the runway at Denver International Airport when, two minutes later, he was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, with the collision sparking an engine fire that forced passengers to evacuate.“When the engine blew up,…

For companies already caught in the crosshairs, the bigger challenge now may be learning how to operate across two increasingly separate systems.Few expect firms to exit China entirely. Instead, many are restructuring operations – separating China-facing and global-facing business units, and building parallel compliance, payment and supply chain systems.Some multinational companies have already begun “siloing” their China operations, Johnson said, including data, employee information and internal systems.Companies may also become more cautious in how they justify decisions to stop doing business with certain entities, said Dai. Rather than explicitly citing US sanctions, firms may increasingly rely on broader explanations such as…

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspends use of law to reduce prison sentences, pending further review.Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has barred the implementation of a law that could dramatically reduce the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro for involvement in a coup plot after his loss in the 2022 election.De Moraes ordered the law’s suspension on Saturday until the Supreme Court can convene a full hearing to consider appeals challenging its constitutionality.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBolsonaro’s conviction for involvement in a plot to remain in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dramatic new video showed a massive fire that broke out Friday at a plastic recycling company in Henry County, Tennessee, prompting a shelter-in-place order and a large emergency response.Video showed a giant black plume of smoke rising from the Sigma Renew 360 facility, part of Sigma Plastics Group.The cause of the fire has not yet been released, as of Saturday afternoon. Crews remain at the scene battling remaining flames. Emergency crews responded to the area amid air quality warnings. (WTVF)OFFICIALS SAY ‘NO SURVIVORS FOUND’ AT TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING PLANT EXPLOSION SITE, AS ATF…

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani arrived Friday morning in Washington, D.C., where he is meeting with Vice President JD Vance to discuss topics including the Iran war. A day earlier, the prime minister told news outlet al-Araby al-Jadeed there is a “high probability” that the U.S. and Iran will reach a deal. Speaking Friday morning in Italy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expects to receive Iran’s response to the draft agreement for ending the war “today at some point.””We’re expecting a response from (Iran) — we’ll see what the response entails,” Rubio told…

Bitcoin is trading below $80,000 as Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls news lands with a sharp miss. April job growth clocked just 62,000 against March’s 172,000. It’s a deteriorating labor market that has previously turbocharged Fed pivot expectations and sent risk assets higher. Something is off in the labor market:In February, US employers cut -448,000 jobs, the largest monthly decline since July 2020.Then, in March, US employers increased hiring by +655,000 MoM, the largest monthly increase on record, excluding the 2020 pandemic period.As a… pic.twitter.com/8m3x8qBWfp— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 7, 2026 However, the complication arrives immediately. The average hourly earnings…

Lisa Su, CEO of AMD speaks with CNBC on May 6, 2026. CNBCSince the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022 and the start of the generative AI craze, one name has dominated the infrastructure boom: Nvidia. While the chipmaker — and the world’s most valuable company — continues to prosper and is expected to show revenue growth of 70% this fiscal year, Wall Street has moved elsewhere, piling into businesses that were hardly visible in the initial years of the artificial intelligence buildout. This week offered the starkest illustration yet of what MIzuho analyst Jordan Klein said could be a…

Spies are supposed to keep a low profile and one gets the sense novelist Mick Herron is most comfortable doing the same.But the wildly successful author of the Slough House espionage series is visiting Australia for the first time and has already sold out several events in Melbourne and Sydney.Speaking from Oxford, the unassuming Herron says it’s somewhat bewildering to be in such high demand on the other side of the globe.”It always surprises me when I have audience demand on any side of the world, to be honest,” he told AAP.It’s understandable, really: before the bestselling novels and Slow…