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Oilers’ Connor McDavid wins matchup of top rookies The first overall pick in last year’s NHL draft got to show the city what it’s missing Tuesday night. McDavid scored twice, including in overtime, to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the Sabres in an anticipated matchup against another top rookie, Jack Eichel. McDavid and Eichel provided a buzz, even though the Oilers and Sabres are among the NHL’s bottom five teams. Eichel was picked right after McDavid in last year’s draft, and both are considered generational talents. Читать дальше...

After nearly a year on the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth on Tuesday night, completing, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, the longest continuous stay in space.

Turkey is rolling back a 24-hour curfew imposed on the mainly Kurdish town of Cizre nearly three weeks after declaring the successful conclusion of military operations there.

Donald Trump took to the stage at a watch party at his Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday night, to thank voters for their Super Tuesday support.

Exit polls show Hillary Clinton cutting into Bernie Sanders' support among the 30-to-44 crowd on Super Tuesday

Scott Kelly, an identical twin, has landed back on Earth after a year in space testing the limits of human endurance - and exploring whether we will one day be able to reach Mars

Scott Kelly, an identical twin, has landed back on Earth after a year in space testing the limits of human endurance - and exploring whether we will one day be able to reach Mars

A vaccine to fight human papillomavirus has proven to be effective.

I’ve got two questions I’d like to address to our Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. I’ve been attentive to the debates to date and to the best of my knowledge, neither questio…

Just days after he came out as gay, an award-winning young author has invitation to speak at a Catholic school cancelled and is told that parents 'might not be happy'.

Sanders was projected to beat Hillary Clinton in Vermont.

The oil and gas sector is primed for an overdue wave of M&A activity as the yawning gap between value expectations of bidders and sellers narrows, and as highly indebted players are forced to shed assets, say partners at law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.

OAKLAND, California - Draymond Green hit an off-balance 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 40.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Golden State Warriors escaped with a 109-105 win against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night while Stephen Curry watched in street clothes with an injured ankle.

A breed of sheep believed to have been raised by the Jewish patriarch Jacob may soon be brought to Israel, its Biblical homeland, after an Israeli couple gathered a herd in Canada and brokered a bureaucratic detente to import the animals.

She had handgun shaped heels, complete with faux bullets fastened around the soles in her carry-on, along with bracelets lined in fake ammo

Melbourne Zoo's adorable pair of baby ailurus fulgens now have names.

The latest motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma failed by 99 votes to 225 in the National Assembly yesterday. There were 22 abstentions.

He rolls hand grenades into nightclubs, the story goes, tries to kill his boss's opponents and is known for his speciality - disembowelment - but now he is working for the good guys.

As the economy is squeezed from all sides, consumers are digging deep into their savings to maintain their lifestyles.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump notched another victory in Vermont late Tuesday, adding the northeastern state to his list of six "Super Tuesday" primary elections victories.

A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing an eight-year-old boy in the district seven years ago.

Not only did the Miami Heat put together the best shooting night in franchise history, but they also matched the NBA’s top performance from the floor in the past 18 years. Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 26 points and had 14 rebounds, and Joe Johnson had 24 points in his Miami home debut. Miami’s 52-for-77 shooting was the best since Utah shot exactly that Feb. 27, 2010, and no team has done better from the field since the Los Angeles Clippers connected on 69.3 percent of their shots on March 13, 1998. Читать дальше...

AMMAN, Jordan - Officials say a Jordanian security officer and four wanted men were killed in raids reportedly targeting militants in Jordan's third largest city.