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Vegas eager to extend win streak

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights were up one, down to a frantic 5.6 seconds left to secure Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes won a faceoff in the Vegas zone, with Logan Stankoven passing to Alexander Nikishin up top for a one-timer ...

Sabalenka devastated after French Open loss

PARIS (AP) — After letting another big lead slip with an error-strewn performance at the French Open, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka felt like getting as far away from the courts as possible. "Just want to quit tennis right now," Sabalenka said after wasting a lead of a set and two breaks in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 loss to Diana Shnaider in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. "We'll see in few days. Hopefully I'll get back on track mentally." Sabalenka's wait for a first French Open title continues despite the four-time major winner leading 4-1 in the second set and being two points from victory ...

Politics and failure seem to go together

Politics is the only profession of which I am aware in which competence doesn't seem to matter. One can fail miserably; one can be corrupt and one can get away with crimes that if committed by someone outside of elective office, arrest, prosecution and a stint in jail would be the result. Yet politicians, Democrats and Republicans, continue to get re-elected. Which brings me to Tuesday's race for mayor in Los Angeles (and could reporters please stop saying "mayoral" and "gubernatorial? Real people don't talk that way). The incumbent mayor, Karen Bass, wants another term in office, ...

Clarification

A sentence in Tuesday’s story on legislation that would limit ammunition purchases was incorrectly written. In an 89-45 vote on Thursday many Republicans voted against the A.7983, including Assemblymen Andrew Molitor, R-Westfield, and Joe Sempolinski, R-Canisteo. The current version (S.7236) was passed by a 49-11 vote. State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, was excused from the vote.