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Galchenyuk scores, Penguins thump ailing Predators 5-2

Galchenyuk scores, Penguins thump ailing Predators 5-2
JIM DIAMOND Associated Press
Alex Galchenyuk scored his third goal of the season, Tristan Jarry made 30 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Nashville Predators 5-2. Dominik Simon, Teddy Blueger, Bryan Rust and Juuso Riikola also scored for the Penguins, who have won five of six. Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne was pulled after allowing three goals on six shots. Juuse Saros stopped 17 of 19 shots in relief. Nashville defenseman Dan Hamhuis left in the first period after Galchenyuk’s wrist shot hit him in the face. Hamhuis hurried off the ice and down the tunnel, and the game was delayed while his blood was cleaned off the ice.

Texas sheriff: 2 dead, multiple shot in music video ‘ambush’

Texas sheriff: 2 dead, multiple shot in music video ‘ambush’
A Texas sheriff says two people were shot and killed and multiple others wounded when a group filming a music video was “ambushed.” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says at least eight people were shot Friday night in a residential neighborhood north of Houston. He said a group had been filming a music video in a parking lot when they were ambushed by “individuals in cars and/or foot that fired shots.” No suspect information was immediately available. The sheriff says the injuries among the wounded varied, and some were being treated for “very serious injuries.”

Kazakh officials investigating causes of deadly plane crash

Kazakh officials investigating causes of deadly plane crash
Kazakh officials are considering technical failure, pilot error and weather conditions as possible causes for the plane crash in which 12 people were killed and more than 50 injured. A Bek Air jet with 98 people on board crashed Friday morning, several minutes after departing from the airport of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city and former capital. Police are analyzing documents, audio and video recordings related to the crash, questioning officials and passengers and inspecting the airport’s infrastructure. The Ministry of Industry also said Saturday that the airplane’s flight recorders will be passed on to the Interstate Aviation Committee in Moscow for analysis.

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect
Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh are challenging the potential death penalty as unconstitutional. Lawyers for Robert Bowers say in court papers filed this week that capital punishment violates the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause and the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Defense lawyer Judy Clarke has made similar arguments in other high-profile capital cases. Clarke says she’s tried to negotiate a life sentence for Bowers but has been rebuffed by prosecutors. No trial date has been set.

Rookie Bush making Steelers’ heavy investment in him pay off

Rookie Bush making Steelers’ heavy investment in him pay off
Devin Bush is well aware the Pittsburgh Steelers took the unusual for them step of trading up 10 spots in the draft to take him in April. But the inside linebacker from Michigan has developed into the closest thing to Ryan Shazier they have had since Shazier last played before suffering a spinal injury in December 2017. The early returns have been solid. Through 15 games Bush already has the most tackles (97) by a Steelers rookie. He’s played 82% of the Steelers’ defensive snaps and ranks second on the team in tackles.

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial slur, has died. He was 79. Imus survived drug and alcohol woes, a raunchy appearance before President Clinton and several firings during his long career behind the microphone. But he was vilified and eventually fired after describing a women’s college basketball team as “nappy headed hos.”

Highway Crash Kills 81-year-old Man, His Adult Daughter

UNDATED (AP) — A crash on a Pennsylvania highway has killed an 81-year-old man and his adult daughter. The crash on Route 422 in Heidelberg occurred around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, when a car driven by Richard Raihl was trying to turn onto Route 422 West. Authorities say the vehicle and a pickup truck collided, killing Raihl and his 51-year-old daughter, Stephanie Raihl. The truck driver declined medical attention. That person’s name was not released. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and no charges have been filed so far.