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Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust each scored their 20th goal of the season, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2. Crosby got an empty-netter with 0.1 seconds to play. His goal came following a tense net-mouth scramble in which the Devils nearly tied the game. Crosby surpassed Evgeni Malkin and Mario Lemieux for the most 20-plus goal seasons in franchise history. He’s the 36th player in NHL history to have 13 or more 20-plus goal seasons.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader says he will change the law on presidential succession so that power in the Eastern European nation will be transferred if he dies to the national security council where his son plays a…

Officials say a piece of copper that was struck by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a prototype for the fledgling nation’s money was auctioned off for $840,000, considerably more than expected. Heritage auctions spokesman Eric Bradley said the “No Stars Flowing Hair Dollar” opened at $312,000 when it was put up Friday evening but “in less than a minute, intense bidding quickly pushed the coin to its final auction price of $840,000.” The coin, formerly owned by businessman and Texas Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson, had been expected to sell for $350,000 to $500,000.

All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons have been ruled out for Philadelphia’s game at the Milwaukee Bucks. After initially sending out a starting lineup that included Embiid, the 76ers announced that their star center would miss the game. Embiid had been listed as questionable with a sore right shoulder. This will be the fourth straight game Simmons has missed due to an unspecified illness.

Roger Penske doesn’t want a repeat of the Daytona 500, when teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski took each other out racing for the win on the final lap. Penske, owner of Team Penske, convened his drivers for a zoom session ahead of Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on the importance of balancing the good of the team with individuals’ competitive desires. As Ryan Blaney said, the message was addressing how to go about it if “we're 1-2 coming to the end” of the race. 

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Germans to accept nationwide pandemic restrictions that took effect at midnight, resulting in a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew and further limits on personal contacts and access to nonessential stores in regions with…

Fans of Liverpool and Manchester United have called for the removal of their clubs’ American owners during protests outside their stadiums prompted by the ill-fated European Super League project. “£nough is £nough FSG Out” and “Henry, You have blood on your hands,” were the words on some of the banners held up by Liverpool supporters outside Anfield before the team drew with Newcastle 1-1 in the English Premier League. That’s a reference to Fenway Sports Group and principal owner John Henry. More than a thousand United fans were estimated to have gathered on the concourse outside the club’s Old Trafford stadium to protest against the Glazer family.

Body camera and dashcam footage released in the days following the police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant depict a scene filled with chaos. The police footage of Tuesday’s shooting in Columbus shows the split-second decision police make in moments of high-pressure calls involving a weapon. But while the footage helps paint a picture of the commotion that preceded the shooting, it leaves many gaps in the narrative of that day including what happened before police arrived and who even called for help. Bryant’s family has told reporters that she was the one who called for help after fearing for her life.

ROME (AP) — Milva, one of Italy’s most popular singers in the ’60s and ’70s who was also beloved by many fans abroad, died Saturday at her home in Milan. She was 81. In announcing her death, Italy’s Culture Minister…

At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The deaths in some cases sparked new cries for justice. Some people say the shootings reflect an urgent need for radical changes to American policing, and a need that the Chauvin verdict can't paper over. For other people, the shootings are a tragic reminder of the difficult and dangerous decisions law enforcement face daily. There's hope that the Chauvin verdict might be a crucial juncture in the national conversation about race, policing and the use of force.    

PARIS (AP) — Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his intensive-care nurses through the delicate process of rolling the woman off her stomach and onto…

Before a jury returned guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd, prosecutors and the defense got their last chance to seal their version of events in jurors' minds in the closing arguments. The state played up emotion and laid out the evidence that they said proved Chauvin had committed murder and manslaughter. Defense attorney Eric Nelson brought up several issues that he said raised enough reasonable doubt to acquit. Some key moments included prosecutors telling jurors to “believe your eyes” and when the defense argued repeatedly that Chauvin's actions had to be viewed from the perspective of a “reasonable officer.”

Indian authorities are scrambling to get medical oxygen to hospitals where COVID-19 patients are suffocating due to low supplies. The government is coming under increasing criticism for what doctors say is its negligence in the face of a foreseeable public health disaster. India has the world’s worst coronavirus surge. Total cases have pushed beyond 16 million, behind only the United States. Hospitals in New Delhi and some of the worst-hit states reported being critically short of beds and oxygen Saturday. Families are waiting for days to cremate their loved ones at overburdened crematoriums, with many turning to makeshift facilities for last rites. At least 189,000 people in India have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. 

President Joe Biden has highlighted how the United States has administered 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine before his first 100 days in office. And he's signaled that it's time for the U.S. to begin sharing its surplus of doses. The staggering inequality of vaccines is clear throughout the Americas, Africa and parts of Asia. China and Russia have aggressively pushed their homegrown vaccines around the world. But the U.S. just shared its first 4 million doses last month with Canada and Mexico. Biden has said those countries would be targets for additional doses, and so too would countries in Central America where migrant families and unaccompanied children are fleeing for the U.S. border.

URUMQI, China (AP) — A spokesperson for the Xinjiang region called accusations of genocide “counter to the facts” as China came under more pressure this week over its treatment of the Uyghur ethnic group in the remote border area. The…

As pitching matchups go, this one is aces. Two of baseball’s best arms square off Saturday night in Cleveland, with New York’s Gerrit Cole starting against Shane Bieber. The All-Star right-handers met last October in the wild-card round and the Yankees teed off on Bieber, tagging the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner for seven runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. Cole struck out 13 in New York’s 12-3 win. Bieber has 48 strikeouts and is the first pitcher to fan 10 or more in his first four starts of a season. He’s aiming to match Hall of Famer Randy Johnson’s record of 17 straight starts with at least eight Ks.

Giancarlo Stanton busted out of his slump with two rocketed home runs — one with the highest exit velocity this season at 118 mph — and the New York Yankees connected four times in a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. Stanton hit a 429-foot solo shot that registered 118 mph off his bat in the third inning against Logan Allen, and another in the fifth. It was the slugger's first multi-homer game since Sept. 27, 2018. After a horrendous start, the Yankees have won three of four. Rougned Odor added a two-run homer and Aaron Hicks had a solo shot for New York.

Fernando Tatís Jr. hit two homers at Dodger Stadium on the 22nd anniversary of his father hitting two grand slams in one inning at the same park, and the San Diego Padres earned their third straight victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1. Tatís hit solo homers in the third and fifth off Clayton Kershaw, and Yu Darvish pitched seven strong innings in the Padres’ second consecutive win at Chavez Ravine. Mookie Betts doubled and scored on Max Muncy’s single in the first inning for the major league-leading Dodgers, who have lost four of five amidst a major offensive slump.

Indonesia has pressed ahead with a search for a navy submarine off Bali, hours after the oxygen supply for 53 crew members aboard is believed to have been exhausted. A U.S. reconnaissance plane and other nations’ vessels are set to join the hunt Saturday. There’s concern the submarine may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. It lost contact after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and the navy chief has said it was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning. The military spokesperson says, “We keep doing the search until we find it and whatever the result." The search is focused on an area where an oil slick was found.