• Reuters

    'A mountain fell on them' says rescue worker at PNG landslide site

    Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a "mountain" of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a U.N. rescue worker at the disaster site and the country's prime minister. "It's basically a mountain that has fallen on their heads," said Mate Bagossy, who is with the United Nations Development Programme helping relief efforts in remote Yambali in the northern Enga Province. "Our people in that village went to sleep for the last time, not knowing they would breathe their last breath as they were sleeping peacefully," Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape told parliament on Wednesday.

  • The Canadian Press

    Reinhart scores in OT, Panthers beat Rangers 3-2 in OT of Game 4 of East final

    SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers couldn't have asked for a better scenario. Sam Reinhart, alone in the slot, on the power play. Game over. Series tied. Reinhart — the NHL's power-play goal leader this year — came through with his 65th and most important goal of the season 1:12 into overtime, and the Panthers topped the New York Rangers 3-2 on Tuesday night, evening the Eastern Conference Final at two games apiece. “If he's open, obviously, we want to look for him,” said Panthers captain

  • Associated Press

    Taylor Ward's 2-run double in the 8th inning propels Angels to 4-3 victory over Yankees

    Taylor Ward's two-run double into the left-center gap scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Kevin Pillar had a two-run homer among his three hits and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Pinch-hitter Willie Calhoun led off the Angels' eighth with a base hit before being lifted for pinch-runner Mickey Moniak with two outs. Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo kept the inning alive when he mishandled Luis Rengifo's ground ball, setting the stage for Ward.