Ilya Samsonov stopped all 32 shots as the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the first-place Winnipeg Jets 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday night.

Samsonov, who has had an inconsistent and down season for Toronto, was brilliant all night for the Maple Leafs, looking composed and confident in net, making a few key saves, none more impressive than on a 2-on-0 in the second period.

It’s Samsonov’s second shutout of the season and the 12th of his career. He

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in New Jersey killed a man in a shootout Wednesday while trying to arrest him on several felony charges, authorities said.

Officers with a regional task force of the U.S. Marshals Service and agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives attempted to execute an arrest warrant at a motel in Monmouth Junction at about 2 p.m. and the man opened fire, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office said in

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Residents have begun battening down homes and businesses with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily forecast to cross the Australian northeast coast on Thursday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rain.

Authorities said the storm system was still tracking west across the Coral Sea and that gusts of 140 kph (87 mph) are forecast as the cyclone crossed the mainland on Thursday night.

“It’s still making a pretty direct track for Townsville, but it is picking up speed along with its strength as well,

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s Supreme Court of Justice reported Wednesday that it was no longer obligatory to place the paternal surname before the maternal surname on a person’s identification.

In Spanish-speaking nations, people often go by two first and last names given by their parents. The court’s decision would effectively allow citizens to choose the order of their own last names.

The court modified a piece of civil code originally mandating that names had to be written in that order.

Bo Bichette issued a bit of a challenge to his Toronto Blue Jays teammates during an appearance on the Blair & Barker podcast on Wednesday.

“At the end of the day, we’re not a young team anymore,” the Blue Jays’ star shortstop said.

“The whole excuse of growing and learning and all that, it’s out the window. It’s time to be grown. I think we’ve been through enough experience at this point. Not to say that what we’ve

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides Wednesday.

The protesters were among tens of thousands who rallied downtown and in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for weeks following the by Minneapolis police — a period that saw Seattle’s police department abandon its East Precinct building as well as the establishment of the a six-block

DENVER (AP) — A motorcyclist who authorities say posted a video of himself on YouTube speeding from Colorado Springs to the Denver metro area on Interstate 25 in 20 minutes — a trip that typically takes about an hour — is wanted on multiple charges.

Rendon Dietzmann, a 32-year-old from Texas, recorded himself Sept. 28 going more than 150 mph (241 kph), squeezing through small gaps in traffic and traveling on the shoulder, according to a Colorado State

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and neighbors.

The report in state media came a day after South Korea’s military said it detected the North firing several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast. It didn’t immediately provide more details about the numbers of missiles fired or their flight characteristics.

The North’s official Korean Central News

BOSTON (AP) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees.

The provider of information technology products and services said in a that it was informed of the intrusion on Jan. 12. It said it believed the hackers were from Cozy Bear, a unit of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service.

Microsoft reported last week that it also an intrusion of its corporate network on Jan. 12. The