September 2019

Lightning still the team to beat in NHL’s Eastern Conference

Getting swept in the first round wasn’t enough to knock the Tampa Bay Lightning off the mountaintop. After finishing 21 points ahead of everyone else during the 2018-19 regular season, the Lightning are again Stanley Cup favorites and the team to beat in an ever-improving Eastern Conference. With a stacked roster that includes goaltender Andrei […]

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Luxembourg PM on news conference: ‘I did not want to humiliate’ Johnson

In a BBC exclusive, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said it was never his intention to humiliate Boris Johnson on Monday by holding a press conference without him. Mr Bettel strongly denied his press conference next to an empty podium with a union flag behind it – was an ambush or planned in any way.

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Louisiana governor election won’t uproot Medicaid expansion

Louisiana’s Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, moved quickly to expand Medicaid when he took office in 2016, making his state the only one in the Deep South to embrace that signature piece of President Barack Obama’s health care law. And in a conservative state that solidly supports President Donald Trump, the $3 billion-plus Medicaid expansion

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Celine Dion Just Wants To Be Hugged: ‘I Miss What A Husband Would Do’

Celine Dion’s heart isn’t quite ready to go on. The Canadian singer spoke to the “Today” show in an interview that aired Wednesday, talking candidly about life after her husband, René Angélil, died battling throat cancer in 2016. “I don’t date. I’m not ready to date. I’m very lucky and happy to have so many people

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Here’s How To Get Babbel, A Top-Selling Language App, For Half Off

HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. HuffPost x StackCommerceThe Babbel app can help you get familiar with a new language.  While we’re trying to figure out how to make packing easier and building up a stable of travel accessories, we might forget about another element of travel prep:

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Luigi Colani, 91, Designer of Fanciful and Futuristic Objects, Dies

FRANKFURT — Luigi Colani, a German designer known for applying sensuous shapes from nature to high-tech objects like supersonic jets and super sports cars, died on Monday in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was 91. His death was confirmed by Albrecht Bangert, who wrote the 2004 book “The Art of Shaping the Future” with Mr. Colani. He

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Penalty trouble puts FSU, Miami, Syracuse in early ACC hole

The mistakes — a false start here, a facemask penalty there — keep piling up for some Atlantic Coast Conference teams expected to contend for division titles. Syracuse and Florida State were picked to finish behind reigning national champion Clemson in the Atlantic Division, while Miami was picked second in the Coastal. Yet they’re off

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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned to Play by Washington’s Rules

“They are frankly much closer in that dynamic and much closer in overlapping than a lot of people tend to realize,” she said. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has cut back on her appearances on behalf of Justice Democrats and has begun bolstering her fellow incumbent freshmen lawmakers, like Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, a member of Democratic

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