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The goalie is expected to miss at least six weeks with a lower-body injury suffered in Tuesday’s win over the Penguins, the team announced Wednesday. MORE: Worst injuries of 2015-16 Halak suffered an apparent groin injury with 4:22 remaining in the third period and went straight to the locker room after skating off the ice. Thomas Greiss finished the game in his place. The Islanders have allowed two goals or fewer in five of their last eight games, and Halak has been in net for four of New York’s last seven victories, but the prospect of losing him for an extended period of time could significantly hurt the team’s chances at a postseason run....

And while the score was exactly the same as the final in Game 6 of last year’s battle, the result was different in Game 1 of the 2021 Stanley Cup semifinal series. In this one, the Islanders were the victorious squad, skating away with a 2-1 win. Here are three takeaways from New York’s Game 1 win: Mat Barzal delivered As mentioned in Sporting News’ series preview, Barzal’s play is critical to getting New York into the Stanley Cup Final....

The $1 million award, widely known as the “Jewish Nobel” prize, is granted each year to a person recognized as an inspiration to the next generation of Jews through professional achievement and commitment to Jewish values. Kraft, who grew up in an observant Jewish home, has been an outspoken supporter of Israel and has arranged trips for NFL Hall of Famers to the Holy Land. His prize money will be donated to initiatives combatting anti-Semitism, other forms of prejudices and what some portray as attempts to delegitimize Israel....

Gantz was speaking during a visit to a defense industry factory in the city of Shlomi, located near Lebanon’s border, the AP reported. He said that if war does break out, Israel “will be prepared to execute operations that haven’t been seen in the past, with means that weren’t in our hands in the past, that will harm the heart of terror and its abilities.” Iran remains a regional rival of Israel after decades of diplomatic and military conflicts....

Actually, he was being followed. In a petition filed last week with Israel’s High Court of Justice, a veterans group accuses Israel’s Defense Ministry of hiring private investigators to tail and secretly record PTSD victims to see whether they’re faking symptoms. Dan Dolfin, an official in the Defense Ministry’s rehabilitation unit, says that about half a dozen vets are put under surveillance each year, but only “very, very carefully,” and if “we see the story is outrageous....

If you use a portable drive for business, there’s a very strong case for keeping that data secure with a hardware-encrypted drive. And when customer data is at stake, there’s a legal obligation to button it down to keep it confidential in the event of the drive being lost or otherwise compromised. Even home users may prefer to keep their files and data to themselves. Which is why encrypted portable drives like the iStorage diskAshur Pro can be such a great idea, with their built-in keypads that need a numerical PIN to be entered before they give up their secrets....

As for the newborn, no one knows just what he makes of Daddy a that first encounter with his father; almost certainly, not much. But before his first year is out, the urgency of his needs-for nourishment, for stimulation, for comfort in a crazy world where a snug, warm diaper can inexplicably transform into a cold and sodden clump-will lead him into a relationship with his father that psychologists call “attachment” but that parents are pleased to think of as “love....

Leave it to television executives to take a stab at responsible programming–and miss. After airing part one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer season finale, the WB network has infuriated fans by yanking part two until school’s out. In the wake of the recent wave of school shootings, WB honchos were worried about their show’s violent graduation scene. Several newspapers have published articles praising the network’s decision, but show devotees say the network suits are just playing politics with the popular teen fantasy series....

For the second consecutive race, Leclerc was left frustrated by events on the track involving team instructions. He started from pole and appeared to follow Ferrari’s tactics by allowing team-mate Sebastian Vettel to use his slipstream at the start to go into first place. Unlike in the previous grand prix at Singapore, Ferrari sought to redress the balance by putting Leclerc back in front, but squabbling over the team radio appeared to delay that happening, with Vettel seemingly reluctant to make way....

Last season Mauricio Pochettino’s side played their Champions League group stage matches at England’s national stadium, losing to Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen before a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow when their elimination was already sealed. There was also a Wembley defeat to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals, and things have not improved this season after Spurs temporarily moved in while their new stadium is being built. An 88th minute Marcos Alonso strike saw Chelsea win Spurs’ opening league game at the ground, while Chris Wood snatched a stoppage time equaliser for Burnley last weekend....

The late Time magazine “culture critic” William A. Henry III’s posthumously published In Defense of Elitism (212 pages. Doubleday. $20) says what all these books say: that “the wrong side has been winning.” So what else is new? Not much but an oddball rant on lotteries: “the most destructive egalitarian maneuver of my lifetime.” Henry’s Limbaughian urge to give gratuitous offense (“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose”) seems novel only when he mentions his awards for civil-rights reporting and flashes liberal credentials....

Mourinho has been under pressure following a recent run of poor form but saw his side recover from 2-0 down to beat Newcastle United 3-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday. The reported friction between Pogba and Mourinho has been a persistent sub-plot over the course of United’s struggles, with the France midfielder at one stage claiming the team should “attack, attack, attack”. But former United striker Saha believes Pogba should have kept his opinions to himself....

The Fight Night franchise has seemingly faded into obscurity since that release. Recently, however, a rumor emerged that EA was working on a new Fight Night game. The prospect of this series making a comeback is an exciting one, especially at a time when heavyweight boxing has gained increased popularity thanks to the big personalities of fighters like Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Gamers aren’t exactly dealing with an overabundance in boxing games these days either, so fans of the sport may be excited at the news of a possible new release....

Formed in 2010 by gaming luminary Shinji Mikami, the director behind such beloved titles as the original Resident Evil, Tango Gameworks is known to many horror gamers for developing the bone-chilling The Evil Within franchise and 2022’s Ghostwire: Tokyo. In an unexpected about-face after years spent working on games filled with ghosts and gore, Mikami announced in 2022 that Tango Gameworks’ next game was “the complete opposite of horror” and would be helmed by The Evil Within 2 director John Johanas....

The climax to the Rosberg-Hamilton rivalry couldn’t have unfolded at a better track. While Spa could have had a spectacular finish to it but sadly it ended with a Rosberg’s ill-fated move on his teammate. But going by the history of the Temple of Speed (as the Monza track often referred), the battle for the Driver’s Championship could be decided here. If Rosberg wins he will become the favourite and if Hamilton takes the podium top spot, things could go down to the last race at Abu Dhabi....

Carlo Longo and Sarah Mollica regularly share content on TikTok about the beauty and quarrels of being a transatlantic couple. Mollica is from America, while Longo is from Italy. According to their videos, they spent most of their first date on Google Translate. Their language barrier may have eased since then, but there’s certainly still another barrier there—the language of food. In a video shared on June 20, Mollica documented a hilarious dilemma the pair faced while ordering food during their summer stay in Italy....

Instead, RAI is simply advising against the use of blackface. It responded to multiple requests last week to stop broadcasting shows in which actors put on blackface to do impressions of singer Beyonce and the Tunisian Italian rapper Ghali in skits. “We said we were sorry, and we made a formal commitment to inform all of our editors to ask that they don’t use blackface anymore,” Giovanni Parapini, RAI’s director for social causes, told the AP....

The daily infections in Italy broke a new record of 21,273 infections and 128 deaths, prompting the Prime Minister’s decision. These new measures will enforce a nightly curfew, make bars and restaurants close after 6pm, and shutter theaters, gaming halls and gyms completely. Theaters had re-opened in Italy back in June using new social distancing guidelines, but were struggling to do even 25% of their pre-pandemic business. RELATED: UK Covid-19 Insurance for Film and TV Finally Kicks In...