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Islanders enter holiday break in Metro basement after dud against lowly Sabres

Despite the Islanders' best showing just two days ago, here comes the thump that served as the metronome for the first 35 games of the season. When there were signs that the Islanders were turning a corner, when they played their best game of the season, when they were healthy, when the Rangers might be […]

Dow rebounds, tries to break 10-day losing streak

Wall Street's major indexes rebounded somewhat on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve's predictions of lower-than-expected interest rate cuts and higher inflation next year misled some investors and sent U.S. stocks tumbling. In morning trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 237 points, or 0.6%, to $42,563. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the […]

US Officials Fear ISIS Prison Break Will Unleash ‘Terrorist Army’ On Middle East

US officials warned on Wednesday that thousands of ISIS members currently imprisoned in Syria could eventually escape prison, Politico reported. After the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) violently invaded the territory of the US-backed Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF currently holds 9,000 ISIS fighters and […]

Trump faces pressure to break GOP impasse over agenda

President-elect Trump faces demands from House Republicans to resolve disagreements between the two chambers over how Republicans should begin tackling the issue. As some House Republicans consider introducing a tax-focused reconciliation bill, members of the conference are looking to President Trump to set the tone. “Ultimately, and quite intuitively, the president is going to ask […]

UnitedHealth, rival shares tumble as lawmakers push to break up drug middlemen

Shares of companies that own pharmacy benefit managers fell on Wednesday after the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would force health insurance companies and drug intermediaries to sell their pharmacy businesses. CVS Health's Caremark, Cigna's Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group's Optum control much of the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) industry in the U.S., and […]

Aaron Rodgers thinks Jets may have to break ‘curse’

Are the Jets cursed? Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers said that might be the case. Rodgers was asked Wednesday if he feels like something bad will always happen to the team because of the Jets' losing history. Rogers said that may be the case, or it may be something more than that that they are fighting. […]