Although this week did have some bright spots, it has also been an extremely difficult one. Vladimir Putin replaced his defense minister while antiwar protests engulfed college campuses; thousands lost homes during northern Afghanistan floods; and Nemo won the Eurovision Song Contest.
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The New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes.
New York fell behind early, but managed to score three straight goals before trailing. Dmitry Orlov assisted Jake Guentzel for a power-play goal before Sebastian Aho scored from low slot. These goals put New York up 2-1 for their advantage.
At the end of the second period, Chris Kreider tied it at 1-1 when he scored his seventh career playoff goal off an Artemi Panarin backhand pass; in the third, Alexandar Georgiev put the Rangers up 3-2 by shooting through traffic.
At first, it looked as if Carolina might take back control with a short-handed two-on-one rush that could have been decisive, but Shesterkin came through again by making kick saves against Martin Necas and Jordan Staal and pad stops against both players to help save the Blueshirts from an upset and avoid being swept. Coach Peter Laviolette reached 1,668 NHL games as coach – surpassing John Tortorella to become eighth all-time coach in league history. Game 3 will take place Thursday evening when Pyotr Kochetkov will begin for Carolina who have won seven out of eight road games so far this season.
Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Manhattan Bridge.
On Sunday, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters flooded Manhattan Bridge in an effort to demand that Israel cease fire against Hamas in Gaza. Unfortunately, their disruption came on one of the busiest travel days of the year and caused chaos among commuters. While it’s important to bring awareness about what’s going on, disruption isn’t the way forward – “it doesn’t work that way”, according to one straphanger who managed to pass through traffic safely.
Demonstrators led by Jewish Voice for Peace and Palestinian Youth Movement linked arms across the Brooklyn Bridge to block westbound traffic into Manhattan, prompting police to quickly move in and start arresting protesters.
If your tax dollars are going towards killing innocent people, you are within your rights to protest with disruptive actions such as shutting down Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges during rush hour for extended periods. But shutting them down for hours without due cause constitutes harassment and terrorism – this must stop!
A man was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn.
New York Police Chief Jeff Maddrey revealed during a news conference that two 32-year-old males in East Flatbush were shot and killed by officers after they observed them brandishing weapons at pedestrians on the streets. Officers in a patrol car saw this 32-year-old male brandishing his weapon while pointing it at someone, so officers ordered him to drop it, but when he ignored their orders and started running away they exited their vehicle and approached him – one officer tased him but when he continued ignoring more orders they fired multiple rounds on him to stop any future incidents from happening.
Medics rushed Jason Pass, 47, to the hospital where he was later declared deceased. Police identified him as Jason Pass and say they attempted to pull him over early Wednesday when their license plate reader hit his car; when they pulled up however, Pass reportedly jumped out with a knife in hand and fled from them before backup officers caught up to him and opened fire in self defense against his charges against them.
Will the New York City area see the northern lights tonight?
Friday night was an exceptional display of Northern Lights across much of the U.S. and Florida was no exception, with stunning displays caused by solar storms delivering solar flares to Earth’s atmosphere and sending flares outward into space.
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts a similar solar event on both Saturday night and Sunday night that may generate the northern lights – possibly reaching G5 geomagnetic activity levels – could produce this display again across much of America, including New York City.
To see the northern lights, you’ll require a clear view of the sky with no cloud cover. To improve viewing experiences, we recommend finding spots north of cities and away from light pollution for best viewing results. A camera equipped with an ND filter may help enhance colors of aurora borealis displays which occur between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time.
