Hockey player who lost family in Rhode Island shooting scores winning goal in double overtime

Nearly a month after losing three family members in a Rhode Island ice rink shooting, Colin Dorgan scored a game-winning goal in double overtime that helped advance the Blackstone Valley Co-op out of the semifinals PROVIDENCE, R.I. — High school hockey player Colin Dorgan, wearing a patch on his jersey honoring his mother, brother and … Read more

Teen who lost 3 family members in Rhode Island hockey shooting scores winning playoff goal

Colin Dorgan, who lost three loved ones in a mass shooting at a Rhode Island hockey game last month, scored in overtime on Wednesday in Blackstone Valley Schools’ 3-2 victory over Portsmouth in the state ice hockey semifinals. With the score knotted 2-2 during four-on-four play in the second OT, Dorgan scored on a breakaway, … Read more

Bam Adebayo scores 83, passing Kobe Bryant for second most points in single NBA game

Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in NBA history, to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Adebayo had 31 points in the first quarter, 43 by halftime and 62 by the end of the third quarter. He finished 20 for 43 from the … Read more

Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind

WASHINGTON — When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today’s youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school years, researchers are beginning to see how the pandemic years have shaped their education, even though many had yet to set foot in a classroom when it began. First … Read more