内容摘要：Mennonites who spoke to The Associated Press — most on condition of anonymity, fearing backlash — repeatedly cited vaccine misinformation. One man said U.S. Health Secretary

Mennonites who spoke to The Associated Press — most on condition of anonymity, fearing backlash — repeatedly cited vaccine misinformation. One man said U.S. Health Secretary

Anchorage pioneers Oro and Ivan Stewart started the reindeer tradition, bringing the deer they received from an Alaska Native herder to Anchorage in the 1950s. Whitehead took over as caretaker from his friends in 2002.is about 15 years, but some Stars had long lives, like the first who lived to 23. Others didn’t live as long, including the second Star, who was stolen, beaten to death and then butchered by a known Fairbanks meat thief. The third Star died after eating a plastic bag.

Florida coach Paul Maurice did not shake hands with the Carolina Hurricanes when the Eastern Conference final ended. And he asked Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour not to shake hands with the Panthers, either.It wasn’t out of disrespect.Quite the contrary, really.

The handshake line at the end of a playoff series is one of hockey’s sacred traditions, no matter how physical the series was before one team eventually prevailed. And Maurice thinks the handshakes are part of what makes the game great to hockey fans, and he’s all for it happening.He has just said repeatedly throughout this postseason that he thinks the coaches shouldn’t be part of it — reiterating that after the Panthers eliminated the Hurricanes on Wednesday night, even going as far as convincing Brind’Amour to sit it out himself. In that moment, Maurice said, nothing should take the attention off the players on the two teams that just played a series.

“I don’t believe that the coaches should shake players’ hands at the end,” Maurice said. “There’s this long list of people in suits and track suits. We had like 400 people on the ice. They’re all really important to our group. But not one of them was in the game.”

So, just as he did after the Round 2 win over Toronto, Maurice and his staff shook hands with Brind’Amour and other members of the Carolina staff. That happened near the benches, while the players partook in the traditional handshake line down the center of the ice.“Obviously, my dad being here is special,” Haliburton said. “But growing up, he was working a lot on weekends so he didn’t come to a lot of my games and when he did come to my games, I wanted to play well. So, of course, I wanted to play well.”

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s second scoring option, looked like a budding superstar during Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.Julius Randle, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ second option, looked like a bystander.

If those results repeats themselves in Game 5 on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, the Thunder could clinch the series and be heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012 while the Timberwolves likely will head into next year still having never gotten past the conference finals.Williams scored 34 points on 13-for-24 shooting in Game 4, a