The surgeon, an obstetrician, was kidnapped Tuesday on his way to perform a cesarean delivery. It happened in Petionville, which is considered one of the safer and wealthier areas of Port-au-Prince. A woman and her child died as a result of the delayed treatment. “We are furious at these people,” Dr. Ronald La Roche, the founder of the DASH network of affordable hospitals, said of the surgeon’s abductors. “They are responsible for the death of this woman and her child....

She becomes the only female pro scout in the NHL. “I’ve had other NHL opportunities to get back into hockey,” Granato said (via NHL.com). “Seattle is the right fit for me and an exciting organization to join. It lined up as the perfect opportunity.” Granato, who will be based in Vancouver, brings ample experience to the table as she captained the 1998 U.S. women’s hockey team to gold at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan....

Six ads for a campaign by wedding planning website Zola featured different configurations of couples and began airing on the Hallmark Channel on December 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Most of the ads included heterosexual couples, as well as a same-sex couple, and one of the ads featured only a lesbian couple getting married, the website reported. But following a petition by campaign groups including One Million Moms, the Hallmark Channel decided to drop the ads that featured same-sex couples....

The top 10 most popular Halloween candies in the U.S. are Skittles, Reese’s Cups, M&M’s, Snickers, Starburst, Candy Corn, Hot Tamales, Tootsie Pops, Sour Patch Kids, and Hershey’s, in that order. Skittles, as the most popular candy in the U.S., is loved especially in California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, and South Carolina. Reese’s Cups are popular in Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas. M&M’s are popular in Ohio and Vermont....

Last week, after an Israeli commission ruled that current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was guilty of “serious failure[s]” in prosecuting last summer’s war in Lebanon, some in Olmert’s Kadima Party called for his resignation. According to polls, more than two thirds of Israelis believe Olmert should quit, and a plurality say they would choose the hawkish Netanyahu to replace him. In a rare interview with an American news organization, the Damascus-based Meshal, Hamas’s most powerful figure, spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Kevin Peraino about the war report and the chances for peace....

Holy Hamburglar! The NHL hasn’t seen such an uproar in nearly 20 years. Senators goalie Andrew Hammond, a/k/a The Hamburglar (Getty Images) MORE: Ottawa’s new craze | Stanley Cup odds | Is 3-on-3 coming to overtime? Hammond, a 27-year-old rookie, isn’t your ordinary netminder. Goaltenders often are late bloomers, and more than a few have been undrafted. Ed Belfour, for example, or Curtis Joseph. And like them, Hammond spent time in college, four years at Bowling Green....

He won it in dominating fashion, leading the final 23 laps and even with drivers wrecking behind him, it appeared no one would catch him on his way to the finish line at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin also won Saturday in the Sprint Unlimited and has cemented himself as the driver to beat Sunday in the Daytona 500. For a driver who missed four races last year because of a compression fracture in his lower back, the ride of momentum appears as if Hamlin won at Homestead-Miami just a week or two ago instead of three months ago to end the 2013 season....

Sam Hornish Jr. will drive Hamlin's No. 11 car in the Auto Club 400. This marks the fifth race in the past two years that Hamlin has missed due to injury or illness. He suffered a broken vertebra in a wreck in last year’s race at Califofornia and misse the next four races. JGR President J.D. Gibbs made the announcement Sunday about 45 minutes prior to the start of the race....

Yes, little puppy Hank is officially a Milwaukee Brewer. MORE HANK: Hank competes in sausage race | Photos of Hank around spring training Your browser does not support iframes. “There are so many people who have been part of the ‘Hank story;’ fans, players and coaches, front office staff, media, and all of those in his circle of caregivers,” said Brewers President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Doug Melvin in an official statement....

Ottawa’s annual Canada Day Party is happening online instead, featuring performances from Canadian musicians such as Alanis Morissette and Avril Lavigne, among others. Another notable Canadian pop sensation (albeit fictional) is Robin Sparkles. The former life of Colbie Smulder’s Robin Scherbatsky on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother is best known for her hit single, “Let’s Go To The Mall.” While growing up in Canada, Robin became a 90s pop sensation and dressed in 80s garb (Robin insisted that Canada was a decade behind on trends)....

Since June 1894, the first Monday of each September has been taken as a federal holiday, recognizing workers’ rights and the hard work people contribute. It is the last holiday before the fall and people often celebrate with parades, parties and picnics. There isn’t a traditional greeting for this federal holiday, but there are many different ways to mark the occasion. If you want to send a loved one or colleagues a message, here are some ideas from others that you could use:...

Today the threat of litigation hangs over nearly every move Bachelder makes, changing the very nature of his relationship with patients. He worries that the slightest mistake could provoke a lawsuit. “Anything less than perfection is malpractice,” he says. Even in confronting the most common ailments–headaches or ear infections–Bachelder must consider the possibility of a rare and devastating disease. He often orders expensive tests–not just to rule out the worst, but also to bolster his case before a potential jury....

Prominent British royal correspondent Valentine Low has revealed the contents of the new set of guidelines as part of his new book on the inner workings of palace life, titled Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown and published on Thursday. Low is well known for his relationships with palace staff and published the story lodging allegations of bullying against Meghan Markle by former palace aides in 2021. Following the publication of Low’s article in The Times of London—which reproduced emails from former communications secretary Jason Knauf voicing concern over Meghan’s treatment of staff—Buckingham Palace said it was “clearly concerned” and that “the royal household has had a dignity at work policy in place for a number of years and does not and will not tolerate bullying or harassment in the workplace....

The new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors by British biographer Tom Bower has produced many sensational claims, including that Queen Elizabeth II told close aides “thank goodness Meghan isn’t coming” to Prince Philip’s funeral in 2021 and that Meghan made Kate Middleton cry despite telling Oprah Winfrey the opposite occurred. At least one claim so far has been disputed. A source close to the queen previously told Newsweek that it was “unlikely” the queen would have been thinking about anyone but Prince Philip around the time of his funeral....

The open letter, posted to Medium and signed by accusers Zoë Brock, Alexandra Canosa, Rowena Chiu, Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Zelda Perkins and Kaja Sokola, urges James to reconsider a proposed settlement to the civil cases against Weinstein and his former companies. According to the letter, “a large percentage of the settlement originally intended for victims” will pay for the lawyers of Weinstein, his brother Robert and former members of the Weinstein Company board of directors....

All he knows is he finally snapped a seven-year streak where he did not have the fastest car in qualifying as he captured the top spot Friday for the Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday at Kansas Speedway. The last pole Harvick earned came in the September 2006 event at New Hampshire. He also started from the pole for the July 2010 race at Daytona but is not credited with earning the pole because qualifying was rained out and the field set by points....

He proved it Sunday, dominating the Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway to win in just his second start with his new team. Harvick, driving the No. 4 car after wheeling RCR's No. 29 for 13 years, dominated most of the race, leading 224 of 312 laps, and repeatedly pulling away on restarts. He pulled away from Earnhardt and Logano with 22 laps remaining and again with nine laps left....

Garoppolo, who missed 13 games in 2018 with a torn ACL, is out again up to six weeks, on injured reserve with a high ankle sprain. He already had missed two games in 2020 and may end up only playing half the season, at best. Although the 49ers went 13-3 and won the NFC when Garoppolo was fully healthy last season, there has been a sense that he hasn’t maximized the potential of the team at the game’s most important position....

So, you know, we get it. Chuck Norris really wants Mike Huckabee to be president. By “we” I mean “young voters,” because I’m assuming that’s who Huckabee hopes to win over by keeping “Walker, Texas Ranger” on call 24/7. To anyone over 40, Chuck Norris is Jean-Claude Van Damme with a beard. A less-bloated Steven Seagal. It takes an ironic, Generation Y sensibility to appreciate why Norris’s Reagan-era brand of virile, irate, Commie-killing machismo is funny–particularly when it’s amplified to (or past) the point of absurdity....