Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 869 goals after scoring 15 in the first 18 games this season. He needs 26 to set a new record.

The chase for Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record is back on track for Alex Ovechkin. After missing 16 games due to a fractured fibula, the Capitals’ captain returned to practice on Friday.

Alex Ovechkin will return to the Washington Capitals' lineup on Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs after missing 16 games with a broken fibula. The Capitals captain has not played since suffering the injury during a collision with Jack McBain of the Utah Hockey Club on Nov.

There was a record 18% rise in homelessness in the U.S. in 2024, driven by factors like unaffordable housing, high inflation, systemic racism, natural disasters and rising immigration, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said on Friday.

The number of people experiencing homelessness topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year and the largest annual increase since the count began in 2007, the federal government reported today.

A record estimate of 771,480 people were homeless in the U.S. in 2024, an 18% increase from a year earlier, fueled by factors including an influx of migrant families, a lack of affordable housing and natural disasters,