It has been a heck of a year for the Buffalo Sabres.

They’re in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2011, and won their first playoff series since 2007 after dispatching the Boston Bruins in the first round.

And all year long, the team has been leaning on one slogan, “Everybody Ropes, Everybody Rides.”

Now the question on everyone’s mind: What the hell does that mean?

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TNT hockey reporter Jackie Redmond shared a photo of the towels fans will receive for Game 2 against the Montreal Canadiens, and they all bear the slogan.

However, one fan thought that this slogan was nothing more than something the team’s front office cooked up. Which, in fairness, we’ve seen from many teams over the years, especially come playoff time.

But Redmond shared that this isn’t the case at all. Instead, it has been the Sabres’ rallying cry all season, and she shared Sabres star and Team USA gold medalist Tage Thompson’s explanation of the saying.

“It means no job is too big or too small for anybody,” Thompson explained, per Redmond. “That when everyone is willing to do the little things that aren’t always flashy — it shows the room that you care about winning and doing whatever it takes.”

Well, it seems to be working.

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I love that kind of attitude in the postseason, too, because it underscores what I think is the key to winning the Stanley Cup: depth.

Especially in the modern NHL, you need everyone showing up and pitching in, whether that’s the stars or the fourth-line grinders or the goalie, and the Sabres seem to be getting that.

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The Sabres were one of the biggest surprises of the season by not just making the postseason, but by winning the tough Atlantic Division, which saw five teams make the playoffs.

Now it’s just a matter of seeing how long they can keep it all going.

The mayor of a small town in Georgia fired the area’s entire police department Wednesday after officers allegedly made “inappropriate comments” about his wife on Facebook, leaving the town without its own police force.

Cohutta Mayor Ron Shinnick recently shut down the Cohutta Police Department, laying off all 10 employees, according to a report from WDEF.

As of Wednesday morning, a sign was posted on the department’s door, reading, “The PD has been dissolved, and all personnel have been terminated.”

It is not known whether employees were notified before the sign was posted or when officers arrived to work that morning.

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The move effectively dismantled the town’s entire law enforcement operation, raising questions about leadership, potential retaliation and public safety in the roughly 1,000-person community.

“They’ll get a paycheck. We’re not that way, and I appreciate their service, okay? It is time for a change,” Shinnick said when asked about the decision.

The dispute appears to stem from last month, when officers filed formal complaints against former town clerk Pat Shinnick, the mayor’s wife.

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Pat Shinnick was fired from her position for allegedly creating a “hostile work environment.” According to the officers’ complaints, despite her firing, she was still working and continued to have access to personal information of the town’s 1,000 residents.

Following the complaints, Shinnick, Police Chief Greg Fowler and town attorney Brian Rayburn said during a press conference that the situation had been resolved using “open dialogue and good-faith mediation.”

One week later, the entire department was disbanded.

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“This all comes to personal vendetta from the mayor, and I wholeheartedly believe that,” former Sgt. Jeremy May told WRCB-TV. “We took a stand for transparency, and in result, every one of them has lost their jobs.”

While the town is currently operating without a police department, the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies will take over law enforcement duties.

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A town meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 8, with topics including reinstating the police department and a request for Mayor Shinnick’s immediate resignation.

Shinnick and the town’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Late-night host Stephen Colbert shrugged off condemnation from “Lord of the Rings” fans who are upset he will be taking the helm of an upcoming movie.

Colbert has spoken out about the cancellation of “The Late Show” in multiple interviews — most recently with The Hollywood Reporter — which also highlighted the next steps of his career.

“If there is a silver lining to Colbert’s unexpected ouster, it’s that he is now able to be intimately involved in co-writing an installment of the Lord of the Rings film franchise,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote. “The project is already six years in the making and a lifelong dream for the self-proclaimed superfan.”

STEPHEN COLBERT’S SURPRISING NEXT ACT AFTER ‘THE LATE SHOW’ ENDS: CO-WRITING A ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ FILM

“You’ve announced your next act: a Lord of the Rings film. Naturally, there’s a contingent of the LOTR fan community that’s miffed: ‘Why does Stephen get to write this? Just because he’s famous and a superfan?'” The Hollywood Reporter interviewer asked. “Tell them why they should trust you.”

“I mean, there’s no reason to,” Colbert said. “And there’s no value in me addressing that because all you can do as — I’ll use a loaded term here — an artist is follow your heart and the craft that you have learned to try to turn this into something that is not fandom but drama.”

“And luckily, I don’t have to do this alone,” he continued. “I have a great Sherpa in [co-writer and LOTR veteran] Philippa Boyens, who cares about it in the same way I do. And I will just say that every moment has been a joy so far.”

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Colbert initially revealed in a video announcement in March that he will co-write the next “Lord of the Rings” movie after his show ends this month.

“You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me, but the thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in the ‘Fellowship’ that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” Colbert said in a video with Peter Jackson, the director of the “Lord of the Rings” movies.

Colbert said the next film would be based on “Fog on the Barrow-downs,” chapter eight of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first book in the fantasy trilogy from J.R.R. Tolkien.

The series written by Tolkien, a devout Catholic, became a popular franchise with conservatives. Some on the left, including MS NOW anchor Rachel Maddow, have even claimed the work has been embraced by the “far-right.”

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Some fans argue they have good reason to be concerned about new “Lord of the Rings” content. Amazon’s “Rings of Power” series, notably separate from Jackson’s film adaptations, was widely criticized as a modern, liberal take on the classic literature.

Questions on top officials of Justice Department
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro were at the Washington Hilton on April 25. The same evening, accused Cole Thomas Allen broke the security cordon and attacked. Allen is accused of firing a shotgun at a Secret Service officer. In the petition filed in the court on Thursday, Allen’s lawyers argued that Blanch and Pirro’s involvement in this case amounts to a conflict of interest.

How can a victim become a prosecutor?
Public defenders Eugene Om and Tejira Abe have made a strongly worded appeal to the court. He wrote, ‘The world will see how the American justice system can allow a victim to become a prosecutor in the same case?’ Lawyers suggested that a special prosecutor should be appointed to maintain transparency of the case. He claims that during the firing, Blanche and Pirro also had to hide under the table to save their lives.

Also read: Hilton Hotel Shooting: Accused Allen apologized to family, bought weapons, had conspired to break American security cordon

Pyrrho’s strict stance
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro has taken a tough stance on this. He said his office would respond to it in court. Pirro said that political violence will not be tolerated. It is noteworthy that Pirro is considered a close friend of President Donald Trump. Todd Blanch had also been Trump’s personal lawyer before joining the Justice Department. Allen also faces a serious allegation of conspiring to assassinate President Trump.

What is the whole matter?
California resident Cole Thomas Allen, 31, faces several felony charges, including attempted murder. On the night of April 25, he attacked the security officer with a shotgun. The officer’s life was saved because of his bullet-proof jacket. Allen will be presented in court on Monday. If he is found guilty, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment. Currently, Judge Trevor McFadden is considering this petition.

A top Virginia Democrat’s support for his state’s redistricting referendum ironically backfired after a judge he previously appointed helped torpedo his party’s bid to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who endorsed the referendum and appeared at pro-referendum events, gave $100,000 to the campaign behind Virginia Democrats’ redistricting effort, which voters approved in April. On Friday, a judge Warner appointed when he was governor in 2002, D. Arthur Kelsey, was among the four justices who voted to strike the referendum down on constitutional grounds. In fact, Judge Kelsey authored the 4-3 prevailing opinion.

The voter-approved ballot measure was poised to give Democrats a major advantage heading into November’s midterm elections, and they vastly outspent Republicans in their bid to get it passed. However, Kelsey wrote in the prevailing opinion that the sequencing in which Democrats held the referendum vote violated the state’s Constitution, which requires an intervening election between the state legislature’s mandatory first and second passage of the proposed constitutional amendment.

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Warner, who was the Governor of Virginia from 2002 until 2006, previously appointed Kelsey, then a Circuit Court judge, to the Virginia Court of Appeals. Kelsey served two terms before a GOP state legislature elevated him to the state’s Supreme Court, where Kelsey has been serving since 2015.

When Warner appointed Kelsey to the Virginia Court of Appeals in 2002, he praised the then-Suffolk circuit judge as having shown “a keen intellect, a strong work ethic and a commitment to equal justice,” according to a report from Virginia Lawyers Weekly at the time.

“Although I had not met Judge Kelsey before this process began, I have spoken to him at length, reviewed his numerous opinions and consulted with those who know him well,” Warner added in 2002.

Following the ruling by Virginia’s Supreme Court, Warner put out a statement in a news release saying he respected the decision, but added that “it’s impossible to ignore that more than three million Virginians already cast their ballots on the amendment and deserved to have their voices heard.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to Warner to inquire whether he felt the ruling was fair, but a spokesperson for the senator only referred Fox News Digital to the news release with his public statement.

“Donald Trump assumed he could tilt the playing field and lock in political advantage before a single ballot was cast. But Virginians are paying attention,” Warner also said in his public statement. “They want leaders who will protect their rights, defend their freedoms, and actually focus on lowering costs and getting things done. Democrats will still show up this November, we will still compete everywhere, and when the votes are counted, Virginians will send a strong message about the kind of leadership they want.”

The prevailing opinion written by Kelsey said that Democrats’ proposed map would have replaced Virginia’s current 6-5 congressional split “with a highly partisan gerrymandered map” expected to create a 10-1 advantage for a single party.

Kelsey went on to highlight that under Democrats’ proposed new map, roughly 47% of Virginians who voted for one political party during the last congressional election would end up being represented by just 9% of Virginia’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, while 51% of Virginians who voted for the other major political party would be represented by 91% of Virginia’s congressional delegation.

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Friday she was “disappointed” with the Supreme Court’s decision and, along with other Democrats, blasted the state’s High Court for invalidating the will of voters.

“More than three million Virginians cast their ballots in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, and the majority of Virginia voters voted to push back against a President who said he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress with a temporary and responsive referendum. They made their voices heard,” Spanberger said after the ruling.

“I am disappointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia’s ruling, but my focus as Governor will be on ensuring that all voters have the information necessary to make their voices heard this November in the midterm elections because in those elections we — the voters — will have the final say.”

02:00 AM, 09-May-2026

From ban on uranium enrichment to Hormuz…America’s 14-point peace proposal to Iran!

According to news agency Al Jazeera, the US has sent a confidential 14-point memorandum of understanding to Iran, which aims to reduce regional tensions and curb the nuclear arms race. According to unconfirmed reports, the main conditions of this proposal are a complete ban on uranium enrichment by Iran and steps towards denuclearization, which is in line with President Trump’s ‘red line’. In return, the US is considering lifting its naval blockade of Hormuz, provided Iran guarantees safe passage to all international ships without any fees or obstructions.

Although this draft is yet to be officially confirmed, it is believed that the Trump administration will not agree to any agreement in which the possibility of Iran becoming a nuclear power is not completely eliminated.

12:59 AM, 09-May-2026

Phone conversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Yvette Cooper, emphasis on reducing regional tension

The telephonic conversation between Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Britain’s Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper has intensified the stir in global politics. The two leaders discussed in detail the ongoing regional developments in West Asia. This conversation has taken place at a time when the entire region is sitting on a pile of gunpowder due to the conflict between America, Israel and Iran.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed that the United Kingdom was not involved in the initial US and Israeli attacks on Iran. However, Britain has taken a strategic step and allowed America to use its military bases. These bases are being used for ‘defensive operations’ in West Asia. This stand of Britain shows that despite avoiding direct war, it is giving full military help to its allies.

The global trade crisis has deepened after Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. Britain and France have now taken the lead in international efforts to reopen this vital trade route. Both the countries are working together on an alliance that can ensure the security of this sea route.

12:52 AM, 09-May-2026

Trump administration confused about Iran, big revelation in this report

According to Mike Hanna’s report from Washington DC, the Trump administration is currently going through a very strange and confusing situation. At present, the relations between America and Iran are not considered a war, but a ‘limbo’ i.e. a state of limbo. The Trump administration believes that the ongoing conflict between the two countries has come to an end for the time being.

One tone of administration, but huge suspense in strategy
There is complete unity visible on this issue within the Trump administration. All the big faces of the administration including President Donald Trump, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister have the same opinion. He says that at present there is a ceasefire-like situation with Iran. America is now trying to manage this stagnation. The White House’s entire focus is on agreeing to the conditions on which it has been adamant from the beginning.

A sign that the war is over, but the finger is still on the trigger.
Even though the administration is indicating that the war is ending, the reality tells something else. There is a hidden message in the statements of the US administration. He says that the war is over, but America is ready to attack at any time. If there is any movement from Iran, America will not delay in starting the war again.

This whole situation remains extremely confusing at present. On one hand, efforts are being made to establish peace and negotiation table, while on the other hand, the deployment of weapons has not been reduced. America wants to force Iran to negotiate on its own terms. The Trump administration is seeing this strategic pause as its victory, while defense experts are considering it as the calm before the coming big storm.

12:22 AM, 09-May-2026

West Asia LIVE: America tightens its belt against Iranian bullying in Hormuz; Internet ban completes 70 days in Tehran

America tightens its belt against Iranian bullying in Hormuz, Rubio appeals for support from Italy
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a stern warning to European allies regarding the growing threat of Iran. Rubio made it clear that Iran’s siege of Hormuz will no longer be tolerated. He has urged Europe to leave mere rhetoric and take concrete action.

Iran’s increasing control is a threat to global security
Rubio spoke to reporters after meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. He said that Iran is trying to establish its control over this international waterway. Rubio called it unacceptable. According to him, this is not just a regional issue but a direct threat to the security of the entire world.

Will the protest remain only on paper?- Rubio
Secretary of State Rubio said that everyone believes that Iran is a threat. Everyone agrees that Iran should not have nuclear weapons. But now is the time to do something. Rubio warned that mere statements of strong condemnation mean nothing if you don’t have something to back it up. He asked what is the world prepared to do if Iran takes over international waterways? Despite these efforts of Rubio, the rift between America and Europe is clearly visible.