The New Jersey Devils announced on Thursday that defenseman Luke Hughes suffered a left-shoulder injury and will be out six to eight weeks. The team said that Hughes’ injury would not require surgery. The timeline of six to eight weeks leaves Hughes on track to return in early November, missing around a month of the regular season. The Devils open …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing his last critical leadership test of this year as congressional lawmakers grapple with a looming government shutdown deadline at the end of this month. The House Republican Conference is at odds over how to proceed with funding the government in the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. A growing contingent of GOP …

Joe Schmidt, a Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions to two NFL Championships in the 1950s and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said the family informed the team Schmidt died on Wednesday but did not release the cause of death. “We are saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Schmidt. …