NEW YORK (AP) — New York Rangers coach Mike Sullivan missed their game Sunday night against Detroit because of personal reasons.
New York announced Sullivan’s absence earlier in the day. No other details were provided.
In his place, assistants David Quinn and Joe Sacco ran the bench during the Rangers' 2-1 loss to the Red Wings.
“I don't have an update right now,'' Quinn said after the game. ”Obviously, from the coaches to the players to the organization, we certainly are thinking about Mike and his family. Never an easy situation when you've got to attend to your family."
Quinn said he and Sacco essentially maintained their usual roles as they shared bench duties. Quinn remained in charge of the defense pairings while Sacco called the forward lines.
“There really wasn't a lot of change,'' Quinn said. ”It was a seamless situation."
Sullivan is in his first season as head coach of the Rangers. Quinn spent three seasons in that role from 2018-21 before he was fired and replaced by Gerard Gallant. Gallant was replaced by Peter Laviolette in 2023, and Laviolette was let go after the Rangers missed the playoffs last season.
Quinn coached San Jose from 2022-24 and worked on Sullivan’s staff in Pittsburgh last season before returning to New York with him. Quinn is also set to serve as an assistant to Sullivan for the United States at the upcoming Olympics.
Quinn praised Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick who made 40 saves in defeat as the Rangers fell to 1-7-1 at home this season. New York is 9-1-1 on the road.
“Obviously Quickie was unbelievable tonight. He made some huge saves," Quinn said. "He was our best penalty killer,″
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New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan talks with referee Gordie Dwyer during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s humanitarian aid coordination office is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year, mostly from Western governments, plunged to the lowest level in a decade.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Monday it was seeking $33 billion to help some 135 million people cope with fallout from wars, climate disasters, earthquakes, epidemics and food shortages. This year, it took in $15 billion, the lowest level in a decade.
The office says next year it wants more than $4.1 billion to reach 3 million people in Palestinian areas, another $2.9 billion for Sudan — home to the world's largest displacement crisis — and $2.8 billion for a regional plan around Syria.
“In 2025, hunger surged. Food budgets were slashed — even as famines hit parts of Sudan and Gaza. Health systems broke apart," said OCHA chief Tom Fletcher. "Disease outbreaks spiked. Millions went without essential food, healthcare and protection. Programs to protect women and girls were slashed, hundreds of aid organizations shut."
The U.N. aid coordinator sought $47 billion for this year and aimed to help 190 million people worldwide. Because of the lower support, it and humanitarian partners reached 25 million fewer people this year than in 2024.
“I know budgets are tight right now. Families everywhere are under strain," Fletcher said. “But the world spent $2.7 trillion on defense last year – on guns and arms. And I’m asking for just over 1% of that.”
He has called for “radical transformation” of aid by reducing bureaucracy, boosting efficiency and giving more power to local groups. Fletcher cited “very practical, constructive conversations” almost daily with the Trump administration.
“Do I want to shame the world into responding? Absolutely," Fletcher said. "But I also want to channel this sense of determination and anger that we have as humanitarians, that we will carry on delivering with what we get.”
FILE - A convoy of vehicles loaded with food and other aid is en route to Sweida on the international highway in rural Daraa province, Syria, July 20, 2025, heading to the city of Busra al-Sham. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)
FILE - Palestinians grab sacks of flour from a moving truck carrying World Food Programme aid as it drives through Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
FILE - People carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid that was unloaded from a World Food Program convoy that had been heading to Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File)
FILE - Women displaced from El-Fasher stand in line to receive food aid at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)
