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Ireland rejects calls for ‘keyhole surgery’ on Brexit deal

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has flatly ruled out any "keyhole surgery" on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, as he warned that Brexiteers who support untested alternatives to the Irish backstop were indulging in "wishful thinking". Last week it was reported that EU officials had considered carrying out "keyhole surgery" on the Withdrawal Agreement, with small tweaks made […]

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Walking Dead Season 9 Midseason Premiere Return Set for February

AMC has announced that second half of The Walking Dead Season 9 will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 9:00 pm ET/PT. The midseason premiere date announcement came from Chris Hardwick on Sunday night’s episode of Talking Dead. Hardwick also released the news that Season 3 of Ride with Norman Reedus – which follows The […]

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NFCA’s "Featured Five" Games for Feb. 27-March 1

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Throughout the 2015 softball season, those of us at the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week segment.   Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, returnee info, Twitter accounts and any available broadcast links […]

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Justin Trudeau Predicts Cannabis Shortages Will End Within A Year

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the biggest challenge associated with the legalization of cannabis has been the supply shortage — but he expects it to disappear within a year. In an end-of-year interview with The Canadian Press Friday, Trudeau predicted the problem would be resolved “during the coming months and perhaps the coming […]

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Web of Venom: Carnage Born Ties Cletus Kasady to Venom’s New Mythology

Marvel’s current Venom comic has been busy expanding on the mythology of Venom and his fellow symbiotes, and now we know how Carnage ties into that bigger picture. Warning: this article contains spoilers for Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1! Over the past few months, readers have learned that Venom and the rest of Marvel’s […]

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How an ex-Army officer inspired by The Great Escape masterminded the evacuation of White Helmet rescuers from Syria

One morning last July, Amer locked the front door of his house in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, shoved his house keys and documents into his jeans pocket, and rode off on motorcycle. “I had no hope of survival,” he recalled. “I was leaving my country, my friends, my family, everything I was used […]

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TIFF 2018: Ryan Gosling, Justin Trudeau's Meetup Is So Canadian

What happens when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and movie star Ryan Gosling meet up at the Toronto International Film Festival? You get one of the most Canadian moments ever. Gosling, who’s from London, Ont., attended a TIFF after-party celebrating the Canadian premiere of his film “First Man,” about the life and legacy of Neil Armstrong. […]

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Unbeaten Tufts still tops NFCA Division III Top 25

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Doug Ford Defends Hydro One Changes After U.S. Regulators Reject Deal

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s moves to make changes to the senior ranks of Hydro One after U.S. regulators rejected the utility’s proposed takeover of an American company over concerns of political interference. Ford says his Progressive Conservatives are working to bring hydro rates down for Ontario residents, something he […]

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Women and children sent to shield Isil from US-backed forces closing in on final pocket of caliphate

The landscape of the eastern Syrian desert is so flat that from a vantage point 300 yards away you can almost see the entirety of Islamic State’s minuscule last pocket of territory. Women in black abayas walk the street that runs through the village of Baghuz in Deir Ezzor province – a hamlet so small […]

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