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Tickets on sale for NPF Championship Series

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tickets for the 2017 NPF Championship Series presented by Marucci are on sale now through the NPF website. The Series will be held August 17-20 at LSU’s Tiger Park. Ticket purchase options range from single session General Admission to Series Pass with Hospitality. Pricing ranges from a $7.50 single session general admission daily […]

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Nuclear power becomes critical to Arctic dominance

Small Modular Reactors could become crucial to power remote outposts and vessels as the Arctic race heats up. For many, the Northeast Passage through the Arctic could one day be a ‘Northern Suez Canal’. While icy waters have frozen such dreams, recent advances in nuclear technology might finally unlock the full economic potential of the […]

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Russian Senate approves rules on fighting ‘fake news’ & other misinformation

The upper chamber of the Russian parliament has approved two bills, which are meant to fight harmful misinformation and insulting publications online. The two pieces of legislation, which earlier went in tandem through the lower chamber, give the Russian government the authority to seek removal or block certain content online. One deals with false information […]

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2017 USA Softball JWNT World Championship roster announced

OKLAHOMA CITY – The final roster for the 2017 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) was announced  by USA Softball. The 17-member roster will compete in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Junior Women’s World Championship (JWWC) set to take place July 24-30 in Clearwater, Fla.  The official tournament schedule features a total of 99 […]

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Ukraine should reimburse Crimea for 25 years of ‘unfair treatment’ – Russian Duma speaker

The Crimea peninsula suffered big economic losses by being a part of Ukraine, so Kiev should be obliged to pay it compensation, suggested the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament. Vyacheslav Volodin called on MPs to study “how much the Crimean economy has lost from the disastrous policy of Ukraine.” “Ukraine treated […]

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Not Much Has Changed Since The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre

On December 6 every year, Canadians remember the 14 women killed for being women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal on that day in 1989. Nearly 30 years later, not much has changed. In 2017, 84 per cent of homicide victims in Canada killed by a current or former intimate partner were women. In the […]

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Three unbeaten teams in mix for NFCA Division III Leadoff title

Click:brick making machine TUCSON, Ariz. — Heading into the final day of the 2018 NFCA NCAA Division III Leadoff Classic at the Lincoln Park Complex, there is a three-team race for tournament champion honors.     Texas Lutheran (6-0), Trine (4-0) and Virginia Wesleyan (12-0) are all 4-0 after the first two days of the […]

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Russian adventurer survives hurricane-force winds on a solo rowboat as he scrapes through Pacific

Russian explorer Fedor Konyukhov, who is traveling across the globe on a solo rowboat, has survived hurricane-force winds as he makes his way through the turbulent waters of the Southern Pacific. Konyukhov set off for his round-the-globe trip in December from Dunedin, New Zealand and managed to cross half of the Southern Pacific in just […]

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Travel + Leisure's Best Places To Visit In 2019 List Includes 2 Canadian Hot Spots

Editors at Travel + Leisure magazine have released their picks for the top destinations to visit in 2019, a list that includes destinations such as India’s Andaman Islands, Hungary’s under-the-radar wine region Etyek, and emerging capitals of culture such as Nairobi and Panama City. The U.S. travel magazine is the latest to throw in their […]

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Katy stays atop USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Katy kept rolling and remained in the No. 1 spot in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll for a second consecutive week. The (28-1) Tigers routed Morton Ranch and Tompkins by a combined score of 25-5 and have now won 18 straight. Next up is a home game Friday against […]

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