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Six-time champ Neshoba opens No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Neshoba Central opens the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll in a familiar spot — the same No 1 position it held for the final eight weeks last season. The six-time defending Mississippi 5A state champion, which was a perfect 34-0 a year ago, is already 4-0 and is unbeaten […]

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Doug Ford Called Out For Claiming Trudeau Carbon Tax Will Trigger Recession

TORONTO — Environmentalists slammed Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday for claiming the federal government’s carbon tax could plunge Canada into a recession. “It is simply not true that pricing pollution causes a recession,” Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said in a statement. “Alberta and BC continue to lead the country in economic growth […]

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Australia bans Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights following second deadly crash

The fallout from the second crash involving Boeing’s newest 737 passenger jet has reached Australian shores after it became the latest country to ground the aircraft. The Australian civil aviation authority has followed similar moves announced by China, Indonesia, the Cayman Islands, Ethiopia, Mongolia and Morocco earlier this week. On Tuesday, South Africa, Singapore and […]

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Virginia Wesleyan repeats as NCAA Division III national champion

OKLAHOMA CITY — All-Tournament Team selection Madison Glaubke hit a booming two-run homer and Most Outstanding Player Hanna Hull took things from there, as Virginia Wesleyan University captured its second-straight NCAA Division III national championship on Monday at OGE Energy Field at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex. Glaubke had two hits, and two-time […]

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Tina Fontaine Asked Social Agencies For Help Weeks Before Tragic Death: Children's Advocate's Report

SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. — Manitoba’s children’s advocate says an Indigenous teenager was left homeless and at risk for sexual exploitation when she asked social agencies for help in the weeks before she was found dead in a river but was told there were no beds available. Daphne Penrose says in her report into the […]

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Huawei may pull out of markets where it is not ‘welcome’

Chinese tech giant Huawei says it will focus on countries “where we are welcome” amid accusations the firm poses security risks in the West, chairman Liang Hua reportedly said during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Washington has accused Huawei of spying, and of posing a security threat to the US. It has been […]

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Edwards, Rochard garner 2019 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I weekly honors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An unhittable Keely Rochard of Virginia Tech and Nebraska slugger Tristen Edwards earned 2019 Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 11-17.  Rochard, a sophomore from Williamsburg, Va., tossed consecutive no-hitters last weekend at the Wingate by Wyndham Invitational. She picked up a […]

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Russia’s Sakhalin Island could provide China with more energy

Russia is considering boosting exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China. The LNG would come from its largest island, Sakhalin, to fulfil Beijing’s growing energy demand, Russia’s envoy to the country has revealed. “There are plans to supply liquefied gas to China not only from the Yamal [LNG plant], but also from Sakhalin. It […]

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FSU unanimous No. 1 in this week’s 2019 DI USA Today / NFCA Top 25 Coaches Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida State remained undefeated with four wins last week and is the unanimous No. 1 for the first time this season in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Seminoles (21-0) captured all 32 first-place votes and 800 points. FSU was one of three programs to reach the 20-win […]

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Justin Trudeau Says He Still Doesn't Understand Why Jody Wilson-Raybould Quit Cabinet

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t understand Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation from cabinet despite her explanations this week to government ministers and the Liberal caucus. “This is not a decision that remains clear to me,” Trudeau said to reporters in Halifax this morning. The prime minister is trying to manage fallout from anonymous […]

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