NFCA announces acquisition of NSC’s National Softball Coaches Clinics

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is pleased to announce that it has acquired seven National Softball Coaches Clinics, which have provided softball coaches access to the highest quality of instruction for the past 30 years. With this purchase from National Sports Clinics (NSC), it is an opportunity for the NFCA to continue…

New amendments order reporters working for ‘foreign agent’ companies to get same status

Russian MPs have prepared new amendments ordering reporters who receive money from foreign sources and promote the agenda of media outlets registered as ‘foreign agents’ to receive this status as private persons. The motion has been prepared by lawmakers from the majority party United Russia and leftist parliamentary opposition party Fair Russia and was presented…

Konami Anniversary Collections Include Castlevania, Contra, and Arcade Classics

Konami, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, will be releasing three Anniversary Collections that highlight Castlevania, Contra, and its Arcade Classics. These Anniversary Collections will be available digitally on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC and will each include a bonus eBook that is “packed with new information about the titles, including interviews…

CRA Scam Calls Are Increasing, But RCMP Warnings Are Only In English And French

OTTAWA — Tax scammers used aggressive techniques to bilk more than $15.2 million from Canadians’ pockets in the past four years, but the RCMP isn’t warning those who don’t speak English or French about the practices. RCMP officials told reporters in Ottawa this week that education is the best means of protecting oneself from fraudsters…

Tennessee’s Vines, Arizona’s O’Toole garner Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I weekly honors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Tennessee’s Brooke Vines and Arizona’s Danielle O’Toole were named Louisville Slugger NFCA Division I National Player of the Week, for games played March 20-26, announced the Association on Tuesday afternoon. Vines had a monster week for the Volunteers, guiding them to four victories, including a three-game SEC sweep of then-No. 23 Ole Miss….

Former Ukrainian DM charged with inciting terrorism over calls to bomb Russian trains

Russian investigators have charged former Ukrainian Defense Minister Anatoly Gritsenko with inciting terrorist activities after he urged his supporters to bomb Russian trains during a televised interview in 2014. The press service of the Russian Investigative Committee – the federal agency dealing with especially important crime – reported on Wednesday that a new criminal case…

Activision Blizzard Layoffs Included 209 Employees From Blizzard

According to a recently discovered report, 209 of the around 800 employees who were laid off as part of the Activision Blizzard restructuring worked on the Blizzard side of the gaming company. As reported by Variety, records were obtained from California’s Employment Development Department that stated that these 209 Blizzard layoffs impacted those around the…

N.S. Woman Audrey Parker Said Assisted Death Law Forced Her To Die Sooner Than She Wanted

HALIFAX — A terminally ill Halifax woman ended her life Thursday with medical assistance, after issuing a final deathbed plea asking lawmakers to change Canada’s assisted dying law. Audrey Parker was given a lethal injection and “died peacefully” in her Halifax apartment, surrounded by close friends and family, friends said in a news release late…

Latham, Mullen, Overfield named first 2017 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Demopolis’ (Ala.) Abbey Latham, Grapeland’s (Texas) Taylar Mullen and Casey Overfield of San Ramon Valley (Calif.) were selected the first MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week of the 2017 spring season. The trio is recognized for their accomplishments in games played Feb. 20-26. South Region Latham played a key role…

LibDems crush ruling party rivals in Russian Far East & central regions’ governor elections

The populist nationalist Liberal Democratic Party candidate has won over two thirds of the vote in the run-off governor polls in Russia’s Khabarovsk Region, while another LDPR candidate took Vladimir Region with a 20-point lead. The Russian State Duma MP and the LDPR candidate, Sergey Furgal, has gained almost 70 percent of votes in Khabarovsk…