LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida remained No. 1 and the top-four teams stood pat in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The gap shortened to just eight points between the top-ranked Gators (46-4) and No. 2 Florida State as they received 18 and 11 first-place votes, respectively. UF and FSU will meet…
HALIFAX — Ottawa remains confident in its assisted dying legislation, and doesn’t plan changes despite a Halifax woman’s deathbed plea, federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Friday. She said the government feels strongly the two-year-old legislation strikes the appropriate balance between the protection of people’s autonomy and safeguards for vulnerable people. “We’re not considering changing…
The Russian government has issued a decree allowing young Syrians to study in Russian military schools for free if they have sufficient knowledge of Russian and pass the necessary exams. New Syrian cadets “will be accepted in military schools after a competition, within the limits allowed by the Russian law and in line with the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Cedar Grove’s (N.J.) Mia Faieta, Elwood’s (Ind.) Mackenzie Bryan, Warhill’s (Williamsburg, Va.) Kelly Rochard, Letcher County Central’s (Whitesburg, Ky.) Alyssa Franklin and Buena’s (Ventura, Calif.) Brooke Yanez were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week winners for their outstanding play during the week of May 29-June 4. East Region Faieta…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be trying on a new slogan to paint Conservative opponents of his carbon pricing plan in a more Trumpian light. “They look only to our past, rallying Canadians to ‘Make Pollution Free Again,’” Trudeau said emphatically at an event in Ottawa Monday. “Well, I know and you know, that…
Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said that media reports on changes to the state budget had mentioned sums that differed from those used in the actual draft, but refused to discuss the document before it is signed. Duma gives nod to bill on multimillion-ruble fake news fines “The decree was worded and drafted within…
EDMONTON — An Edmonton judge has denied former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr’s request for relaxed bail conditions and a Canadian passport. Justice June Ross says there’s no evidence of hardship or that the conditions are needlessly onerous. She says nothing has really changed since the last time Khadr asked for changes to his bail…
The Division I Softball Committee will reveal two top ten rankings during upcoming games on ESPN2. The first ranking will be announced on April 22, at 5 p.m. ET during the Oregon vs. Arizona game. The second ranking will occur on May 6, during the Auburn vs. Alabama game. First pitch for that game is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET….
America’s disrespect of the INF treaty and other bilateral agreements gives Russia every right to withdraw from the 1867 deal on handing Alaska over to the US and demand the return of the land, historian Nikolay Starikov said. In recent weeks, US President Donald Trump has been stressing his commitment to unilaterally abandon the landmark…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Calvin College’s Anna Gernant and Christopher Newport University’s Leah Andrews captured this week’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively. Junior right-hander Gernant pitched the (29-6) Knights past a pair of nationally-ranked opponents — Hope and Trine — and went 3-0 with a 0.00 earned-run average…