Two teenagers who survived America’s deadliest high school shooting have committed suicide in the last week, bringing fresh tragedy to the Florida community. A 17-year-old boy who attended the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – where 17 people were killed last year – died on Saturday in what police are treating as…
As if we didn’t already love and respect Ariana Grande, we shed a tear alongside the 25-year-old pop-powerhouse during her moving tribute to the beloved Aretha Franklin. RIP Queen of Soul. The singer opened Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” by paying tribute to Franklin, who died Thursday at her home in…
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…
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s first major story-driven DLC, Legacy of the First Blade, has received a launch trailer, showing off a highly-important assassin. With Episode 1: Hunted releasing on December 4, Legacy of the First Blade follows the first assassin to wield a hidden blade: Darius I, son of Xerxes I. Though Darius had long passed since…
Western-backed forces look on the brink of defeating Islamic State in its final holdout in eastern Syria after seizing control of all but a tiny sliver of land on a river bank. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) made major gains on Tuesday after more than 150 “experienced” Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) militants became the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Covenant’s Morgan Lane and Washington (Mo.) University’s Annie Pitkin have been selected as the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III National Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. Lane, a junior first baseman from Chattanooga, Tenn., was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate last week with five runs scored,…
Has Canada’s economy dodged a bullet? The measures policymakers have put in place to cool down household borrowing appear to have had at least one positive effect: The risk of a debt crisis in Canada has come down significantly over the past year. The Geneva-based Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a sort of “central bank…
Louisville, Ky.- Both idle last week, Mission Viejo (Calif.) and Alexander Central (Taylorsville, N.C.) continue to hold the top two spots in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25. St. Amant (La.), Aledo (Texas), and Pioneer (San Jose, Calif.) each tallied wins and remain at No. 3 through No. 5, respectively. As Massachusetts…
Canada is a massive country, with all kinds of quirks that might not be immediately apparent to visitors. Spring and summer in the Great White North, for example, are more like concepts or metaphors than actual, distinct seasons of the year. To help the rest of the world understand Canada’s oddities, helpful Canadians have shared…
An Iranian dissident has been sentenced to read three books and re-write them word by word after calling the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a despot and demanding a national protest to end this rule. Abulfazl Ghadiani, 74, a founding member of the banned reformist Mujahedin of Islamic Revolution Organisation has already served several years behind bars…