OKLAHOMA CITY – Behind eight unanswered runs, Florida State captured its first NCAA Division I national championship with an 8-3 victory over Washington on Tuesday evening at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. The Seminoles (57-12) swept the WCWS Championship Series and become the first program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to win a national title in…
Sixty percent of Canadians now feel that the country’s oil pipeline capacity has reached crisis levels, according to a new survey from the Angus Reed Institute. Pipeline takeaway capacity has bitten into Canada’s oil revenues as Canada’s Western Canadian Select benchmark price continues to trade at an uncomfortable discount. An astonishing 70 percent of all…
OTTAWA — Canada will not sign on to an amendment to an international treaty that could bar three dozen countries from shipping any kind of garbage, even recyclables, to the developing world. The amendment to the Basel Convention that puts limitations on shipments of hazardous waste was proposed more than 20 years ago but has…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Randolph-Macon College’s Candace Whittemore and Kaitlyn Hasty of Christopher Newport University claimed Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors on Wednesday. Senior right-hander Whittemore dominated her two starts, going 2-0 with five hits and no runs allowed, while walking one and fanning 14 over 10 innings of…
Russian-based world leader in diamond mining, Alrosa, has mined a gem-quality diamond weighing almost 100 carats at its deposit in the northeastern region of Yakutia. It is the second-largest gem ever found at the facility. The diamond, which has an octahedral shape, was found at the Zapolyarnaya kimberlite pipe, which is the part of the…
EDMONTON — The last legal restrictions on Omar Khadr were lifted Monday when an Alberta judge ruled that a war crimes sentence for the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner has expired. “I’m really happy with the decision today,” Khadr said outside Edmonton’s courthouse. “It’s been a while, but I’m happy it’s here. Right now I’m just…
A New Jersey jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of liability in a lawsuit by a man who alleged asbestos in the company’s talc-based products, including baby powder, caused his mesothelioma. The jury in Middlesex County Superior Court found that the plaintiff Ricardo Rimondi hadn’t proved he was exposed to asbestos via the…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ariel Thompson of Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Okla.) was named the first MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week of the 2018-19 season. Thompson is recognized for her outstanding play during the week of Aug. 6-12. Thompson went 3-0 in the circle with three shutouts and 40 strikeouts, while homering twice…
Israel hasn’t had a team sport qualify for the Olympics since 1968 and softball could be the first, announced the Israeli Softball Association. Stacy Iveson, University of Arizona Director of Operations, has been tabbed head coach of the team that will compete at the European Championships during the summer of 2019. “I am honored to be…
A Belgian commercial court has supported local taxi firms and said that world-famous Uber services are outlawed in Brussels, according to local media reports citing the court decision. The court order was issued on December 18 by the Dutch-speaking tribunal of commerce, Belgian news outlets La Libre Belgique and La Derniere Heure said on Thursday….