Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza after rocket attack injures British-Israeli family

Israeli warplanes carried out intense strikes against Hamas in Gaza on Monday night after a rocket attack wounded several members of a British-Israeli family, including two infants, and destroyed their house.  Israeli jets bombed the offices of Hamas’ leader and several other facilities in what a military spokesman said was just "the beginning” of a…

New Zealand shooting: Brenton Tarrant charged after 50 killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch

New Zealand shooting: 49 killed across two mosques​ PM Jacinda Ardern vows to change gun laws Suspect appears in court charged with murder Everything we know about the shooter Brenton Tarrant The victims: Afghan refugee viewed country as ‘slice of paradise’ Tech giants told ‘enough is enough’ after shooting live-streamed  Everything we know so far about the…

Curt Schilling Joins ESPN Team for Women’s College World Series Championship Finals

ESPN MLB analyst Curt Schilling has been added to the Women’s College World Series Championship Finals telecasts featuring No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 1 Florida in a best-of-three series which begins Monday, June 1, on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. ET from OGE Energy Field at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla. Schilling,…

Half a year after he quit the German national football team, Mesut Ozil still divides the land of his birth

Mesut Özil no longer plays for the German national football team, and doesn’t even live in Germany, but he still divides public opinion in the country. Reports that he has invited Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to be guest of honour at his wedding later this year have reignited the explosive row that turned many…

Boeing Share Price Plunges As Countries Ground 737 MAX Planes In Wake Of Ethiopia Crash

ADDIS ABABA/BEIJING (Reuters) — China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing‘s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday, and investigators recovered the black box from a crash that killed 157 people, the second disaster in less than five months involving the new model. At the crash site, men in Red Cross jackets and face masks…

Martinez, Lippens, Turner, Brees, Dolcini Named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Keren Martinez (Gorton HS / Yonkers, N.Y.), Morgan Lippens (Morgan Township HS / Valparaiso, Ind.), Lorrin Malerie Turner (Wise HS / Upper Marlboro, Md.), Olivia Brees (Jefferson West HS / Meriden, Kan.) and Hailey Dolcini (Fortuna HS / Fortuna, Calif.) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week, respectively, announced…

Wary calm as Egyptian-brokered ceasefire ends fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza

A wary calm returned to Gaza and southern Israel on Tuesday after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire brought an end to hours of intense fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas. Israeli jets struck targets throughout Gaza on Monday night, including the offices of the Islamist group’s leader, while Hamas and other Palestinian factions fired rockets at Israeli…