PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Most residents of a northern B.C. community are being allowed back into their homes after a gas pipeline ruptured, sparking a massive blaze.

RCMP say the explosion happened at about 5:30 p.m. PT Tuesday and forced about 100 members of the nearby Lheidli T’enneh First Nation from their homes.

Officials say it was from an Enbridge natural gas pipeline in Shelley, B.C., about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George.

Police say residences within several kilometres were evacuated as a precaution, but the evacuation zone has now been reduced to residences within a one kilometre radius of the explosion site.

They say there are no injuries and no reported damage other than to the pipeline itself.

The gas supply has been shut down and police say there is no indication of a cause at this point in time.

National Energy Board spokesman Tom Neufeld said the fire was along Enbridge’s Westcoast main line, which falls under the board’s jurisdiction.

The Westcoast Transmission System transports natural gas produced in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to consumers in B.C. and, through interconnecting pipelines, other Canadian provinces and the United States.

“NEB inspectors have been deployed to this area. They’re going to monitor and oversee the company’s response to the incident, and they’re going to determine the impact and extent of the fire and release,” Neufeld said.

The agency will work closely with the Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for investigating the incident, he said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisiana shortstop DJ Sanders and Villanova southpaw Brette Lawrence named Louisville Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and of the Week, respectively, for games played April 17-23, announced the Association on Tuesday afternoon.

Sanders was a familiar site on the base paths last week. She reached base safely in 14 of 15 plate appearances and scored all but once, totaling 13 runs. The junior from Columbus, Miss. also drew nine walks and recorded a .933 on-base percentage. When she did have a chance to swing the bat, Sanders recorded five hits (5-for-6), four of which left the park, and drove in 10 runs. She opened the scoring with a two-run first-inning homer in a 11-9 road win at then-No. 4 Texas A&M. Sanders also drew a pair of two-out walks that set up a grand slam and a base-clearing double. In the first two games of a Sun Belt doubleheader versus Georgia State, she was 4-for-4 with three dingers, seven RBI and seven runs scored. Her four long balls brought her NCAA-leading total to 27.

“We have a plan that changes for each pitcher and Coach Mike does a good job preparing us for what’s coming,” Sanders said after Saturday’s performance at the plate. “We spend all week preparing for it, so I’m not up there guessing what the pitcher is going to throw. It just so happens that when I square it, it usually goes out, but it’s only because of the preparation that Coach Mike has put in.”

Highlighted by a perfect game against St. John’s, Lawrence was 5-0 with a 0.76 ERA and 21 strikeouts to just three walks in 27.1 innings of work. While holding St. John’s offense, who owned the BIG EAST’s top batting average, scoreless in two starts, the senior from Sparks, Nev. limited her opposition to a .194 batting average. In the six-inning perfecto, Lawrence struck out four Red Storm batter in an 8-0 win. A day earlier, she surrendered four hits, struck out seven and did not walk a batter in a complete-game 2-0 triumph over St. Johns. Additionally, she earned a complete-game win over Monmouth and collected a pair of wins against Fairleigh Dickinson in which she did not allow a run and struck out five in seven innings of work.

“Everyone was energetic and ready to play well, so it made my job easy,” said Lawrence. “I knew in my mind as the game went on that it was a perfect game, but we all kept it to ourselves until it actually happened. The last inning was nerve-wracking, but I kept telling myself to throw one pitch at a time and throw my best pitch. I knew my defense would be right behind me, just like they were all game.” 

Player of the Week
April 25 – DJ Sanders (Louisiana)
April 18 – Caroline Seitz (Mississippi State)
April 11 – Jessica Warren (Florida State)
April 4 – Kaylan Jablonski (Nebraska)
March 28 – Brooke Vines (Tennessee)
March 21 – Braxton Burnside (Missouri)
March 14 – Chloe Miller (Wisconsin)
March 7 – Alex Mycek (East Carolina)
Feb. 28 – Mo Mercado (Arizona)
Feb. 21 – Bailey Landry (LSU)
Feb. 14 – Mary Stephens (Missouri State)

Pitcher of the Week
April 25 – Brette Lawrence (Villanova)
April 18 – Kelly Barnhill (Florida)
April 11 – Randi Rupp (Texas State)
April 4 – Cheyenne Baker (Missouri)
March 28 – Danielle O’Toole (Arizona)
March 21 – Sierra Hyland (Cal Poly) & Emily Watson (Tulsa)
March 14 – Alexis Osorio (Alabama)
March 7 – Kelsee Selman (Baylor)
Feb. 28 – Sam Show (Texas A&M)
Feb. 21 – Jessica Burroughs (Florida State)
Feb. 14 – Taran Alvelo (Washington)

Selected Top Performances
Katiyana Mauga, Arizona (Pac-12 Player of the Week)- .474, 9 H, 5 HR, 9 RBI, 1.316 SLG; Rachel Garcia, UCLA (Pac-12 Pitcher & Freshman of the Week)- 2-0, save, 0.00 ERA, 2 R, 0 ER, 16 K, 4 BB, 8 H, .151 opp. BA, 14 IP, .400 BA, 4 H, RBI; Taran Alvelo, Washington- 2-0 at Alabama, 12 K, SHO, 12 IP; Kelly Barnhill, Florida (SEC Pitcher of the Week)- 2-0, SHO, 0 R, 25 K, 1 BB, 12 IP; Kayli Kvistad, Florida (SEC Player of the Week)- .636, 7 H, 8 RBI; Sarah Cornell, Hofstra (CAA Pitcher of the Week)- 2-0, 1.00 ERA, SHO, 18 K, .122 opp BA, no-hitter vs. Stony Brook (9K); Megan Good, JMU (CAA Player of the Week)- 3-for-4, 2 2B, HR, 2.000 SLG, .833 OBP, 4 RBI, 1-0, 0.81 ERA, 1 R, 5 H, 4 K; 2-0, SHO, 0 R; Abby Morrow, Radford (Big South Co-Pitcher of the Week)- 4-0, 0.26 ERA, 3 SHO, 1 R, 15 K, 3 BB, 26.2 IP; Abby Stoner, Western Michigan (MAC West Player of the Week)- .545 (6-for-11), 2 HR, grand slam, 8 RBI, 4 BB, .667 OBP; Emily Watson, Tulsa (American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week)- 3-0, 0.37 ERA, 31 K, 0 BB; Jordan de los Reyes, Illinois State (MVC Player of the Week)- .692, 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 1.462 SLG; Vicky Kinney, Omaha (Summit League Player of the Week)- .667 (10-for-15), .688 OBP, 1.133 SLG, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI; Maddie Houlihan, Minnesota (Big Ten Player of the Week)- .526, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R, .571 OBP; Sara Groenewegen, Minnesota (Big Ten Pitcher of the Week)- 3-0, 2 SHO, 0 R, 35 K, 2 BB, 25 IP; Sam Dellinger, Creighton (BIG EAST Player of the Week)- .588, 3 HR, 8 R, 7 RBI, 1.294 SLG

This story contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy comics and Netflix series.

With word coming that The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a second season, we thought it would be worth revisiting some of our more popular stories about Season 1.

For more on Umbrella Academy, check out our Ending Explained feature here. Or learn all about the Umbrella Academy comics here!

Whether you’re watching the Netflix show or reading the comics, Umbrella Academy fans are dying to know the answer to one burning question: what happened to Ben Hargreeves AKA Number 6 AKA The Horror. We know he’s dead, but how?

An Unhappy Child

In the comics, the flashback scenes we do see of Ben show whipping tentacles emerging from his stomach, and we get a sense that he’s insanely powerful, but we really get no insight into what kind of personality he had as a young child.

Sir Reginald Hargreeves does mention in a personal note in the comics that #6 is “easily manipulated due to enthusiastic if naive nature.” And in Vanya’s book, she writes about The Horror, calling him “the kindest of my siblings, but he was so eager to please Father. He was easily manipulated, dragged into Father and Luther’s little games — and those two simply let him die.”

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Dr. Pogo reveals in Apocalypse Suite #5 in a diary excerpt, written during the children’s late teen years (prior to the death of The Horror) that, “None of the children want to be heroes, and none less than The Horror [00.06]. He’s only trying to please Hargreeves and Spaceboy. I suppose this is normal enough for a teenage human, but he’s not learning how to be an individual in his own right.”

We do see more of Ben’s personality displayed in the show. In flashbacks, he seems like a sad kid, reluctant to be a part of this crime-fighting team. In episode 1, we see the young Umbrella Academy respond to a bank robbery. It’s obvious that Ben does not want any part of this, but his brother #1 Luther persists. Begrudgingly, Ben goes in. And the shadows speak volumes. You hear screams, see people getting flung around, and blood splattered everywhere.

After foiling the bank robbery, the other Umbrella Academy members stand before the press beaming with pride, while Ben seems disengaged.

There’s not much to go on, so let’s really read into this. In the beginning of episode 1, we can see notes on Sir Reginald Hargreeves desk and it clearly says “Number 6 — seems to be angry” It’s hard to make out that last word, but even the rigid, emotionless Sir Hargreeves could see Ben was unhappy.

You may remember, in the comics, Pogo says none of the kids want to be heroes, but in the show, we see a different story. Besides Ben and Klaus, the rest of the Umbrella Academy seemed thrilled about using their powers and fighting crime during their childhood.

A sad, troubled child, extremely eager to please his father and brother, with a giant monster within him, that he’s internally conflicted about — sounds like a recipe for disaster.

From Pogo’s analysis and what we have seen, we can conclude that Ben wasn’t happy with himself or his situation. If your heart is not in something, you will not be performing at 100%. A half-hearted Ben could have had a tragic slip up that led to his demise.

The show drops hints about Ben’s death throughout the first episode. In the flashing family photos as the team ages, we see Ben eventually disappear. We also see a statue built in Ben’s honor with a plaque below grimly inscribed with:

“May the darkness within you find peace in the light.”

Who’s Responsible for Ben’s Death?

So what happened to Ben? We really have little to go on here. In the second issue of Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, we learn that #1 Luther AKA Spaceboy feels responsible or at least some guilt for what happened to Ben.

He’s seen with #3 Allison AKA The Rumor in front of Ben’s statue, and she says: “It wasn’t your fault, you know. I know everyone blames you for what happened to Ben. But none of us knows what really happened that day.”

Luther quickly changes the topic. And if you think that’s out of callousness, maybe not. In the comics, Luther has a robot assistant when he’s in space. The robot’s name? Ben. Perhaps Luther is paying homage to his fallen brother, trying to preserve his memory — or maybe it’s a chilling reminder of what went wrong that day, so it will never happen again.

In the comics and the show, Ben’s statue is not a child. The statue looks like a young man. And since Ben’s ghost in the show is an adult, that further backs that idea.

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We don’t see this exact scene between Luther and Allison play out in the show… but it is interesting to point out that in episode 1 when Luther and Diego (AKA #2, The Kraken) are fighting, Luther throws a punch at Diego and Luther accidentally knocks Ben’s statue off its pedestal and the head cracks off.

Luther (in the show and comics) is the de facto leader of the group. And in the first episode, it is Luther telling Ben to go into the vault. We can assume most of their missions went down like this, with Luther pushing Ben to take action that he probably did not want to.

Luther may have ordered Ben to do something that ended up taking his life. Or did Ben finally fight back with some sad result? Did Ben flee and fall into some trouble? What did Luther do? We posed this question to Umbrella Academy creator Gerard Way, and he teased that Luther may not be entirely to blame:

“I think that they all maybe have some involvement in his death,” said Way.

That changes things quite a bit. Knowing that everyone shoulders the blame for Ben’s death means that it might not be solely Luther’s fault. It could be that #1 simply feels the most responsible because he’s the team leader.

Unlike the comics, we actually get to see Ben’s ghost in the show, talking with Klaus quite a bit. Ben is kind of like Klaus’s Jiminy Cricket, trying to keep him on the straight and narrow.

When Ben is talking to Klaus, we don’t see any injuries or visible trauma. In episode 4, when Klaus talked to the dead while kidnapped by Cha-Cha and Hazel, it’s quite apparent how those people were killed. But who knows, maybe Ben’s clothing is hiding some monstrous wound we just can’t see.

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For now, the biggest clue to take away here is that perhaps the whole family was involved in Ben’s death, and whatever happened to him, it doesn’t seem like he was taken out in a traditional way. We are talking about Umbrella Academy here, with time travel, mind control, superpowers, the gamut. Ben’s cause of death seems far from normal.

But when we asked Way what actually happened to Ben, the creator remained tight-lipped. “I’m not even quite sure if I could reveal that. That’s beyond a spoiler because it has to do with the comic too and it hasn’t been revealed in the comic,” Way told IGN.

“I don’t even know what happened to Ben!” Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman admitted. So, stay tuned for a future season?

Any theories on what happened to Ben? Tell us in the comments section. And don’t forget to check out our review of The Umbrella Academy Season 1 and our Umbrella Academy explainer.

Jacki Jing is an Amazonian Super Hero Ninja wannabe by moonlight and a host/producer for IGN by daylight. Anime’s her jam and Tuxedo Mask is her main man — him, or Batman. Follow her on Twitter at @jackijing.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rico woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her wealthy Canadian husband more than a decade ago was found guilty on Wednesday.

Aurea Vazquez Rijos had been charged with offering a man $3 million to kill real estate developer Adam Anhang. He was stabbed repeatedly and hit in the head with an object while walking with Vazquez through the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan in September 2005, just 12 hours after prosecutors said Anhang had asked for a divorce.

Vazquez is scheduled to be sentenced in January 2019. She will not face the death penalty, and attorneys have said they expect she will serve a life sentence in a case that sparked an international manhunt.

Defence lawyers said they would appeal the verdict.

A jury of seven men and five women also convicted Vazquez’s sister, Marcia Vazquez Rijos, and an ex-boyfriend of hers, Jose Ferrer Sosa. The main suspect, Alex Pabon Colon, pleaded guilty 10 years ago to killing Anhang and testified for the prosecution. Also testifying was a man who sued for wrongful conviction after he was convicted of killing Anhang and spent eight months in jail. He was released when Pabon was charged as federal authorities took over the case.

The victim’s father, Abraham Anhang, told The Associated Press that the verdict brought him and his family closure.

“These people thought they could get away with murder,” he said. “It’s been a long haul. They’ve been evading arrest, evading the law, evading taking responsibility and pretending they had nothing to do with it.”

Sued parents six months after he was killed

Vazquez and Anhang began dating two years before he was killed, and during that time bought her a car, an apartment and a business in Old San Juan called “The Pink Skirt.” They signed a prenup one day before getting married, with Anhang’s value estimated at more than $24 million and Vazquez’s at nearly $62,300.

Six months after Anhang was killed, Vazquez sued his parents seeking $1 million in damages and $8 million from his estate. Shortly after filing the lawsuit, she left for Florence, Italy. Once there, prosecutors said she falsified documents to prove she was Jewish and thought about moving to Israel, asking an attorney whether the country had an extradition agreement with the U.S.

Authorities arrested Vazquez in June 2013 after she flew from Italy to Spain. She and her one-month-old baby were extradited to Puerto Rico two years later, leaving behind a pair of female twins that she had with a man in Italy.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two more victories kept California’s Norco the clear-cut No. 1 team again this week in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll.

The (27-0) Cougars rolled past Corona, 11-3, and King, 7-0, to compete another perfect week and have Santiago — a team they defeated 6-1 on April 18 — up next later today. Norco has now outscored its opponents 191-36 this season, and has won 38 of its last 39 contests. The lone loss during that stretch was an 1-0 loss to Mater Dei in their 2016 finale — the CIF Southern Section playoffs.

There was actually no movement in the top 16 this week, with every team going unbeaten (La Cueva was idle). Oakleaf (27-2), Donovan Catholic (16-0), Londonderry (7-0) and Moniteau (14-0) all moved up one place apiece in positions 17-20, while No. 21 Stockdale (24-1) and No. 22 North Augusta (22-1-1) each advanced two spots.

Previously unranked Oshkosh North (13-2) of Wisconsin slides in as the new No. 23 team, and Kentucky schools Scott County (22-3) and Male (16-3) dropped to 24th and 25th, respectively, after both suffered their third loss. West Virginia’s Hurricane (23-3) rounds out the rankings, tied with the Bulldogs for the final spot.

State rankings submitted by NFCA member coaches are used to compile the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25.

USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll – May 4, 2017

Dropped out: Lexington (Tenn.)

HALIFAX — Tens of thousand of people across the Maritimes are without power this morning after the region was lashed by strong winds and heavy rain.

New Brunswick has been the hardest hit, with NB Power reporting more than 94,000 customers in the dark after 100 km/h winds swept across the province Saturday and into today.

Wind warnings had been posted Saturday and Environment Canada said parts of the province could also expect 15 millimetres of rain.

Nova Scotia, where wind and rain warnings was also posted, was hit with similar strength gusts overnight and into this morning along the Fundy coast and over northern sections of Cape Breton.

Nova Scotia Power reported this morning that more than 18,000 of its customers were waiting to be reconnected.

All of Prince Edward Island was under a wind warning Saturday and by this morning more than 3,000 Maritime Electric customers were without power.

Nintendo is allegedly planning to launch two new versions of the Switch console, potentially as early as this summer.

A report by The Wall Street Journal claims that Nintendo has an “enhanced” variant of the Switch in development, bolstered with features “targeted at avid videogamers”. This will be joined by a cheaper option of the console for casual gamers, with the intent of it acting as a successor to the 3DS.

The enhanced version reportedly won’t be as powerful as the PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, which is unsurprising considering Nintendo’s history of hardware choices. The more casual-focused console will drop functions from the standard Switch, such as controller vibration, in order to cut costs.

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“The company judged the new Switch models won’t need the vibration feature because there wouldn’t be many games released using the full benefit of it,” claims one of The Wall Street Journal’s sources.

The story cites unnamed parts suppliers and software developers as sources, stating that the developers have access to a prototype. It also notes that Nintendo has declined to offer comment.

These unnamed sources point to a summer release date, with the story suggesting an announcement at E3 in June, followed by a retail release a few months later.

The consoles will allegedly have new designs, rather than being just higher or lower-performance hardware housed in similar-looking cases.

Refreshed consoles are not an oddity in the world of games. While Sony and Microsoft are the most familiar with the strategy, having offered slimmer and more powerful options of their hardware a few years into the console’s lifecycle, Nintendo has also had success with revisions of the DS and 3DS.

While a series of unnamed sources mean that the story cannot be confirmed, it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see Nintendo announce new Switch hardware. Whether or not that will be at E3 this year, we can only wait and see.

Matt Purslow is IGN UK’s News and Entertainment Writer, and hasn’t left home without his Switch since 2017. You can follow him on Twitter. 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The race for the No. 1 has tightened as Florida State holds on to the top spot by the slimmest of margins in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced the Association on Tuesday morning. With four programs earning first-place votes, the Seminoles (32-1-1) have a mere 10-point lead over No. 2 Florida. 

Grabbing 18 first-place votes and 778 points, FSU allowed just one run over the course of four games as it knocked off UCF (4-0) and swept a three-game ACC road series at Virginia (13-1, 8-0, 10-0)  to extend its winning streak to 18 and undefeated streak 23 games.

No. 2 Florida and No. 3 Oregon each earned six first-place votes and 768 and 745 points, respectively. The Gators (29-1) extended their winning streak to 21 games with three victories last week over USF (8-0) and the first two contests against then-No. 4 Auburn (4-3, 7-0). The Ducks (29-0) continued as the lone undefeated squad defeating then-No. 11 Utah on the road in the first two games of their Pac-12 series.

Arizona, who garnered the final two first-place votes and 712 points, picked up a big Pac-12 series sweep of then-No. 6 Washington (3-0, 12-0, 5-2). The Wildcats (32-1) held one of the top offenses to just two runs as they extended their winning streak to 17 games.

Minnesota swept Nebraska on the road to moved up to No. 6, while Texas A&M stayed put at No. 7. The Huskies (26-6) fell two spots to No. 8. No. 9 Alabama took two-of-three from South Carolina. LSU rejoined the top-10 at No. 10 following four wins, including a three-game home sweep of then-No. 16 Georgia.

After a one-week absence, BYU returns at No. 25, while Cal Poly fell out of the No. 25 position.

The 2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference.  Records reflect games played through March 26.

2017 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Week 7 – March 28, 2017

Dropped Out: No. 25 Cal Poly (24-8)

New to Poll: No. 25 BYU

Receiving Votes: California (40), South Carolina (20), Ohio State (20), Cal Poly (16), Marshall (13), North Carolina (12), Florida International (10), Missouri (9), Tulsa (6), Oklahoma State (4), Texas State (2), Illinois (1), St. Francis (Pa.) (1).

The USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll is voted on by 32 NCAA Division I head coaches, one representing each conference.