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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is officially free-to-play on PC and Mac, and a new, smaller scale battle royale mode has been added. Announced through counter-strike.net, the mode is called Danger Zone, and is played by 16 players at a time (this can go up to 18 if players queue as a squad of two or three). […]

JOLIET, Ill. — Dick Smith, a longtime coach at the University of Saint Francis and Valparaiso University, who also was an accomplished author and served his country in the U.S. Army and as an FBI special agent, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer. He was 83. Smith served two 10-year stints as St. […]

The French language is poised to undergo a feminine facelift after the austere council charged with safeguarding France’s linguistic heritage abandoned its hard-nosed opposition to the feminization of job titles. In a surprising departure from its centuries-old ban on feminine-fiddling with trade names, the Academie Francaise, or “French Academy,” has declared in a new report […]

Update #2: According to a report by Ars Technica, Wade Callender filed a discrimination claim with the Texas Workforce Commission’s Civil Rights Division 10 days before Gearbox sued him. Ars Technica’s report says the claim alleged Gearbox took part in “harassment, discipline, inequitable terms and conditions, and discharge” because of an employee’s religious beliefs. Gearbox […]

He is used to being chauffeur driven in a convoy on royal tours but on Tuesday Prince Charles took to the driving seat to embrace Cuba’s love of classic cars. The heir to the throne took the wheel of a beautifully restored 66-year-old MG TD – a rare sight on an island where many still drive […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Barry junior Cheyanne Head and Catawba senior Carley Tysinger were named the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively on Wednesday afternoon. The each earned their first nod after outstanding play during the week of Feb. 15-21. Head was nearly perfect at the plate in Barry’s three-game Sunshine […]

Indian media have provided a detailed account of its downed pilot’s dramatic air combat with Pakistan in Kashmir, featuring rapid duels and daring aerial maneuvers on both sides. Some details have been disputed by Islamabad. The detailed account of the dogfight was published by India’s Times Now channel in an exclusive on Sunday. The minute-by-minute […]

A new Ghost in the Shell anime is headed to Netflix by studios Production I.G. and SOLA Digital Arts. Announced by Netflix, Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 will arrive in 2020 and will be co-directed by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’s Kenji Kamiyama and Appleseed’s Shinji Araki. This project was announced in 2017, […]

Jussie Smollett, an actor in US series "Empire" has been indicted on 16 felony counts by a grand jury in Chicago after being accused of staging a racist attack on himself.  Smollett, 36, who is considered one of America’s leading black television actors, was accused by police late last month of  "exploiting the pain and […]

OTTAWA — Politics is ingrained in an era of “extreme partisanship” and unless parliamentarians tone down “anti-democratic” rivalries, public confidence in federal parties will deteriorate, warns a new report by the Samara Centre for Democracy. The Toronto-based non-partisan charity published a report Wednesday titled “The Real House Lives,” encouraging parties adopt changes to limit the […]