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RIO DE JANEIRO — Back in the game! The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted unanimously during Wednesday’s 129th IOC Session to include baseball/softball in the sports package for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.   The decision adds five sports — baseball/softball (counting as one sport for the purpose of the vote, since it was […]

Russiagate hysteria has ushered in a “dark period” for mainstream journalism, Wikileaks’ editor-in-chief told RT, adding that in a just world, the countless journalists who peddled the Russia collusion theory would be out of work. Speaking to Going Underground host Afshin Rattansi, Kristinn Hrafnsson noted that within twenty-four hours of Hillary Clinton’s “humiliating” defeat in […]

(Reuters) — Vegetarian burgers may finally be getting the recognition they need to go mainstream. On Monday Burger King and Silicon Valley startup Impossible Foods announced the rollout of the Impossible Whopper in 59 stores in and around St. Louis, Missouri. To mark the launch on April Fool’s day, the burger giant released a hidden-camera-style […]

In episode 2 of Humans Who Make Games – a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with the creators of some of the most highly regarded games today – comedian and host of the show, Adam Conover, talks with Derek Yu, the creator of Spelunky, Aquaria, Eternal Daughter and more. Yu shares insights of his journey on […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – NFCA Executive Director Carol Bruggeman with the support of the Board of Directors is pleased to announce the hiring of Annie Heskett as the Association’s Events and Outreach Specialist. Heskett becomes a full-time NFCA team member after joining the Association last May as an intern. In her new role, she will develop […]

Venezuela’s self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido has claimed that his chief of staff has been “kidnapped” by Venezuelan security services. While Caracas has not commented on these claims, the US was quick to react. The officers of the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) allegedly raided the house of Roberto Marrero, Guaido’s chief of staff, […]

It’s hard to know what exactly constitutes a healthy breakup. This is particularly true in the immediate aftermath, when few of us are, shall we say, in the most emotionally reasonable state. According to two different psychologists HuffPost Canada contacted for this story, it’s very normal to want to check on your ex’s activity, online […]

Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis claims the Kitty Pryde Spinoff X-Men film is still in development. Revealed through Twitter in response to a fan question about the status of the film in the midst of the Disney/Fox merger, Bendis says that he is currently working on the film. This revelation may come as a surprise […]

Akron, Ohio- The recognition and celebration continues on for Akron Racers right fielder A.J. Andrews. Last month Andrews made history at the annual NPF Awards Banquet, becoming the first woman to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award in the award’s 59-year history. Every year since 1957 the Gold Glove has been awarded to the best defensive player at […]

Senator Lyudmila Narusova wants to criminalize the denial of Stalin’s repressions and purges. The move comes after her daughter, presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak, faced several pro-Stalin opponents during campaign debates. Narusova intends to prepare a bill which would equate the justification of Stalinism to the justification of Nazism. “After all the public proclamations of [Russian […]