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REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced blunt questions from people at a town hall meeting in Regina including one from a man who fears Canada’s immigration policies are putting lives at risk. The man told Trudeau that Canada’s policy threatens freedom, that Islam and Christianity don’t mix and that immigrants want to kill Canadians. […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Westminster College’s Jazmyn Rohrer and Centenary College’s Anna Dunn captured this week’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively. Senior right-hander Rohrer went 5-0 in six appearances and four starts in the circle, striking out 64 over 33.1 innings. The Purcellville, Va., native fanned a career-best […]

Commuters at the Novokosino metro station in Moscow were flabbergasted at the sight of two young men carrying a coffin draped in a Crimson cloth this week – not exactly the ideal company during a trip around the city. In the clip, widely shared in Russia, the men can be seen struggling with the heavy […]

Colorado Springs, Colo.- The NJCAA National Office announced this week’s NJCAA Softball Players of the Week for games played Feb. 26 through March 4.  –Courtesy of NJCAA 

A rare painting by famous Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi went missing from a wall in Moscow’s Tretyakov gallery as dozens of visitors were enjoying the exhibit. The audacity with which the painting titled ‘Ai-Petri. Crimea’ was stolen may make ‘Thomas Crown’ pale in  comparison.  A man, described by witnesses as a tall, blond male in […]

TORONTO — A woman who became the first female Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school has launched a lawsuit against the university, alleging it racially discriminated against her and forced her to resign from the post earlier this year. Angelique EagleWoman, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe of South Dakota, was appointed head […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Five programs were selected by their peers as the 2017 NFCA Travel Ball Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, announced the Association on Wednesday morning. Representing each of the NFCA’s five Travel Ball regions, these respective coaching staffs – Legends (W.Va.) Softball (East), Beverly (Ill.) Bandits (North), Tennessee Mojo (South), Texas Glory (South […]

Russia’s Ministry of Defense has released footage of a new Borey-class nuclear submarine performing tests at sea. The new addition to the “stealth” 955 Project family is expected to join the Navy later this year. Video showing the fourth-generation Borey ultra-silent missile-carrying nuclear submarine was published on the Day of the Submariner in Russia. The […]

LAS VEGAS – Day three of the 2017 NFCA Convention is in the books as four new members entered the prestigious Hall of Fame. Additionally, speakers filled the day and the Softball Summit presented by USA Softball introduced the membership to softball dignitaries, recognized two members for their selflessness and perseverance and announced the grand […]

The Fokins family must have a most qualified guardian angel looking after their baby boy. On New Year’s Eve their home folded in on itself after a blast, and the toddler spent over 30 hours in freezing cold under rubble. Little Vanya will be celebrating his first birthday in a new home come Saturday. He […]