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HALIFAX — Seven children, all members of a Syrian refugee family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in an early morning fire Tuesday that witnesses said quickly engulfed a home in a Halifax suburb. Their parents, identified as Ebraheim and Kawthar Barho, were in hospital Tuesday, where Ebraheim was fighting for his […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fifty outstanding softball players have been chosen for the 2019 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division III National Player of the Year watch list, which will be paired down in the coming months, until just one player remains at the conclusion of the season. Twenty-six returning NFCA All-Americans top the list, including seven first-team honorees, […]

Contracts for the purchase of troubled Boeing 737 MAX aircraft have been suspended indefinitely by a number of Russian airlines, according to Vladimir Afonsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Construction. He told TASS, with a reference to Deputy Transport Minister Aleksandr Yurchik, that these were contracts for the supply of […]

Editor’s Note: This article initially attributed a number of statements to Wilson Chowdhry, a representative of the British Pakistani Christian Association. After publication, Chowdhry and another representative of the group alerted HuffPost to problems with those attributions. An internal review determined that HuffPost UK did not accurately report his remarks and represented paraphrases of some […]

Continuing on the road to the Women’s College World Series (WCWS), ESPN will televise every game from the NCAA Division I Softball Super Regionals providing fans up to 24 games across ESPN networks from Thursday, May 24, to Sunday, May 27. Games will be available on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Road to the Women’s College World Series What […]

China undermines US monopoly, making cheaper goods and equipment America cannot spy on, veteran economist Michael Hudson told RT’s Max Keiser. He warns that the world is to split if the two powers fail to settle their row. Washington cannot stand and feels insecure when it cannot totally control other countries, allowing it to make […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says executives with “outrageous” salaries will lose their jobs as the province merges 20 health agencies into one. A reporter asked the premier at a Cambridge, Ont. announcement whether his government’s comments that no “frontline” workers will lose their jobs is an admission that others will. The government has changed its […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The NFCA is excited to announce that Easton Diamond Sports, LLC will continue its relationship with the Association. The longtime official sponsor renewed with the Association, signing a multi-year deal and will continue as the title sponsor for the NFCA’s Scholar-Athlete, Top Academic Team and Assistant Coach of the Year awards.  To […]

Russia will speed up its oil production cuts this month and plans to reach its share of the OPEC/non-OPEC output reduction by end-March or early April, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday. There is an understanding that Russia will reach higher compliance levels in March, Novak said, as carried by Russian news agency […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 2018 NFCA Convention kicks off in less than a month on Wednesday Dec. 5 and runs through Saturday, Dec. 8 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago.  Over the course of four days, attendees have a wide array of opportunities to educate themselves, network, conduct business, be recognized for their achievements, discover innovative products and […]