CHICAGO – NFCA Vice President for Awards and Hall of Fame chair Pat Conlan announced the 2019 NFCA Hall of Fame induction class at the conclusion of this year’s Hall of Fame Banquet on Dec. 7 during the NFCA National Convention held at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. Dee Abrahamson, former head coach and senior woman administrator…

OTTAWA — Canada’s top public servant scolded a Conservative senator for his remarks at the “United We Roll” rally as an example of violence-inciting rhetoric that may lead to an assassination during the upcoming federal election campaign. Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick told the House of Commons justice committee Thursday he is deeply concerned about…

Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation announced the start of negotiations with its Chinese counterparts in an effort to counter off Washington’s sanctions. “We are holding negotiations with our Chinese partners. The most important thing is to avoid disparities in other sectors due to the transition to mutual settlements in national currencies,” the service’s chief…

SALEM, Va. — In an effort to beat the impending bad weather, it was an early wakeup call on day three of the NCAA Division II Championships at the Moyer Sports Complex as the first two elimination games’ first pitches were thrown at 8:30 a.m. No. 6 Saint Leo and No. 7 Southern Arkansas moved…

The Vatican has been trying to get hip with the times ever since Pope Benedict XVI got a Twitter account in 2012. But Pope Francis took it to a new level on Saturday when he posted a tweet calling the Virgin Mary an “influencer.” Sure, as a significant figure in a religion with followers that…

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, controlled by Russian energy giant Gazprom, is unlikely to be cancelled, according to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). “Nord Stream 2 is not the project that I support with all my heart… But key decisions were made earlier. The project just can’t…

Natural gas prices have fallen sharply after spiking to multi-year highs in late 2018, and prices could fall further still. The US entered the peak winter demand season with gas inventories at a 15-year low, which left the natural gas markets vulnerable to unexpected bouts of cold weather. In November, Henry Hub natural gas prices jumped as…

Trade between Russia and Japan grew by 20 percent to $20 billion last year, Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin has said. He met with his Japanese counterpart Hiroshige Seko in Moscow on Tuesday. “Now we are specifying the categories of goods where we have prospects of increasing supplies,” the minister told journalists. Moscow and Tokyo…

Takasaki City, Japan  — Japan Cup Most Valuable Player Monica Abbott stifled the Japan offense, while Delaney Spaulding  and Amanda Chidester each blasted two-run home runs as Team USA topped Japan, 4-0 to win the 2018 Japan Cup.  With the title, the U.S. finished their 2018 international season with a perfect 20-0 record. Box Score “First…

VANCOUVER — A media report is quoting Canada’s ambassador to China as saying it would be “great for Canada” if the United States drops an extradition request against a Huawei executive, the day after he apologized for a politically explosive slip of the tongue when discussing the case. StarMetro Vancouver says John McCallum made the…