Woman imam who braved death threats calls for ban on foreign funding of Europe’s mosques

As the first female imam to open a mosque in Germany, Seyran Ates has endured death threats and fatwas. She even survived being shot as a young women’s rights activist during her law studies at the age of 21.  Now she is gearing up for a new struggle — against the Middle Eastern funding she…

Florida Regains No. 1 Ranking in USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Florida became the third team in three weeks to sit atop the rankings as the Gators (44-4) regained their No. 1 ranking in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association.   Florida, which picked up 18 first place votes and 786 total points, completed a…

Custodians of French language finally cave in to the ‘feminine form’

Custodians of the French language are reportedly on the verge of enacting a linguistic “revolution” by finally accepting that job titles take the feminine form. For centuries, members of the hallowed Académie Française – created in 1635 to "fix the French language, giving it rules, rendering it pure and comprehensible by all” – had refused…

Game of Thrones: Reunion Special Confirmed, but It Won’t Air on HBO

HBO’s Game of Thrones cast members will appear in a reunion special, but it won’t be shown on HBO, reports Entertainment Weekly. The special will instead be included in a planned Game of Thrones complete series home video box set, the first to package all eight seasons together. Actors like Sean Bean (Ned Stark) who…

Smith, Jenkins, Armstrong, Fouts, Hall Named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the first time this season, all five regions were represented as Danielle Smith (Model Secondary School for the Deaf / Washington, D.C.), Gabbi Jenkins (Floyd Central HS / Floyds Knobs, Ind.), Brentley Armstrong (Straughn HS / Andalusia, Ala.), Montana Fouts (East Carter HS / Grayson, Ky.) and Delaney Marshall (Prescott HS…

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct Announced

Nintendo has announced that there will be a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct and a Nintendo Treehouse: Live Presentation on Thursday, November 1 at 7am PT/10am ET/2pm BST. Revealed on Nintendo’s Twitter, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct will contain “roughly 40 minutes of new information” and will be the final Direct before the…

Regular Active Breaks From Sitting Are Good For Health, No Matter How Intense

A new review has found that alternating prolonged periods of sitting with regular breaks to get up and move around could help offset the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle. The researchers found that taking regular breaks to perform short, repeated bouts of activity lowered concentrations of blood sugar and insulin in the bloodstream for…