Los Alamitos takes back top spot in USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three wins, including a 3-1 victory over top-ranked Norco in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Division I championship game, vaulted Los Alamitos back to the No. 1 spot it occupied to open the season in the USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. The (28-3) Griffins also defeated Santiago,…

Putin grants Russian citizenship to MMA legend Jeff Monson

President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to Jeff ‘Snowman’ Monson, a distinguished MMA athlete known for his strong anti-capitalist stance and promotion of Soviet legacy. The decree with which the Russian president granted citizenship to the 47-year-old Jeff William Monson was published on the government portal for legal information on Tuesday. The Russian law…

Federal Government Pledging $165M For Veterans, Survivors It Shortchanged

OTTAWA — Repaying hundreds of thousands of disabled veterans and their survivors for a calculating error that deprived them of some of their pensions for seven years will cost $165 million, the federal government says. Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan revealed the error and compensation package Monday, on the eve of Remembrance Day, even as…

Marcelino, Davis, Neumann, Hawkins, Stephens named 2017 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Joel Barlow’s (Redding, Conn.) Briana Marcelino, Erie (Ill.)-Prophetstown’s Ashley Davis, Huntsville’s (Ala.) Lane Neumann, Southeast’s (Wichita, Kan.) Sydni Hawkins and Durham’s (Calif.) Brielle Stephens were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week winners for their outstanding play during the week of May 1-7. East Region Marcelino was a perfect 10-for-10…

Video of nurses abusing mentally ill patient sparks outrage, clinic boss ‘ready to resign’

The head of a psychiatric clinic in Russia’s Urals says he’s ready to resign after a disturbing video of nurses abusing an elderly patient surfaced online. Meanwhile, the internet demands a harsh punishment for the perpetrators. Two young hospital attendants are seen throwing a slipper at the man and kicking him in the backside in…

Toronto Police Make Arrest In Death Of Toronto Woman Found By Son 25 Years Ago

Toronto police have made an arrest in the death of a woman whose body was found by her six-year-old son 25 years ago. Det. Sgt. Stacy Gallant says 63-year-old Charles Mustard of Toronto was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the death of Barbara Brodkin, who died in March of 1993 when she was 41….

Aliens TV Series: Noah Hawley Pitched an FX Miniseries That Fox Shot Down

Aliens could have been developed into a TV miniseries by Legion show-runner Noah Hawley, but the pitch was declined by Fox. Deadline (via Bloody Disgusting) reports that Hawley, creator and writer of Fargo and Legion, wanted to bring an Aliens miniseries to the now Disney-owned FX channel in the “recent past,” but the proposal was…

Russian military to get ‘research units’ manned by contract servicemen

The Russian Defense Ministry is considering the plan to create several units, engaged in research and development of new weapons and hardware, which are manned by professionals on a contract basis, a senior official has said. Acting head of the ministry’s directorate for research and development and modern technologies, Roman Kordyukov, told Interfax news agency…