Three members of the extremist group “Christian State” have received prison sentences for setting cars on fire in a protest over a 2017 film about a romance between the last Russian emperor and a ballet dancer. All three members were sentenced to two years in prison by the Khamovniki District Court in Moscow, Interfax news…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kirtland’s (Ohio) Lindsay Ward, Deatsville’s (Ala.) Haley Walker, Bauxite’s (Ark.) Bailey Buffington and Coalinga’s (Calif.) Linnay Wilson were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of March 6-12. North Region Ward keyed Kirtland to a season-opening win over Mayfield. She struck out 13…
ETOBICOKE, ONT. — Superfans of the Ford family — and a few of their more skeptical fans — packed a banquet hall to celebrate Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s first 100 days in office on Tuesday night. The premier was greeted with a standing ovation and chants of “Doug! Doug! Doug!” in his home borough of…
A breathtaking video offers the chance to take a detailed, up-close look at a pair of Russia’s newest supersonic Su-57 stealth fighter jets as they smoothly glide and maneuver in the air. The crew of the Zvezda TV channel filmed the two planes from the ramp of the An-12 cargo aircraft. During the flight, the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kathleen Daniel of Brenau (Ga.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and Molly Carter of Columbia (Mo.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Daniel and Carter were selected based on their performances from April 10 – 16, and…
Russia’s newly-appointed Cabinet is capable of producing “advanced, groundbreaking reforms” with the government looking like “a tiger ready to make a leap forward,” head of the Russian Audit Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, said Friday. Speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Kudrin encouraged officials to take a more decisive role in implementing the Russian President’s ambitious…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma edged Florida, 5-4, in game two of the WCWS Championship Series to win its second straight national championship and third in five years, Tuesday evening at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium/OGE Energy Field. Box Score | Quotes (OU / UF) The Sooners (61-9) become just the fourth program to collect consecutive national…
TORONTO — The Ontario government is cancelling a scheduled increase in the provincial beer tax that was set to kick in next month — a move that will see the province forgo $11 million in potential revenue. The Progressive Conservatives said Friday that the three-cent-per-litre increase was planned by the previous Liberal regime and will…
A senior member of the Lower House Committee for Culture has urged her colleagues to speed up the work on anti-vandalism bill after several incidents including a reportedly Satanism-related church fire. “The committee has done all that it should. We have written an expert assessment of the bill and now, so to say, wait for…
OTTAWA — There’s a new fray in diplomatic relations after Russia accused Canada of joining an “international anti-Russian witch hunt” on Thursday. Russia has accused Canada of joining an “international anti-Russian witch hunt,” a charge that represents a new fray in diplomatic relations between the countries. On Thursday, U.S. prosecutors announced criminal charges against seven…