OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today that Florida pitcher/infielder Lauren Haeger (Peoria, Ariz.) was selected as the 2015 USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year. The award, which is considered the most prestigious honor in Division I women’s softball, is designed to recognize outstanding athletic…
Felix Wilson is crushed into the window seat with bags piled high on his lap as the rammed bus bumps along its 14-hour journey from Calabar to Lagos. “I work as a salesman in Lagos, but all my family are in Calabar,” he says. “That was where I was living when I registered, that’s where…
Name: Darcy Alyea Occupation: Small business owner Age: 52 City: Woodstock, Ont. The story: Since my 20s, I kept putting off efforts to get into shape. I would diet for a while, then gain it back. I would train for and run 10 kilometers, then celebrate with McDonald’s. Although my wife and daughters are fitness…
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government will take steps in Tuesday’s federal budget to make home-buying more affordable with changes affecting supply, demand and regulation, The Canadian Press has learned. Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised the budget will focus on ways to help improve housing affordability for Canadians, and particularly for millennials, who are now…
The U.S. Army is getting into the world of eSports after failing to meet its recruitment target for the first time in more than 10 years. The hope is that the move to eSports will help the Army connect with young people, after falling short of its 76,500 target by 6,500 recruits, reports Stars and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Throughout the 2015 softball season, those of us at the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week segment. Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, returnee info, Twitter accounts and any available broadcast links…
The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements continue to shine an important light on survivors, the limits of the judicial system and the critical role prevention can play to ensure the safety and well-being of women and girls. Despite the contributions of these movements, more needs to be done to stop all forms of violence against women….
A United Nations-led inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said on Thursday that evidence pointed to a brutal crime "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. Khashoggi’s killing by a team of Saudi operatives on Oct. 2 provoked widespread revulsion and tarnished the image of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, previously admired in the West for pushing deep changes including tax…
UPDATE – March 16, 2019: The death toll rose to 50 victims after investigators found another body in one of the two mosques that were targeted, said New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush. SINGAPORE — Social media platforms Facebook and Twitter said on Friday they would take down content involving mass shootings at two New…
Marvel and Riot Games are teaming up to bring League of Legends to comics. Announced through a press release, the first project will be League of Legends: Ashe: Warmother. This will act as an origin story of Ashe, one of the first League of Legends champions. Written by Riot Games’ Odin Austin Shafer with art…