Sonoraville’s Davis named 2018-19 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kristen Davis of Sonoraville High School (Calhoun, Ga.) was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for her outstanding play during the week of Oct. 8-14. Davis twirled nine hitless innings in a pair of 2-0 wins over North Hall High School. With the two-game sweep, the Phoenix advance to…

Forget gold: Palladium is the undisputed precious metals champion

Palladium has continued this year’s rally, surging to a new record on Tuesday amid rising worries about shrinking supply. It has continued to beat gold and silver as the best investment among precious metals. Spot palladium was up around 0.5 percent at $1,591.5 an ounce as of 07:57am GMT, after touching its highest price ever…

OPP Fires Brad Blair, Deputy Who Rang Alarms About Hiring Ford's Friend

TORONTO — The firing of a high-ranking provincial police officer waging a legal battle over the controversial appointment of Ontario’s top cop renewed accusations of political interference Monday that the government denied. Deputy commissioner Brad Blair has asked the courts to force the provincial ombudsman to investigate the hiring of Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner,…

Nelson, Feazelle, Andrews, Davis, Romero selected 2018 MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Norton’s (Mass.) Kelly Nelson, Steinmetz’s (Chicago, Ill.) Rachael Feazelle, Cedar Ridge’s (Hillsborough, N.C.) Rivers Andrews, Scott County’s (Georgetown, Ky.) Hannah Davis and Academy of Careers & Exploration’s (Helendale, Calif.) Charisma Romero were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of May 7-13. East RegionNelson tossed…

Bayer boss calls Monsanto takeover ‘good idea’ despite mounting lawsuits

The CEO of German chemical giant Bayer, Werner Baumann, has defended the multibillion-dollar takeover of Monsanto despite the huge legal costs that are piling up over the firm’s Roundup weed killer. “The Monsanto acquisition was and is a good idea,” Baumann told Frankfurter Allgemeine when asked if he would change his mind about buying the…

Cathedral Catholic’s Faraimo named 2018 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year

SAN DIEGO – Megan Faraimo of Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, Calif.) was named the Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. Faraimo, an incoming freshman at UCLA, is the third Bruin to be named Gatorade National Softball POY in the last four seasons and the seventh to earn the honor. The Bruins’ roster will feature…

Russia’s biggest automaker AvtoVaz negotiating exports to Iran

Major Russian car producer AvtoVaz is in talks with Tehran over the sale and assembly of its cars there, Viktor Kladov, the director of international cooperation and regional policy at Russia’s state corporation Rostec, has said. “Avtovaz has been assembling its cars in Egypt,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Aero India 2019…

Marc Garneau Says Feds Evaluating Situation As U.K., Other Countries Ground 737 MAX 8 Planes

Click:Plastic bag manufacturing machine MONTREAL — Transport Minister Marc Garneau has cleared his schedule for the day in order to meet with his civil aviation expert panel on how to deal with the issue of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft, which is being grounded or banned from a growing number of countries. The 737 Max…

Washington, Florida State advance to WCWS National Championship Series

OKLAHOMA CITY – No. 5 Washington knocked out two-time defending champions and No. 4 Oklahoma, while No. 6 Florida State defeated No. 3 UCLA twice on semifinal Sunday at the Women’s College World Series. The Huskies (52-8) and Seminoles (56-12) meet in game one of the best-of-three championship series, tomorrow, June 4 at 7 p.m. ET….

Beijing calls on Chinese firms not to be ‘silent lambs,’ vows protection amid Huawei row

Beijing has promised to take “all necessary measures” to defend Chinese companies and citizens who are under “deliberate political suppression” abroad amid legal clashes between tech giant Huawei and Washington. “We support the company and individual in question in seeking legal redress to protect their own interests and refusing to be victimized like silent lambs,”…