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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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,”…

On Monday, the federal government hosts a crucial gathering of representatives from several Latin American countries in Ottawa to try to answer a behemoth of a question: How can they support the self-declared interim president of Venezuela? The Lima Group’s summit will be closely watched as the political crisis in Venezuela unfolds alongside a humanitarian…

OKLAHOMA CITY — The culmination of the 2018 USA Softball All-American Games resulted in the title staying with the Southwest Region as Region 5 Blue edged out Region 2 Blue in the Championship Game.  In a weekend that saw thrilling victories, rain and lightning delays, a four-run first inning was all the momentum Region 5…

Tankers loaded with 8.36 million barrels of crude are reportedly floating off the Venezuelan coast as the sanction-hit country struggles to find buyers for its oil. The crude is worth upwards of half-a-billion dollars, according to shipping reports and ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. An armada of 16 ships holds cargoes belonging to state oil…