DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Students at a Florida high school found an unwelcome surprise in a vending machine: a rat climbing the rows of packaged snacks and drinks. Video of the rat shot by an 11th-grader quickly spread on social media among students at Atlantic Community High school in Delray Beach. In the video aired
Russian investigators are set to re-examine the chilling mystery of a deadly hiking trip made by group of Soviet students in 1959. The story spurred more than 70 theories and even inspired Hollywood thriller, ‘The Devil’s Pass’. Known as the Dyatlov Pass incident the deaths of a Soviet student hiking group in a remote area
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Katherine Snavely of Brookstone (Columbus, Ga.) School was named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week honor for her outstanding play during the week of Aug. 14-20. Snavely was perfect at the plate, drove in 10 runs and slugged an astronomical 2.500 as she keyed Brookstone to victories over Manchester and
For many of Canada’s amateur curlers, there’s nothing like gathering for a couple cold ones before hitting the ice. But a group of elite-level curlers found themselves kicked out of an Alberta bonspiel over the weekend for doing just that. Olympic gold medallist Ryan Fry, along with teammates Jamie Koe, Chris Schille and DJ Kidby,
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 1 Washington extended its winning streak to 27 games and continues as the No. 1 team in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Huskies (27-0) received 29 first-place votes and 794 points as the first nine spots remained the same. The Southeastern Conference (5) and Pac-12
The two-kilometer Zolotoy Bridge in Russia’s Vladivostok is off limits for pedestrian crossings but a creative team of four people devised a daring plan to fool the system by posing as one big ‘human bus.’ The tall bridge, arching over Zolotoy Rog Bay, was opened for traffic in 2012. Three years later, it was officially
TORONTO — Throughout Doug Ford’s first six months as premier of Ontario, the province has swiftly chopped programs, pulled back spending and retracted Liberal promises. While Finance Minister Vic Fedeli has maintained the cuts are to manage Ontario’s multi-billion dollar deficit, and “require everyone to make sacrifices without exception,” critics say the province is repeatedly
The Russian parliament has furthered a bill, which seeks to legalize growth of plants that can be used to produce opioids. The measure is meant to ensure that Russia has a steady supply of raw materials for producing painkillers. At the moment growth of opium poppies is completely illegal in Russia, which means that Russian
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Mariah Jameyson and Lubbock Christian’s Monique Francois were named the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the week, respectively. The duo earned the honor for their outstanding play for the week of Feb. 19-25. Jameyson, who hails Seattle, Wash., had a monstrous outing in a three-game
OTTAWA — As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada’s borders. But the Liberals say Conservatives are simply trying to court voters being fed conspiracy theories about the UN agreement fuelled by the online news outlet