The US-based tech giant Google will be fined in Russia because it failed to integrate a mandatory blacklist of sites into its architecture. Russian law states that search engines are not to provide links to banned sites. Google’s failure to abide by the rules, which was reported by the Russian communications watchdog RKN, will cost
An uproar in the Vancouver cannabis community and on social media occurred recently. It was the result of Vancouver Police Department officers seizing cannabis from a so-called opioid replacement site. The rationale offered by the VPD for these actions was simple: cannabis remains illegal, and trafficking cannabis is also illegal. Despite the fact that the
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Student-athletes from nine collegiate institutions have been selected 2017 Diamond Sports Catchers of the Year, announced the association on Wednesday afternoon. The award is presented annually to the player determined to be the most outstanding catcher from an NFCA member institution. This year the collegiate awards honorees were recognized during their respective
Anthem players are upset following the news that Elysian Stronghold Caches will not contain new armor sets, but will instead feature new vinyls, animations, victory poses, and emotes. As reported by VG247, some of this confusion occurred following a livestream comment and when some Anthem players tweeted Bioware lead producer Ben Irving and asked when
The Russian Embassy in Washington has stated that if the US wants its state-funded media to be taken off Russia’s ‘foreign agents’ list, it should do the same for Russian-funded media outlets at home. “Washington does not like it when the rules that it has set for others are applied to itself. The State Department
A panel of judges ruled Wednesday to grant Ontario a stay of a previous ruling that struck down legislation cutting the size of Toronto city council. The province’s original legislation, Bill 5, can now be implemented in time for the Oct. 22 election. Toronto will have 25 wards, rather than 47 as originally planned. Bill
CARY, N.C. — Wayne State University head softball coach Gary Bryce, in his 36th season at WSU, became the all-time NCAA Division II wins leader as the Warriors blanked Lincoln (Pa.) in their opening contest of the 2017 Shaw University Invitational. Bryce snapped a tie with former Bloomsburg coach Jan Hutchinson (1978-2010), who garnered 1,215 wins in
The number of deaths caused by tainted alcohol poisoning has fallen by 25 percent since Russian authorities imposed a ban on the sale of alcohol-containing non-food products, the government consumer rights watchdog has reported. The press service of the Rospotrebnadzor agency told TASS that there were 677 alcohol poisonings over the New Year holidays in
Rotten Tomatoes is reportedly said to be considering further changes to its audience reviews process following continued negative posts by trolls. As reported by THR, Rotten Tomatoes may soon require users to verify that they have actually “seen the film in question before being allowed to post a critique.” It is unclear how this will
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — St. John Fisher’s Lindsey Thayer and Keene State’s Jenny Galavotti scored Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week recognition, respectively. Junior right-hander Thayer is the national leader in strikeouts per seven innings (13.0) and ranks second in Division III in hits allowed per seven innings (2.4) and third