Recent legislative, organizational and technical measures ensure that the March 18 presidential polls will be the most open in Russia’s history, according to Valentina Matviyenko, chair of the country’s upper house. “The state has taken measures in the legal, organizational and technical spheres to increase the transparency of elections and to strengthen society’s control over
OTTAWA — Canada’s ban on the main source of artificial trans fats is now in effect. The ban takes aim at partially hydrogenated oils, or PHOs, which are the main source of industrially produced trans fats in all food sold in the country. Rules coming into force today make it illegal for manufacturers to use
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, an upcoming fighting game made by developer nWay, has been announced for an April release on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, and a PC release for sometime later in 2019. Described as an “easy to learn but hard to master” fighting game, Battle for the Grid spans the
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Reigning NCAA Division III national champion Texas-Tyler is the unanimous No. 1 team in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Top 25 softball rankings to start the 2017 season. The Patriots, who went 49-5 and captured their first softball national championship in school history, will waste no time getting started, opening at
Marvel Comics has spent the past year dropping major bombshells for Venom and Carnage, and their newest Free Comic Book Day special teases even bigger things to come. As part of their solicitation for this year’s FCBD: Amazing Spider-Man special, Marvel teases, “Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman join forces again for a story that’s been
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The NFCA, along with the entire softball community, is mourning the loss of a great ambassador of softball, Don Dobina. A longtime friend and member of the Association, Dobina, 63, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully Saturday, Nov. 12. He was the founder and president of the Louisville Lady Sluggers and president and CEO of MPC Promotions.
OSIRIS-REx, the NASA spacecraft analysing the asteroid Bennu, has made a remarkable discovery which upends our existing knowledge of space rock behavior and environment by blasting out inexplicable plumes of dust. The never-before-seen phenomenon was first noticed in January and has since been documented at least 11 times. Some of the dust expelled was blown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 2016 NFCA Convention kicks off on Wednesday Dec. 7 and runs through Saturday, Dec. 10 at the New Orleans Marriott. Over the course of four days, attendees have a wide array of opportunities to educate themselves, network, conduct business, be recognized for their achievements, discover innovative products and have fun. To get
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn will now reportedly be appearing in Suicide Squad 2 after previous statements indicated otherwise. Forbes added an update to a previous article that reported that Jared Leto’s Joker film’s have “fallen by the wayside,” along with the “Mad Love-type Joker and Harley Quinn film.” The same article also reported that Harley
TORONTO — Disgraced former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi has penned a personal essay in which he expresses “deep remorse” for the way he treated some people, admitting he was “demanding on dates” and “emotionally thoughtless.” Ghomeshi was acquitted in March 2016 of four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking involving three