Anti-government protesters hurled rocks and paving slabs at police, looted boutiques, smashed up a luxury restaurant on Paris’s famed Champs-Elysées and set a bank on fire on Saturday. A mother and her baby trapped on the second floor of the building, as flames surged up from the bank branch on the ground floor, were rescued
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is pleased to announce that 5,493 softball players across seven membership divisions earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2014-15 academic year. NCAA Division I, with 1,554 honorees, had the most student-athletes with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher, while 1,018 in Division III earned recognition,
The Hanoi peace summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has proved a tense, and somewhat awkward, affair and even the first dinner between the two has generated controversy. Following Kim Jong-Un’s rather awkward arrival in Hanoi, in which his armored train overshot the platform and his interpreter was forced
If you want to learn more about the mind-bending story of Westworld Season 2, then you’re in luck. On Tuesday, December 4, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the second season on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. “We are thrilled to release the second season of HBO’s critically-acclaimed series Westworld on 4K Ultra HD,
The last pocket of Islamic State territory has fallen, Western-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Saturday, marking the end of the group’s "caliphate" four-and-a-half years after it was declared. "Total elimination of (the) so-called caliphate", Mustafa Bali, the SDF spokesman, wrote on Twitter. "The military victory against Daesh has been accomplished." The SDF had
Click:vanilla prepaid card balance TORONTO — Leonard Cohen aimed his proverbial pen at Kanye West as he crafted a collection of poems in the final months of his life. In the recently published book “The Flame,” which also includes lyrics and illustrations by the late Canadian literary and music star, is a piece titled “Kanye
Louisville, Ky. — Each month, the NFCA will highlight one of its corporate sponsors, allowing an inside look at those who support the NFCA and the sport of softball. In our first spotlight, our own Dave Hines spoke with Jennie Ritter, Grassroots Manager at Wilson Sporting Goods, Co. Ritter, who joined the company in 2013,
In a video set to hip-hop beats and featuring a clip from ‘The Fast and the Furious’, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov strapped into a Nissan sports vehicle and took it for an impressive test-spin. Showcasing his driving prowess, Berdimuhamedov skillfully slid around obstacles at the Motorsport Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan
Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition is getting a new character in the form of Kage, a dark force tied to the sinister aspects of Ryu’s soul. Announced by Capcom, Kage is Ryu’s Satsui no Hado (“surge of murderous intent”) and only desires to survive, destroy and conquer. For reference, Akuma gave into his Satsui no
IRVINE, Calif. – The USA Softball Women’s National team defeated No. 2 seed Japan 6-1 to win the World Cup of Softball X Championship on July 5 in Irvine, Calif. The U.S. finished with a 7-1 overall record. This was the seventh time that Team USA has played Japan in the Championship, with the USA improving to 5-2 in those games.