Champion Spokane Leads Selections To NFCA’s NWAC All-America Squad

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association is pleased to announce the 12 players named to the NFCA Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) All-America team. Spokane, which defeated defending champion Mount Hood, 12-3 in five innings in the NWAC championship, placed three players — pitcher Lindsie Scholwinski, infielder Sydnie Malloy and outfielder Berkley Fisher —…

German town hit by rare ‘violent’ tornado (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

A rare tornado ripped through a small German town, carving out a “path of destruction” along the way by tearing away roofs and shattering windows. About 35 homes were damaged and five people injured in the town of Roetgen, western Germany, when the “short but violent” tornado ripped through on Wednesday, according to a fire…

Chinese woman charged with lying her way into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat carrying computer malware

A Chinese woman carrying computer malware has been arrested after lying her way into Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat.  Yujing Zhang, 32, had two Chinese passports, four mobile phones, a laptop, external hard drive, and a thumb drive containing the computer malware, according to documents. Mr Trump was holidaying at Mar-a-Lago at the time but had…

Amy Hennig Will Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at GDC 2019

Amy Hennig, perhaps best known for directing and writing the first three Uncharted games, will receive the 19th annual Game Developers Choice Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Hennig will be presented with the award during GDC, which takes place from March 18-22, 2019. Specifically, the Game Developers Choice Awards will be held on March 20, 2019…

Bannister and Poole Garner final Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II weekly honors

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A historical power surge and a conference tournament MVP performance led to University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Kaitlyn Bannister and North Georgia’s Courtney Poole garnering the final Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for the 2016 season, announced the Association on Wednesday afternoon. Bannister turned in a gigantic…

The stuff of nightmares: Giant Amazon spider caught eating opossum in DISTURBING VIDEO

If you are an arachnophobe, look away now! Enormous Amazon rainforest spiders have been caught eating frogs, lizards and even furry mammals in shocking footage that will haunt your dreams. Warning this article contains photos and videos that some readers may find disturbing. A team of researchers have revealed more than a dozen cases of…

Warner Bros CEO steps down after sexual misconduct allegations involving British actress

The chief executive of one of Hollywood’s biggest movie studios has stepped down following claims that he promised roles to a British actress with whom he was having an affair. Kevin Tsujihara, 54, is one of the highest ranking Hollywood executives to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations. An internal investigation was launched earlier this…

Health Canada Cracks Down Even More On 'Fun' Vaping Products

In an effort to keep the number of Canadian underage e-cigarette smokers to a minimum, the federal government is introducing additional vaping regulations next week. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA), which came into effect earlier this year, will be expanded on Nov. 19. The new legislation bans the sale or promotion of vaping…

A Recent Discovery Could Shed New Light on Our Understanding of Black Holes

Click:Trailer Hitches Astronomers have seen wind gusts blowing from a supermassive black hole at a much greater distances than in the past, according to Science News. Mark Lacy, an astronomer at the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Science Center in Chile, observed the wind alongside colleagues. They found evidence of gusts emitted from a quasar black…