LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NFCA high school members will soon have a Leadoff Classic to call their own — actually two — with the announcement of tournaments in New Jersey and Texas in 2019. The NFCA is partnering with Bryan High School head coach Enrique Luna for the 23rd edition of his wildly-popular Bryan-College Station Tournament…
TORONTO — Mothers of children with autism ripped Ontario Minister Lisa MacLeod Thursday for suggesting they buy iPads with funding through her government’s new program. “I think that is unbelievable. An iPad is not what is needed here,” Brandi Tapp, whose five-year-old Henry receives government-funded therapy, told reporters. “Evidence-based, science-based therapy is what is needed…
The first smartphone, designed and marketed by Apple, hit the shelves in June 2007. The original iPhone, known as the iPhone 2G, became a revolutionary gadget combining a mobile phone, a mobile browser, and a media player. Twelve years later, those technical features can hardly amaze a modern overindulged user whose entire life is arranged…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the official seeds and bracket for the 2018 NAIA Softball World Series that runs May 25 – 31 in Clermont, Fla. The 10-team, double-elimination event will be played out at the Legends Way Ballfields. PFX Athletics serves as official hosts for the second-straight year….
A staggering 1.12-million-square-meter megastructure is expected to open in the Chinese city of Chongqing later this year. It will consist of eight skyscrapers connected by a gigantic sky bridge. Known as Raffles City Chongqing’s ninth ‘horizontal skyscraper’, the sky bridge, or ‘The Crystal’, is said to be one of the world’s highest. It is 300…
TORONTO — The Ontario government will give rape crisis centres a one-time funding bump of 6.7 per cent instead of the permanent 33-per-cent increase promised by the previous government. “Obviously, that’s disappointing,” Nicole Pietsch, the coordinator of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres told HuffPost Canada Wednesday. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ten finalists have been selected for the 2018 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award. The winner will be announced following the conclusion of the 2018 season. This group of student-athletes is represented by eight different programs and eight conferences. All ten selections are on the list for the first…
Click:台灣外送茶服務比較 Officials in Cook County have charged singer R. Kelly with 10 counts of criminal sexual abuse, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune reported Friday, citing court records. R. Kelly has faced sexual assault allegations for years, including reportedly running a “sex cult.” The allegations, many involving underage girls, have gained renewed attention because…
OPEC is ready to produce at full capacity if the NOPEC (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act) bill is passed in Washington, an action that would likely kill the cash intensive US shale industry. The oil minister of the UAE, Suhail al-Mazrouei, reportedly told lenders at the meeting that if the bill was made…
TORONTO — The B.C. government is considering a mandatory vaccination registration program similar to that in Ontario in the wake of an outbreak of measles in Vancouver, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday. Such a system would be aimed at boosting the proportion of residents in the province who are vaccinated against the highly contagious…