The debate over whether transgender female athletes competing in elite women’s sport have an unfair advantage has ended in the usual way, with cries of transphobia against anyone who believes they do. It boils down to the rights of transgender women to compete in female sport vs the rights of women concerned that they are…
PlayStation Classic owners can easily tweak the settings of their console if they have the right keyboard. The PlayStation Classic launched yesterday, and as expected, people are poking around the hardware looking for ways to hack the console. It turns out it’s as easy as plugging in a keyboard and hitting the Escape key while…
The United States has condemned the arrest of an American journalist, Cody Weddle, who was seized by Venezuelan military intelligence in an early morning raid on his Caracas home. Agents of DGCIM, the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence, detained Weddle and his Venezuelan assistant Carlos Camacho at around 8am local time on Wednesday, a Venezuelan…
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government proposed new regulations Friday that would lift a ban on men who have sex with other men from donating their sperm anonymously to Canadians struggling with infertility. The proposed changes, up for review through public consultations, could also see surrogate mothers reimbursed for more of the expenses they face in…
ATLANTA, Ga. – With over 1,400 attendees, the 2015 NFCA National Convention “Filled Its Bucket” as it kicked off on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, highlighted by the “First Pitch’s” keynote speaker Jon Gordon. NFCA MOBILE WEBSITE | FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | 2015 NFCA CONVENTION | SCHEDULE | SPEAKERS Gordon, a best-selling author and…
Though some fans have began participating in what they call the Bird Box challenge, Netflix has asked fans not not to hurt themselves in the process. The Bird Box challenge involves people blindfolding themselves as characters do in Netflix’s popular thriller while they attempt common tasks. A quick Twitter search of #BirdBoxChallenge shows fans mostly…
Italian parents are being warned not to send their kids to school without vaccinations, or face a €500 fine, while children under six can be turned away altogether. Following months of debate over the issue of mandatory vaccines in Italy, the deadline has been reached for parents to prove their children have received mandatory immunisations…
Even by the bloody standards of the ancient Romans, it was a particularly grisly way to die. The Tarpeian Rock is a precipitous cliff in the heart of Rome from where, during Roman times, traitors, perjurors and larcenous slaves were hurled to their deaths. Now, in an unlikely marriage between the worlds of high fashion…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sweeping through its first Lone Star Conference series, West Texas A&M tightened its grip on the No. 1 ranking in this week’s NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced by the Association on Wednesday morning. With the sweep of then-No. 20 Tarleton State, the Lady Buffs (20-0) gained three more first-place votes…
A pilot on the Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed three weeks ago was heard saying “pitch up, pitch up” just moments before the disaster, the Wall St Journal has reported. The conversation happened when the plane was just 450ft (137m) off the ground as the aircraft begun to point downwards, according to the paper. The plane’s…