Nine people including five troops died in a fire fight in India’s disputed Kashmir region on Monday, days after a suicide bomber killed 42 paramilitary force members in the insurgency-ridden state. Police said the gun battle erupted after security forces surrounded Pinglan village in Pulwama district, 20 miles south of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar, following a tip-off that…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Unbeaten Tufts University (41-0) starts defense of its two straight national championships later this week in a familiar position — as the top-ranked team in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings.   Tufts matched two NCAA Division III marks by winning the New England Small College…

Canada’s welfare state is disintegrating. Meanwhile, Canada’s corporate welfare state has never been stronger. In his 2018 Fall Economic Report, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that corporations would receive $14 billion in new tax breaks. Enough money to fund a national daycare program is being handed over to the business sector. Although the rationale is…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The National Pro Fastpitch League announced its 2015 schedule today. The 120-game regular season schedule includes competition between the league’s five affiliate teams: Akron Racers, Chicago Bandits, Dallas Charge, Pennsylvania Rebellion and USSSA Pride.     Each team will play every other team in the league a total of 12 games with…

Thieves carried out a daring heist by burrowing tunnels up through the floor of a bank vault close to Antwerp’s diamond quarter, after risking their lives by crawling through sewage pipes. Between 20 to 30 out of hundreds of safes in the vault were reported as being cracked in Sunday’s burglary in Belgium’s second city. The…

Victoria’s Secret has been in the news a lot lately, and many are questioning whether rumours of the lingerie brand’s decline are greatly exaggerated. The company has faced dozens of store closures, declining revenues and the departure of CEO Jan Singer last week. Its chief marketing officer, Ed Razek, also apologized earlier this month for…

EDMONTON — Alberta’s cannabis Crown corporation has stopped issuing any new pot retail licences after only receiving 20 per cent of the stock it ordered amid a Canada-wide supply shortage. The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission had ordered enough cannabis product to stock up to 250 recreational pot shops for the first six months…

The Catholic Church is "nowhere close" to enacting the reforms needed to stop the "epidemic" of sex abuse by predatory priests and bishops against children, campaigners warned on Tuesday. Pope Francis is "in retreat" from any meaningful effort to bring abusers to justice, said Bishop Accountability, a leading pressure group. The scathing criticism comes as…

The original Half-Life is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and in doing so, Black Mesa – the fan remake of the first Half-Life – has released a trailer to give a first look at Black Mesa: Xen, the last part of the game. Black Mesa launched originally in 2012 as a free mod and later became its…