A Russian man, who assaulted a police officer, using his allegedly urine-stained pants as a weapon, has been handed a one-year suspended sentence and three years of probation. Early on August 1, a rowdy intoxicated man was delivered to a police station in the village of Zyrianka in Tomsk Region in Russia’s Siberia. The guy…
The US Navy bragged that its destroyer came to “challenge” Moscow in the Sea of Japan, but the ship didn’t even come near Russia’s territorial waters and was tracked all the way, the Defense Ministry said. The US Pacific Fleet destroyer, ‘USS McCampbell’, entered the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. In a typical rah-rah fashion,…
OKLAHOMA CITY – USA Softball, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, is proud to announce the selection of Michelle Moultrie (Jacksonville, Fla.) as the 2017 USA Softball Female Athlete of the Year. Moultrie, who has been a member of the Women’s National Team (WNT) since 2011, was a staple of the…
Limiting ads for Viagra and other approved erectile dysfunction pills is wrong, a medic has said. Those behind the idea, including Russian Lib Dem leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, should just read drug instructions more carefully. Solving problems through bans is itself an “idiocy,” Dr. Vladislav Zhemchugov told Life.ru. The medic suggested that Zhirinovsky might have urged…
Stalking is a violent crime that is not often the subject of public conversation, despite being frequently sensationalized in popular culture. This was put on display most recently by Netflix’s new hit series, “You.” The show, based on a novel written by Caroline Kepnes, is about a bookstore manager who becomes obsessed with an aspiring…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Makenna Aycock of Texas Wesleyan has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and teammate Bailey Terry has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Aycock and Terry were selected based on their performances from April 2 – 8, and were chosen out of a pool…
This article was co-written by David Mendes. David is the national program coordinator for the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD). He is an artist and activist who created and directed the shadow unit in “Illicit,” the successful theatre production. He lives in Vancouver’s Downtown East side. As 2018 comes to an end…
German band Rammstein are known for outrageous stunts and a proclivity for exploring sexuality. So attendees at frontman Till Lindemann’s book signing needn’t have been surprised when he arrived with a woman in a full gimp suit. Lindemann caused more than few gasps and shocked expressions in Moscow on Tuesday when he used a girl…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sara Bruno of Warner (Fla.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week and Claudia Farrell of Grand View (Iowa) has been named the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week. Bruno and Farrell were selected based on their performances from April 23 – 29, and were chosen out of a pool of…
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached a new deal to curb global crude output. Oil prices surged over 4 percent following the news. OPEC members and major oil producing countries led by Russia have agreed to cut crude output by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd), a spokesman said as quoted by…