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On Wednesday 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 children and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkside, Florida. Cruz had posted warnings on YouTube and photos of his arsenal on Instagram before the shooting. On Thursday white nationalist leader Jordan Jereb from the Republic of Florida told reporters Nikolas Cruz was a member of […]

The following Press Release is from the BCHL. The Prince George Spruce Kings will play at home March 2nd and 3rd. Stay tuned for ticket sale release date for those games, announced next week. FROM THE BCHL: As announced in the fall, the 2018 BC Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup BCHL playoffs will have a different look from last year. This season, there will be no byes and 16 teams will earn a spot in the postseason with two of those being wild-card berths. As of today, the Merritt Centennials... Читать дальше...

From Plan A to Plan B. With the stage 2 win and the overall race lead in the bag for Wout Poels, Team Sky will now be looking to the Dutchman, not Chris Froome, to net them a second victory in three years at Spain's Ruta del Sol.

Former St. Andrews University men's basketball player, Lee Vanderhorst, was recently signed to play for a professional league in Salamanca, Spain. It is his first overseas contract.

Former St. Andrews University men's basketball player, Lee Vanderhorst, was selected to tryout for a professional league in Spain recently.

JOHANNESBURG – IN a chain reaction of press conferences over the last three weeks, the Football Transformation Forum (FTF) on Thursday afternoon declared the race for the SA Football Association presidency over.

In the Las Vegas shooting, people didn't wonder if the gunman was in fact a man, perhaps because women did only 3 of 91 mass shootings since 1982.

As Mo Salah continues to score for Liverpool, Alison Bender and Stewart Robson evaluate his big season and compare his post-Chelsea form to other players Jose Mourinho let go. Jurgen Klopp hails the prolific partnership between Mo Salah and Roberto Firmino, highlighting their 'outstanding' attitude after Liverpool's win at Southampton. Roma sporting director Monchi said that Mohamed Salah's value doubled following the summer transfers of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe and that he could do nothing to prevent the Egyptian's sale to Liverpool.

Just a day after Amy Schumer’s surprise wedding to Chris Fischer, her ex-boyfriend Ben Hansich was also busy moving on with his love life.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Transit is returning 20 passenger rail cars to service and leasing another 20 from Maryland to ease car shortages and overcrowding among other changes aimed at remaking the agency, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. Murphy, a Democrat, announced the continued overhaul of the transit agency, which he has called a “national disgrace” at Trenton’s rail station alongside Acting Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti and newly approved NJ Transit executive director Kevin Corbett. Читать дальше...

It was around dismissal time on a routine school day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the horror began.

The Senate rejected a bipartisan immigration bill that didn't include money for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. The measure needed 60 votes to advance and got only 52. The bill from Sens. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, would provide a path to citizenship for more than 1.8 million Dreamers. The Senate is debating four different immigration proposals on Thursday.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Pet stores in New York state would be prohibited from buying dogs or cats from puppy mills and other large commercial breeding facilities under a legislative proposal announced Thursday. The legislation sponsored by Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris, of Queens, would require pet stores to get their animals from licensed rescue shelters or humane societies. It also would ensure that rescue organizations retain ownership of the animal if it is not adopted. Gianaris said the bill is intended... Читать дальше...

Even as the Pentagon hustles to ensure that its defenses keep pace with North Korea's fast-growing rocket program, US officials increasingly are turning attention to a new generation of missile threat. The hypersonic missiles could change the face of future warfare, as they can switch direction in flight and do not follow a predictable arc like conventional missiles, making them much harder to track and intercept. "China's hypersonic weapons development outpaces ours... we're falling behind," Admiral Harry Harris... Читать дальше...

How many staffers does it take to stop President Donald Trump from tweeting? There may not be enough aides in the whole White House.

Terrible mass shootings like the one at a Parkland, Florida high school are so shocking that it is easy to get the impression that mass shootings are increasingly common.  The number of deaths from mass shootings has been unusually high since 2007, because of five horrific incidents – Las Vegas (58), the Orlando nightclub (49), Virginia Tech (32), Sandy Hook (27), and the Texas First Baptist Church (26).  Statisticians would never try to fabricate a trend from such a small sample, even though the untrained eye may want to. Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seven African-American and Hispanic families sued Connecticut and Hartford officials on Thursday, saying race-based student quotas at high-performing city magnet schools are unconstitutional and have kept their children from attending. Eight parents from Hartford filed the lawsuit in federal court on behalf of their 19 children. The lawsuit says hundreds of student seats in the 21 magnet schools are unfilled because too few white children are enrolled. The schools are limited... Читать дальше...

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This season's flu shot was 36 percent effective overall, far less than the 2016-2017 vaccine but still worth getting because it can help ward off serious complications, US health officials said Thursday.

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• Often times when relationships end, one person is left in the dark as to why. 
• After a Valentine's Day break up, Sarah Raphael asked her ex-boyfriend 29 brutal questions about their relationship and eventual break up.
• From "What initially attracted you to me?" to "Did you cheat on me?" his answers were incredibly honest.

Sometimes, when relationships break down, the reasons are clear: they cheated, you cheated, one of you moved away... Читать дальше...

Berlin/Pyeongchang (dpa) - Der frühere Eiskunstlauf-Star Hans-Jürgen Bäumler hat euphorisch auf den Olympiasieg von Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot reagiert. «Die Kür, die die beiden gelaufen sind, wird für Jahrzehnte eine Messlatte sein», sagte der 76-Jährige in einem Telefon-Interview des TV-Senders Eurosport.Bäumler, der zusammen mit Marika Kilius 1960 und 1964 Silber bei Winterspielen gewonnen hatte und zweimal Weltmeister war, äußerte großen Respekt vor der Leistung von vor allem der 34 Jahre alten Savchenko... Читать дальше...

This season's flu shot was 36 percent effective overall, far less than the 2016-2017 vaccine but still worth getting because it can help ward off serious complications, US health officials said Thursday. The interim report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was released in the final weeks of the current flu season, which has been the most active since the swine flu pandemic of 2009. Last season's flu vaccine was apparently better -- 48 percent effective overall and 32 percent... Читать дальше...

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• JPMorgan in a recent note outlined how bitcoin, since it is decentralized, would hit a speed bump if there were a shock to the economy. 
• Since bitcoin are released at a set rate, there's no way for the system to handle a liquidity crisis during such an event, the bank said. 

A key component of bitcoin's design might be its achilles heel during a financial meltdown, according to JPMorgan. 

In a big note on crypto and blockchain... Читать дальше...