Atkins alum inducted into CIAA Hall of Fame Ewers, among several others, was inducted into the CIAA 2024 John B. McLendon Hall of Fame class on March 1. The CIAA is the nation’s oldest historically Black athletic conference and honored their ... 05/7/2024 - 5:40 am | View Link
Hall of Fame to honor Diethelm Throughout a long radio career at WATZ, Ralph Diethelm’s voice became synonymous with sports in Northeast Michigan. For his many years of work, Diethelm is the first recipient of the Alpena Sports ... 05/6/2024 - 6:42 pm | View Link
4 elected to Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame Four individuals with strong Kentucky connections, who have made outstanding contributions to sports within the state and beyond, have been selected for the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame (KSHOF) Class ... 05/6/2024 - 10:30 am | View Link
Tough ticket: Why is it so hard to get into Florida’s Athletic Hall of Fame? It’s supposed to be hard to get inducted into UF’s Athletic Hall of Fame, but the current process makes it too tough for many deserving nominees. 05/5/2024 - 9:04 pm | View Link
Rapid City Sports Hall of Fame to induct 7 to HOF, name athletes of the year at Banquet The Rapid City Sports Association will induct seven new members to the 2024 hall of fame class. Additionally, the RCSA will name their high school male and female athletes of the year at this year’s ... 05/3/2024 - 7:45 pm | View Link
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday.
Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, a statement said.
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman who is accused of murdering her ex-husband’s elderly parents and aunt last year by serving them poisonous mushrooms at a lunch, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The 49-year-old denied the charges via a video call from the Melbourne prison she’s been held in for months, having not applied for bail.
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Days after consuming beef Wellington prepared by Patterson at her home in Leongatha, a rural town in regional Victoria, on July 29, 2023, three guests—her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and her ex-husband’s aunt Heather Wilkinson, 66—died in hospital.
NEW DELHI — Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority.
In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the aim of outnumbering Hindus in India.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam early Tuesday, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe.
Police in the Dutch capital said in a statement on the social media platform X that their action was “necessary to restore order” after protests turned violent.
An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge.
The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.
BEIJING — Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the country’s southwest.
The official Xinhua News Agency said there were more than 10 casualties in what it called a “vicious assault” on Tuesday in Yunnan province. An online post from Guizhou province television citing unnamed authorities said that two had died and 23 people were injured.
A suspect has been arrested, the Guizhou TV post said.