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Europe is to launch a spacecraft to the Moon as it seeks to become a contender in the new space race that has taken off 50 years after the historic US lunar mission.  The Paris-based European Space Agency (ESA) is to land a a robotic rover on the lunar surface rather than astronauts, but says…

Hong Kong descended into pandemonium for the second day in a row on Sunday as police again fired tear gas and rubber bullets at pro-democracy protesters as clashes in the city become increasingly violent.   In the western end of Hong Kong island, rounds of tear gas coming from all sides were fired continuously to disperse…

Libya is to close three of its largest migrant detention centres, including one which was hit by an airstrike last month during fighting between rival forces. Fathi Bashagha, interior minister with the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, has reportedly ordered the closure of camps in Khoms, Misrata and Tajoura following international condemnation of the "inhuman" conditions…

LEVITTOWN, NY — Dan Nelson, a Levittown native and ousted singer for the popular metal thrash band Anthrax, has been arrested on a felony assault charge in connection with a bloody attack on a 74-year-old man inside a Queens hotel. Nelson, 43, of Southberry Lane, was arrested around 8 a.m. Wednesday at the 115th precinct…

SAINT PAUL, MN — A bill introduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives would establish a legal “end-of-life option” for terminally ill adults. Several Democrats have signed on to co-sponsor the bill authored by Rep. Mike Freiberg, a Democrat from Golden Valley. Currently, eight states and Washington, D.C. allow assisted suicide. In the Star Tribune…

The 27th Annual Greg Schwartz Memorial Wrestling Camp at Morris, Minn. wrapped up on June 20th. This year’s camp attracted 70 wrestlers. Camp clinicians included Seth Gross, Keaten Schorr, Brandon Carroll, Roger Kish, and Cam Skyora. Craig Olsen Camp Hustle Award: Zach Haire of Breckenridge Camp MVWs (Most Valuable Wrestlers): Doug Cardwell of MAHACA and…

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) recently held the sixth night of their New Japan Cup Event which is a single elimination tournament that lasts for 12 days and the winner of the said tournament will get an opportunity to face IWGP Heavyweight Champion “Switchblade” Jay White for The IWGP Heavyweight Title at The G1 Supercard…

Rowan Morgan of Mounds View has committed to wrestling for Minnesota in 2019-20. Morgan is a three-time state entrant. He was the Class AAA 182-pound fifth-place finisher in 2018 as a junior. He was a state entrant at 182 pounds as a sophomore and 170 pounds as a freshman. Morgan is projected to wrestle at…

It was rumored for a while last year that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would return to the ring for a match at WrestleMania 35. Although it does not seem like he will be wrestling this year after all, some fans were still hopeful that the former world champion would make some sort of appearance at…

Just one day before The USPTO’s deadline of March 20th, 2019, WWE has filed to oppose Independent Wrestler Tatevik Hunanyan’s “Sister Abigail” trademark. In June 2018, Hunanyan applied to trademark “Sister Abigail” for use in professional wrestling after WWE abandoned its application to obtain the trademark. On March 19th, 2019, WWE officially contested Hunanyan’s attempt…