First up, please forgive me, but I have to gloat for a bit. Yesterday, my Virginia Tech Hokies upset the Virginia Cavaliers in men's basketball, giving the Cavs only their second loss of this season. UVA has previously been ranked at #2. VT now has an overall record of 18-7, including 7-5 in the ACC. The conference also includes traditional basketball powerhouses Duke and North Carolina.
Read more at TechSideline and HokieSports.
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From Russia Today, a Saratov Airlines plane crashed just after taking off from Moscow Domodedovo airport.
From Fox News, the media's "fawning" over North Korea is a "disgrace".
From Breitbart's Big Government, Democrats defended Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) against claims that he had abused his wife.
From Townhall, in Kansas, six teenagers are running for governor.
From ABC News (the Australian site), a man with a sword or machete attacks churchgoers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
From the Daily Mail, a Christian prison chaplain is removed after being accused of being extreme.
From The Sun, a scout master is fired for comparing a Muslim niqab wearer to Darth Vader. (The article cites The Sunday Times, which requires the reader to pay to read their full article.)
From NDTV, an Uzbek man goes on trial in Sweden for the 2017 truck attack in Stockholm.
From Gatestone Institute, why do European governments fear "fake news"?
From Voice Of Europe, the leader of Italy's Lega party wants to close "illegal" mosques. (Which mosques in Italy are illegal, and what criteria are used to determine the legality of mosques?)
From Sky News, police in Manchester, England search for a man "of Asian appearance" who allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl. (If you think they're looking for someone who appears to be Chinese or Korean, you'd be wrong.)
From Breitbart London, Italian police arrest two Moroccan migrants for murdering an 18-year-old Italian girl.
From Ekathimerini, under Greek law, only 16 percent of asylum seekers can be returned to Turkey.
From the Evening Standard, President Trump has asked to see Winston Churchill's war room.
From the Express, MP and Brexit supporter Daniel Kawczynski says that an E.U. army will never work.
From the Belfast Telegraph, George Soros defends his ₤400,000 donation to an anti-Brexit campaign. (My spell-checker doesn't like the word "Brexit".)
From Sputnik International, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces pressure to clarify her position on Brexit.
From the New York Post, the United States finally has a men's singles luge medal.
From USA Today, Olympic team figure skating feels "contrived" and "weird".
And from IFL Science, why we see weird patterns when we rub our eyes.
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