Новости за 20.02.2016

President Barack Obama has said he is “not unhappy” that he isn’t up for another term, but at least one person is downright apoplectic. A woman named Caprina Harris posted a video to Facebook earlier this week showing her granddaughter sobbing after learning that Obama will soon leave the White House. “Tell me why you’re […]

Researchers who studied people who sell items on eBay turned up a surprising result: Women sellers get 80 cents on the dollar compared to men, according to a new study published in Science Magazine. The researchers assessed over 1 million auctions from 2009 to 2012 and found that women sellers get fewer bids and lower […]

Democrats in Nevada are caucusing as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders brace for another close race in a state that was once viewed as a firewall for the former secretary of state. Clinton is counting on a strong turnout among Latino voters to hold off Sanders’ momentum in this critical swing state. With polling showing […]

Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79. Scalia’s casket arrived at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington shortly after 11 a.m. ET. The late justice’s son, Paul Scalia, will deliver Mass for his father, and […]

Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79. Scalia’s casket arrived at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington shortly after 11 a.m. ET. The late justice’s son, Paul Scalia, will deliver Mass for his father, and […]

Thousands of mourners will pay their respects Saturday to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79. Services at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington begin at 11 a.m. ET. The late justice’s son, Paul Scalia, will deliver Mass for his father, and Justice […]

Hundreds of mourners will pay their respects Saturday to late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last week at age 79. Services at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington begin at 11 a.m. ET. The late justice’s son, Paul Scalia, will deliver Mass for his father, and Justice […]

The most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere is reintensifying over open waters after making landfall in Fiji on Saturday evening. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said Tropical Cyclone Winston weakened slightly after making landfall in Fiji at around 7 p.m. Saturday (2 a.m. ET), but now that it’s back churning over warm water, […]

The most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere is reintensifying over open waters after making landfall in Fiji on Saturday evening. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar said Tropical Cyclone Winston weakened slightly after making landfall in Fiji at around 7 p.m. Saturday (2 a.m. ET), but now that it’s back churning over warm water, […]

After David and Keri solve a puzzle to win a big trip, David incorrectly names where they’re going not once, but twice.

[Breaking news update, published at 8:28 a.m. ET] Uganda’s election commission has declared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni the winner of the country’s 2016 elections. Museveni won with 60.7% of the votes while his closest competitor, opposition leader Kizza Besigye, had 35.3%, the commission said. The country had a voter turnout of 63%, according to the […]

Now the campaign for the future of Britain, the argument over its place in the world, really begins. The day of decision is just four months away. Once the seat of a global empire on which, as it was said, the sun never set, the United Kingdom faces a stark choice: whether to continue to […]

CLARION – For the first time in Clearfield Area High School sports history, the boys basketball team has won back-to-back District 9 championships. The Bison took care of championship business Friday night at Clarion University’s Waldo S. Tippin Gymnasium, defeating the number two seed, St. Marys, 56-42, to once again win the AAA title. […]

[Breaking news update at 5:25 a.m. ET] Two Serbian embassy employees who were kidnapped last year are believed to have been killed in the U.S. airstrike Friday in Sabratah, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Communications officer Sladjana Stankovic and driver Jovica Stepic were kidnapped in Sabratah in November 2015. [Previous story published at 4:06 […]

CLEARFIELD – Students in the Precision Machine program at the Clearfield County Career & Technology Center (CCCTC), along with others across the nation, are celebrating CTE month during the month of February. The CCCTC, along with the National Technical Honor Society at CCCTC, have partnered up to showcase programs to illustrate the rigor and relevance […]

CLEARFIELD – Presenter David Wulderk, local historian, will study the half-century struggle by women to gain the right to vote, the 1915 PA ballot to referendum that sparked the traveling “Women’s Liberty Bell” as a publicity effort to persuade the county’s men to vote in favor of women’s suffrage on Tuesday. The seminar is part […]

HARRISBURG – Join the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) in celebrating the commonwealth’s 335th birthday on Charter Day, Sunday, March 13, with free admission to many of the historic sites and museums along the Pennsylvania Trails of History. Pennsylvania was created when England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn in 1681. Once each year the Pennsylvania State Archives […]

HARRISBURG – Secretary of State Pedro A. Cortés has announced that the state’s online voter registration site has logged nearly 100,000 applications since its launch. Gov. Tom Wolf and Cortés announced the launch Aug. 27, as the application site went live at register.votesPA.com. “Since August, nearly 100,000 voters have discovered for themselves the ease and accessibility of online voter registration,” […]

It can be stressful when your doctor sends you for further evaluation after an office visit. Fears may be heightened when it’s a heart stress test. Dr. Michael Pfeiffer, a cardiologist at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, educates his patients before their evaluation in an effort to make stress tests less stressful. What […]

Ugandans awaited the results of a tense presidential election Saturday as authorities put the main opposition candidate under house arrest and two people died in violence at his campaign office. The outcome will determine the fate of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who was been in power for three decades. His closest competitor, opposition leader Kizza […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron, fresh from what appears to be a successful renegotiation in Brussels, Belgium, of the United Kingdom’s role in the European Union, said he would announce the date Saturday for a nationwide referendum on whether the UK should stay in or leave the European Union. Cameron had promised in 2013 that […]

Ugandans awaited the results of a tense presidential election Saturday as authorities put the main opposition candidate under house arrest in the capital and two people died in violence at his party’s campaign office. The outcome will determine the fate of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who was been in power for three decades. His closest […]

[Breaking news update, Saturday, 3:46 a.m. ET] British Prime Minister David Cameron said he will announce a date for the country’s in-or-out referendum on EU membership after a Cabinet meeting on Saturday. “The Cabinet will this morning discuss the UK’s new special status in the EU – afterwards I’ll announce the planned referendum date,” Cameron […]

Author Umberto Eco, famous for the novels “Foucault’s Pendulum” and “The Name of the Rose,” died Friday, said Lori Glazer, spokeswoman for his U.S. publisher. Eco was 84. “Umberto Eco was one of the great novelists and scholars of our time. Yet even more than for his timeless works, we will remember him for his […]

Harold “Tub” Harris, 80, of South Philipsburg, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 at his residence. Born Aug. 11, 1935 in Philipsburg, he was a son of the late Joseph Sr. and Sarah (Harris) Harris. Mr. Harris was a Protestant by faith and a founding member of the Hemlock Rod & Gun Club. He enjoyed hunting, […]