Новости за 01.02.2017

A leading contender to be president of France is fighting to save his campaign after new allegations of corruption centered on his wife and children. The investigative newspaper Le Canard Enchainé published allegations Wednesday that François Fillon’s wife, Penelope, and two of his adult children were given no-show jobs that earned them nearly 1 million […]

Sheryl Sandberg is giving $1 million to Planned Parenthood. The Facebook COO has been expressing her displeasure with the Trump administration. This time, she’s doing it with money. While Sandberg has been a donor for years, Planned Parenthood confirmed to CNNTech that she has committed to giving $1 million more. “On behalf of the more […]

Support for news outlets in the Trump era is coalescing around a catchy hashtag: #PressOn. Reporters, activists and Hollywood stars like Mariska Hargitay and Ben Stiller started to promote #PressOn Wednesday morning. “The very concept of truth is under siege, so journalism is more important than ever. Subscribe to an outlet & tweet your receipt,” […]

It is noisy, for something so forgotten. Each evening, we are told, as the sun sets on the grim snowy plains around Spartak, a separatist-held village near the hotly contested airport of Donetsk, the chill is pierced with countless artillery explosions. As the Trump era begins, the war in Ukraine is nearing its third year. […]

Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President. Donald Trump criticized Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen throughout the presidential campaign. He argued that Yellen and the Fed were keeping interest rates artificially low to help the chances of Trump’s rival Hillary Clinton. But now that Trump is the president, the Fed could wind up pushing […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Senate Republicans should “go for it” and invoke the so-called nuclear option, preventing Democrats from using a filibuster to block his Supreme Court nominee. “If we end up with that gridlock I would say if you can, Mitch, go nuclear,” Trump said of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. “That […]

Apple is suddenly on fire again. Shares of the iPhone maker surged 6% on Wednesday to their highest level since July 2015. Apple is now up an impressive 11% so far this year, blowing past the rest of the stock market. Apple’s latest rally was triggered by this week’s strong earnings report that raised hopes […]

Apple is suddenly on fire again. Shares of the iPhone maker surged 6% on Wednesday to their highest level since July 2015. Apple is now up an impressive 11% so far this year, blowing past the rest of the stock market. Apple’s latest rally was triggered by this week’s strong earnings report that raised hopes […]

Adolf Hitler’s telephone, recovered from the Fuhrerbunker and kept in a box at an English country house since 1945, will be sold at auction in the United States later this month. The phone was presented to Hitler by the Wehrmacht and was used by the Nazi leader to issue most of his commands during the […]

Don’t blame us, blame them. In the face of mounting criticism, controversy and lawsuits over its immigrant travel ban, the Trump administration is pointing fingers at the previous occupant of the White House, trying to make the case that its policy is legitimate because Barack Obama did it, too. “My policy is similar to what […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that her government’s detailed plan for leaving the European Union will be published on Thursday. The so called “white paper” will for the first time formally lay out the government’s plan to withdraw from the bloc, including on the question of the status of EU nationals living in […]

CURWENSVILLE – Curwensville Area High School athletic director Allen Leigey has announced the make-up date for Tuesday’s postponement of the basketball doubleheader at Harmony Area High School. The doubleheader will now be played on Thursday, February 16, at Harmony. The Lady Tide will play the Lady Owls at 6 pm and the Curwensville boys […]

Good morning. Read on to find out how the Milky Way is really making its way through the universe. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. 1. Neil Gorsuch For the second night in a row, President Trump infused a little reality show magic into politics. If […]

Twenty million Indians just got a 50% break on their taxes. The country’s annual budget, rolled out Wednesday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, slashes the tax rate from 10% to 5% on income between 250,000 rupees ($3,700) and 500,000 rupees ($7,400). The change means that the roughly 20 million Indians with incomes within that bracket […]

Israel’s security forces are beginning the evacuation of an illegal outpost built on private Palestinian-owned land even as Israel once again ramps up its settlement program elsewhere. The announcement of the creation of thousands of new housing units in the West Bank came as Israel begins to evacuate the illegal Israeli outpost of Amona near […]

Japan really isn’t impressed with President Trump’s latest accusation that it’s been devaluing its currency. “We don’t understand what he’s talking about,” Vice Finance Minister Masatsugu Asakawa said Wednesday. Japan is a key U.S. ally in Asia, but Trump has used it as a verbal punching bag on the campaign trail and as president. His […]

We’re not even two weeks into the Trump presidency. Has your head exploded yet? If so, you’re right where Donald Trump and our shadow ruler, Steve Bannon, want you to be. The onslaught of executive orders and threatening talk, while entirely in keeping with what Trump promised during the campaign, have left Americans of many […]

The future of criminal justice reform hangs in the balance as a vote on the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, was delayed by the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Activists worry that Trump, who preached “law and order” during his campaign and threatened last week to “send in […]

January 31 marks one of the busiest 24 hours in European football. The final day of the winter transfer window, it provides clubs with a last chance to buy players — often for over the odds — and strengthen their squads. While the English Premier League’s TV riches regularly allow it to have the pick […]

The UK government is set to clear a hurdle on the path to Brexit later Wednesday when lawmakers vote on a bill to trigger negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, following two days of debate. Members of Parliament are expected to approve the EU (Notification on Withdrawal) Bill, sending it on to […]

“Something strange is happening in Turkey.” That was the ominous text message received by a senior officer in the Turkish military as he ate dinner with friends on a Friday night in July. The middle-aged officer, posted abroad in Europe, wasn’t initially alarmed. He continued his dinner. But when he began to search online, he […]

In the end, Judge Thomas Hardiman only drove a few hours east of Pittsburgh. “The reality is that to the best of my knowledge he never left the state of Pennsylvania,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Tuesday night after the announcement. “He never was in DC, nor did he ever leave the commonwealth.” The […]

Sen. Ted Cruz praised President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, calling him “an absolute home run.” “This is a judge who for a decade has a proven record of following the law,” Cruz said Tuesday on “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.” “Judge Gorsuch has demonstrated he is a fitting replacement, a fitting successor […]

On Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump revealed his nominee for the Supreme Court. Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appellate judge from Colorado, is Trump’s pick to replace conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly last year. Gorsuch will likely face a blistering confirmation battle as Senate Democrats prepare to potentially filibuster Trump’s nomination in […]

Young relatives were coming for a Christmas party, so I wanted something fun for them to eat. Instead, the adults devoured my mini mac and cheese. —Katherine Mainiero, Poughkeepsie, NY View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>