Новости за 19.02.2017

The Senate Intelligence Committee is asking more than a dozen agencies, organizations and individuals to preserve communications related to the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The panel, led by chairman Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, and top Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, sent letters asking for those materials to be kept, a […]

Maurice R. Shope Jr., 86, of Clearfield died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 at UPMC Altoona. He was born Jan. 19, 1931, a son of the late Maurice R. and Violet (Brickley) Shope. Mr. Shope was a self-employed carpenter and craftsman.  Before operating his own business, he had been employed by Pentz Brothers and D.W. Hummel.  […]

Never mind. Two days into its public courtship of Unilever, Kraft Heinz is walking away, scuttling what would have been one of the biggest brand mash-ups ever. The food conglomerate, which is backed by investor Warren Buffett, withdrew its $140 billion-plus takeover bid for European consumer products giant Unilever. “Kraft Heinz has amicably agreed to […]

In another baby step toward more independence for women, Saudi Arabia wants to open women-only gyms in every neighborhood. The government will begin granting licenses for women-only gyms this month. Previously, women’s gyms unofficially operated under salon and spa licenses. But there’s a caveat: The purpose of the gyms will be to motivate women to […]

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria had strong words on Sunday for President Donald Trump’s performance so far, imploring viewers to “not confuse motion with progress,” and arguing that Trump has “hardly done anything.” “The first few weeks of the Trump administration have been an illustration of that line from the writer Alfred Montalpert: “Do not confuse motion […]

White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said Sunday there was no collusion between anyone involved in President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian officials. Priebus, in an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, also offered the closest thing to an official timeline for former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s firing, who was asked to […]

Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Egyptian cleric who inspired terrorist plots in New York during the early 1990s and who died in an American prison on Saturday, was also the spiritual guide of key 9/11 plotters. More specifically, he was the source of a laminated card of Arabic script that is critical to understanding why nearly 3,000 […]

Marcene A. Kanouff, 70, of Council Bluffs, Iowa died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 at Omaha, Neb. Born April 9, 1946 in Morrisdale, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Nora (Flegal) Myers. Mrs. Kanouff was of the Christian faith. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]

When President Donald Trump denounced several news organizations as “the enemy of the American people,” even some of his sympathizers thought he had gone too far. Not Rush Limbaugh, though. “I think that there’s something to it,” Limbaugh said Sunday during an interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace. “They’re enemies of Trump, and Trump […]

The UN’s envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says the latest ceasefire in the war-ravaged country is holding better than previous ones and that the pause in fighting should pave the way for talks toward a political solution. A ceasefire between the Syrian government and armed opposition groups was reached in late December. It was […]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he won’t “sit silent” and watch the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion get “ripped out” as Republicans work to repeal the law. Kasich, a second-term Republican who sought the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2016, told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on “State of the Union” that he wants Republicans to continue coverage […]

Retired Marine Corps Gen. Jim Jones, who was President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, said Sunday he hasn’t been asked to consider doing the job again under President Donald Trump. “No, I have not had any contact with the White House, and I think that I’ve had my turn in the barrel,” Jones told CNN’s […]

SpaceX is back in action and has successfully completed a historic launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a delay 24 hours earlier over concerns about the rocket, the launch on Sunday appeared to go flawlessly. It was the first SpaceX launch from Florida since a Falcon 9 exploded on a launch pad on […]

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was hospitalized this month after suspected poisoning, has left the country to seek further treatment, the man’s lawyer said Sunday. “This morning, Vladimir Kara-Murza flew abroad with his wife Evgenia Kara-Murza, accompanied by physician to undergo a rehabilitation course after repeated severe poisoning (a few days earlier […]

At least 30 people were killed in a car-bomb blast at a market Sunday in Mogadishu, Capt. Abdirisak Mohamed, a senior Somali police officer, told CNN. Medina Hospital medics said more than 50 people were injured, some critically. Those injured were mostly traders and customers at the market. The death toll was likely to rise […]

A day after delivering the first major foreign policy address of the Trump administration, US Vice President Mike Pence toured the spare gray prison yards here where Jews and others assembled for daily roll call during the Holocaust. It was a low-key visit to this Nazi-era concentration camp in southern Germany, coming midway through Pence’s […]

The UN’s envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says the latest ceasefire in the war-ravaged country is holding better than previous ones and that the pause in fighting should pave the way for talks toward a political solution. A ceasefire between the Syrian government and armed opposition groups was reached in late December. It was […]

When Michael Flynn quit under pressure as national security adviser, he became the second high-ranking official in Donald Trump’s inner circle to step down over investigations of the campaign’s alleged ties to Russia. In classic Washington fashion, some dubbed the scandal “Russiagate,” harking back to the epochal Watergate scandal that ousted a president in 1974, […]

The GANT weekly reload gives readers a look back upon the most noteworthy stories of their work week.  It contains the big headlines, as well as a few stories you might have missed. It might even include a story or two of the lighter side. The GANT reload will be posted each weekend for your perusal. For most […]

CLEARFIELD – If you’ve had a family member or loved one who has had dementia, have you ever wondered what they are experiencing?  A free training, called Dementia LIVE, is being sponsored by the Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging Inc. and will help participants understand how people with dementia perceive the world.   Dementia […]

CURWENSVILLE – The Rotary Club of Curwensville welcomed guest Dr. John Farr, who was representing Habitat for Humanity, at the weekly meeting Feb. 7. Dr. Farr informed the members about the project beginning in Grampian, as well as the efforts to locate a suitable family for the new home. He said for families to be […]

DUBOIS – The JCPenney salon of DuBois hosted an event entitled “Meet the Masters.”  Cindy Billotte from the salon invited Jeff Tech Cosmetology Career and Technical Education students to the salon for a tour Jan. 23, and 11 of the cosmetology students attended the event.  The students were shown around the salon, got to see the […]

Malaysian police are looking for four more suspects, all of them North Korean, in connection with the mysterious death of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Authorities said they are treating the incident as a murder case. Top police official Noor Rashid Ibrahim addressed reporters in Kuala […]

China says it’ll halt all coal imports from North Korea from Sunday for the rest of 2017, amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula following Pyongyang’s most recent missile test last week. China’s Ministry of Commerce, in a public notice jointly issued with the country’s customs agency Saturday, said the decision was made to comply […]

A man forced his way into a secure area at Honolulu International Airport and died after he was detained, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said. The incident took place at the airport’s commuter terminal Saturday morning. The unidentified man forced his way through the exit lane of the security checkpoint and gained access to an […]