Новости за 25.02.2017

A reporter and anchor for an Iraqi Kurdish TV station was killed Saturday while working on the front lines as Iraqi forces battle ISIS for the city of Mosul. Shifa Gardi, 30, a beloved journalist in a male-dominated profession, died in a roadside bomb blast that also injured her cameraman, Younis Mustafa, according to her […]

BREAKING NEWS: (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee elected Tom Perez as its new chairman Saturday, voting for the former labor secretary over Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison in a 235-200 vote. Moments later, at Perez’s request, Ellison was approved as his deputy chair. Perez, who drew support from backers of Hillary Clinton and former President […]

A Republican lawmaker who supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election said a special prosecutor should investigate reported communications between the Trump campaign and Russians known to US intelligence, not Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “You are right that you cannot have somebody, a friend of mine — Jeff Sessions — who was on the […]

By now we should all be accustomed to the way that Donald Trump twists almost everything to make it about him — personally — and not about whatever issue is at hand. This is especially true when he takes questions from reporters, who may be the only people in his life who consistently challenge him, […]

BREAKING NEWS: (CNN) — No candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee got enough votes to be elected on first ballot. Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez fell one vote short in the first round, gaining 213.5 out of 214.5 votes necessary, meaning the election will move on to the second ballot. Rep. Keith Ellison […]

The “Hamilton” actor who addressed Mike Pence from the stage shortly after the presidential election said Saturday he expects politics to play a role in the acceptance speeches of this year’s Oscar winners. Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr in the award-winning Broadway musical, made headlines in November when he read a message to […]

A man armed with a knife was shot and injured by police Saturday after he drove a car into a group of pedestrians in Heidelberg, Germany, local police said. Three people were injured, one seriously, Mannheim police said. After driving his car into the group, the suspect tried to flee the scene and was then […]

President Donald Trump would like the US to be “at the top of the pack” when it comes to having nuclear weapons. The statement, in an interview with Reuters Thursday, left non-proliferation experts puzzled and concerned. The President said the US has “fallen behind on nuclear weapons capacity” and that, while he would like to […]

Nearly 2,000 appointed positions in the administration of President Donald Trump remain vacant, leaving many agencies with large staffing gaps waiting to be filled, according to data reviewed by CNN. Meanwhile, Trump is noticeably behind the last three presidents when it comes to securing the confirmation of his Cabinet and other top appointments that require […]

Is it the best of the worst or the worst of the worst? The winners (or losers, perhaps) of the 37th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as the Razzies, were announced Saturday. The voters went political this year, with “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party” winning worst picture. It faced superhero-tough […]

New national security adviser H.R. McMaster is already setting a strikingly different tone than his ousted predecessor, Michael Flynn, and President Donald Trump, saying the term “radical Islamic terrorism” isn’t helpful for US goals. At an all-hands meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said jihadist terrorists aren’t true to […]

Warren Buffett gave his annual shout-out to America on Saturday, extolling capitalism, immigration, the legal system and smart investing as he detailed the $17.6 billion his company earned last year. “From a standing start 240 years ago — a span of time less than triple my days on earth — Americans have combined human ingenuity, […]

A suspect in the death of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, thought she was rubbing baby oil on his face, according to an Indonesian official. The suspect is one of two women whom Malaysian authorities believe swiped the face of Kim Jong Nam with the VX […]

Faced with chants of “Do your job,” Republican lawmakers have been flustered by rowdy town hall meetings in their home turf over the past few weeks. Using tactics similar to the tea party that roiled Democrats during the Obama years, attendees flooded town halls in largely conservative districts to ask pointed questions to longtime Republicans […]

When Donald Trump was elected, most people probably weren’t concerned about the future of data. But for some groups, that was top of mind. Data Refuge was founded after the election, with a goal of tracking and safeguarding government data. The volunteer group of hackers, writers, scientists and students collects federal data about climate change […]

Democrats are set to choose a new chair to lead their battered party as it tries to channel the anti-Donald Trump energy of its base into an electoral rebound. The Democratic National Committee is set to meet Saturday morning in Atlanta, where 442 voting members will select from a seven-candidate field led by former Labor […]

A draft of the House Republicans’ bill to repeal Obamacare would replace its subsidies with less generous tax credits, increase the amount insurers could charge older Americans and effectively eliminate Medicaid for low-income adults. These provisions could leave a significant share of the 20 million people who gained coverage under Obamacare without insurance. The proposal […]

More than 50 civilians have been killed or injured by landmines since Friday night as they fled a village about 9 miles west of Mosul, Iraq’s Federal Police said in a tweet Saturday. Residents in the village of Sahaji were trying to escape the fighting as Iraqi forces advance on western Mosul. ISIS is in […]

Claudio Ranieri has admitted his “dream died” when he was sacked by Leicester City Football club nine months after winning the English Premier League title. In one of the most unlikely success stories in sports history the Italian guided the club to its first league title, despite starting the season as 5000-1 outsider. But the […]

Detour will be in effect, March through July STATE COLLEGE – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will begin a Centre County bridge replacement project on Monday, Feb. 27.  The bridge is located on Pine Creek Road (Route 2018) in Haines Township, about one mile northeast of the village of Coburn. Replacing the bridge will […]

CLEARFIELD – A mystery dinner will be held at 5 p.m. March 4 at the Knights of Columbus, 502 Arnold Ave., Clearfield, to benefit the Allegheny Spay & Neuter Clinic.  Tickets are $35 per person and include dinner, non-alcoholic drinks, door prizes and the mystery dinner show.  The mystery dinner show is being put […]

MILESBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is continuing replacement work on the Route 144 bridge in Milesburg that spans the Jersey Shore Railroad tracks. Area drivers can expect short delays on Monday, Feb. 27, as concrete barrier is set on the project. The barrier will channel traffic away from workers and allow PennDOT […]

Suicide attacks targeting two security centers in the regime-held western Syrian city of Homs killed at least 32 people and wounded 24 others, according to state media citing the city’s Gov. Talal Barazi. Syria’s SANA news agency quoted Barazi on the number of casualties and the nature of the targets. State-run Syrian TV cited its […]

HERSHEY, Pa. — Millions of people across the United States struggle with eating disorders. With so much public discussion about obesity and healthy eating, conversations about weight and BMI — or body mass index — can actually make the problem worse. “As we try to tackle one, it can have an effect on the other,” […]

Vice President Mike Pence delivered an ode on Friday evening to the Republican Jewish establishment that once was deeply skeptical of his boss, effusively praising several GOP luminaries such as billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Speaking before a Shabbat dinner at Adelson’s landmark Venetian hotel and casino, Pence shared his administration’s platform on Israel with several hundred […]