Новости за 27.02.2017

Twelve types of bacteria were deemed “priorities” in urgent need of new antibiotics, according to a list released by the World Health Organization on Monday. The first list of its kind, it highlights bacteria that global health experts believe pose the greatest threats to human health. The WHO is calling on governments and pharmaceutical companies […]

Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly last week sought the expert advice of a man calling himself Nils Bildt during a segment on refugees in Sweden. Bildt, who was billed as a “Swedish defense and national security adviser,” largely backed a narrative promoted by President Trump that portrays asylum seekers as being responsible for an increase […]

In words often misattributed to William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott wrote in his 1808 epic poem, “Marmion”: “O! what a tangled web we weave,/When first we practise to deceive” Today, no one embodies the contemporary version of the “tangled web” notion more than Donald Trump and his Game of Thrones-style White House. In its current […]

President Donald Trump is set to give an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday — but it technically won’t be his first State of the Union address. Trump isn’t shaking up any traditions — as he is known to do — but instead following what past presidents have done before him. His […]

You can bet that plenty of Berkshire Hathaway employees will fill out the company’s March Madness bracket this year. That’s because boss Warren Buffett said one employee could win $1 million a year for life if they correctly pick the teams that make it to the Sweet 16. “If they can get to the Sweet […]

More African-Americans appear to be taking an active interest in their right to bear arms since the election of President Donald Trump, gun club leaders and firearm sellers say. A national African-American gun club has doubled its membership since Election Day, and gun sellers say they’ve noticed more black customers buying firearms. At Stoddard’s Range […]

President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defense programs, the White House said Monday. “This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,” Trump said at a bipartisan gathering of US governors at the White House […]

The Pentagon has sent the White House the expected preliminary options for accelerating the fight against ISIS that President Donald Trump ordered 30 days ago, according to a US official. The options include military, diplomatic and financial measures. The same official said the “principals committee” of top administration officials will meet Monday afternoon to discuss […]

Of all the memorable moments at the Oscars Sunday night, Mahershala Ali’s win for best supporting actor marked an especially poignant triumph. Ali is the first Muslim actor to take home the golden statue. And he comes from a sect of Islam, Ahmadiyya, that has faced persecution and violence. Ali did not mention his Muslim […]

Police in El Salvador are investigating a “cowardly and inhumane” attack at the National Zoological Park that killed a hippopotamus named Gustavito. The 15-year-old hippo suffered “multiple blows on different parts of the body” from “blunt and sharp objects” in Wednesday’s attack, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement. The San Salvador zoo said […]

Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. 1. The Academy Awards If you fell asleep during last night’s Oscar as it droned on and on, you missed one […]

Republicans return to Washington on Monday to what is becoming an increasingly daunting undertaking: Dismantling Obamacare. When Congress went home last week, many lawmakers confronted an unpleasant reality. At town halls spanning the country, angry constituents criticized GOP congressmen and senators for their allegiance to President Donald Trump and demanded to know how they intend […]

Hollywood and Washington conservatives have never gotten along. But the call to action in this town is hitting a new level during the early days of President Donald Trump’s administration. The entertainment industry’s general antipathy toward Trump was on full display Sunday at the Oscars, where references to the President’s controversial actions during his first […]

As mainstream news outlets grapple with their increasingly stormy relationship with the White House, one leading editor warns that reporters should not “spin out of control” in response to President Trump’s anti-media posture. Jeffrey Goldberg, veteran Washington correspondent and editor in chief of The Atlantic, says the reporters who cover the Trump administration should not […]

If Hillary Clinton had won the presidency last year, Tom Perez, the freshly elected Democratic National Committee chair, might well be entering his second month running her Justice Department. Instead, Perez was welcomed into his new job on Saturday by jeering progressive activists, who for the second time in a year, saw their preferred pick […]

1. Record run: The Dow has closed at a record high for 11 consecutive trading sessions. It’s now creeping closer to the 21,000 point level after blowing past 20,000 points in late January. Another strong performance on Monday would match the index’s 12-day streak of record closes from January of 1987. U.S. stock futures were […]

And the loser is… PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The global accounting firm has apologized for the embarrassing envelope mix-up that resulted in “La La Land” being wrongly announced as best picture at the Oscars. For more than 80 years, PwC has administered the Oscars balloting process on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The […]

Two North Korean ministries orchestrated the plot to kill Kim Jong Nam on the orders of his half-brother, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency has said. Lawmakers in Seoul, who were briefed by the country’s intelligence officials, said the North’s foreign ministry and ministry of national security had recruited one of […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County Coroner Mike Morris has issued his annual report for 2016. Month Number of Investigations January  59 February  72 March  69 April  62 May 71 June  47 July  60 August  79 September  79 October  89 November  69 December  95 In 2016, the coroner’s office handled 851 cases. Four are still pending completion […]

ULYSSES – A book written and produced portraying the visual history of Pennsylvania’s railroad lumbering communities hit book stores in the last quarter of 2016. Authors Ronald E. Ostman and Harry Littell present the photographs of William T. Clarke and tell the story of the people and landscapes he captured. This book, which garnered national […]

“The White Helmets,” a documentary about volunteer rescue workers in Syria, took home the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Sunday. It was the first Academy Award win for Netflix, which distributed the film. Cinematographer and press officer for the Syrian White Helmets, Khaled Khatib, did not fly to the United States to attend the event. […]

President Trump has repeatedly vowed to replace Obamacare with something better. Now, he’ll have the chance to talk to some of the nation’s leading health insurers about how to do that. Health insurers are meeting with the president on Monday, and Obamacare is expected to be at the top of the agenda. Among the attendees […]

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly sought to assure the nation’s governors Sunday that immigration enforcement would be limited to criminals and the travel ban won’t target Muslims. “Gen. Kelly spelled out it’s not about religion, it’s not even about nation of origin,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said following the security briefing at the annual National […]

Director Asghar Farhadi won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Sunday at the 89th Academy Awards. But Farhadi was not in attendance to claim the Oscar for his film, “The Salesman.” He boycotted the awards show in protest of President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily barred travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries, including […]

Boxing legend and Filipino senator Manny Pacquiao has announced a date for this next fight — April 23 — against former British lightweight Olympic champion Amir Khan. Khan, who won a silver medal in 2004, confirmed on Twitter that his team had agreed to Pacquiao’s terms and would meet him for a “super fight.” Pacquiao […]