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Ex-presidents tend to recede from public view, particularly when they leave office — as George W. Bush did — with a Gallup approval rating hovering around 30%. But Bush is returning to the national stage this week in the role of an elder statesman. He’s promoting his new book “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in […]

A rumor of an affair, a series of fake job scandals and a handful of investigations — the French presidential election campaign has not lacked for drama. For the three main candidates aiming to replace President Francois Hollande, the road to the Élysée is filled with political potholes. On Wednesday, center-right Republican nominee Francois Fillon […]

BELL TOWNSHIP – A 15-year-old boy died from injuries suffered in a garbage-burning accident Tuesday evening on Smay Lane in Bell Township, reported state police at Punxsutawney. State police say the boy was burning bags of garbage in a metal burn barrel. While he was putting a bag of garbage in the barrel, an item […]

Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of the holy season of Lent for many Christians in the Western church. Catholics and Protestants usually head inside their local church to receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. But a church in Ireland decided to do something a little different to meet […]

The leaders of Wells Fargo just took a big pay hit due to the bank’s fake account scandal. Wells Fargo’s board of directors has stripped CEO Tim Sloan and seven of his top lieutenants of their 2016 bonuses as the bank seeks to hold management accountable for recent stumbles. The board took further punitive action […]

Wall Street is giving President Trump’s first speech to Congress a standing ovation. The Dow soared 300 points and zoomed beyond the 21,000 level for the first time ever on Wednesday. The milestone comes barely a month after the Dow hit 20,000 for the first time. Trump’s primetime address to Congress received high marks from […]

Wall Street is giving President Trump’s first speech to Congress a standing ovation. The Dow soared 300 points and zoomed beyond the 21,000 level for the first time ever on Wednesday. The milestone comes barely a month after the Dow hit 20,000 for the first time. Trump’s primetime address to Congress received high marks from […]

A total of 460 people in China have had confirmed infections of avian influenza since October, according to the World Health Organization. The number of people infected in China “exceed previous seasons,” said Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the Global Influenza Program at the WHO. They represent more than a third of the cases reported […]

Former Utah governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is in discussions to be US ambassador to Russia, a senior administration official told CNN. The source said Huntsman spoke with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about it last week and discussions are progressing. Another source close to Huntsman said he had been in touch […]

An Argentinian art gallery owner based in New York will miss the opening of his institution’s newest show because he was denied entry to the United States. Juan Garcia Mosqueda, founder and owner of Chamber gallery in New York City, claimed in an open letter that he was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport […]

President Trump’s supporters like what he said — and how he said it. They overwhelmingly give him an A for his first big speech to Congress. “I think he really stepped up his game,” says Rick Quinn, a soft spoken 59-year-old who voted for Trump in Michigan. “He was much more polished. The speech didn’t […]

Few racing drivers have been so dominant in recent times as Jose Maria Lopez. But after winning a third straight World Touring Car Championship last year, the Argentine felt the urge to change track — to Formula E. “I could have stayed in WTC probably to look for more wins and championships but that’s not […]

Embattled French presidential candidate François Fillon said he will persevere in the race despite an ongoing investigation into allegations that he paid his wife and children for work they did not do. His statement Wednesday came less than a week after France’s financial prosecutor’s office said it would open a judicial investigation into the claims […]

Wealthier and younger Americans would be the big winners if Congressional Republicans replace Obamacare subsidies with tax credits, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis finds. But many middle class folks would come out ahead, too. Republican lawmakers want to provide age-based refundable tax credits to help people buy health insurance. The tax credits would range […]

POLITICS So much to cover … so little time. Trump’s message The most unorthodox of politicians struck a conventional presidential posture during his speech to Congress last night. Donald Trump conjured a vision of common national purpose, shifting his tone from the dark, searing approach of his previous big speeches to the nation. The question […]

President Trump avoided the harsh trade talk that underpinned his presidential campaign in his first big speech to Congress Tuesday. But despite the softer rhetoric, he broadly kept faith with policy ideas that experts warn could lead to a trade war. Trump used the speech to paint a dire portrait of the economy: 43 million […]

HYDE — The Clearfield Area High School girls basketball team goes into Thursday evening’s District 9 Class AAAA championship game against top-seeded Punxsutawney with a couple of extra incentives in addition to avenging a regular season loss. The Lady Bison, who have not played since Feb. 8, will be seeking to halt a long losing […]

A hearing for Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen, is scheduled Wednesday in federal court, as a judge could rule whether she can be released before her trial. Salman is accused of obstruction of justice, and aiding and abetting her husband’s material support to ISIS. She has pleaded not guilty. Her late […]

President Donald Trump offered Republican leaders on Capitol Hill one thing they desperately wanted to hear in his address to Congress Tuesday night: an endorsement of their Obamacare repeal efforts. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, Trump called on lawmakers to repeal and replace Obamacare, warning that the Affordable Care Act […]

Just five weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have already proven to be major headaches for the new President. While many of their Republican colleagues in Congress have worked to make inroads with the new administration, hoping to capitalize on GOP control over two branches of government, the two […]

CNN Opinion invited commentators to weigh in on President Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday night. The views expressed are theirs. Eric Liu: A master of symbols over substance In his first presidential address to Congress, Donald Trump tonight reminded us that he is a master of symbols over substance. And he reminded us as well […]

President Donald Trump reached for poetry and conjured a vision of common national purpose Tuesday during his first address to Congress, shifting his tone from the dark, searing approach of his previous big speeches to the nation. Trump adopted a statesmanlike cadence, hitting notes of inspiration. For once, this most unorthodox of politicians struck a […]

President Donald Trump delivered a sweeping prime-time address Tuesday without the hiccups and bombast that have put Republicans on edge for months, ticking through his administration’s top priorities without distraction and leaving even some Democrats worried. “For people not committed to Donald Trump already, he did become presidential tonight. And I think we’ll see that […]

President Donald Trump showed his aspirational side Tuesday night. Gone from his speech to a joint session of Congress were the lengthy attacks on media and Democratic opponents. Missing was the gloom-and-doom warnings of “American carnage” from his inaugural address. And while he didn’t deliver a ton of policy specifics, Trump smoothed his rough edges, […]

Shortly after President Donald Trump addressed a Joint Session of Congress for the first time since taking the oath of office, CNN’s Van Jones called one particularly moving moment from the speech the real estate mogul’s most presidential to date. Less than an hour after Trump honored the widow of a slain NAVY Seal, the […]