Новости за 03.03.2017

For decades, experts have argued over when to clamp and cut a newborn’s umbilical cord after birth. Now, more health organizations are beginning to recommend delayed cord clamping. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has become one of the latest to advise medical professionals to wait at least 30 to 60 seconds before clamping […]

What’s the latest hold-up in the Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace Obamacare? How to help people pay for their health insurance. Republicans are fractured over whether to replace Obamacare subsidies with refundable tax credits that would be based on a person’s age rather than their income. A faction of conservative lawmakers don’t like that […]

Ohio Farms Packing Co. Ltd. has issued a recall of more than 40,000 pounds of veal products, the US Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The products were shipped in 60-pound boxes with the establishment number “EST. 34569.” The Ohio-based company says the recall is due to the possible contamination of E. coli non-O157; a sample […]

In a world first, a teenager with sickle cell disease achieved complete remission after an experimental gene therapy at Necker Children’s Hospital in Paris, researchers say. People with sickle-cell disease, a group of inherited blood disorders, have abnormal hemoglobin in their red blood cells, causing blood to clog in the tiny vessels and organs of […]

After the death of Freddy and Bubbles, two beloved class goldfish, students at an elementary school in Scotland handled their grief in epic style. Students at Papdale Primary School in Kirkwall got the fish for Christmas — but they didn’t last long. The creatures met their demise just as the class was learning about the […]

A 13-year-old girl wailed as immigration agents took her handcuffed father away in a black car. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez’s vehicle over Tuesday about a half mile from a school where the undocumented immigrant from Mexico had just dropped off one of his girls. The dad, 48, was driving daughter […]

The State Department released its annual report on the state of human rights across the globe Friday with markedly less fanfare than in previous years. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chose not to hold the traditional press conference that has accompanied the release of the report for decades across both Democratic and Republican administrations. Sen. […]

AT&T has agreed to bring 3,000 outsourced jobs home to the U.S. The union that represents AT&T workers, the Communications Workers of America, said Thursday that it’s reached a tentative agreement with AT&T Southwest — a regional landline arm of the company — that includes a commitment to hire American workers to do jobs that […]

This is Jax Rosebush and Reddy Weldon. Aren’t they identical? They sure think so. They’re in the same class. They both love to play. And they both have a lot of energy. So, according to a post on Facebook, when Lydia Rosebush told her son, Jax, last weekend that he needed to get a haircut, […]

After seeing a distressed woman standing on the ledge of a bridge, an Ohio bus driver acted swiftly to help rescue her. Damone “D” Hudson was driving across the Main Street Bridge in Dayton last month when he spotted the woman. He immediately stopped the bus and started talking with her, hoping to persuade her […]

DUBOIS — A repeat against Punxsutawney turned into a three-peat for the once-beaten Clearfield Area High School boys basketball team in their 14th consecutive win Thursday night. Just as they did en route in a 65-41 win at home on Jan. 30, the Bison broke away from the Chucks in the third quarter for a […]

There is no political pivot away from the Russia story. Indeed, even as the suddenly “presidential” Donald Trump was basking in acclaim Wednesday for his uncharacteristically measured speech Tuesday night before the joint session of Congress, “Russiagate” was gearing up again. And by Thursday, under intense political pressure over his meeting with Russia’s ambassador, Attorney […]

The United States is making more things than ever before. Yes, you read that right. Manufacturing output is at an all-time high, according to one government statistic (others indicate it’s near a record). Evidence of the boom is visible when you drive around America’s muscle town: Detroit. The giant Ford, GM and Chrysler factories are […]

DUBOIS — Based on regular season records and their previous meeting, the Clearfield Area High School girls basketball team was a decided underdog against top-seeded Punxsutawney in the District 9 Class AAAA championship Thursday night at DuBois High School. The Lady Bison apparently didn’t get the word and, and urged on by their loudly cheering […]

Prime Minister Theresa May accused Scotland’s governing party of being obsessed with independence, as she stressed the importance of Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom after Brexit. May, addressing the Scottish Conservative Party conference in Glasgow, insisted there would be no benefit to Scotland going it alone when the United Kingdom leaves the European […]

Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are struggling to understand why younger populations continue to suffer asbestos-related medical issues despite efforts to reduce exposure from the toxic mineral. According to a report released by the CDC on Thursday, numbers of deaths related to malignant mesothelioma increased from 2,479 in 1999 to […]

Russia’s foreign minister pushed back Friday at assertions that his country’s US ambassador is a spy, and echoed US President Donald Trump’s contention that the controversy over contacts between Kremlin officials and Trump’s campaign is “a witch hunt.” “The ambassadors are appointed in order to maintain relationships,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a […]

American banks raked in record profits last year as they continue to rebound from the meltdown of 2008. Not only did the banking industry notch its third year of record profits in the past four, but FDIC statistics published this week showed that loan growth was strong and the number of “problem banks” fell to […]

Sessions wasn’t the only one talking to Russia. Here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. 1. Politics So. Much. Drama. The updates have been dizzying since we learned that Attorney General Jeff Sessions chatted twice last year with the Russian ambassador to the US […]

Prime Minister Theresa May believes leaving the European Union is a chance to reverse decades of industrial decline in Britain. But with formal Brexit negotiations about to begin, the foundations of one key manufacturing industry are shaking: Autos. Global automakers support hundreds of thousands of jobs in Britain. Their workers are well paid, and many […]

Over the years, members of the international gang MS-13 have been convicted of a number of crimes across the country, ranging from racketeering to murder. MS-13, also known as La Mara Salvatrucha is also one of the largest criminal organizations in the United States, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts. Here is some […]

It’s the tale of two Tillersons. Nearly a month into his tenure as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson is winning over foreign governments but alienating many employees at the agency he leads and raising questions about his ability to wield power in Washington. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a top adviser, is emerging as a shadow secretary of […]

More than a dozen members of the MS-13 gang were indicted Thursday on seven killings on Long Island spanning three years, including the deaths of several high school students last year. The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said the 13 members of La Mara Salvatrucha, known as MS-13, face offenses […]

People talk endlessly these days about how divided Americans are, but I’m not sure I believe it. Yes, it’s true that Americans don’t much agree on politics at the moment. And we are as religiously and ethnically diverse as we’ve ever been. But what we do share, and always have, is a deep attachment to […]

A New York hate crime task force is investigating the toppling of at least a dozen headstones at a Jewish cemetery after similar incidents occurred in St. Louis and Philadelphia. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would be launching a statewide investigation of the vandalism at the Waad Hakolel Cemetery in Rochester, New York, […]