Новости за 10.03.2017

Sarah Michelle Gellar showed love for her Scooby Gang on the 20th Anniversary of the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series premiere. “20 years ago today, I had the greatest privilege to bring Buffy to your TV screens for the first time,” Gellar wrote in an Instagram post on Friday. “It was a long and challenging […]

Lawmakers are trying to put a stop to shrinking airline seats … again. A bipartisan bill introduced in the House and Senate would establish a minimum airplane seat width as well as a minimum distance between rows. The SEAT Act of 2017 would task the Federal Aviation Administration to set the limits and require airlines […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan has given a PowerPoint presentation and members of two committees have held epic overnight markup sessions as they try to get the House Republican leadership’s Obamacare proposal through the House of Representatives and over to the Senate. But while Republicans are trying to keep up momentum in the face of growing […]

James S. “Jamie” Osburn III, 61, of Falls Creek died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Penn Highlands DuBois. Born June 16, 1955 in DuBois, he was the son of the late Sherman Osburn Jr. and Margaret S. Osburn.  Mrs. Osburn survives. On Oct. 15, 1977, he married his high school sweetheart, Penny (Frick) Osburn.  They […]

Billy Ray Cyrus has sent social media into conspiracy mode. The country singer — and father of Miley Cyrus — posted a picture on his Instagram late Thursday that has people wondering if Miss Cyrus is now Mrs. Hemsworth. “I’m so happy…you are happy,” wrote Cyrus, next to a photo of his daughter smiling in […]

Congress needs to pass legislation that grants American citizenship to undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children, a Republican lawmaker said Friday. “We need to do the right thing. We need to put partisanship aside, just like we need to do in health care, and do right by these young people who, in […]

I’ve had some pretty extraordinary experiences as the host of my new spiritual adventure series, “Believer.” But no experience surprised me more than the day I learned I had accidentally convinced the leader of a doomsday group in Hawaii that he was, indeed, the messiah. I had come to Hawaii to immerse myself in a […]

Travelers have been flocking to Portland, Oregon lately — in fact there’s been a 28% increase in tourists to the unofficial hipster city in the past five years, according to the Port of Portland. If you’re headed there for work, you’ll certainly want to check out the cool cafes, bookstores, and food trucks that line […]

Talk about “smoke” and mirrors. Marijuana vending machine company Medbox and its founder were charged this week with tricking investors by using a secret shell company to create “bogus” sales. Medbox bragged in press releases about “record” profits and claimed to be a leader in the marijuana industry, authorities said. And in a May 2013 […]

“A gentleman and a true legend.” The motorsport world has paid tribute to one its greatest all-round racers, John Surtees, who passed away Friday at the age of 83. The British driver is the only man to have won a world title on both four wheels and two. “Ferrari has lost one of its greatest […]

The past couple of years haven’t quite gone to plan for Canadian men’s rugby. While the women’s sevens team won a bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, the male Maple Leafs had to watch on TV after missing out on a place at the sport’s biggest showcase in over 100 years. The men’s 15-a-side […]

HYDE — While McGuffey is not exactly a mirror image of his Clearfield Area High School boys basketball team, coach Nate Glunt saw several similarities after watching the Highlanders on film and reviewing the scouting report in preparation for their PIAA Class AAAA playoff opener in the DuBois Middle School Saturday at 6 p.m. The […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Friday as the two top leaders work to coordinate their military and diplomatic moves in the 6-year-old Syrian conflict and to deepen their economic ties. It was the first time the men had met since 2015, weeks after Turkey’s air force […]

The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye will usher in new leadership that could take a vastly different approach to South Korea-US relations. Will the next leader in Seoul agree with the United States on key issues including North Korea and the placement of a US-built missile defense system on South Korean soil? Or will South […]

If you wondered whether we need to do more to help our kids recognize “fake news,” a new report makes it clear the answer is a resounding yes. Although 44% of tweens and teens in a recent survey said they can tell the difference between fake news stories and real ones, more than 30% who […]

South Korea has been plunged into a period of political uncertainty after the President, Park Geun-hye, was forced out of office by a corruption scandal. The country’s Constitutional Court upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park over allegations of corruption and cronyism. She becomes the country’s first democratically elected leader to be forcibly removed. Two […]

Trapped, depressed and useless. That’s how some spouses of high-skilled visa holders describe their lives in America before an immigration policy change by former President Obama. For years, people with H-4 visas — largely spouses or children of H-1B visa holders — weren’t allowed to earn an income or have a Social Security Number. Obama […]

Need a place to crash for a few hours? Or a comfortable spot to host a business meeting? How about a quick luxury escape? Top hotels in major cities around the world are offering daytime room rentals at cut-rate prices through tech startup DayUse.com. Marriott and the French hotel group Accor have signed up with […]

HERSHEY — Clearfield Bison junior Luke McGonigal took a major step towards a medal at the PIAA AAA State Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Thursday evening by winning his first bout. Sean Hoover (18-5) from North Allegheny defeated Ben Root (37-8) from Solanco 4-3 in preliminary round action for the right […]

Pope Francis has said he is open to married men becoming priests to combat the Roman Catholic Church’s shortage of clergy. In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, Pope Francis said the lack of Catholic priests was an “enormous problem” for the Church, and indicated he would be open to a change in the […]

Two protesters died at demonstrations following the removal of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, according to a statement from acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn. The statement does not provide details surrounding the deaths. The statement, which called the casualties regrettable, added that several people were injured at the protests. Earlier Friday, Park’s presidency ended after a […]

It made history as India’s first unmanned lunar spacecraft. Then it vanished. Nearly a decade later, NASA has located two unmanned spacecraft orbiting the moon, including India’s Chandrayaan-1, which went quiet in 2009. Scientists used a new ground radar to locate the spacecraft — one active and one dormant — orbiting the moon, NASA said […]

For a second time, a president is sending Jon Huntsman overseas on an assignment that could block his political ambitions. President Donald Trump’s decision to tap the Republican former Utah governor as the US ambassador to Russia puts Huntsman on the sidelines the day before veteran Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch announced his plans Thursday to […]

More than 104 million passengers flew through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2016, making it the busiest passenger airport in the world for the 19th year in a row, according to Airports Council International’s preliminary passenger data for 2016. Atlanta, which is a major port of entry into North America and connecting hub for many […]

Late-night host Samantha Bee apologized on Thursday for a segment on her show that made fun of a cancer patient’s haircut. The clip on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” showed several men, who producer Mike Rubens said had “Nazi hair,” at last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference. One of the men in the piece was […]