Новости за 16.03.2017

State police at Clearfield State police received a report about an incident of harassment that occurred Tuesday on George Street in Curwensville Borough. During the incident, a 23-year-old Curwensville man allegedly threatened the victim. Charges were filed through the district court as a result. State police at Punxsutawney State police received a report about an […]

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, was paid more than $33,750 by Russia’s state-run broadcaster RT TV-Russia for a speech in Moscow in December 2015, a top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has learned. The US intelligence community has long assessed RT to be a propaganda tool of the […]

There’s a new reason to call it March Madness. CBSSports.com, where fans fill out brackets for the NCAA basketball championship tournament, drove users crazy when the site crashed Thursday morning. According to DownDetector, which tracks social media posts about connectivity issues, a flood of fans began reporting issues accessing brackets on CBSSports.com around 11 am […]

Twenty million people desperately need food assistance across four countries, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen — according to recent figures from the United Nations. “We stand at a critical point in history, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien told the Security Council. “Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest […]

USA Hockey will field a women’s team in the upcoming world championship games — with or without the current members of the women’s national team. The women who were originally named to the team have vowed to sit out the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship games to protest for fair pay. In addition to […]

Female financial advisers get punished more severely than men, especially at Wells Fargo. That’s according to a new working paper that finds female employees who engage in misconduct at Wells Fargo Advisors are 27% more likely than their male counterparts to have lost their jobs. Wells Fargo Advisors had the highest rate of female workers […]

Voters in the Netherlands turned out in droves on Wednesday to deliver a rebuke to the forces of populism. But don’t exhale just yet: Europe’s biggest test of 2017 is still to come. The stakes will be far higher when national elections kick off next month in France. That contest will pit mainstream candidates against […]

Three kids snuck into the flamingo enclosure at a Czech zoo and attacked a colony of the terrified birds with baseball-sized rocks. They killed a male flamingo and injured another, zoo officials said. “It’s a shame because the flamingos can grow very old,” said Martin Malac, a spokesman for the Jihlava Zoo, told CNN. “They […]

Heiko Maas, Germany’s Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, fired a dangerous warning shot in the direction of US free speech advocates with his proposal to fine tech companies up to $53 million for not acting aggressively against “hate speech” on their social media platforms. Global companies like Twitter and Facebook have emerged as vibrant […]

This drone video shows the Pennsylvania town of Hazleton under snow on March 14, after a major nor’easter storm blanketed much of the U.S. Northeast.

At a Broadway show about welcoming people during a time of need, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted Ivanka Trump as his guest of honor. The first daughter sat in the audience Wednesday night alongside US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. The show, “Come From Away,” is a musical about the generosity of […]

President Donald Trump released a $1.1 trillion budget outline Thursday that proposes a $54 billion increase in defense spending corresponding cuts to non-defense spending at the State Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and dozens of other federal programs. The blueprint features the broad strokes of Trump’s plan to […]

After decades in their film cans, thousands of decades-old nuclear testing explosion films are finally seeing the light of day, thanks to a project by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Over a period of about 20 years after the end of World War II, the US conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests. Each was captured […]

The future is now for Paul Ryan. In the pandemonium of the health care fight, the House speaker’s reputation, authority and political fate are on the line in a way they never have been before during his charmed assent to the pinnacle of Washington power. During Ryan’s Wednesday blitz of cable news and talk radio […]

The body of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slain last month, was identified using a DNA sample from his son, Malaysian authorities said Thursday. The sample was obtained by Malaysian authorities who went overseas to get it, Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. Kim […]

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. Travel ban It’s déjà vu all over again: A federal judge has blocked President Trump’s new travel ban. This judge, […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team continue to work around the clock to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, realizing that they may need to make significant changes to their legislation if they are going to pass it on the House floor as soon as next week. As […]

They’re spared the glances. The “go back to your country” slurs facing so many undocumented migrants in the US. But they live in fear. They don’t call the police when there’s a break in. They think twice before they bring a sick child to the emergency room. Only, they’re white – and they’re Irish. An […]

Luzerne County is nestled in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. The county seat, Wilkes-Barre, lies on the edge of the Susquehanna River, which snakes through the region before emptying into the Chesapeake Bay. Ryan Cooper grew up there, in Wilkes-Barre. It will always be home to the 29-year-old veteran, despite the struggles he’s faced here. […]

A federal judge in Maryland Thursday morning temporarily blocked the 90-day ban on immigration for citizens of six countries in President Donald Trump’s executive order, dealing another blow to the President’s revised travel ban. Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order nationwide over the ban, hours before it was set […]

Far-right populism has failed its first test in Europe this year after conservative party leader Geert Wilders came a distant second in the closely-watched Dutch election. Prime Minister Mark Rutte took to the stage in the Hague Wednesday night to claim victory, amid wild cheering and whistling from his jubilant supporters. “This night is a […]

“Never waste a good crisis” is a motto for Dr. Okechukwu “Okey” Enelamah, the Nigerian minister of industry, trade and investment. Right now, he has plenty to work with. One of the largest economies in Africa is shrinking. Collapsing oil revenue has plunged Nigeria into a full-year recession for the first time since 1991, and […]

Authorities missed an opportunity a decade ago to stop a key ISIS operative thought to be behind the Paris and Brussels attacks, a former Belgian intelligence officer says. Instead, Andre Jacob, who at the time was the head of the anti-terrorism unit for Belgian intelligence, says that Oussama Atar, believed by French authorities to be […]

The Trump administration will add detail to its plan to slash the federal budget Thursday morning, releasing its “America First” budget outline. The blueprint will feature the broad strokes of President Donald Trump’s plan to dramatically remake the federal government, according to previews provided by administration officials. It includes plans to slash spending at everything […]

The White House is releasing its budget proposal Thursday with just $1.5 billion immediately earmarked for the President’s oft-promised Southern border wall with Mexico — a reflection of the fact that the administration doesn’t yet know what it wants the wall to look like, the budget director said. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick […]