Новости за 22.03.2017

A police officer was stabbed and the assailant shot by police near the British Houses of Parliament, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter they were called at approximately 2:40 pm to reports of a firearms incident near Westminster Bridge. British media reported there were multiple injuries. […]

A zoo in the Czech Republic has begun removing the horns of all its rhinos, saying it is better to leave the animals with stumps than risk them being killed by poachers. The move comes in response to an attack two weeks ago on Vince, a 4-year-old Southern white rhino, at Thoiry Zoo in Paris. […]

The Republican health care bill currently being considered at the House Rules Committee. It’s all part of a winding legislative process ahead of Thursday’s full House vote on the bill. The Rules panel, controlled by allies of House Speaker Paul Ryan, isn’t expected to change the bill. It’s in charge of approving the amendments that […]

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said Wednesday he does not believe Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has the Democratic support necessary for confirmation in the Senate. Republicans have a 52-48 majority in the chamber. Sixty votes are needed to overcome a potential filibuster by Democrats. “At this point, I don’t believe there are eight Democrats […]

President Donald Trump will deliver the May commencement address at Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world announced Wednesday. Trump, who spoke at the school days before the Iowa caucuses in January 2016, will become the first sitting US president since George H.W. Bush to speak at a Liberty University commencement. “I look […]

Chances are — unless you live in Los Angeles — the only time you hear about Scientology is when it’s connected with a Hollywood celebrity. Yet there’s a lot more to this religion than just its ties to Tinseltown. Scientology is probably one of the most successful new American faiths to have emerged in the […]

UK police are investigating a “firearms incident” near the British Parliament in London and have put the entire Westminster area on lockdown. A police officer was stabbed, the leader of the House of Commons said. The Parliament building, roads and Westminster underground station have been secured by police. London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter they […]

There’s a lot about the early days of Trump administration that Bob Nardelli likes. But what the former CEO of Home Depot and Chrysler really likes is the pace of change in the nation’s capital. “Washington can’t slow him down,” said Nardelli in an interview with CNN’s Christine Romans. “Washington has to catch up. It’s […]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that defeating ISIS would be the United States’ top priority in the Middle East and hinted at establishing a safe zone for refugee protection. The US will continue to pursue a five-pronged strategy of using military force; identifying and intercepting terrorist fighters who go to Syria from other […]

A woman was arrested late Tuesday night after she allegedly attempted to gain entry to the White House, telling police she was there to speak to President Donald Trump. Secret Service officers observed the woman, identified as Marci Wahl, 38, walking and staring at the White House complex before discovering she had jumped a fence […]

A recent WikiLeaks document dump, purportedly from the CIA, claimed that the agency can hack smart TVs and place them in “fake-off” mode, allowing an owner’s private conversations to be recorded and sent to a covert server. Although many were surprised, in 2013, CNN reported on a flaw in Samsung TVs that would allow hackers […]

CLEARFIELD – Engineer Todd Banks with Stiffler and McGraw Engineering updated the Lawrence Township Supervisors regarding the Hyde sanitary sewer overflow and requirements by the state Department of Environmental Protection. Banks said the Clearfield Municipal Authority has been under DEP order to close the SSO by June 30, but that is not something that can […]

CLEARFIELD – A Virginia woman accused of theft for not supplying grave markers for local graveyards pleaded guilty Tuesday in Clearfield County Court. Brenda Grenier, 58, formerly of Reynoldsville, along with her husband, Edmund Grenier ran Crown Crest Cemetery in Lawrence Township and Lakelawn Cemetery in Jefferson County. She pleaded guilty before Judge Paul E. […]

CLEARFIELD – Construction is under way on the new Continental Carbonic plant in Clearfield. According to previous GANT News articles, Continental Carbonic is building a facility next to the Pennsylvania Grain Processing plant to capture the carbon dioxide emissions produced by the PGP plant. It will then turn the CO2 into dry ice. The photo […]

For the first time in 34 years of preparing taxes for the elderly and low income, the Tax-Aide program sponsored by AARP, IRS and the Clearfield Area Agency on Aging Inc. regrets that we have filled all our appointment slots for the Tax-Aide season and will not be able to take any other consumers for […]

DUBOIS – At Monday night’s meeting, citizen John Tapper spoke up regarding the potential medical marijuana businesses coming to Sandy Township.  Tapper lives along Platt Road in the area of the industrial park where the growing and processing facility may locate to. Tapper did not state he was opposed to the facility. However, he expressed […]

Vending machines are everywhere in Japan, lining side streets and train stations. The country has one machine for every 25 people, offering a range of goods from tomatoes and cans of hot coffee to noodle stew, beer and Buddhist charms. And they generate a lot of sales: more than $42 billion in 2015. Drinks firm […]

The family of a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran a decade ago is suing the country, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The wife and children of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent whom US investigators believe is being held in Iran, filed a suit with the US District Court in Washington, […]

Nine deaths have been reported to the US Food and Drug Administration, stemming from a rare cancer that is associated with breast implants. The extremely rare cancer, called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) affects cells in the immune system and can be found around the breast implant. It can be found in the skin or […]

Iranian movie, “The Salesman,” has struck gold again. A month after winning the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, the drama picked up Best Screenplay at the Asian Film Awards, which is widely considered to be the East’s version of the Academy Awards. The movie, written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, was part of a pack […]

President Donald Trump looked out into a crowd of many unfamiliar faces in a basement room on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, as he delivered a vigorous sales pitch to lawmakers on the Republican health care bill. New to Washington and still learning the ins and outs of Capitol Hill, the President noticed a familiar face […]

News that one of the two Maryland high school students accused of raping a schoolmate was allegedly in the country unlawfully has caught the attention of the White House. The student, 18-year-old Henry Sanchez-Milian, was arrested Thursday at Rockville High School in Rockville, Maryland, along with 17-year-old classmate Jose Montano. Both students are being charged […]

The House Intelligence Committee’s first open hearing on Russia exposed a partisan rift between the committee’s Republicans and Democrats that threatens to only grow bigger as they dig deeper into the possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives. Through the lead-up to Monday’s hearing, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and the panel’s […]

Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota grilled Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch Tuesday about gender and his originalist interpretation of the Constitution. During Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Klobuchar asked if the consistent use of the words “he” or “his” in describing the role of the president meant that the […]

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a measure in the legislature that would have made former President Barack Obama’s birthday a statewide holiday, according to the Chicago Tribune. The bill would have observed August 4 as a legal holiday in his home state, but the Chicago Tribune said the proposal was six votes short of passing, […]