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CNN panelists clashed Tuesday night over an earlier exchange between White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and longtime White House correspondent April Ryan. “April Ryan’s only crime today, if you will, was being a black woman at work and Sean Spicer could not handle that,” CNN contributor Symone Sanders said on “CNN Tonight,” drawing an […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been accused of threatening to use the safety of UK and European citizens as a bargaining chip in Brexit talks. In the formal letter that notified the European Union of Britain’s intention to leave, May warned that the failure to strike a deal on any future relationship would have […]

Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said Wednesday that a special prosecutor or independent commission is needed to handle investigations into Russia and the Trump administration. “We’ve got to have either a special prosecutor or an independent commission, and that’s still the right answer,” Fiorina said on the “John Fredericks Show.” “And every day that […]

Jessica Chastain likes acting in a time when gender is being redefined. “I think every woman is a strong woman. I think that in the past, we’ve connected strength, leadership, ambition, power, as masculine traits,” Chastain told CNN in an interview for her upcoming film “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” “We’ve connected compassion and emotion and kindness […]

George Clooney seems like he’s on soon-to-be-daddy tour. While in Las Vegas at CinemaCon to promote his new film “Suburbicon,” which Clooney directed, he also made time to talk about his growing family with wife Amal. The first time father told Extra his “amazing” wife is doing well. “I don’t have anything to do” he […]

The numbers are startling — in 2015, 52,404 people died from drug overdoses according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sixty-three percent of those deaths involved an opioid. More people die from drug overdoses than from guns or car accidents. At the peak of the AIDS epidemic in 1995, 43,115 people in […]

Two former officials linked to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office are being sentenced Wednesday in the Bridgegate case for using their power to close lanes on the George Washington Bridge in 2013 in an act of political revenge. Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, was sentenced to 24 months in […]

Netflix might have another “Stranger Things”-like addiction on its hands with “13 Reasons Why,” an intensely binge-worthy teen drama that plays like a more ambitious version of the scripted fare on MTV or what was once known as ABC Family. Constructed around the mysterious suicide of a teenage girl, there are abundant reasons to keep […]

A veteran White House correspondent who engaged in a tense exchange with White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday the media is “under attack” from the Trump administration. “We are — the press is — under attack. We are under attack by this administration,” American Urban Radio Networks correspondent April Ryan said on CNN’s […]

President Trump loves to take potshots on Twitter at media companies that he thinks treat him unfairly. On Wednesday, Trump attacked one of his favorite targets, the New York Times, tweeting from his @realdonaldtrump account. “Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now […]

As the United Kingdom formally begins the two-year process of leaving the European Union on Wednesday, what are newspapers elsewhere in Europe saying about Brexit? While Brexit will impact on British citizens, it will also affect residents of the other 27 EU members — not least some 3.2 million EU nationals currently living in Britain. […]

It is a sporting return which has generated mixed reactions, but as Maria Sharapova prepares for her first competitive match following a doping ban the five-time grand slam champion says she feels vindicated and empowered. The 29-year-old Russian was suspended last June after testing positive for meldonium, an over-the-counter heart medication commonly used in countries […]

“I am a strong black woman. I cannot be intimidated.” That was Rep. Maxine Waters’ response, fired back after Fox News host Bill O’Reilly mocked her hair Tuesday. At 78, the California Democrat’s fierce opposition and one-liners dished out against President Donald Trump’s administration have made her a darling to liberals. She’s been called “the […]

A letter will be delivered to Brussels on Wednesday, and not just any letter. This one, signed by UK Prime Minister Theresa May, will trigger Article 50 and officially kick off the two-year Brexit process. This is how we got here. A vote is promised In 2013, then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron promised a referendum […]

As a Syrian refugee living in the UK, Imad Alarnab has faced many hardships. But even in the most difficult of times, one thing never faded: his love of Syrian cuisine. Before the Syrian civil war, Alarnab had built a successful restaurant empire in Damascus — always full of people, serving generous portions. “The only […]

Flint is getting the money it wants to replace pipes that contributed to its water crisis, but it’s not enough to persuade Vicky Jones to stay in the eastern Michigan city. Jones, 66 and homebound, says she isn’t heartened by Tuesday’s settlement in a lawsuit over lead-tainted water, one that compels Michigan to set aside […]

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. Brexit Brexit is a go: UK Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 today, kick-starting the process that will […]

A merger that would have created a huge new stock exchange business in Europe has been killed off. The European Union’s competition watchdog said Wednesday it was blocking the deal between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse. The European Commission said the deal “would have created a de facto monopoly” in an important part […]

RIDGWAY — Curwensville Area High School senior Hannah Dixon was named to the Allegheny Mountain Girls Basketball League All-Star team for the second year in a row in voting announced by league president Aaron Straub of Elk County Catholic at the annual banquet in Aiello’s Café Monday night. The 5-4 guard, one of nine repeaters from […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed to the Supreme Court next Friday, confidently dismissing Democratic efforts to block the nominee knowing the GOP can use the “nuclear option” to get past the Democrats’ filibuster if needed. But the exact math behind breaking a filibuster or changing the Senate […]

The latest attempt among North Carolina lawmakers to repeal the state’s “bathroom bill” fizzled out Tuesday, prompting a fresh round of finger-pointing between Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor. The fallout continues over HB2, which limits LGBT protections and prevents transgender people from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. The NCAA relocated several […]

The bodies of two UN experts who went missing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month have been found, the United Nations confirmed in a statement Tuesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UN peacekeepers discovered the bodies of US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish national Zaida Catalan on Monday outside the city […]

President Donald Trump is the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, and his missives often provoke controversy, even among those who voted for him. But there’s one tweet that several assembled Trump voters — who expressed varying degrees of enthusiasm for the President — could agree on. According to many of his supporters, Trump was wrong about “Saturday Night […]

WARNING: This story contains spoilers about the “Bones” series finale. It was around 5 a.m. on a day back in December when Emily Deschanel closed the door on a 12-year chapter in her life and finally hung up her lab coat as Dr. Temperance Brennan on Fox’s “Bones.” The previous night was a lot more […]

It’s pretty well established that racial segregation limits access to jobs, education, public services and other resources for people in high-poverty neighborhoods. But how does economic and racial segregation in a handful of neighborhoods affect the rest of a metropolitan area? The Urban Institute analyzed data from the 100 most populous metro areas in the […]