Новости за 05.04.2017

Republican lawmakers are ramping up their calls for the Trump administration to act against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of Tuesday’s chemical attack that killed dozens. Many Democrats, too, are pressing for actions like creating a no-fly zone and trying to bring war crimes charges against the Syrian leader. The calls are coming […]

For at least one Chinese company, the Trump family is good for business. While President Donald Trump promises tough talking on trade when he meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week, his daughter’s clothing brand continues to take advantage of the country’s low cost production. “Ivanka is a very good client,” said Zhang Huarong, […]

Rand Paul once called Donald Trump a “delusional narcissist” and an “orange-faced windbag.” Which makes the fact that the Kentucky senator has emerged as the chief defender of the President’s unproven claims of being wire-tapped by the Obama Administration all the more amazing. “This was a witch hunt that began with the Obama administration, sour […]

Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies will be fined as much as €50 million ($53 million) in Germany if they fail to remove hate speech and fake news posts quickly. The German cabinet approved a plan to start imposing the fines on Wednesday. The draft bill will still have to be considered by the […]

Editor’s Note: This article contains extremely graphic images of dead children. All times are local. Nightmarish accounts continue to filter out of Khan Sheikhoun, the northern Syrian town still reeling from what is feared to be the deadliest chemical attack in the country in years. Investigations are underway to determine who was responsible for the […]

Islamist terror group ISIS has unleashed contempt on both the United States and President Donald Trump in a new audio message, calling the latter a “foolish idiot.” ISIS spokesman Abu Hasan al-Muhajir narrates the roughly 37-minute message, which was released Tuesday. “You (America) are bankrupt and the signs of your demise are evident to every […]

Russian claims that a regime airstrike on a “terrorist” ammunition depot caused the deaths of at least 70 people in northern Syria have been rejected, as victims described the aftermath of chemical bombs dropped from planes. International condemnation mounted on Wednesday over what appeared to be a targeted chemical attack on a rebel-held town in […]

The rush of advertisers fleeing Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” and its host Bill O’Reilly surely isn’t welcome news for the network. Setting the public-relations concerns and optics aside, though, if history is any guide Fox and O’Reilly are positioned to weather such defections if they so choose. Nobody likes taking the financial haircut that […]

Pierre Omidyar, the billionaire founder of eBay, wants to support investigative journalism and fight “fake news.” His philanthropic investment firm, Omidyar Network, announced Tuesday a $100 million commitment to address some of the causes of what the firm describes as the “global trust deficit.” Recent events like Brexit, the impeachment of Brazil’s President Rousseff and […]

More Americans are finding work. And Wall Street is loving it. The Dow surged nearly 200 points Wednesday after payroll processor ADP issued a strong jobs report about the private sector. That’s raising hopes that the official government figures that will come out Friday morning will also show healthy job gains. ADP said that 263,000 […]

Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke for more than 15 hours from the Senate floor, laying out his arguments overnight against Neil Gorsuch ahead of a tense showdown over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee at the end of the week. The Oregon Democrat’s marathon — with a brief assist from Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois early […]

There is no deal. That was the public and private message of participants in the late night closed-door Tuesday meeting led by Vice President Mike Pence that was designed to clear the way to a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The reason — and overall dynamics — aren’t new. Conservatives are set on […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County’s 911 dispatchers work around the clock taking emergency calls for help from their fellow citizens. When dispatchers answer “the call,” they apply their training and experience to evaluate the circumstances and determine how to best respond. On Tuesday, the county commissioners approved a proclamation to recognize dispatchers’ service as part of […]

HARRISBURG – The state House on Tuesday advanced a key piece of legislation involved in passage of a spending plan for the 2017-18 fiscal year by approving House Bill 218, the General Fund appropriations portion of the state budget. The bill, which may now be taken up by the state Senate, proposes a level of spending […]

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. – A runaway teen from Winburne has been located in Florida, according to Morris-Cooper Regional police. Devin Elaine Creek, 16, was last seen in the area March 3. She has since been located in Brooksville, Fla. “Devin is safe and in the custody of the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office,” police said. No further information was […]

DUBOIS – The DuBois Area School District will close three of its elementary schools for the 2017-18 school year, according to GANT News partner WJAC-TV. More than 50 people were in attendance for a special school board meeting Tuesday night at the Administrative Center on Liberty Boulevard in DuBois. The board voted 8-1 to close […]

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania State Police have announced that troopers seized $13,755,803 worth of heroin, cocaine and other illegal drugs in the first three months of 2017. The heroin and opioid epidemic remained evident throughout the commonwealth in the first quarter. From Jan. 1 through March 31, troopers removed more than 29 pounds of heroin and 8.5 pounds of […]

CURWENSVILLE – On March 28, the Rotary Club of Curwensville welcomed Pat Domico, the coordinator of the Squirrel Tails for Trout, a fundraiser to stock trout in the Susquehanna River. The fundraiser was started in 2005 by Domico, collecting unwanted squirrel tails from hunters (bone included) to sell to a fishing lure manufacturer in Wisconsin.  […]

The Missouri city of Ferguson, which became a national flashpoint of racial dysfunction, voted to retain its incumbent mayor in the first mayoral election since protests erupted nearly three years ago after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. Black city councilwoman Ella Jones was running against white incumbent Mayor James Knowles. On Tuesday, he […]

Russia’s defense ministry is blaming a Syrian airstrike on a “terrorist” ammunition depot for the deaths of dozens of people in what has been described as a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province. At least 70 people, including many children, died Tuesday after suffering symptoms of chemical poisoning, including foaming at the mouth […]

Four military personnel and two civilians were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber struck the Pakistani city of Lahore, according to a government spokesman. The assailants targeted members of the security services who were carrying out the national census — Pakistan’s first in 20 years — said Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan, a spokesman for the […]

Russia’s defense ministry is blaming a Syrian airstrike on a “terrorist” ammunition depot for the deaths of dozens of people in what has been described as a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province. At least 70 people, including many children, died Tuesday after suffering symptoms of chemical poisoning, including foaming at the mouth […]

Leaders of repressive governments, like Egypt’s and China’s, have long braced themselves for bilateral visits with American presidents and Cabinet officials, because they know they will be hearing about human rights and freedom of speech. They have to worry about protests, about the response from civil society and the uncensored press. This fear has long […]

“The O’Reilly Factor” is facing a growing advertiser revolt, as 20 companies have pulled their commercials from the show amid a scandal involving the host, Bill O’Reilly. Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, BMW of North America, Mitsubishi Motors, Lexus, Constant Contact, Bayer, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Orkin, UNTUCKit, Allstate, Esurance (which is owned by Allstate), T. Rowe Price, GlaxoSmithKline, […]

The NFL has partnered with Amazon to stream Thursday Night Football games during the upcoming season. The deal will be for one year, will include 10 games and cost Amazon $50 million. Before the deal was announced, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were also in the running for the livestreaming rights. During the 2016-2017 season, the […]