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What do United Airlines, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Fox News host Bill O’Reilly have in common? They all bungled responses to public relations crises this week, says Lanny Davis, a lawyer and crisis management specialist. Speaking with CNN’s Michael Smerconish on Saturday, Davis said United Airlines’ response to a viral video of […]

More than eight months after Vanessa Marcotte was killed while out for a run, officials in Massachusetts announced the arrest of a man in her death Saturday. “We got him,” Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said at a press conference. “We’re very confident that we got Vanessa Marcotte’s killer.” Marcotte, 27, was an […]

After Aaron Hernandez was cleared of double murder Friday, prosecutors said victims’ families took some solace knowing that Hernandez would not be set free. He was convicted two years ago of killing Odin Lloyd, so he is still serving a sentence of life without parole. “If those appeals are exhausted, he will spend the rest […]

It’s a boy! April the giraffe welcomed a not-so-little bundle of joy Saturday morning after animal lovers devoted weeks to watching and waiting. April is one of the most popular residents at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York. Fans have kept up with her for weeks as she anticipated the birth of her […]

Now that Neil Gorsuch has taken his seat as the 113th Supreme Court justice, his judicial life is going to change in many ways. One striking difference is he will no longer be subject to a written ethics code, as he was as a judge on the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Although every […]

About 100 people were killed Saturday in a car bomb explosion targeting pro-regime evacuees leaving besieged Syrian towns, a volunteer rescue agency said. The blast, which struck buses of people who were leaving their towns as part of a rebel-regime swap, also injured 55 others in Rashidin, a suburb of Aleppo in northwestern Syria, according […]

What’s the fate of the “Furious”? Possibly the biggest global opening in movie history. “The Fate of the Furious,” the eighth installment of the popular “Fast and Furious” series, opens in the U.S. and 63 international markets, including China, the U.K. and Mexico, this weekend. It’s on track to gross more than $530 million worldwide, […]

If you live in a developed or rapidly developing nation, you and your children will grow old in a world in which most people will not work, because the robots will take your jobs. Every new report shows the machine replacement of human labor is accelerating, with job creation by new technology no longer keeping […]

Turns out, people still care about President Trump’s tax returns. On Saturday, protesters descended on Capitol Hill to demand that Trump make his most recent tax returns public. It’s something every president and presidential nominee has done for the past 40 years. Trump has said that Americans “don’t care at all” about his tax returns, […]

On Friday, the Shadow Brokers hacking group published a cache of documents revealing Windows hacking tools allegedly belonging to the NSA. But Microsoft said it has already patched the flaws. Previous updates protect customers from the vulnerabilities listed in the dump, the company said. “We’ve investigated and confirmed that the exploits disclosed by the Shadow […]

United Airlines just made another policy change aimed at preventing a fiasco like the one it endured this week. The company said late Friday that it will now require commuting staff and crew members to check into flights 60 minutes prior to departure. The policy change comes in the wake of a highly publicized incident […]

A federal judge in Arkansas issued an injunction Saturday halting the execution by lethal injection of nine inmates, saying the prisoners will likely succeed in demonstrating the state’s proposed method of execution is unconstitutional. The injunction represents the latest legal setback in Arkansas’ attempt to execute the inmates — eight of whom were originally set […]

President Donald Trump’s launch of two major military strikes in the last two weeks raises a question about his 2016 declaration that the US can no longer be the world’s policeman: Has Trump changed his mind? Eighty-six days into the new administration, the President seems to pivoting away from the “America First” doctrine that drove […]

Top Republicans in Washington are privately sending this message to a GOP congressman once viewed as a top recruit in North Dakota: Don’t run against Sen. Heidi Heitkamp next year. Senior Senate GOP officials have grown concerned that Rep. Kevin Cramer’s penchant for controversial remarks could damage their chances at one of the party’s most […]

It is a scene ripped from Hollywood spy thrillers: Russian agents living and working among everyday, American citizens as cover for their true mission of stealing state secrets. In the real world, it is highly unlikely that your neighbor, coworker or mailman is actually a clandestine Russian operative working under a false identity. But that […]

A shooting at a crowded Arizona restaurant left two men dead in an altercation Friday night involving three people who knew one another, authorities said. The shooting was contained to the Firebirds Wood Fired Grill restaurant inside the La Encantada mall in Tucson, said Pima County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Cody Gress. One woman was injured […]

Fans got a first glimpse of Janet Jackson’s baby boy, Eissa, via the pop star’s website and social media on Friday. “My baby and me after nap time,” Jackson wrote in the photo she shared that shows her hugging Eissa while he yawns. Jackson, 50, and her husband, Wissam Al Mana, welcomed their first child […]

Terrified crowds raced out of New York’s Penn Station following false reports of gunfire, leading to a stampede that injured at least 16 people, authorities said. The false reports Friday night sent people pushing past one another to escape the underground station. Bags, shoes and other personal items were strewn all over, the result of […]

The sexual harassment settlements on behalf of Fox News star Bill O’Reilly might be more than an expensive embarrassment for the company. They could pose a legal problem as well. That’s because companies are required to disclose news of significant expenses, including any related to litigation and government investigations, to their investors. The New York […]

DUBOIS – All members of the community are welcome to celebrate Earth Day at Penn State DuBois while learning more about ways they can help sustain their environment. The fourth annual Penn State DuBois Earth Day Celebration is planned for 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. April 19 in the campus gymnasium. All activities are free […]

CLEARFIELD – Rotarian John “Jack” Woolridge talked about his path to Clearfield Rotary and several life moments at a recent meeting. Shown are Club President Joe White and Woolridge, who is holding his Lock Haven University diploma. Also, at the meeting, Jennifer Shaw was a guest of Rotarian Shon Kota. Anyone interested in learning more […]

The Dance Company School of Performing Arts attended various competitions recently.  Hollywood Vibe in Pittsburgh is where dancers received high silvers and high golds and also received The Best Direction Award.  Sadie Ryan also received a scholarship in hip-hop while attending Hollywood Vibe.  Closer to home, the Curwensville twirling and dance competition was held, and […]

At least 94 Islamic State fighters were killed when the US military dropped America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Saturday. “The number of Daesh fighters killed in the US bomb in Achin district jumped to 94, including four commanders,” Nangarhar provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogiani told CNN, using an […]

North Korea put its adversaries on notice Saturday, when it showed off a bevy of new missiles and launchers at its annual military parade. Pyongyang showed off two new intercontinental ballistic missile-sized canisters as well displaying its submarine-launched ballistic missile and a land-based version of the same for the first time, according to analysts. If […]

Two men were killed Friday night in a shooting at an Arizona restaurant inside a mall, a sheriff’s spokesman told reporters. An altercation at the Firebirds restaurant inside the La Encantada mall in north Tucson led to a shooting about 7:30 p.m. (local time), Pima County sheriff spokesman Cody Gress said in a news conference. […]