Новости за 17.04.2017

Eighteen candidates are running in the special election primary to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in Georgia’s 6th district on Tuesday. But only one is drawing national attention: Democrat Jon Ossoff. Democrats see a path for Ossoff to get 50% of the vote on Tuesday and win the seat outright, a result […]

A manhunt continues for Steve Stephens, who is suspected of shooting dead 74-year-old Robert Godwin on Sunday near Cleveland, and then posting a video of the killing to Facebook. People are calling it a sad statement about social media. No question: it is. Given that live broadcast via social media is here to stay, with […]

Russian authorities detained one of the people suspected of organizing the St. Petersburg metro terrorist attack two weeks ago, TASS, the Russian government-owned news agency, reported Monday. He was identified as Azimov Abror Akhralovich and was arrested just west of Moscow. Akhralovich, born in 1990, was arrested in the city’s Odintsovo district, TASS reported “At […]

President Donald Trump, as you may have noticed during his two years in politics, is an avid consumer of polls — especially when they make him look good. It’s no surprise then that on Monday morning Trump retweeted this tweet from the Drudge Report touting a new Rasmussen poll. Fifty percent! That’s not bad! Particularly […]

Opioid painkillers — some in prescription bottles with the name Kirk Johnson on them — were found in several places in Paisley Park following Prince’s death last year, court documents unsealed Monday showed. Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg said he wrote an Oxycodone prescription for Prince under the name of Johnson, the singer’s estate manager and […]

The Trump rally was built on the president’s pledge to unleash the American economy. But now Wall Street is being forced to confront rising global tensions, the latest with an unpredictable North Korea. Despite Monday’s market bounce, there are a growing number of signs that investors have become more worried about the increasingly-precarious geopolitical situation. […]

British lawmakers have called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s UK-born wife to stop backing his “murderous” regime or have her citizenship stripped. Nadhim Zahawi, a member of the ruling Conservative party, told CNN that London-born Asma Assad, who has dual UK-Syrian citizenship, “has been using her social media platform in support of this murderous regime. […]

Eggs are rolling — nearly 18,000 of them — Monday at the White House. First lady Melania Trump, hosting the 139th annual White House Easter Egg Roll, kicked off the event alongside President Donald Trump, calling it a “wonderful tradition.” “As we renew this tradition, thank you for joining us. On behalf of the President […]

Italian authorities were still bringing migrants and refugees to shore Monday after one of the busiest weekends ever for rescue services operating in the central Mediterranean sea. At least 8,500 refugees and migrants were plucked from small boats over the past three days in 73 separate rescue operations, the Italian Coastguard told CNN Monday. Thirteen […]

Boris Epshteyn, the combative former White House spokesperson, has joined the conservative local news operator Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Sinclair announced Monday that it had named Epshteyn “chief political analyst.” In that role he will be appearing across the 173 television stations Sinclair owns, operates or provides services for across the country. “Over a year ago, […]

Welcome back from what we hope was a good weekend for you. Here are the 5 things you need to know today 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. Turkey referendum Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]

Fresh off a contentious confirmation hearing, Justice Neil Gorsuch will take the bench Monday at the Supreme Court for two weeks of oral arguments that include a significant religious liberty case. It will be the first time Gorsuch dons a black robe as a justice, and his presence brings the court back to full strength […]

With North Korean soldiers standing less than 100 feet behind him at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Vice President Mike Pence told CNN that Pyongyang should understand that the Trump administration’s approach toward the regime will be different than that of past US presidents. “We’re going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience. But we’re […]

Two Detroit police officers who went to a home to investigate a burglary call late Sunday were wounded in a shooting when they approached the location, the city police chief said. A 19-year-old man inside the home fired a shotgun because he might have feared for the “safety of his family,” Police Chief James Craig […]

Snapchat is trying to put out a PR firestorm in India. Anger has boiled over among social media users over allegations by a former employee — which Snapchat strongly denies — that its CEO once dismissed India as a “poor” country that wasn’t a priority for the app. The claims emerged last week when documents […]

After a week that saw President Donald Trump reverse course on several key campaign pledges, many congressional conservatives are bracing for another harsh reality: The President may soon sign a government spending bill that continues to fund two controversial programs he vowed to end and will lack adequate funding for one of his top campaign […]

Will he? Won’t he? Roger Federer has cast an element of doubt over whether he will compete in the tennis season’s second grand slam — next month’s French Open. The Swiss great told CNN Sport that missing the second major of the year to extend his current break from the Tour was “still an option […]

Opponents of Turkey’s controversial referendum to grant expansive new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have vowed to challenge the result, after provisional results indicated the narrowest of victories for the “yes” vote. After a divisive campaign fought against the backdrop a state of emergency and a widespread crackdown on dissent, Erdogan succeeded in persuading […]

I certainly hope everyone’s Easter celebration included full baskets of goodies, candy, and maybe a few surprises.  Plus may there be many more memories alongside family that include many smiles, a lot of food, and joyous moments. This weekend was the first one of the season, although only one of two, where NASCAR gets to […]

CLEARFIELD – Sometimes a good deed is its own reward. At Thursday’s work session, Police Chief Vince McGinnis told the Clearfield Borough Council about the success of a recent book drive the police department took on to help an 8-year-old. McGinnis said thanks to the help of the community, the department was able to collect […]

Britain’s Prince Harry has revealed that he sought counseling four years ago to deal with the grief of losing his mother, Princess Diana. In a candid interview with British newspaper The Telegraph, the fifth in line to the throne said the loss of his mother at such a young age had led to a period […]

If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hoped the successful launch of a missile Sunday would be a powerful footnote to Saturday’s military parade, he would have been sorely disappointed. The missile blew up almost immediately, providing observers with few clues as to what the regime was attempting to achieve with the launch, beyond a […]

The following contains spoilers about the “Girls” series finale. “Girls” isn’t one of those shows that readily lends itself to a big finish. Having followed its key characters as they drunkenly stumbled (sometimes literally, usually not) through their 20s, any ending seemed destined to represent merely a moment in time, what with so many years […]

The Chinese economy picked up steam in the first quarter. Gross domestic product grew 6.9% from a year earlier, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. That’s slightly higher than the 6.8% figure recorded in the fourth quarter of last year — and above what some economists had been predicting. The Chinese government said […]

US Vice President Mike Pence visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone Monday, a day after the embarrassing failure of a North Korean missile test which the US and South Korea said exploded on launch. Standing within 60 meters (200 feet) of the North Korean border, Pence described the DMZ as the “frontier of freedom” and added […]