Новости за 30.05.2017

President Donald Trump has signaled he’s ready to withdraw or dramatically alter the landmark Paris climate agreement ahead of an expected announcement this week, though he is still weighing a final decision amid new pressure from foreign governments, business leaders and members of his own party to remain committed to the carbon reduction pact. In […]

The red stuff isn’t to everyone’s liking. A decade ago, Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov wrote in a hilarious blog for the ATP: “I think the only natural habitat for (clay) is on Mars so they should change Roland Garros to hard courts and make a clay tournament on Mars!” Tursunov might have an ally in Nick […]

Jeff Lew’s online fundraising campaigns are single-handedly wiping out the lunch debt for the greater-Seattle area. John Legend’s just donated $5,000. And it all started from a CNNMoney article. Even with expanded free and reduced lunch programs across the country, some students still either cannot afford their school lunch or are unaware of these programs. […]

The White House released its full budget last week, and one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises materialized along with it: paid family leave. The details of the program remain hazy, but what we do know is that states would be required to design and finance six weeks of paid parental leave for workers. It […]

Bonnie L. Maines, 72, of Clearfield died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Penn Highlands Clearfield. She was born March 24, 1945 in LeContes Mills, a daughter of the late Duane and Helen (Krupelak) Rougeux. She was a member of the St. Francis Church, Clearfield. She loved her dogs. She is survived by two brothers, Stanley […]

President Donald Trump’s vow to massively rebuild the US armed forces comes with an interesting wrinkle in his first budget request: a call to close military bases. Trump’s Pentagon is asking for a new commission to study closing or revamping bases in its budget request, as the Defense Department says it has upwards of 20% […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case concerning whether Ohio’s method of removing names from its voter rolls violates federal law. A federal appeals court said last fall that the program violated the National Voter Registration Act, and the state of Ohio appealed. The appeals court said that Ohio’s so-called “supplemental process,” […]

A 21-year-old French tennis player’s “inappropriate behavior” towards a female journalist during a live TV interview at a major tournament has been described as “reprehensible” by the French Tennis Federation. Maxime Hamou pulled Eurosport journalist Maly Thomas close to him and kissed her repeatedly while holding her around her neck and shoulders Monday. On Tuesday, […]

Will he or won’t he? That’s the question every policy wonk who cares about climate change has been asking since election night in November. With the he, of course, being Donald Trump. And the topic being the Paris Agreement on climate change — and whether the US President plans to bail. For weeks, Trump and […]

Netflix has too many buzzy, award-winning hits to count. But “House of Cards” is arguably the show that made it a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. So it’s only fitting that the stock hit another all-time high on Tuesday, just as the fifth season of the political drama started streaming. I promise no […]

It’s not that President Trump was excited about his first foreign trip. He complained to friends beforehand it was going to be too long; he just wasn’t looking forward to it. Besides, he was “in a pretty glum mood” when he left, according to one source who speaks with the President. His homecoming, it appears, […]

It was October 15, 2000, when fans got to see its greatest driver to ever strap on a helmet go to victory lane at Talladega.  He overcame half the field in mere laps to get to the front of the field. It was just over four months later that NASCAR saw that same driver finish […]

He was 22 when he entered Irish politics. At 27, he was elected to parliament. At 36, he publicly came out as gay. And now, at 38, Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant father and an Irish mother, appears on course to become Ireland’s next prime minister. The young Dubliner, currently serving as […]

White House communications director Mike Dubke is leaving the administration, he said Tuesday, amid swirling speculation about a possible Trump staff shakeup. He told CNN Tuesday he submitted his resignation on May 18 but offered to stay until the end of President Donald Trump’s foreign trip. A final day has not been set, Dubke said. […]

Summer’s almost here, so beware the brightest of sunlight! To protect your eyesight, the most important recommendation you need to follow is to wear sunglasses that block ultraviolet radiation whenever you go outside during daylight hours, according to the National Eye Institute. This is true for everyone, no matter what age, year round. Ultraviolet radiation […]

President Donald Trump isn’t a man who gets too bogged down in rules. Especially when it comes to how he lives his life or runs his White House. But, he does have a few rules. And these two might be the most important: 1. Family first. Always. 2. Staff getting bad press for the boss […]

A zookeeper killed by a tiger in an enclosure at a UK zoo was doing the job she loved, according to her mother. Rosa King, 34, died on Monday in what was described as a “freak accident” at Hamerton Zoo Park in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. King’s mother Andrea told the UK Press Association she had worked […]

Russian government officials discussed having potentially “derogatory” information about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides in conversations intercepted by US intelligence during the 2016 election, according to two former intelligence officials and a congressional source. One source described the information as financial in nature and said the discussion centered on whether […]

There was So. Much. News. over the holiday weekend. So let’s get right to 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. Russia probe Donald Trump is back in the […]

Ever convinced yourself that buying a hula hoop or picking up aerial gymnastics is just the thing to get back in shape? You’re not alone. The sea of weird and wonderful classes now available has had most people contemplating at least one new talent or skill that they believe will make them more fit, limber […]

Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator and convicted drug trafficker who was once one of Central America’s most notorious military strongmen, has died, according to a tweet by Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela on his verified Twitter account. Noriega, 83, had undergone surgery in a Panama City hospital on March 7 to remove a benign […]

President Donald Trump’s odyssey through Europe and the Middle East fulfilled a more narrow political focus for the reeling White House: It was a nine-day distraction from the dominant narrative of a presidency under siege. Now, Trump needs to find another way to change the subject, because the questions about Russia that have long clouded […]

Bangladesh is scrambling to evacuate nearly one million people from low-lying areas as a powerful tropical cyclone pounds the country’s southern coastline. The cyclone, dubbed Mora, made landfall early Tuesday morning between the cities of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar and is heading north, authorities in the capital Dhaka said. “More people were still waiting for […]

The Pentagon on Tuesday will for the first time test its ability to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile using its own upgraded long-range interceptor missile in what is being widely seen as a test of US ability to counter a North Korean missile launch. The test, which will take place in the skies over […]

The US Navy said Monday the weekend death of a member of its skydiving team was due to “an equipment malfunction, though the specific nature and cause is currently unknown.” The team, known as the Leap Frogs, was conducting a coordinated jump Sunday into Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of […]