Новости за 03.07.2017

Police in Oregon fatally shot a man who attempted to steal a helicopter from a private air hangar at an airport near Portland, authorities said Monday. Hillsboro Police Lt. Henry Reimann said the armed man climbed over a fence at the Hillsboro Aiport and approached the helicopter, which had its engine running and a pilot […]

The black valedictorian of a Mississippi high school was forced to share her graduating class’s top honor with a white student who had a lower grade-point average, the woman’s mother says in a federal lawsuit. The allegation comes months after the Cleveland School District settled a 52-year-old lawsuit demanding that it desegregate its schools. Sherry […]

It was the best of times and then, just a few years later, it was the worst of times. In early 2011, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie seemed like as good a bet as any to take on President Barack Obama and win back the White House for Republicans in 2012. Pundits and donors asked, […]

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s spokesman pushed back against criticism of the governor for lounging on the beach Sunday while state parks were closed because of a government shutdown, saying Monday that the blame for the budget impasse lies with the Democratic speaker of the state’s General Assembly. “The governor cannot open up government until […]

New Orleans is often associated with the festivities of Mardi Gras, but that celebratory spirit lives in the city’s streets all year long. Famous for its rich history, mouthwatering food and vibrant live music, this resilient metropolis — which bore the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — is only growing in popularity. More than […]

Car buyers are going deeper into debt and for longer periods of time as they reach to buy more expensive new cars. The average car loan last month stretched out for 69.3 months, or nearly six years, according to Edmunds.com. That’s the longest average loan term ever recorded since Edmunds.com began tracking the statistic in […]

Elon Musk’s carmaking company knows that it has to make batteries faster now that it’s coming out with its first mass-market electric car later this week. But Tesla wasn’t able to do that in its second quarter, the company said on Monday. Tesla delivered just over 22,000 vehicles in its second quarter. That marked a […]

Ten people were injured when a taxicab plowed into a group of cab drivers waiting for fares near Logan International Airport on Monday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said. Two law enforcement sources told CNN the incident is being treated as an accident, not an act of terrorism. The driver told authorities at the scene he […]

Debra M. Dixon, 61, of Clearfield died Monday, July 3, 2017 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. Mrs. Dixon was born May 19, 1956 in Clearfield, the daughter of Harry and Charlotte (Wigfield) Tibbens. She had been employed by Wal-Mart of Clearfield. She is survived by her husband, Carl J. Dixon, to whom she […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan has a new longshot challenger for the seat he’s held onto for nearly 20 years. Randy Bryce — a Democratic organizer and union iron worker who’s never held elected office — gained national attention with a viral video that debuted last month announcing his congressional bid. The video, which pitches Bryce […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will lift the country’s state of emergency, imposed in November 2015, later this year. Speaking at the Palace of Versailles, Macron told newly-elected members of the Assembly and Senate that France that he wanted to “re-establish the freedoms of the French people.” “These freedoms are the precondition of […]

For the first time, Toyota has tested its in-home robot in the United States. The automaker, which has a growing interest in robotics and home mobility, spent three days testing with a paralyzed Army ranger recently. The robot would bring Romy Camargo water and snacks, and open his front door for him. The experiments are […]

Just because it was the weekend leading into the Independence Day holiday doesn’t mean there weren’t developments for Republicans’ plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Here’s what you might have missed: Despite tweets on Friday from President Donald Trump and several high-profile Republican senators, the “repeal, then replace later” option is not […]

As she prepared to take the most important shot of her career, American golfer Danielle Kang thought of her father. He had guided her as a young girl on the driving ranges of South Korea; he had stood beside her as she won the US Women’s Amateur Championship in 2011. The 24-year-old was a simple […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed cutting the size of the country’s parliament by a third. Speaking at the Palace of Versailles, Macron told newly-elected members of the Assembly and Senate that France was ready to follow a “radically new path.” Macron’s La Republique En Marche Party achieved a huge majority by winning 308 of […]

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” is really more like a reunion, bringing the character whose movie rights were acquired by Sony back into Marvel’s cinematic fold. The result is a fun, unexpectedly lighter-than-air film, one that plays up its comedic aspects more than almost any of its brethren while benefiting from Tom Holland’s believable boyishness in the title […]

SpaceX is having one hugely eventful day. Over the course of just 12 hours, the company plans to safely guide a Dragon spaceship home from the International Space Station, then launch a communications satellite on one of its Falcon 9 rockets. Half the job is already done. In the early hours of Monday morning, SpaceX’s […]

Maria Menounos is stepping down as co-anchor of E! News in the wake of surgery to remove a brain tumor, the network said Monday. The annoucement came the same day Menounos revealed in a People magazine cover story that she recently underwent surgery for a golf ball-size meningioma brain tumor. Menounos’ surgeon was able to […]

Eighteen people are feared dead following a bus crash in Germany on Monday, police have confirmed. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told reporters that emergency services had recovered 11 bodies so far from the crash in Bavaria and the search was underway for seven other people. After the collision, the bus caught on fire and […]

WOODWARD TOWNSHIP – The investigation is ongoing into a fatal, three-vehicle crash that shut down state Route 53 for several hours Sunday in Woodward Township. According to Clearfield-based state police, a Jeep Wrangler operated by Gregory A. Millinder Jr., 31, of Madera was traveling southbound at 6:15 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle. […]

Marty Kibiloski is a competitive guy — in sports and life. As a runner, he snagged an athletic scholarship to the University of Virginia. He placed 56th in the Boston Marathon when he was 22 years old, finishing in just 2 hours and 23 minutes. He competed in the Ironman World Championship of triathlon. Oh, […]

China’s leader Xi Jinping said that ties with the US have been strained by “some negative factors” in a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump Sunday. The call came at the end of a tense week in US-China relations, which analysts said signaled the end of honeymoon period between the two superpowers that began with […]

The doctor who killed one of his former colleagues and injured six others during a shooting rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital on Friday had been fired from a separate city job just one week earlier, a New York City official told CNN. Dr. Henry Bello walked off his job with New York City’s Human Resources Administration […]

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have extended the deadline by 48 hours for Qatar to respond to a list of demands from the Saudi-led coalition, according to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The request for an extension came from the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, who […]

Samsung’s fire-prone smartphone that sparked a global crisis is making a comeback. The world’s largest smartphone maker says it’s resurrecting the Galaxy Note 7 by selling a cheaper, refurbished version in South Korea starting Friday. Understandably, Samsung has chosen to change the name of the phone, whose initial incarnation it had to recall and kill […]