Новости за 29.09.2017

Tom Price, the embattled health and human services secretary, resigned Friday in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes, a storm that enraged President Donald Trump and undercut his promise to bring accountability to Washington. Price’s departure came as he’s being investigated by the department’s inspector general for using private jets […]

President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Tom Price, the embattled health and human services secretary, Friday in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes.

The last leg of O.J. Simpson’s odyssey to freedom will cut through one of the grayest, most desolate stretches of America. Signposts suggest it will end at one of the country’s most affluent green enclaves. As early as Sunday, the former professional football player who fell from grace will go over the terms and conditions […]

The US State Department is pulling out all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba, after a string of mysterious attacks against US diplomats. Several US officials tell CNN that 21 US diplomats and family members became ill after apparent sonic attacks. The American embassy will continue to operate with a 60% reduction in […]

Zach Wolf [2:58 PM] — Donald Trump will be sitting at his golf club in Bedminster this weekend, and in between watching some football and engaging with Puerto Rico relief efforts, he’ll also have to figure out how to deal with his HHS secretary. You argued earlier today that Price’s near-addiction to private jet travel […]

Republicans who control Congress moved one step closer Friday to overhauling the tax code — one of their top legislative goals — in an effort that also puts a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on the back burner for at least the near future. The Senate budget committee announced provisions that will help the […]

Do Re Mi Daycare on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands has been serving students for 20 years. But last week, Hurricane Maria threatened everything that Naima Poleon’s family had worked for. Poleon, who took over the daycare this year so her mother could retire, ventured out after the storm to find large parts […]

There’s soccer and dodgeball. A scrapbooking workshop. A belly flop contest in the pool. On board the Royal Caribbean cruise ship that evacuated 3,800 people from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, the passengers are being treated like regular customers — and maybe enjoying a welcome distraction or two. On Friday night, “Kong: Skull Island” is playing on […]

The Food and Drug Administration is worried that there could be shortages of some critical drugs normally produced in Puerto Rico if manufacturing plants there are closed for an extended period of time. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the commissioner of the FDA since May, arrived on Puerto Rico Friday to survey the situation and talk with […]

Former President George W. Bush is aiming to help his former White House counselor become the next governor of Virginia. The 43rd president will headline a pair of fundraising events next month for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie. Gillespie’s campaign spokesman, David Abrams, confirmed to CNN the events will be held in Richmond and Alexandria […]

In late January, not long after President Donald Trump took office, his Department of Health and Human Services pulled the plug on $5 million in Obamacare advertising — only days before open enrollment for the program closed. “We aren’t going to continue spending millions of taxpayers’ dollars promoting a failed government program,” a spokesman said […]

President Donald Trump said he will decide Friday evening whether he will retain his health secretary Tom Price amid a growing private plane scandal that has engulfed the administration. “We’ll take a look. I’ll be announcing something in the very near future,” Trump told reporters. “Tom price is a very good man.” Trump has fumed […]

Say hello (is it me you’re looking for?) to your new “American Idol” judges. Country singer Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie will officially be joining the judges table when “American Idol” makes its debut on ABC, the network has confirmed. The two join previously announced judge Katy Perry and returning host Ryan Seacrest. “I’m so […]

In the future, it might be possible to prevent inherited illnesses by making a change to a single faulty gene. That was recently demonstrated in a new study. For the first time, scientists used a controversial gene-editing technique called base editing to correct a gene mutation in human embryos linked to the hereditary blood disorder […]

The Justice Department has agreed to let the Senate judiciary committee interview two senior FBI officials who could provide firsthand accounts about the circumstances around the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, potentially resolving a weeks-long standoff that led senators to threaten issuing subpoenas, according to sources familiar with the matter Friday. The department […]

Equifax is investigating three executives who sold company shares worth nearly $2 million shortly after a massive data breach was discovered, but before the company announced the breach to the public. The investigation was disclosed in a letter Friday to Rep. Frank Pallone, the lead Democrat on a House committee looking into the Equifax data […]

Nick Kroll and Stephen Colbert are having some fun in their quest to help Puerto Ricans in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Kroll was on Colbert’s late-night show Wednesday to promote “Big Mouth,” his new animated series on Netflix about the challenges of puberty. Kroll challenged fellow celebrities to post awkward photos of themselves during […]

At least 23 Rohingya refugees died when the boat they were fleeing in capsized in the Bay of Bengal, the UN’s migration agency announced on Friday. The boat overturned while trying to navigate rough seas en route to Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. The agency said in a statement that the bodies […]

Nancy Lee Gustafson, 60, of Ebensburg died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at Cambria Care Center. She was born July 13, 1957 in Clearfield to the late Thomas E. Gustafson and Nellie G. (O’Brien) Gustafson Vokes. Her whole life she had a knack of making everyone she came into contact with fall in love with her. […]

Norma G. Sankey, 90, of Osceola Mills died Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 at the Windy Hill Village, PSL in Philipsburg. Born July 25, 1927 in Butler County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Lucille (Boozer) Hovis.  She married Robert M. Sankey on July 26, 1947 in Osceola Mills. He preceded her in […]

To hear President Trump and Republican lawmakers tell it, their tax reform plan released this week would be a boon for the middle class. In fact, low and middle-income households may see some tax relief, but far less than those at the top of the income scale. That’s according to an early analysis by the […]

Lynda Carter wants James Cameron to “stop dissing” “Wonder Woman.” “Perhaps you do not understand the character. I most certainly do,” Carter said in a Facebook posting. “Like all women — we are more than the sum of our parts.” It all started when Cameron gave an interview to The Guardian last month and said, […]

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Friday called the recent news about his use of private jets “a little BS” as he outlined three trips he made on charter aircraft. In a statement he gave before giving his policy speech at the Heritage Foundation, Zinke confirmed that he’s used private jet travel on three occasions and […]

Shaken out of its torpor at last, the Trump administration is finally getting serious about mobilizing relief to Puerto Rico by appointing a high-ranking military official to oversee Defense Department operations. May three-star Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan get all the money, manpower and good luck needed to tackle the catastrophe engulfing the island. But the […]

Apple is seeing a record amount of national security requests from the government and law enforcement. The tech giant said it received between 13,250 and 13,499 U.S. national security orders during the first half of the year, according to its transparency report released on Thursday. It received four times as many requests as the same […]