Новости за 07.10.2017

There has been an outpouring of support for the victims of the Las Vegas massacre from the country music world, but as a debate over gun culture again touches the country music community and beyond, so far, most artists have avoided talking politics or directly addressing the gun debate. “Over the last 24 hrs I […]

Divers have found a bag containing the head and legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, Danish Police said at a press conference Saturday. The freelance journalist went missing after boarding a privately built submarine along with its inventor Peter Madsen on August 10 for a story she was working on. Madsen is accused of killing […]

Hurricane Nate barreled toward the US Gulf Coast overnight with slashing rain and powerful winds, and the storm raced steadily and rapidly toward a possible landfall early Sunday, with its center coming ashore just east of New Orleans. Packing 80 miles per hour winds and moving northwest at 22 mph, the Category 1 hurricane is […]

HYDE — In the hopes to avoid falling behind the .500 mark and to keeping their post-season hope in sight, the Clearfield Bison knew some home cooking was needed.  After a pair of games in Mill Hall and Bellefonte, the Bison finally got the chance to get back home at the Bison Sports Complex to […]

CURWENSVILLE – It was another big showdown for the Curwensville Golden Tide football team Friday night on the Tide’s home field, Riverside Stadium, against the visiting Elkers of Ridgway. Both squads entered the battle with the same 5-1 records, and both tied for second place in the Southern Division of the Allegheny Mountain League. And […]

CLEARFIELD – Downtown Clearfield has been decorated with scarecrows for the fall season. The scarecrow decorations are thanks to the Clearfield Revitalization Corp. (CRC) and its Main Street Program’s Promotion and Design Committee. This year, the CRC also partnered with students from the Clearfield Area School District.   The scarecrows were delivered by the Clearfield […]

SANDY TOWNSHIP – Motorists will be reminded to obey the posted speed limit while traveling in Sandy Township, Clearfield County on Route 119 (Buffalo Pittsburgh Highway). The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has placed a radar-controlled speed display sign along the northbound lane of Route 119 just south of Stanley Road. The speed display board […]

CNN Library     (CNN) — Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic, as more than two million of Americans have become dependent on or abused prescription pain pills and street drugs. Opioids are drugs formulated to replicate the pain reducing properties of opium. […]

One out of every 25 children will develop scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. While some are babies or toddlers when diagnosed, most cases occur during the pre-teen years. Although doctors don’t know what causes scoliosis, there seems to be a genetic link. Girls also are more likely than their male counterparts to develop the […]

HARRISBURG – The state House has passed legislation that would keep Pennsylvania on the path of fiscal responsibility by addressing the manner in which debt associated with the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) is handled.  Among others, House Bill 785 drew support from state Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk), who has authored similar legislation in the past. […]

CLEARFIELD – The Goshen United Methodist Church, 4345 Goshen Rd., Clearfield, will celebrate its homecoming at 11:15 a.m. Oct. 8 with a worship service and special music.  The guest speaker will be Pastor Tina Hawkins of the West Branch Charge.  Also, guest pianist and special music will be provided by Steven Dixon.  There will be […]

Coalition talks in New Zealand entered a new phase Saturday after official final election results narrowed the gap between the two leading parties. According to the final results announced by the Electoral Commission on Saturday, the National Party, led by Prime Minister Bill English, took 44.4% of the vote in the September 23 election to […]

Indonesian President Joko Widodo walked for several kilometers in scorching heat this week after his motorcade got stuck in a major traffic jam. In an almost unimaginable scenario for most world leaders — accustomed to traveling on wide open streets secured by police —Widodo and his entourage were forced to walk 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) […]

New Orleans and much of the US Gulf Coast are gearing up for possible flooding and damaging winds ahead of Hurricane Nate’s projected landfall this weekend. As the eye of Nate entered the southern Gulf of Mexico late Friday, the storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane. The storm is 420 miles south of the […]

The Catalan government says 90% of voters in the banned independence referendum chose to split from Spain. In the aftermath of the vote, 700,000 people demonstrated against police violence on referendum day. The region is awash in displays of the Catalan flag. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has suggested that Catalans are more united than ever, […]

Why did he do it? Nearly a week after the worst mass shooting in modern US history, there’s still no answer. A shooter’s reasons, however sick and twisted, usually become clear within a day or two. A suicide note, a manifesto, a series of social media screeds, a phone call — even police reports and […]

[Breaking news update at 11:52 p.m. ET] Nate has strengthened into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Nate has sustained winds of 75 mph and is located 495 mi south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, in the southern Gulf of Mexico. [Previous story, published at 9:43 p.m. ET] States from Louisiana […]

It’s a typical workday morning in Mumbai and commuters are rushing to get on and off trains at Prabhadevi station. Every day in this city, seven and a half million people pack into commuter trains and steel themselves for the daily ordeal of traveling to and from work. The veneer of Bollywood and billionaires may […]

Sixteen years ago this Saturday, US troops entered Afghanistan. The decision to dispatch troops was prompt, and the public reaction in America was mostly positive. There was a sense of inevitability: The United States had experienced the deadliest-ever terrorist attack on its soil. It was time to go get the bad guys who planned it […]

The Trump administration on Friday issued new rules making it easier for employers to drop birth control coverage on religious grounds. Besides undermining a carefully drawn policy that has helped 55 million women, these rules threaten to undermine our insurance system and potentially America’s public health. The Affordable Care Act required all new private health […]

A young Chicago woman whose body was found in a hotel’s walk-in freezer last month died accidentally, a coroner has ruled. Kenneka Jenkins’ cause of death was hypothermia and “cold exposure in a walk-in freezer” as well as “ethanol and topiramate intoxication,” the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said. Topiramate is prescribed for a range […]

I was a commanding general in Korea and the Middle East — two of the most dangerous places in the world — and I led the Department of Defense response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, but the last month has been the most emotionally charged period of my life. The three major […]

Marty Baron has learned to tune out President Trump’s insults against the press. “It’s almost become like background music to the work that we do every day,” the Washington Post’s executive editor told Brian Stelter this week in a rare TV interview. But Baron still takes Trump’s comments seriously. “The administration’s continuing attack on the […]

Harvey Weinstein’s future at the film company he helped found is in question, following a New York Times report published Thursday that detailed numerous incidents of alleged sexual harassment. In a statement Friday, the board of the Weinstein Co. said, “We strongly endorse Harvey Weinstein’s already-announced decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from […]

Juan Carlos Rodriguez can still hear the winds that ripped apart his school campus. The hunger from food rationing remains fresh as does the fear of machete-armed gangs roaming nearby while he and others huddled and waited for help. It all seems like a movie to him as he pores over photos and videos from […]