Новости за 14.10.2017

The Environmental Protection Agency’s acting science adviser is retiring, he told CNN Saturday. Robert Kavlock, who also serves as acting assistant administrator for the Office of Research and Development, will be leaving his position effective November 3, he said. He initially declined to explain the reasons behind his retirement, but in a follow-up email to […]

The two men now running The Weinstein Co. are rebutting claims they must have known about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct. Harvey’s brother Bob told The Hollywood Reporter that “the members of the board, including myself, did not know the extent of my brother’s actions.” Bob Weinstein said he knew Harvey cheated on his wife, but […]

Martin T. “Sonny” Rebo Jr., 77, of Chester Hill died Oct. 10, 2017, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 21, 1940 in Philipsburg, a son of Martin and Justine (Rebon) Rebo, both of whom preceded him in death. He was a 1958 graduate of the former Houtzdale-Woodward-Brisbin (H-W-B) High […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is alerting motorists that a section of Route 322 in Clearfield County is lane restricted, with an alternating traffic pattern controlled by roadway flaggers in place. The restriction stretches from the traffic light at the Route 322/Route 2030 (Allport/Bigler Cutoff) intersection to Route 53 in Philipsburg. This section of […]

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon implored conservative activists at a Washington gathering Saturday morning to continue fighting the GOP establishment, attacking a number of Republican members of Congress by name, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Bannon told attendees at the Values Voter Summit, an annual social conservative conference, to keep up the […]

Several thousand more people were ordered Saturday to evacuate from the Northern California city of Santa Rosa as a new wildfire threatened the area, six days after deadly blazes started to devastate the region. Police said evacuations were ordered Saturday morning for areas in northeastern Santa Rosa, a city of about 175,000 people roughly 50 […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that members of Congress who are trying to restrict the bureau’s access to information obtained through the monitoring of foreign nationals are jeopardizing national security. The Section 702 program, first amended to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2008 and reauthorized in 2012, allows intelligence agencies to legally monitor […]

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration knows the agency very well — he’s the chief executive officer of a company that has fought over the use of the agency’s data. For years, Barry Myers, the CEO of AccuWeather, pushed for private companies to be able to use and monetize […]

Life online has been rough lately — for the billions of people who use the Web every day, and also for the tech giants behind much of the world’s hardware and software. Meanwhile, amid hacks and misinformation, the Internet is entering a new frontier. Connected devices, or the Internet of Things, are introducing the Internet […]

ISIS is said to have suffered key setbacks in Syria, with US-led coalition forces grabbing more turf in the terror group’s self-declared capital of Raqqa and the Syrian military seizing a key eastern city. The conflict, which started in 2011, has resulted in the deaths of an estimated 400,000 Syrians and the displacement of millions. […]

Nothing could separate Charles and Sara Rippey. Not war. Not even a deadly California wildfire that engulfed their house. They spent 89 years together, including their final moments in their Napa home, son Mike Rippey told CNN affiliate KPIX. Charles was 100; Sara was 98. The couple’s children marveled at their parents’ longevity, both in […]

President Trump says that his executive order will provide quality health care to millions of Americans. The main way he would do this is to make it easier for small businesses to band together to buy health insurance through nationwide association health plans. The order will likely free these plans from several key Obamacare regulations […]

At least 20 people were killed and many more injured Saturday in a massive vehicle bomb explosion at a busy junction in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a senior police officer said. Security forces had been tipped off about the vehicle and were pursuing it in the busy K5 district of the city when the explosion […]

President Donald Trump has endorsed Ed Gillespie in the Virginia gubernatorial race. But the candidate appears to go out of his way to avoid mentioning his most prominent supporter. Trump’s endorsement isn’t mentioned anywhere on Gillespie’s campaign website or his social media pages. Gillespie doesn’t discuss Trump unless he’s prompted to do so. He doesn’t […]

When towering flames swept over their neighborhood in Sonoma County, George and Lynne Anderson Powell started rounding up their four border collies. “We had no warning and at 1 in the morning, we looked up and there was a wall of fire coming over the house,” George Powell said. His wife grabbed their dog Gemma […]

As walls of flames and thick plumes of smoke tore through Northern California on Saturday, grim stories emerged of desperate attempts to save people in one of the state’s deadliest wildfires. The fire has killed 36 people, with many victims so badly burned, their bodies were reduced to ash and bones when rescuers found them. […]

ST. MARY’S – The Curwensville Golden Tide football team won for the third straight time Friday night with a 43-12 victory over the Elk County Catholic Crusaders in St. Mary’s. Now 7-1 on the season, and in second place in the Allegany Mountain League (AML) Southern Division, the Tide finished out its road schedule for […]

HYDE — The last home game of the year is special for high school students.  It’s the last time at their field where the team is clad in the colors of their school, and the last time of the year where the lights shine bright on the green turf or grass.  It’s a moment where […]

The leaders of Britain, Germany and France have declared their backing for the Iran nuclear deal renounced by President Donald Trump, saying it is “in our shared national security interest.” Trump announced Friday that he would not recertify the multilateral agreement, claiming Iran had not kept its end of the 2015 deal, and called on […]

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has plunged into fights long sought by the religious right, issuing a 25-page memo bolstering legal protections for people of faith, rolling back employers’ requirement for birth-control coverage and reversing a policy that included LGBT employees under US anti-discrimination law. “I pledged that, in a Trump administration, our nation’s […]

The devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria has brought the small island off the coast of Florida — home to 3.4 million American citizens — into the spotlight. Some critics of the federal government’s response have raised concerns that help to the island is lagging because it is a US territory and not a […]

The leaders of Britain, Germany and France have declared their backing for the Iran nuclear deal renounced by President Donald Trump, saying it is “in our shared national security interest.” Trump announced Friday that he would not recertify the multilateral agreement, claiming Iran had not kept its end of the 2015 deal, and called on […]

A Canadian man who was freed along with his family after five years in militant captivity in Afghanistan said his captors authorized the killing of one of his children and raped his wife. “The stupidity and the evil of the Haqqani network’s kidnapping of a pilgrim and his heavily pregnant wife engaged in helping ordinary […]

As walls of flames and thick plumes of smoke continued to tear through Northern California Saturday, grim stories are emerging of the desperate attempts to save people in one of the state’s deadliest wildfires. The fire has killed 36 people, with many victims so badly burned, their bodies were reduced to ash and bones when […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Borough will work with the Red Cross to install smoke detectors. At Thursday’s work session, Borough Operations Manager Leslie Stott told the Clearfield Borough Council about a partnership with the Clearfield/Jefferson Red Cross. Stott said the Red Cross is looking to begin a Home Fire Campaign in the East Side area of […]