Новости за 21.10.2017

$32 million. Bill O’Reilly paid $32 million to a Fox News colleague who threatened to sue him for alleged sexual misconduct. The staggering sum — paid to longtime Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl — was revealed in a New York Times exposé on Saturday. The story immediately raised new questions about the ongoing Justice […]

AT&T and a Google-born moonshot project have teamed up to beam cell service to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico from giant floating balloons. It’s called Project Loon, and it was developed by X, a former branch of Google that became part of Alphabet when the company restructured. The idea is to broaden coverage using balloons that function […]

AT&T and a Google-born moonshot project have teamed up to beam cell service to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico from giant floating balloons. It’s called Project Loon, and it was developed by X, a former branch of Google that became part of Alphabet when the company restructured. The idea is to broaden coverage using balloons that function […]

Loved ones bid their farewells Saturday at a private funeral for Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four US soldiers killed in Niger, whose death has been at the center of a public dispute this week between President Donald Trump and a congresswoman. Flags flew at half-staff across Florida as Johnson’s remains were transported […]

The World Health Organization is under fire after it selected Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. The public health agency announced the decision this week, saying the African leader will focus on noncommunicable diseases such as heart attacks and strokes on the continent. But Saturday morning, as public disapproval of the decision grew, […]

With half a million people protesting in the streets of Barcelona, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont harshly denounced Spain’s attempt to curb Catalan’s regional government on Saturday but stopped short of declaring regional independence. Puigdemont said he’ll ask the region’s parliament to convene and discuss Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s “attempt to liquidate our self-government and […]

The NAACP board unanimously elected Derrick Johnson to serve a three-year term as the president and CEO of the longtime civil rights organization, the NAACP announced on Saturday. Johnson, 49, had served as interim president and CEO since July, the group said. He took over after the NAACP voted to dismiss its former president Cornell […]

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would soon transition into a “new phase” of involvement in Syria after US-backed forces drove ISIS members from Raqqa, the city they deemed their capital. “The defeat of ISIS in Raqqah represents a critical breakthrough in our worldwide campaign to defeat ISIS and its wicked ideology,” […]

Members of an exclusive club are making a rare joint appearance Saturday. All five living former US presidents will take part in a benefit concert in Texas to raise money for hurricane relief efforts, while President Donald Trump will appear in a taped video message to the concertgoers, the White House announced Saturday. Former Presidents […]

Westminster Village North, a nursing home and retirement community in Indianapolis, recently added 25 beds and two kitchens to speed food delivery to residents. It also redesigned patient rooms to ease wheelchair use and added Wi-Fi and flatscreen televisions. “We have seen amazing changes and created a more home-like environment for our residents,” said Shelley […]

The wildfires scorching Northern California have burned down at least 34 marijuana farms, just as the state prepares to launch a legal recreational marijuana industry. Recovery poses unique challenges for the growers. Because selling marijuana violates federal law, even when it’s allowed by individual states, most farms lack proper insurance and won’t qualify for federal […]

California couple Rachel Nguyen and Joseph Orbeso went missing three months ago in Joshua Tree National Park. Searchers found them shot dead this week, locked in an embrace, officials say. “Based on evidence located at the scene, detectives believe Orbeso shot Nguyen, then shot himself,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. […]

He campaigned and won vowing to shake up Washington. Now, President Donald Trump is again breaking with tradition on a more personal matter: keeping a pet at the White House. The illustrious tradition of keeping pets in the White House dates back to Thomas Jefferson, who kept a mockingbird and a couple of bear cubs […]

Hip-hop is going hard at President Donald Trump, and Snoop Dogg is the latest rapper to step into the ring. Snoop Dogg accused the President of neglecting various communities in America, voiced his support for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and called on black athletes to form their own football league in the title […]

At least 15 people died in a suicide bombing Saturday in Kabul, the latest in a string of attacks this week across war-weary Afghanistan. The bombing took place near a military academy, about seven miles from the Afghan capital’s downtown, Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri told CNN. A suicide bomber on foot struck a bus […]

A new, heartbreaking truth began to dawn for the family of slain Army Sgt. La David Johnson as loved ones prepared for a private funeral Saturday for the soldier who was killed along with three comrades in an ISIS ambush in Niger. “Reality just hit me, and it was like, he’s really gone, and I’m […]

Just how was it left to Nigerian troops, French helicopters and some contract aircraft to find and fetch the bodies of our heroic service members killed in Niger? Why did they apparently have so little air or intelligence muscle to protect them in the first place? We could get a final answer after the completion […]

July 9, 2011, was a hopeful day in Africa. It was the day the Republic of South Sudan became an independent country after nearly 100% of its population voted for independence in a referendum six months earlier. The new nation and its citizens looked forward with hope to a peaceful and prosperous future. Barely two […]

With the kind of comments that Donald Trump allegedly made to the pregnant widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, regardless of what Chief of Staff John Kelly was suggesting he say, Generation Z won’t be surprised if a president fails to display empathy and is more focused on lashing out against adversaries. We must wonder […]

President Donald Trump on Saturday continued lashing out at the Democratic congresswoman who offered a critical account of his conversation with the widow of a fallen US soldier, calling the congresswoman “wacky.” “I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Democrat Party!” […]

PHILIPSBURG — With the heartbreak of last week’s Senior Night loss still on their mind, Tim Janocko and his Bison squad loaded up the equipment for a trip to Philipsburg to begin the final two road trips of the season.  But, unlike many years past, rather than make a trip down across from the YMCA […]

A Georgia state representative — who is also an anesthesiologist and the wife of the former federal Health and Human Services secretary — asked at a public hearing Tuesday about the legality of quarantining HIV patients to stop the spread of the virus that causes AIDS. “What are we legally able to do?” Dr. Betty […]

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Saturday that his government was seeking to remove the leaders of Catalonia’s regional government from power and call new elections as soon as possible. The unprecedented measures would be taken under Article 155 of the Spanish constitution and must be sent to the Spanish Senate for approval. This would […]

As a New York businessman, Donald Trump proudly referred to himself as the “King of Debt” — he thrived on taking financial risks and routinely leveraged debt to grow his family empire. “I’m the king of debt. I love debt,” Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in May 2016 at the height of the campaign — blunt and […]

CURWENSVILLE – It was all Curwensville Friday night in the first quarter and a half against the visiting Bradford Owls at Riverside Stadium, on the Golden Tide’s home turf. The Tide jumped out to a 14-0 lead over the Owls and looked like they had the game somewhat under control at that time. However, the […]