Новости за 18.11.2017

Law enforcement agencies on Saturday searched for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a western Pennsylvania police officer, gunned down during a traffic stop. Brian Shaw had been a patrolman with New Kensington’s police department for less than a year before he was killed Friday night, the city’s Police Chief James Klein said in […]

“Revenge porn” is sexual abuse in a new digital form. A recent study shows that 10% of women under 30 years old in the United States have been victimized by the misuse of their intimate images. Facebook is one of many platforms that host this kind of abuse despite its efforts to tinker with the […]

The former mayor of Caracas — who is a staunch opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro — was welcomed Saturday in Madrid after escaping house arrest. “I have the support from the Spanish government to remain in Spain as long as necessary, as well as my family who are accompanying me here, my wife Mitzy, […]

America’s top retailers are gearing up for the biggest shopping weekend of the year. The first doorbusters kick off early Thursday morning. Wondering what’s open and where to snag a deal? Here’s our guide. Best Buy Opens: 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and will stay open until 1 a.m. Friday. Reopens Friday at 8 a.m. […]

Days after President Donald Trump touted his role in the release of three UCLA basketball students who were arrested in China, LaVar Ball, the father of one of those players, suggested the President had little to do with the matter. “Who?” Ball told ESPN when asked about Trump’s involvement in the situation. “What was he […]

The drug convictions of 15 men in Chicago have been thrown out after they claimed they were framed years earlier by a police sergeant, who went to prison for a related crime, and his team of officers. The dismissal of charges against the men, who together had 18 convictions, is believed to the first-ever mass […]

Who are America’s Dreamers? They are the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children — and they now face a very uncertain future. President Donald Trump in September rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which enabled Dreamers who signed up to come out […]

New Kensington–New Kensington Police Chief James Klein identifies the officer who was shot and killed as Officer Brian Shaw.

When I was 12, in the sixth grade in El Cerrito, California, one of my classmates brought a gun to school. She was a bright fellow student — flamboyant, funny, sometimes moody — occasionally in trouble, fun to play kickball with. I still remember her throaty laugh. I also remember the awful day while we […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Saturday that he will return to Beirut despite his resignation two weeks ago. “I’ll be in Beirut in the next few days to participate in the Independence Day celebrations,” Hariri told reporters after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Hariri added that it […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Saturday that he will return to Beirut despite his resignation two weeks ago. “I’ll be in Beirut in the next few days to participate in the Independence Day celebrations,” Hariri told reporters after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Hariri added that it […]

In the six weeks since The New York Times report that brought down movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, dozens of new accusations against powerful men — from Hollywood to Capitol Hill — have dominated news cycles and set off a national reckoning over sexual abuse in the workplace. The true magnitude and breadth of the problem […]

Twelve jurors in New Jersey couldn’t reach consensus in the federal corruption trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez after 11 weeks together, but it took only minutes for some outside the courtroom to form unanimous agreement as to why. “Thanks to the US Supreme Court for so narrowly defining bribery that convictions are almost impossible,” […]

When Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski helped defeat her own party’s bill to repeal Obamacare earlier this year, she said she was applauded upon her arrival at airports across her home state of Alaska. Now that Republicans have added a plan to roll back a significant part of Obamacare to their tax bill, attention has once […]

In the wish lists of Democratic strategists, one imagines the arrival of tens of thousands of Democratic-leaning voters to Florida, seemingly overnight, ranks pretty high. Two months after Hurricane Maria made landfall on the island, new data suggests that’s exactly what’s happened. Figures on school enrollment provided to CNN from the Florida Department of Education […]

An Argentine navy submarine with 44 crew members has been missing for three days after the navy lost contact with it off the country’s Atlantic coast, the military service says. The ARA San Juan submarine was last spotted Wednesday in the San Jorge Gulf, a few hundred kilometers off the coast of southern Argentina’s Patagonia […]

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday. French officials said they hope the visit will help end the political crisis by showing Hariri is free to travel. Hariri and his wife arrived in France on Saturday, two weeks after his shocking […]

Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets of Harare on Saturday to demand the resignation of President Robert Mugabe, in what could spell the political end for the 93-year-old leader who has ruled the country for nearly four decades. Waving placards with slogans like “Mugabe Must Rest Now” and “No to Mugabe Dynasty,” the atmosphere […]

A call to police about “shots fired” at a church in eastern Tennessee turned out to be an accidental shooting during a discussion on using weapons to protect the congregation, police say. Tellico Plains Police Chief Russ Parks told CNN affiliate WVLT that the initial call on Thursday reported two people shot outside the First […]

HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf is reminding Pennsylvanians to bring pets indoors as temperatures continue to drop statewide. Pennsylvania’s new animal cruelty protections, which were signed into law in June and championed by Wolf, included new protections and penalties for cold weather. “This is the first cold weather season since we strengthened the animal cruelty […]

With rifle deer season around the corner in Pennsylvania, thousands of hunters – of all ages – are preparing to head into the woods. Falls from tree stands continue to be a common hunting accident, yet can sometimes be overlooked – for example, when hunting safety courses focus on firearms. “We see accidental gunshot wounds, […]

CLEARFIELD – Area residents trying to escape the hectic rush of Thanksgiving and Black Friday are invited to chill out at the Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre Inc. (CAST) on Friday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. as they present a Blues Jam.  The show will start with local favorite band, Twin Reverb.  Other musicians including Joel […]

CLEARFIELD – Students at the Clearfield Area Junior-Senior High School are holding a holiday food drive to benefit the Clearfield Salvation Army. Teachers in the school’s English Department are sponsoring the annual event. The Salvation Army reports it is in need of the following items for the holiday season: Stuffing mix, instant or canned potatoes, […]

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in France on Saturday, two weeks after his shocking resignation sparked speculation that he was being held hostage in Saudi Arabia. Hariri is in France with his wife, and will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, the prime minister’s press office said in a statement. Hariri announced his resignation […]