Новости за 16.12.2015

Ahead of her last international match for the U.S. women’s team, Abby Wambach hasn’t pulled any punches in her assessment of the current state of the men’s game. And if you’re U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, best look away now. “Oh, man… I would definitely fire Jurgen (Klinsmann),” Wambach told The Bill Simmons podcast. […]

Standing with Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday backed his namesake rule, arguing that those who make more than $1 million a year should be required to pay higher tax rates. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway — commonly referred to as the oracle from Omaha — joined Clinton […]

An arrest warrant has been issued for a teenager who, two years ago, made national news when he was sentenced to probation in Texas for a drunken driving crash that killed four people. Ethan Couch’s defense coined an infamous defense — that he suffered from “affluenza,” or that he was a rich kid who was […]

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus responded to Ben Carson mispronouncing his name at the GOP debate, saying, “I’ve learned to live with it.” On Wednesday morning, CNN’s Chris Cuomo joked with Priebus about Carson’s slip, when the former neurosurgeon pronounced the chairman’s last name “Pubis.” Cuomo asked if it’s something that’s happened to him […]

The U.S. Federal Reserve made history Wednesday when it raised its key interest rate by 0.25%. It’s a big moment for the U.S. economy. Here’s what you need to know. 1. It’s the first rate hike in nearly 10 years: This is the Fed’s first rate increase since June 2006. Back then, the economy was […]

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be taking on history at the box office this weekend as well as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The Universal comedy “Sisters” starring the former “Saturday Night Live” cast members will have the massive task of opening on the same day as “The Force Awakens” this Friday. “Sisters” is […]

With relentless regularity, the Russian warplanes take off from Hmeymim airbase in Latakia on northwest Syria’s Mediterranean coast, the staging ground for Russia’s air war against Islamist terror groups fighting for control of Syria. Several times an hour, the base reverberates with the roar of fighter jets taking off to pound jihadist rebel groups and […]

Kurdish forces are battling ISIS militants on the ground in Iraq and Syria, and Wednesday brought more bloodshed for the Kurds, a vital member of the global coalition to defeat the terror group. Four ISIS suicide bombers killed seven Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and injured five others early Wednesday in two locations near Tal Afar […]

Wall Street is throwing itself a rate hike party. U.S. stocks rallied Wednesday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s historic decision to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006. The move represents a major vote of confidence in the American economy’s recovery from the Great Recession, which caused the Fed to slash rates […]

America’s first interest rate hike in nearly a decade is here. The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate on Wednesday from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range of 0.25% to 0.5%. The rate hike is a small one, but it will affect millions of Americans, including investors, home buyers and savers. […]

Like so many things in life, success often comes down to one moment — one twist of fate that helps everything fall into place. For motorcycling’s brightest young star Marc Marquez, that moment came when he was just eight years old. The double MotoGP world champion — who began riding aged just four — was […]

Last week, the United States Senate held what has become an annual tradition: the Secret Santa gift exchange. And as has been the case in years past, the participants told us that it can cure what ails Congress. Initiated by Democratic Sen. Al Franken in 2011 as a strategy to combat rampant partisanship, the activity […]

Welcome to adulthood! It will cost you $949 a month for the next 25 years. The news felt like a slap in the face to Ashley Huntington. Like the tens of thousands of others who graduated in May with debt, her first student loan payment was due this month. “I spent most of my grace […]

CNN’s Richard Quest speaks to Ken Rogoff and John Lipsky about the Fed’s expected announcement that they’ll be raising interest rates and what it will do to the U.S. economy.

Speaking at the CNN GOP debate, Jeb Bush calls Donald Trump the ‘chaos candidate,’ but Trump says he’s the best candidate in the race.

Top moments from the CNN Republican presidential debate.

What, me worry? Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Wednesday that he was never concerned Donald Trump would mount an independent bid for the White House. Trump made news at the GOP debate when he said that he would run only as a Republican. “I never worried about” Trump pursuing an independent campaign, Priebus […]

Jeb Bush took some of this sharpest jabs at Donald Trump at Tuesday’s CNN’s Republican debate and the morning after, the former Florida governor continued to jab the billionaire businessman as all show and no substance. “I don’t think he’s a serious candidate. And I don’t know why others don’t feel compelled to point that […]

Debates have great potential to flush out bad ideas and lay them before us for all to see. Because of this, as a debate coach, I listen for my debaters’ bad ideas as an opportunity to teach about “losing” arguments. This was the first Republican debate since the attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris. […]

CLEARFIELD – The Bellefonte Red Raiders high school boys basketball team was victim number three for Clearfield Tuesday night on the Bison home court. With the 44-30 victory Clearfield is now 3-0 on the young season. And despite the double digit win the Red Raiders made it closer than it looked. Nate Glunt, Clearfield […]

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio finally came of age as rivals vying to take the conservative movement into a new generation. Jeb Bush took a stand. And Donald Trump said he won’t jump ship. Tuesday’s CNN Republican debate was a last chance to shine for candidates in 2015. It was a crucial clash before the […]

When it comes to health and prosperity, there’s no topping Norway. For the 12th year in a row, the land of lefse and lutefisk has earned the number one spot on the United Nations’ 2015 Human Development Index (HDI), released as part of its annual Human Development Report. The HDI measures countries in three basic […]

Yitz Dekel walked his dogs outside his temporary home, a residential hotel in Calabasas, California, and described the massive natural gas leak he says forced him out of his suburban Los Angeles retirement community in Porter Ranch. “A nightmare,” the 79-year-old began. “Unsettling, very depressing, very confusing.” Dekel and his wife Stella represent just one […]

Republican presidential candidates sought to cement — or improve — their standings in a debate Tuesday night that comes less than two months before the first votes of the election season are cast. The CNN debate in Las Vegas marked the first time the White House hopefuls shared a stage since terror attacks in Paris […]

House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican lawmakers Tuesday that congressional leaders reached an agreement on a massive $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government through September, setting up votes later this week that would avert a shutdown, according to multiple lawmakers who attended a closed door session with the speaker. The deal would suspend two […]