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“Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens” is still in theaters, but we’ve already moved on to thinking about the next installment in the saga. On Wednesday, Disney and LucasFilm announced that the opening of the as-yet-untitled “Episode VIII” would be pushed back seven months, from May 2017 to December of that year. That’s […]

Donald Trump thinks “wacko” Glenn Beck is no match for Sarah Palin. Trump renewed his feud with Beck on Thursday, days ahead of the conservative commentator’s scheduled campaign appearances with Ted Cruz. Cruz’s courtship of Beck was perceived by many observers as a response to Palin’s endorsement of Trump earlier this week. “Wacko @glennbeck is […]

So does everyone need to roll up their rooks and box up their bishops? Maybe not, but some in people in Saudi Arabia might be wondering. Saudi’s Grand Mufti, the country’s top cleric, was appearing on a religious TV program, taking questions about faith and sin and that sort of thing. And he got one […]

Bernie Sanders has turned to folk icons Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel for an ad set to run the week before the Iowa caucuses. The non-traditional, soft TV spot focuses almost exclusively on idyllic shots of Americans in different everyday scenes and supporters at Sanders’ rallies. Simon & Garfunkel’s “America,” a song about a young […]

Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged to CNBC Thursday that some of the money Iran received in sanctions relief would go to groups considered terrorists. When asked about whether some the $150 billion in sanctions relief to Iran would go to terrorist groups, Kerry reiterated that, after settling debts, Iran would receive closer to $55 […]

Crashing oil prices. Plunging markets. The comparisons to 2008 — the prelude to global depression — are piling up. In the West, the turmoil is largely being experienced as fear. But in emerging markets such as Russia, China and Brazil, economies are being hit as currencies tumble in value. So are we heading for another […]

David Cameron could hardly have chosen a better audience for his call for businesses to “get out there” and campaign against a British breakaway from Europe. Taking the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the British prime minister urged the CEOs and chairmen of more than 1,000 of the world’s biggest companies to […]

Sen. Marco Rubio used the Cuban migrant crisis approaching U.S. borders on Thursday to lambast President Barack Obama’s policies toward Cuba as laughable. The Cuban-American Republican senator from Florida was asked what he would do about Cuba as president on Thursday at an Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security forum in New Hampshire. He attacked […]

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser apologized Thursday to district residents for the city failing to be prepared for an inch of snowfall that came down on the nation’s capital Wednesday night. The incident comes just a day before a record storm is expected to wallop Washington. She tweeted, “Last night the District failed to deploy the […]

Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will soon square off for the 17th time in their storied careers. Once again, the stakes are high: The winner of Sunday’s AFC Championship Game in Denver between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos advances to Super Bowl 50. It’s yet another installment of an epic quarterback rivalry that’s […]

CLEARFIELD – A New Millport man who allegedly struck and killed a woman with a stolen vehicle was in court for sentencing on two, unrelated cases Tuesday. Joshua Jeffrey Nelson, 30, currently an inmate of state prison, pleaded guilty to simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in one case and defiant trespass in the […]

CLEARFIELD – A Morrisdale man accused of stealing metal from RJ Corman pleaded guilty Tuesday during sentencing court. Frank Edward Walls Jr., 49, pleaded guilty to theft by unlawful taking and was sentenced by Judge Paul E. Cherry to 45 days to one year in jail and one year consecutive probation. He was fined $250 […]

MECHICSBURG – The DuBois Area Middle School was among six middle schools re-designated as a PA Don Eichhorn Schools: “Schools to Watch” as part of a recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. This is the third time DuBois Area Middle School has been re-designated. It joins Pine Richland Middle School […]

CURWENSVILLE – The Curwensville Lady Golden Tide basketball team will hold a cancer awareness night when it plays Brockway at home Jan. 22. The basketball boosters will raffle off a lottery wreath and other baskets in a silent auction. They will also sell soup and baked goods at the concession. All proceeds will benefit the […]

CLEARFIELD – Joseph B. Bower Jr., president and chief executive officer of CNB Bank, recently named Gregory M. Dixon as CNB market executive. In this position, Dixon will be responsible for the overall support and growth of all 21 CNB Bank office locations by growing loan and deposit accounts, developing new products, managing product pricing, […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the operation by Russian officials to kill former spy Alexander Litvinenko, a detailed UK inquiry has concluded. Robert Owen, who conducted the inquiry, wrote that he was “sure” that two former Russian officials poisoned Litvinenko with highly radioactive polonium-210. And Owen wrote that he was also “sure” that the […]

Five young children were found dead in a locked freezer in a South African town. The children, ranging in age from 3 to 7, were discovered Tuesday evening by their grandmother in Kakamas, in northwest South Africa. They apparently suffocated inside an old freezer in the yard, police said. The children were believed to have […]

What does the man chosen by Sports Illustrated as the best individual sportsman of the 20th century do when his career comes to an end? As legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus likes to put it: “Most people work all their life to retire to play golf — I played golf all my life to retire to […]

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has had enough. Brown publicly vented her frustration Wednesday with the armed group of protesters who’ve taken over a federal wildlife refuge in Harney County, in the southeastern corner of her state. But she’s also fed up with federal officials’ response to the occupation and urged them to put an end […]

Global markets’ bad start to 2016 just got uglier. World stocks fell sharply Wednesday as oil sank below $27 a barrel to its lowest level since September 2003. Japan’s Nikkei nosedived 3.7%, taking it more than 20% below its recent high in June and into bear market territory. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong slumped […]

A protester douses her body in petrol and sets herself alight outside the British consulate. Government assassins kill a local politician to spark a riot that will allow them to seize greater control. Uniformed “youth guards” attack a bookshop accused of selling banned materials. This is Hong Kong in 2025, according to hit local film […]

Whether you like to dunk your Oreos in a cold glass of milk or twist your Oreos apart to eat the icing, there is a new flavor ready to be consumed. Oreo cinnamon bun flavored cookies have official hit the market. This particular product is new for the cookie line, but buzz has been circling […]

Amazon is now offering full refunds on any hoverboards sold on the site, including in the U.S. and Canada. The refunds are a response to the rash of fires and falls that have plagued the popular two-wheeled balance boards. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission praised Amazon’s decision on Wednesday and said it expects other […]

An attorney for the Detroit Public Schools has asked a judge to issue a restraining order and preliminary injunction to force teachers to stop sickouts and return to work, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The motion names the Detroit Federation of Teachers, interim teachers union president Ivy Bailey and 23 Detroit Public Schools teachers. […]

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday brushed off a report that her private email server contained classified intelligence from some of the U.S. intelligence community’s most secretive programs. The former secretary of state told National Public Radio that the report was a “leak” designed to harm her in the presidential race despite offering no evidence. And a […]