Новости за 22.01.2016

An increasing number of babies are being born with a serious birth defect, gastroschisis, and it’s got scientists concerned. The condition causes the intestines, and sometimes organs such as the liver and stomach, to poke through a newborn’s abdomen near the belly button. It needs to be repaired through surgery. The latest report from the […]

CLEARFIELD – Staff members at Visit Clearfield County (VCC) have released the weekly events for Jan. 22-28. Ritz Theater, downtown Clearfield Monday-Sunday The theater’s lobby opens at 6:30 p.m. You can grab some popcorn, even if you cannot attend the movie showings. For movies and show times, please call 814-765-5835. Prices are $6 for adults […]

The Republican leadership in Congress, along with every one of their presidential candidates, opposes women’s right to safe, legal abortion. Yet, the majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, support access to safe, legal abortion. Stunningly, Republicans in the House of Representatives have voted 11 times in the current Congress to limit women’s access to […]

Mohammed al-Nimr was at home in Indiana when he got news of his father’s beheading. It was a terrible jolt, though they both had known death was inevitable. He says his father — Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr — had become too much of a prickly thorn in the side of Saudi Arabia’s rulers. The firebrand Shiite […]

Crude oil has finally stopped crashing — and that’s excellent news for the stock market. At the end of another insane week of wild swings, the Dow jumped more than 200 points on Friday. The S&P 500 advanced 1.4% and the Nasdaq soared 1.8%. Oil prices surged 7% to $31.75 a barrel, marking a dramatic […]

With a little over a week until the Iowa caucus, 2016 presidential candidates are taking their messages to the airwaves, as Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush all unveiled new ads on Friday. Here’s a look at the ad blitz as the race continues into the home stretch. Donald Trump The GOP […]

The Republican leadership in Congress, along with every one of their presidential candidates, opposes women’s right to safe, legal abortion. Yet, the majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, support access to safe, legal abortion. Stunningly, Republicans in the House of Representatives have voted 11 times in the current Congress to limit women’s access to […]

Wearables have become a popular way of tracking our daily workout, eating habits and sleep cycles. But for one man — it had an extra feature — it tracked the precise moment his heart broke. It was a normal Saturday for Israeli student Koby Soto. The 28-year-old juggles a few things — studying at law […]

In the same deserts where the oldest human fossils were unearthed, scientists now have discovered evidence of mankind’s worst invention: warfare. And it appears that man has been at war for longer than previously thought. At a site in northern Kenya near Lake Turkana, archeologists found 27 bodies they believe were victims of a brutal […]

The red No. 8 jersey hangs on the wall of Kjetil Jansrud’s Norwegian apartment, taking as much pride of place as his three Olympic medals. Signed by Steven Gerrard, the football top is a secondary award for arguably the least prestigious of that trio of Games hardware — a bronze in the men’s downhill at […]

An American student from a university in Virginia is under investigation by North Korean authorities, according to state media. The student, who reportedly entered North Korea on a tourist visit, is suspected of carrying out hostile acts against the DPRK, KCNA said, referring to the acronym for the Democratic People’ Republic of North Korea. CNN […]

For several weeks now, city and state officials have traded barbs over who is ultimately responsible for the toxic water that’s inundated Flint, Michigan. On Thursday, the feds said they both are. In an emergency administrative order, the Environmental Protection Agency slammed the city of Flint, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the State […]

The whirlwind romance between Mariah Carey and James Packer just got serious. The Australian billionaire is said to have proposed to the American singer, seven months after they were first seen cozying up on a holiday in Italy. “A close friend of Mr. Packer confirmed the couple were engaged and said they were over the […]

A man fumbling with his gun shot a woman at a movie theater in Washington state — then took off, authorities said. The victim was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the torso following the shooting late Thursday night in Renton. She was in the theater watching the movie “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of […]

Human remains have been found at the crash site of an F-16 fighter jet in Arizona, military officials said. The jet crashed Thursday morning near Bagdad. The pilot is believed dead, said Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus of the 56th Fighter Wing, which the jet was assigned to. The 56th Fighter Wing is based at Luke […]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how worried are you? Richard Quest, CNN’s chief international business correspondent, has put that question to a lot of VIPs at Davos. Responses range from 2.5 to 9. The reality is probably somewhere between 5 and 6 — the average of what CEOs and global leaders say. Yes, […]

Kylo Ren may be the most evil force in the galaxy in the biggest movie of all time, but he also makes for a pretty adorable cat. Kylo is the new name of a cat who was put up for adoption last Friday on the Monmouth County, New Jersey, SPCA’s Facebook page. By the end […]

Three of six militants who killed dozens in a Burkina Faso siege last week are still on the run, authorities said. Attackers raided the Splendid Hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, shooting some and taking others hostage. Minutes before the overnight hotel siege on January 15, they shot patrons at a cafe across the street. Both […]

It’s a decision faced by many a traveler heading to a new city. Do you: A) Stay in the most popular area for tourists, thereby ensuring you’re close to all the action? Or B) Try to find accommodation in an up-and-coming neighborhood to get a better sense of how the locals really live? If Airbnb’s […]

The Republican National Committee has disinvited National Review from participating in the Feb. 25 GOP debate because of its outspoken opposition to Donald Trump. The decision was announced just hours after the conservative magazine published a special anti-Trump issue that included a scathing editorial about the Republican frontrunner and critical contributions from 22 conservative pundits […]

John Kerry said Thursday that “the fight’s over” between the Obama administration and the Israeli government now that the Iran nuclear deal is complete. Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, days after the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, lifting of U.S. sanctions […]

Three American contractors missing in Iraq were kidnapped, the Iraqi defense minister said Thursday. An organized crime gang is believed to be behind the abductions, Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi told reporters in Baghdad. The contractors were visiting a house in Dora, a district in southern Baghdad, when gunmen abducted them, he said. He didn’t […]

Amir Hekmati, one of five Americans released by Iran, arrived home in Michigan Thursday afternoon amid the applause and cheers of supporters. “It’s great to be back in Flint, my hometown,” he told reporters moments after stepping out of a plane at Bishop International Airport. “I love this city. I love its people. They’ve been […]

[Breaking news, posted at 6:25 p.m. ET] The Environmental Protection Agency’s regional administrator for Flint, Michigan, has resigned, the agency said in a statement Thursday. “EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman has offered her resignation effective February 1, and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has accepted given Susan’s strong interest in ensuring that EPA Region 5’s […]

The attack that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015 marked the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. It also underscored an unsettling reality: ISIS has morphed from a scourge affecting Iraq and Syria to a threat to people around the world. Since declaring its caliphate in June […]