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Donald Trump, he would have you know, is no racist. Not only that, “I am the least racist person you have ever met,” as he told CNN’s Don Lemon, which is a pretty high compliment to himself. Nevertheless, it seems that hardly a week goes by in this campaign without Trump doing or saying something […]

Hillary Clinton once drank warm horse milk in Mongolia — and it tasted “sort of like yogurt that you would leave out for a week.” And only afterward, the doctor traveling with her said he’d need to monitor her to make sure she didn’t contract “brucellosis” — a cattle disease. Clinton told the story during […]

When Florida police officer Bobby White played street basketball with a group of neighborhood kids this month, he promised he’d return to shoot more hoops. He showed up for a rematch Saturday, this time with a full-court press. It included fellow officers and one especially large backup: 7-foot-1 Shaquille O’Neal of NBA fame. White, a […]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering an independent run for president — but the two candidates he’d be most likely to take on say they aren’t worried. On Saturday, the New York Times first reported that Bloomberg is eyeing a run — particularly if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee and Bernie […]

Bernie Sanders laughed Sunday at the notion that his surging Democratic presidential candidacy has caused stocks to falter. ABC’s “This Week” host Martha Raddatz asked Sanders about Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman’s argument that financial markets are unsettled because of Sanders, China’s slowdown and global geopolitical risk. As Sanders laughed, Raddatz pressed him on the impact […]

Justin Bieber made Chelsea Handler uncomfortable. Asked to name her worst interview in a chat with Variety, the talk show host — who recently launched a new show, “Chelsea Does,” on Netflix — said Bieber, because the pop star made her feel like a “child molester.” “He was trying to flirt with me and it […]

Cities scrambled Sunday to dig themselves out from the snow and ice of a massive winter storm that clobbered the East Coast, but officials warned residents to remain vigilant even as the storm heads into the Atlantic Ocean. Perhaps New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo put it best when he said, “We’re not out of the […]

Donald Trump says he’s not the only Republican who has become more conservative as he’s grown older — pointing to Ronald Reagan as he defended himself against criticism from Ted Cruz and the National Review. Asked about his strategy when he’s accused of not being a “consistent conservative,” Trump said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” […]

Seeing the government response to the blizzard has, at least for now, quieted much of the talk of incompetent and corrupt government that we’ve been hearing from the campaign trail. It will no doubt be back. But in the meantime, there is nothing that breaks political deadlock quite like a couple of feet of snow. […]

Hillary Clinton ally David Brock says he now believes Donald Trump, not Ted Cruz, will be the likely GOP nominee. “I may have spoken too soon in predicting in December that the Democrats would face Cruz in November,” Brock said in an email to CNN. “I now believe the GOP nominee is likely to be […]

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Alaska early Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake’s epicenter struck near Cook Inlet, about 162 miles southwest of Anchorage, and was about 50 miles deep. The USGS reported that there was a low likelihood of casualties and damage, and that “weak” shaking could be felt in cities […]

A manhunt is underway for three inmates, including a man charged with murder, who escaped from a jail in Southern California. The men cut through steel bars and used plumbing tunnels to get access to an unsecured roof, authorities told CNN affiliate KABC. Jonathan Tieu, 20, Hossein Nayeri, 37, and Bac Tien Duong, 43, escaped […]

Thai and Malaysian officials will investigate whether a large piece of curved metal found on the southern Thai coast could be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. But analysts are already at odds about whether the debris likely came from a plane. The debris was found Friday by a fisherman on the coast of Nakhon […]

DUBOIS – A DuBois man accused of threatening to shoot up a local school waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday during centralized court in District Judge Patrick Ford’s office. Michael L. Vetter, 65, 14 N. Church St., DuBois, is charged with terroristic threats as a result of his actions on Jan. 6 when […]

BELLEFONTE – U.S. Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) has announced a National Institutes of Health Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to Actuated Medical Inc., a medical device developer and manufacturer in Bellefonte. The SBIR grant, from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is to finalize development […]

The GANT weekly reload gives readers a look back upon the most noteworthy stories of their work week.  It contains the big headlines, as well as a few stories you might have missed. It might even include a story or two of the lighter side. The GANT reload will be posted each weekend for your perusal. For most […]

STATE COLLEGE – The American Red Cross Mid-Central Pennsylvania Chapter is seeking nominations for its annual Heroes Breakfast, sponsored this year by Mount Nittany Health System. This event honors ordinary individuals who have made extraordinary contributions that have impacted the lives of people in Centre, Mifflin, and Juniata counties. Nomination deadline is March 18, 2016. […]

Twelve suspected drug smugglers were killed trying to infiltrate Jordan’s border with Syria, Jordan’s official Petra news agency reported. The agency reported Sunday that Jordanian border guards engaged a group of 36 smugglers, dealing with the situation “in accordance with the rules of engagement.” It cited a military source. Some of the suspected smugglers were […]

The massive winter storm that’s clobbered the East Coast is heading out to the Atlantic, but we’re not out of the woods just yet. Crews are scrambling to clear the roads before the work-week starts. But while the sun and rising temperatures expected in some areas Sunday may help cleanup efforts, meteorologists are worried about […]

One of the Hong Kong booksellers who had gone mysteriously missing has met with his wife in mainland China, Hong Kong police confirmed to CNN. Lee Bo, 65, was one of five men who work at a publishing house critical of Beijing’s ruling elite to disappear in recent months, raising fears that he’d been detained […]

CLEARFIELD – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has restored the speed limit on Interstate 80 in Clinton, Centre and Clearfield counties. Due to the winter storm impacting the region, speed limits were reduced yesterday and today to 45 miles per hour on Interstate 80 and Route 322. All speeds are restored to their usual posted limits with […]

Several hundred migrants, in the presence of supporting demonstrators, broke into the northern French port of Calais, tearing down barriers and allowing about 50 of them to board a ship, the mayor said Saturday. Thirty-five people were arrested, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV. The prefecture said that 24 of those arrested […]

Travelers stuck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for almost 24 hours started rolling again Saturday night. About 500 vehicle came to a standstill on a 7-mile stretch of the turnpike Friday because of bad weather, Pennsylvania State Police said, including the buses carrying the Duquesne University men’s basketball team and the Temple University women’s gymnastics team. […]

Family, fans and friends joined Celine Dion in honoring René Angélil, whose funeral took place over two days this week in the Montreal basilica where the couple married in 1994. Angélil died on January 14 of throat cancer. He planned the service, which was live-streamed and broadcast on Canadian television, a testament to Angélil’s stature […]

The killings of two adults at a school and two teenage brothers at a residence have left residents shattered, the mayor of La Loche, a small town in northern Saskatchewan, said Saturday. The slain were identified as Adam Wood, 35, a teacher at La Loche Community School; Marie Janvier, 21, a teacher’s aide; and brothers […]