Новости за 09.02.2016

The Indian-American actor and designer Waris Ahluwalia, whose plane ticket was canceled because he refused to remove his turban, accepted an apology from Aeromexico. But he is not planning on leaving Mexico City until further steps are taken. Ahluwalia was departing Mexico City this week, but the country’s largest airline wouldn’t let him board a […]

The watchdogs at the Sunlight Foundation announced Tuesday they would be relaunching U.S. Politwoops, the popular site dedicated to tracking the Twitter mishaps of elected officials, candidates and other political groups and personalities. “Just in time for the New Hampshire primary, we’ll be back to tracking and posting deleted tweets from political figures so that […]

Aren’t we tired of billionaires who think that just because they have a lot more money in their pockets than we do they deserve to run for president? I’m not thinking so much about Donald Trump as Michael Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City, who has once again been floating the idea that […]

CBS News has announced criteria for Saturday’s Republican primary debate that could keep one or more candidates off the stage. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are all guaranteed an invitation to the debate because they finished in the top three in the Iowa caucuses. For the other candidates, it will require finishing in […]

Sears doesn’t want to waste any time. The retailer announced on Tuesday that it planned to “accelerate” the closing of at least 50 “unprofitable stores.” Sears, which also owns Kmart, originally planned to close the stores over the next few months, but poor sales have sped up the timeline. In its earnings report Tuesday, Sears […]

HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf today announced his intentions to pursue an expanded sales tax and an increased Personal Income Tax during his budget proposal for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The governor’s proposal, formally unveiled today in Harrisburg, includes an 11 percent increase in the Personal Income Tax, retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. It […]

Iran may use detained Americans who were not part of last month’s prisoner swap as leverage in future dealings with the United States, America’s intelligence chief said Tuesday. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s testimony comes after a coalition of Iranian-American groups sent a letter last week to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the […]

Volatility is still rocking U.S. stocks. The Dow has been swinging between gains and losses on Tuesday. It was down about 140 points in the morning, but is now flat to slightly higher. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq each lost about 1% at the open but have since rebounded. Stocks continue to swing on turbulent […]

Chris Christie on primary day continued his rhetorical assault on Sen. Marco Rubio, mocking another instance of the Florida senator repeating a line on the stump and calling into question his resume. “Not surprised; that’s who he is,” the New Jersey governor said Tuesday of the Rubio town hall moment Monday where the senator followed […]

Ferguson, Missouri, officials are set to vote Tuesday night on whether to accept a proposed agreement between the city and U.S. Department of Justice on police and justice system reforms. The proposed agreement, negotiated last month, would require the city to hire additional senior staff dedicated to the implementation of the deal and in areas […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton “in a certain way, evil” in a word association game posed by MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Mika Brzezinski on Tuesday. Brzezinski asked the business executive to describe his 2016 rivals in one word. When it came to the former secretary of state, Trump said, “In a certain […]

An intergenerational clash within the feminist movement is playing out online and in the media. Surprisingly, two of the most iconic feminist leaders are the cause of the latest controversy: Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright. In trying to convince young women to vote for Hillary Clinton, they’ve instead incited a backlash. At a rally for […]

A rare albino green turtle has been spotted — newly hatched — on an Australian beach. Volunteers from Coolum and North Shore Coast Care were “amazed” to see the tiny creature at Castaways Beach, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Little Alby was taking his time: his brothers and sisters had hatched last Friday, but their distinctive […]

Viacom admitted it is facing problems well beyond its executive turmoil. The embattled media conglomerate struggled at the end of last year, as sales and profit continued to slide. Much of the attention on Viacom has been focused on the management upheaval, as 92-year old founder Sumner Redstone gave up his title as executive chairman […]

Call it a backlash against the backlash. A move to #BoycottBeyonce has some clapping back over what they see as the superstar being unfairly targeted. It all began when the singer dropped her music video for her song “Formation” on Saturday. In the song Beyonce speaks of her heritage with lyrics such as “My daddy […]

At STEM3 Academy, sticking to the norm doesn’t work. In fact, the school was launched to do just the opposite. “Our emphasis is on learning versus teaching,” said Dr. Ellis Crasnow, the school’s director. “Our students learn by doing, experiencing and constructing rather than just sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher.” STEM3 Academy […]

CURWENSVILLE — The Clearfield Area High School boys basketball team ascended to the 20-win plateau for the second year in a row by running away from backyard rival Curwensville 72-39 in front of the biggest Patton Hall crowd of the season Monday night. The Bison shot 44.4 percent from the floor, dominated under the boards […]

Actor Hugh Jackman has revealed yet another bout with skin cancer, warning fans to wear sunscreen to keep the common disease at bay. Jackman, 47, posted a photo to his Facebook page Monday showing a bandage over his nose. “An example of what happens when you don’t use sunscreen,” he wrote. “Basal cell. The mildest […]

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding that would in part fund an expedited effort to develop a Zika vaccine, but even with presidential power and funding, a vaccine could still be awhile. Vaccine development is a slow and deliberate process in large part because it needs to keep test […]

The White House says it’s working to increase the security of the federal government’s computer and data systems after high-profile hacks at various agencies, including a recent breach at the Justice Department. President Barack Obama Tuesday will sign an executive order establishing a federal privacy council to ensure all of the administration’s branches are using […]

This may be as close as you’ll ever come to living out sci-fi film “The Martian”. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a new 360 degrees video of Mars allowing viewers to drag and drop on the clip to explore the surface of the red earth. Made from multiple images stitched together, it includes a […]

The market turbulence is getting messier in Japan. The Nikkei plummeted as much as 5.6% and the yield on key Japanese government bonds sank into negative territory Tuesday for the first time as investors piled into safe haven assets. The stock plunge in Tokyo follows losses Monday for U.S. and European indexes. Some of the […]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders got an early boost Tuesday as they won the vote in Dixville Notch, the New Hampshire hamlet that is home to the first vote in the first-in-the-nation primary. Sanders shut out Hillary Clinton, 4-0, while Kasich bested Donald Trump, 3-2. Those were the only nine votes […]

Lin Jianfang was startled awake before dawn on Saturday by violent tremors as a massive earthquake rocked southern Taiwan. After making sure his wife wasn’t injured, he rushed out of his house to check on his brother’s apartment building. As he got closer, his heart sank as he took in the stunning sight of the […]

Zenefits is starting over. The HR software startup announced on Monday that CEO and founder Parker Conrad has stepped down. Taking the helm is David Sacks, who was Zenefits’ COO and had previously worked at Microsoft (which bought his firm Yammer) and PayPal. Sacks told employees in an email on Monday that “many of our […]