Новости за 12.03.2016

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It was déjà vu for Lycoming junior All-American Nolan Barger at the 2016 NCAA Division III Wrestling championships in the U.S. Cellular Center Saturday afternoon. For the second year in a row, the Warrior 165-pounder from Clearfield defeated the nation’s No. 1-ranked matman and avenged his earlier loss in a 4-0 […]

On one side, you have a man who recorded the sex tape, saved it for posterity and bragged about possibly using the video to extract a fortune. On the other side is a gossip website that received the tape, spliced it up and disseminated it to millions of people. The difference between the two? As […]

The San Andreas Fault has an infamous reputation, but there are other fault lines lying around California that can trigger a powerful earthquake, especially if they rupture simultaneously, a new report says. A U.S. geologist discovered that the San Andreas and the San Jacinto faults may have ruptured together about 200 years ago in the […]

A New York judge has dismissed a Columbia University graduate’s lawsuit claiming the school allowed a woman who said he sexually assaulted her to publicly brand him a “serial rapist.” In the federal suit, Paul Nungesser said he was cleared of responsibility in Emma Sulkowicz’s 2013 rape claim, as well as others that came to […]

An Arizona federal jury has begun deliberating a case against alleged ISIS supporter Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, accused in a thwarted terror plot targeting a Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Texas in 2015. This marks the first time that anyone charged with providing support to ISIS has ever taken the case to a jury, a […]

Bernie Sanders said Saturday that his supporters were not to blame for the unrest that led to the cancellation of a Donald Trump rally in Chicago, instead accusing the Republican front-runner of encouraging violence. “I don’t think our supporters are inciting. What our supporters are doing is responding to a candidate who has, in fact, […]

Suspected terrorists with links to ISIS on Saturday fired rockets containing unspecified chemical substances into a residential part of the northern Iraqi town of Taza, Iraqi security officials told CNN. The attacks caused an unspecified number of casualties from suffocation, burns and dehydration. Taza, which has a predominantly Shiite Turkmen population, is located about 12 […]

Hillary Clinton has won the first-ever Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses, according to final results from the local Democratic Party. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, picked up a delegate in Guam, but the state’s other five delegates remain uncommitted. Clinton received 102 total votes (54%), compared to 65 votes for Bernie Sanders (34%) in the Northern Mariana […]

Hillary Clinton has won the first-ever Northern Mariana Islands Democratic caucuses, according to final results from the local Democratic Party. Clinton received 102 total votes (54%), compared to 65 votes for Bernie Sanders (34%). An additional 22 votes were cast for “uncommitted.” The former secretary of state picked up four additional delegates with her win, […]

The political future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is non-negotiable, his chief envoy said Saturday, undercutting a chief demand of rebels who are scheduled to attend negotiations next week aimed at defusing a brutal five-year war. Assad’s status is a “red line,” Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem told reporters in Damascus, even as he confirmed […]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A heart-breaking 3-2 quarterfinal loss took Lycoming 165-pounder Nolan Barger out of title contention at the 2016 NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships in the U.S. Cellular Center Friday, but the Warrior junior from Clearfield refocused to rack up a major decision in his next bout and clinch All-American honors for the […]

HERSHEY — Curwensville Area High School senior Shae Bloom will be climbing the winner’s stand again Saturday afternoon as the finals of the 2016 PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships unfold in the Giant Center. Not as high as he had envisioned, though, after two narrow losses Friday. The Golden Tide 152-pounder will be seeking to […]

Daylight Saving Time makes our clocks “Spring forward” and “Fall back. CNN’s Jennifer Gray explains why.

It’s hard to say whether Bryan Adams’ guitar gently weeps. But the rocker is none too happy with Egyptian customs officials whom he accused of scribbling on his vintage six-string this week. A Facebook post shows the green marker they used. “Airport customs graffiti on my 1946 Martin D-18 from Egypt,” Adams said. Other social […]

In the ultimate battle of man versus machine, humans are running a close second. On Saturday, a Google computer clocked its third consecutive victory over Lee Se-dol, the long-reigning global champion of the world’s most complex board game. That win makes the machine the clear winner in a best-of-five series. The achievements of the Google […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County District Attorney William A. Shaw Jr. has announced the voluntary surrender of a wanted fugitive. Shaw identified the fugitive as Jasmine Santos, 22, of Woodbine Street, Harrisburg. Santos was added to the Clearfield County Fugitive of the Week list on Feb. 29. On Jan. 14 Trooper David Patrick of the Pennsylvania […]

Joyce Harzinski of Curwensville is the winner of the Penn Highlands Healthcare Day of Dance Giveaway following the events held in Brookville, Clearfield, DuBois and St. Marys. Harzinski won a pair of Luke Bryan concert tickets donated by WJAC-TV to be given away at the annual heart health event sponsored by The Women’s Health Center […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Career & Technology Center (CCCTC) chapter of SkillsUSA wants to recognize Lydia Harris, a Business Management and Marketing student who attends Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School. Earlier this school year, students and faculty at CCCTC were asked to save pop tabs to support The Ronald McDonald House, which is a home […]

DUBOIS – The ninth annual Lion Wine and Cheese fundraiser to support Penn State DuBois athletics is planned for 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. April 9, at Luigi’s Villa, the former home of the DuBois Lithuanian Club, at 800 W. Weber Ave. Sponsored by the DuBois Educational Foundation, the event will feature wine and cheese […]

CLEARFIELD – Interested in learning something new? The Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging Inc., in collaboration with Lock Haven University Clearfield, announces the next educational seminar offered through the Clearfield Community Lifelong Learning Institute, Maple Sugaring, on March 15. Courses are geared towards the interests of the baby boomers and older citizens.  Typical sessions […]

More people may be living to 100 and beyond than ever before, but the real challenge is how to become one of them yourself, and how to care for an aging population. Dr. Noel Ballentine, director of geriatric health in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, […]

Record-breaking rain in the Mississippi Delta flooded 300 homes as storms pummel the Southeast, killing four people so far, authorities said. Fourteen inches of rain deluged Clarksdale, Mississippi, and 12 inches fell in Greenville, authorities said. The towns sit on or near the Mississippi River. An additional 100 homes flooded in the Pine Belt region […]

Robert Kovack was last seen on a Friday evening in September 1998, withdrawing money from an ATM in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was near the campus of Virginia Tech, where he attended graduate school. He was heading home to his parents’ residence in Rivesville, West Virginia, according to his roommates. But he never made it there. […]

Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States has “no choice” but to send 20,000 to 30,000 combat troops to fight ISIS in the Middle East raises a slew of complicated questions, military analysts said Friday. It also represents an about-face. In October, Trump spoke of potential perils. “Everybody that’s touched the Middle East, they’ve gotten […]

HERSHEY — Despite a fantastic sophomore season, Bison Luke McGonigal fell a couple of wins short of his goal of a PIAA state wrestling medal this year. The 170 pounder was eliminated in the second round of consolations by three-time state medalist Jake Shaffer (38-5) of Greater Latrobe by a 7-1 score. McGonigal’s lone point […]