Новости за 22.04.2016

Snapchat thinks it is your right as an American citizen to take a selfie in the voting booth and share it on social media, maybe with some patriotic filters and hashtags. The company filed an amicus brief on Friday against a ban on so-called ballot selfies in New Hampshire. “Ballot selfies” are photos taken in […]

“I’m not transphobic. I’m not homophobic.” That’s how former ESPN Major League Baseball analyst Curt Schilling defended himself on Friday during an interview on SiriusXM radio. Schilling was fired from ESPN on Wednesday after he shared an anti-transgender post on Facebook. Schilling, who started at the network in 2010, said ESPN was “a company where […]

Malik Jalal is convinced that America is trying to kill him. He’s a Pakistani tribal elder from Waziristan, a dangerous one-time Taliban stronghold on the border with Afghanistan. The region has borne the brunt of the United States’ drone campaign in Pakistan. And six years ago, Jalal began to suspect that he was on the […]

Scammers have been worming their way into giant social media networks to trick people into giving over their personal and financial information. Over the past year, the number of phishing attempts on social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn has exploded 150%, experts at security firm Proofpoint say. That’s because fraudsters can use […]

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a fiery 32-year-old from Chad, took the podium here at the United Nations on Friday morning in front of nearly 200 world leaders. They’d gathered in record numbers on Earth Day to sign the Paris Agreement, humanity’s best shot to date at fixing climate change and preserving a habitable planet for future […]

Eight people have been found dead in southern Ohio, authorities said Friday, with seven of them killed in what appear to be “execution-style” shootings. Five adults and two children were killed in three homes in Pike County, a rural community about 80 miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff […]

A day after Prince’s death stunned his fans and fellow musicians, the work of finding out why the music icon died begins in earnest Friday. An autopsy was scheduled Friday morning at the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Ramsey, Minnesota, but it could be days or weeks before results are complete, the agency said. In […]

London’s real estate market is getting the Brexit chills. Investment in central London offices hit the lowest level in five years in the first quarter of 2016, as the referendum on Britain’s future in the European Union looms. Investment volume in the first three months of the year dropped 31% below the 10-year average, to […]

A day after Prince’s death stunned his fans and fellow musicians, the work of finding out why the music icon died begins in earnest Friday. An autopsy was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET) at the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Ramsey, Minnesota. Prince, whose full name was Prince Rogers Nelson, […]

The McComeback continues at McDonald’s — thanks in large part to breakfast anytime you want. The fast food chain reported sales and earnings for the first quarter on Friday that easily topped Wall Street’s forecasts. Shares rose 1% in early trading on the news. Profits surged 35% to $1.1 billion. Overall sales slid slightly to […]

UPDATED at 10:40 a.m. CLEARFIELD – A state trooper has been accused of assaulting his wife and then holding her at gunpoint, according to court paperwork from Magisterial District Judge Richard Ireland’s office. Terry Drew Jordan, 46, of Clearfield has been charged with aggravated assault, F1; two counts of simple assault, M2; terroristic threats, M1; […]

Clearfield Borough Police received information that two juvenile females had engaged in a physical altercation, which was captured on video. The investigation continues into the fight, police said. Police responded to South Second Street for a report about a suspicious female who was walking near the road. Lawrence Township police were assisted with a drunken […]

Volkswagen’s huge emission cheating scandal has already cost the carmaker around 16 billion euros. The company released its full year earnings on Friday, reporting a net loss of 5.5 billion euros ($6.2 billion) in 2015. Volkswagen Group said it has now set aside 16.2 billion euros ($18.2 billion) to deal with the cost of the […]

Some 911 calls stay with first responders the rest of their lives. For Deputies Linda Nolan and Robert Sunkel, a three-vehicle collision in late March is that call. The two Indian River County Sheriff’s Office deputies were each on patrol when their police radios lit up. There was a crash, with injuries. One of the […]

A couple of friends living thousands of miles apart sit alone in their homes, strap goggles to their heads, and transport to Paris or Mars. They hang out in a shared space, read each other’s body language and maybe share a high-five, just like they would in the real world. This is Facebook’s vision for […]

What do Beyonce, Bruce Willis and Snooki have in common? They’re all celebrities who have launched their own fragrances. More stars have jumped on the perfume bandwagon, but companies in the $46 billion industry have reported a sharp fall in sales in this segment. Euromonitor estimates celebrity fragrances now account for just 4% of the […]

The death toll from a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant that forced the evacuation of surrounding neighborhoods has risen to 24, authorities said. Wednesday’s explosion at the Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo facility in the southern state of Veracruz sent large plumes of dark smoke and toxic fumes across the region. Javier Duarte, governor […]

A 70-year-old Chinese grandmother is taking on China’s influential state news agency. The reason? The agency, Xinhua, published a story in December accusing her labor activist son, Zeng Feiyang, of a variety of misdeeds after he was detained by authorities. The allegations included improperly taking money from overseas groups and hassling and insulting women. His […]

America really wants the U.K. to stay in the European Union. During a visit to London on Friday, President Obama joined eight former U.S. Treasury secretaries in urging the U.K. to remain a member of the 28-country group. The country’s first national vote on EU membership in 40 years is just two months away. “When […]

Uber has survived a major threat to its business model, settling two legal suits brought by drivers who sought to be classified as employees instead of independent contractors. The ride-hailing firm will pay up to $100 million to the 385,000 drivers, but their employment status will not change. The class actions were brought in California […]

At the height of his stardom, Prince was ubiquitous, a marquee star who sold out stadiums, stole the silver screen and slayed fans with his bare-chested sass and sexuality. Then a dispute with this record company changed his worldview and he retreated from the public eye. Save for the occasional award show, benefit or tour, […]

A warehouse storing chemical products has caught fire and exploded in east China’s Jiangsu Province, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Witnesses and rescuers said the explosion in Jingjiang city occurred around 9 am local time. Nearby factory workers have been evacuated, according to local reports. The fire is under control and there are […]

The body of a Virginia firefighter has been discovered at a national park nearly a week after she failed to show up at work, authorities say. Virginia State Police officers discovered the body Thursday in Shenandoah National Park, CNN affiliate WJLA reported. Nicole Mittendorff’s 2009 Mini Cooper was found Saturday night, a day after she […]

Early in the election cycle, when Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump called for a wall to be built across the Mexico-U.S. border (which Mexico would pay for) and characterized Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers, the Latino community mobilized in a way that had not been seen in previous elections. There were picketers at Trump […]

Ford Motor Co. is bringing its high-performance off-roader, the F-150 Raptor, to China. Starting next year, Ford will sell a redesigned version of the Raptor pickup in China, the company announced Friday. It will become the first version of Ford’s full-sized truck– the most popular passenger vehicle in the United States — to be available […]