Новости за 07.07.2016

Bumble wants to make it as easy to network as it is to get a date. The two-year-old startup is best known for its Tinder-esque dating app that gives women control over their romantic destinies. On Thursday, Bumble announced that it is exploring the world of professional networking with BumbleBizz. BumbleBizz — which is slated […]

As Philando Castile’s head slumps backward while he lies dying next to her, Diamond Reynolds looks directly into the camera and explains that a Minnesota police officer just shot her fiancé four times. The nation is, by now, accustomed to grainy cell phone videos of officer-involved shootings, but this footage from Falcon Heights, outside Minneapolis, […]

Facebook just got poked by Uncle Sam. The U.S. Justice Department filed a petition in court on Wednesday to force Facebook to comply with an ongoing IRS investigation into whether the company significantly understated the value of property transferred to an Ireland subsidiary as part of a complex maneuver to reduce its tax payments The […]

The U.S. stock market is being held hostage by a painful and lengthy recession in corporate profits. Wall Street is bracing for the earnings recession to hit the one-year mark this earnings season, which kicks off next week when Alcoa and JPMorgan Chase reveal results. The timing of the profit downturn is somewhat unusual because […]

Rose McGowan has penned a guest column taking a publication to task for writing about Renee Zellweger’s looks. McGowan wrote the piece for The Hollywood Reporter in response to an article in Variety. The original piece — titled “Renee Zellweger: If She No Longer Looks Like Herself, Has She Become a Different Actress?” — was […]

Muslims around the world welcomed Eid al-Fitr this week, the celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. But after attacks claimed or inspired by ISIS in Baghdad, Dhaka, Istanbul, Medina and other cities, the festive holiday has taken on a muted tone for some. We spoke to three people who are observing […]

[Breaking news update at 11:33 a.m. ET] Britain’s new prime minister will be either Theresa May or Andrea Leadsom, after Michael Gove was eliminated in the second round of MP voting for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Graham Brady, chair of the Conservative Private Members’ Committee, announced Thursday. [Previous story, published at 8:58 a.m. […]

Hours after her son’s death was live-streamed on Facebook, Valerie Castile was remarkably composed. “I want to remember him the way I last saw him leaving my home earlier that evening,” she told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday. Her son, Philando Castile, died Wednesday evening after he was shot by an officer who pulled him […]

FBI Director James Comey vigorously defended the agency’s investigation of Hillary Clinton’s private email server Thursday after a top Republican argued that average Americans who behaved similarly would be led off in handcuffs. Comey was the sole witness at a politically charged hearing on Capitol Hill, convened by GOP lawmakers angry about his failure to […]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has yet to formally drop out of the Democratic presidential race, sent a series of tweets Thursday condemning the back-to-back shootings of African-American men by police officers. “The violence that killed Alton Sterling and Philando Castile has become an all too common occurrence for people of color and IT. MUST. […]

The U.K. market for commercial property has just been hit with another massive Brexit aftershock. Four more big asset management firms have halted trading in commercial property funds in the past 24 hours, the latest sign of turmoil since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23. A total of seven investment […]

CLEARFIELD – The 11th annual Tour de Susquehanna–West Branch bicycle race will be held Sunday, beginning at 8 a.m. The challenging 22.5-mile course will begin on South Front Street in downtown Clearfield. Riders face a steady climb up the Clearfield–Glen Richey Highway in the first few miles before enjoying a rolling course that runs from […]

CLEARFIELD – A large yard sale event featuring “scratch and dent” items that could not be sent to the Wal-Mart stores will be held Saturday, from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. The funds raised by this event will support the Clearfield Revitalization Corp. (CRC) efforts in downtown Clearfield. Wal-Mart Distribution Center No. 6027 in Woodland […]

Alvira M. “Sis” Krollman, 97, of Lanexa, Va., died Sunday, July 3, 2016 at home. Born April 12, 1919 in Drifting, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Fred and Elizabeth Folmar. She was a member of St. Olaf Catholic Church, Norge, Va.  She was a homemaker. Preceding her in death were her husband, […]

Paul Yatta of Clearfield was once again in the patriotic spirit over the holiday. These flags were waving proudly in a photo taken recently in front of his home. Since 9-11, Yatta has displayed the American flags across his yard. “On Veterans Day, I also display the flags of the various U.S. Armed Forces as […]

Grace E. Zoffness, 94, of Greensburg and formerly of Tampa, Fla., died Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at Newhaven Court, Greensburg, Pa. Mrs. Zoffness was born July 17, 1921 in Clearfield, the daughter of Roy J. and Blanche (Rafferty) McMullen. She was a graduate of St. Francis School, Clearfield. She earned her degrees at Villa Maria […]

Sherry A. Eggers, 77, of Clearfield died Monday, July 4, 2016 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Eggers was born Aug. 21, 1938, the daughter of Roy A. Boyle Sr. and Evelyn (Duckett) Boyle. She had worked as a legal secretary for various law firms in Clearfield. She was also a stay-at-home […]

Bridge to be replaced as part of Public-Private Partnership RUSH TOWNSHIP – PennDOT has announced that construction will begin later this month on a project to replace the Casanova Road Bridge as part of the Department’s public-private partnership to replace 558 bridges. Replacing the 79-year-old bridge will allow PennDOT to remove it from Centre County’s structurally deficient list. The state-owned […]

China’s first homegrown large military transport aircraft has entered service, with the country’s Defense Ministry calling it “a crucial step” in air power projection. The homegrown Y-20, with a maximum takeoff weight of about 200 tons, officially joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in a ceremony Wednesday in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the ministry […]

A star, caught in the grips of a supermassive black hole. The immense gravity slowly strips the stellar material from its parent, forming a disc of gas around the black hole as it converts gravitational energy into electromagnetic radiation, producing a bright source of light visible on multiple wavelengths. Then, even more dramatically, a narrow […]

Sandra Sterling is mad that her nephew, Alton Sterling, is dead. She’s angry that he died at the hands of Baton Rouge Police early Tuesday. But her anger has limits. “I’m not angry enough to hurt nobody. I’m not angry enough to go in the street. I’m not angry enough to curse the police out,” […]

A Baltimore man pleaded guilty Wednesday to puncturing a fire hose at the scene of a CVS pharmacy fire during April 2015 riots over the death of Freddie Gray. Gregory Lee Butler Jr., 22, admitted to stabbing a fire hose in two places near where it was attached to a hydrant off the intersection of […]

Donald Trump, in his first public comments on the controversy, expressed no regrets Wednesday night for tweeting an image widely criticized as anti-Semitic. Instead, the presumptive Republican nominee unflinchingly defended the tweet, saying his staff “shouldn’t have” deleted it and later tweeting a picture of a Disney movie sticker book for “Frozen” that featured a […]

Hillary Clinton called the shooting of Alton Sterling a “tragedy,” in a statement on Wednesday night, and said she was “glad the Department of Justice has agreed to a full and thorough review of this shooting.” Sterling, 37, was shot and killed was by an officer outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on […]

Hillary Clinton called the shooting of Alton Sterling a “tragedy,” in a statement on Wednesday night, and said she was “glad the Department of Justice has agreed to a full and thorough review of this shooting.” Sterling, 37, was shot and killed was by an officer outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on […]