Новости за 08.07.2016

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that “normal, white Americans” don’t understand “being black in America.” “It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years, to get a sense of this: If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black […]

Kristen Bell, who voices Anna in Disney’s “Frozen,” slammed Donald Trump on Thursday for tweeting about a “Frozen” coloring book instead of speaking out on the police shootings deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. “Zip it Don & get ur head outta ur a–. We’ve more […]

Black lawmakers delivered an emotional and sometimes searing plea for gun control Friday in response to the Dallas killings, calling the suspected gunman a “terrorist” and openly weeping at times as they railed against gun violence. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who led a sit-in for gun control measures on the House floor […]

The British pound has beaten Argentina’s peso to a title nobody wants: the world’s worst performing currency. The pound has plunged 14% against the U.S. dollar since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union on June 23. It’s down about 12% since the start of the year, and is trading at its lowest level […]

Is it okay to exhale? It looks like the awful May jobs report could be an aberration. Investors were breathing a big sigh of relief after the government reported that 287,000 jobs were added in June. Stocks surged on the news, putting the Dow and S&P 500 within spitting distance of all-time highs they last […]

State police at Clearfield State police received a report about a Protection from Abuse order violation that occurred Thursday on Rainbow Lane in Cooper Township. During the incident, a Morrisdale man allegedly went to the victim’s residence and began to pound on her backdoor, a violation of a PFA against him. He was arrested for […]

The leaders of the world’s biggest military alliance are meeting in Warsaw this weekend. Key item on their itinerary: Money. NATO has for years been pushing for more spending by its member states. The alliance increased overall defense spending for the first time in two decades in 2015, but most NATO countries still don’t pay […]

First came the merger. Now comes the lawsuit. Two months after the cable company Charter combined with Time Warner Cable, one of the country’s biggest channel operators, Univision, is suing Charter for breach of contract. It is the latest tug of war between two sides of the television business — the programmers like Univision that […]

Penn State Abington announced the appointment of Deb Solfaro as director of athletics effective Aug. 1. Salfaro brings experience as an NCAA athlete, coach and collegiate athletic administrator to Abington’s NCAA Division III program including stints at Mansfield and Boston universities.

Kevin Hart is a movie star, a stand up comedian, a TV producer, an awards show host — and, on Friday, a bunny rabbit. “The Secret Life of Pets” opens in theaters this weekend with Hart lending his voice to the film’s fluffy if villainous rabbit, Snowball. It’s the star’s third movie of the year […]

CLEARIELD — Ryan Pasternak’s two-run double in the top of the seventh inning gave DuBois a 4-2 win over the Clearfield American Legion baseball team in their Central Penn League Championship Tournament opener at the Lawrence Township Recreation Park Field Thursday evening. The Chiefs, the hosts because of their fourth-place finish, had rallied to knot […]

Politicians from Texas and around the country offered condolences and reactions to the shooting death of five Dallas police officers, with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump decrying “the horrors we are all watching take place in our country.” Trump reacted to the news early Friday morning, writing on Twitter: “Prayers and condolences to all […]

Jamie Dimon has a message for Brexit Britain: There’s nothing wrong with changing your mind. The chief executive of JPMorgan said before the June 23 referendum he thought Brexit would be a “terrible deal for the British economy.” Asked by an Italian newspaper how the European Union should now respond to the vote, Dimon said […]

Disney’s The Lion King may be one of the most famous musicals in the world. The stars of the show, however, don’t always get the same level of name recognition. Lindiwe Dlamini is one of the longest serving members of cast, joining the show when it first premiered on Broadway. “I don’t think anybody thought […]

A world in which all cars run on electricity is not such a distant reality, Virgin boss Richard Branson believes — thanks to the work done by Formula E. British entrepreneur Branson has been involved in the motorsport series from an early stage, with his DS Virgin Racing team competing in its first two seasons. […]

After spending the first 15 years of his life bouncing around in foster care, Mickey Ibarra’s life could have taken many wrong turns. But he considers himself one of the lucky ones. “We were fortunate that we lived in good foster homes,” he recalls. Those experiences helped pave the way to Brigham Young University and […]

A heartbreaking morning, for both Dallas and the nation. It’s Friday, and here are the 5 things you need to know about the police shootings. 1. Dallas officers killed Snipers killed five police officers last night in Dallas, the deadliest assault on U.S. police since the 9/11 attacks. The shots, and chaos, rang out near […]

The U.K. has just voted to divorce its biggest trade partner. Now it needs to find new markets, and quickly. Negotiations on the terms of Britain’s exit (Brexit) from the European Union will take years, and that means prolonged uncertainty for exporters. Businesses are clamoring for government to come up with a plan. Two weeks […]

Shooters killed five officers during protests against police in downtown Dallas, marking the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11, 2001. The gunfire started Thursday night as demonstrators marched against the shooting deaths of two African-American men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota. A total of 11 officers were shot, and some of […]

When Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden campaign together in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for the first time this election on Friday, a national uproar over a series of racially charged shootings will cast a somber mood on their rally. The joint appearance in Biden’s hometown comes hours after the deadly shootings in Dallas that killed […]

The U.S. and South Korea have agreed to deploy an advanced military defense system that could intercept North Korean missiles following continued weapons testing by Pyongyang in defiance of U.N. resolutions. After months of talks, the two governments said they are in the final stages of recommending a location in South Korea for the system, […]

Swiss rail travelers got a shock this week when a 21-year-old man unzipped himself from a bag placed on a station platform, officials told CNN. A video shot by a Swiss border guard Monday showed a hand poking out of a suitcase struggling to open the zipper at a train station near the Italian border. […]

[Breaking news update 1:41 a.m. ET] Dallas police are negotiating with a suspect at a parking garage in downtown Dallas, Chief David Brown said. Police have been exchanging gunfire with the suspect for 45 minutes. “The suspect has told our negotiators that the end is coming,” Brown said. He told officers that he is going […]

Four officers were killed in downtown Dallas as crowds protested the fatal shootings of two African-American men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, authorities said. A total of 10 police officers were shot during the protests, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said. An 11th was shot during an exchange of gunfire with one of the […]

[Breaking news update 12:40 a.m. ET] The man whose picture has been circulated by the Dallas Police Department has turned himself in, the department tweeted. Police initially called the man a suspect, but now refer to him as a person of interest. Another alleged suspect is in custody, the tweet said. A suspicious package was […]