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Students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance have penned a scathing, open letter to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, claiming the business mogul-turned-politician does not represent them. Trump regularly reminds the public he attended Wharton, and often credits the school for his business knowledge. However, on Friday over 1,400 current Wharton […]

A country singer’s advice for staying safe when police pull you over is reaching a wide audience after last week’s police shootings. In a video that’s been viewed more than 27 million times on Facebook, Coffey Anderson re-enacts a traffic stop and recommends drivers have a plan before they see flashing lights in their rearview […]

Hold on to your keyboards: One of the biggest days of online shopping is just around the corner. Amazon is holding its second annual Prime Day on Tuesday and the company is promising more than 100,000 deals across nearly all of its categories, including TVs, toys and electronics. Here’s what deal seekers need to know: […]

Chris Froome kept his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey Sunday as one of his main rivals Alberto Contador abandoned on the ninth stage. Two-time champion Contador climbed into the Tinkoff team car with 100km remaining of the stage from Vielha Val d’Aran to Andorre Arcalis. The Spaniard was three minutes 12 seconds […]

Bernie Sanders is positioned to officially throw his support behind Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday, CNN’s John King reported on “Inside Politics” Sunday. The move comes after the Democratic Platform Committee, meeting in Orlando, adopted some of the Vermont senator’s key positions. Climate change, health care and a minimum wage hike […]

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will travel to Dallas and speak at an interfaith memorial service for five police officers slain late last week. The President will visit the Texas city at the request of Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. The service will take place at […]

Mexico’s president said Sunday that there is “no way” his country would ever pay for a wall between it and the United States. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Enrique Peña Nieto shot down Donald Trump’s campaign promise that he’s going to build a wall and Mexico will foot the bill. Peña Nieto […]

In the span of one month, like so many of you, I have been grief-stricken by senseless killings that have affected the gay community, the black community and the law enforcement community. I have sat through endless hours of TV coverage, learning the names and stories of the dead. The 49 victims at Pulse Nightclub […]

President Barack Obama departed here Saturday confronting again the frustrating sting of his unfinished business. The lingering shortfalls of his presidency — on guns, race, war, and politics — seemed to confront Obama in each hallway and beyond every podium during his two-day stop in the Polish capital. Obama insisted Saturday he’s not keen to […]

Andy Murray ended 77 years of British angst when he won Wimbledon in 2013. It didn’t take the Scot anywhere near as long to collect a second title at tennis’ most beloved tournament. Murray cruised past big-serving Milos Raonic 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) in southwest London on Sunday to register a third grand slam […]

In the wake of the Dallas police shootings, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday voiced support for local law enforcement while also calling for reforms in local policing. “This is a terrible act,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “This is the murder of five brave police officers. […]

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a potential vice presidential pick for Donald Trump, on Sunday voiced views at odds with the official Republican anti-abortion platform position. “Abortion, I think for women, these are difficult issues,” he told ABC’s Martha Raddatz on “This Week.” “I think that’s a difficult legal decision, and I think that women […]

Sit. Stay. Make more than a $100 million at the box office. Good dog! “The Secret Life of Pets” brought in one of the most surprising box offices of the year this weekend, nabbing an estimated $103.2 million at the North American box office. The Universal and Illumination Entertainment animated film, which gives a glimpse […]

President Barack Obama, while in Spain Sunday, condemned citizens who attack police officers, saying they are performing a “disservice to the cause” of criminal justice reform. Obama made the remarks following a bilateral meeting with Spanish Interim Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in reference to the turmoil back in the United States following the killings of […]

The long-shot effort to stage a revolt against presumptive nominee Donald Trump at the GOP convention and unbind all the delegates has put a new spotlight on the arcane process of drafting the party’s convention rules. Anti-Trump organizers, led by the group FreeTheDelegates, have several options available to them, each with increasing difficulty and longer […]

Being an investor is tricky these days. There’s broad agreement that the stock market is pricey, the economic recovery is long in the tooth and central banks really can’t do much more to prop up growth. Hardly anyone is predicting market Armageddon, but this is not the “get rich quick” era. The word on Wall […]

When the chief justice of the United States suddenly lost his conservative majority last February, the question became how a man who had long appeared hardwired for success would respond to the upheaval. Would John G. Roberts Jr. tack to the left to be part of a new majority and maintain control of decisions? Or […]

After another night of intense, and sometimes violent, protests against the police shootings of black men, hundreds of demonstrators were either in jail or waiting to get out as the sun came up Sunday. At least 198 people were arrested in New York and Chicago and in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where […]

Gunfire from “heavy weaponry” was exchanged outside a United Nations building on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Sunday, in fresh violence after a day of relative calm, the U.N. mission to the country said. The mission sent out a series of tweets at about 8:25 a.m. (1:25 a.m. ET) describing “gunshots” and […]

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory on Sunday eight days after the nation went to the polls, in an knife-edge election that left the ruling conservatives hanging onto power by a thread. Australians usually know who their next leader will be on the night of their vote, but the July 2 poll was too […]

A top professional Spanish bullfighter was gored to death during a live television event over the weekend. Victor Barrio, 29, was killed in Teruel, in the eastern Aragon region. Plaza de Las Ventas bullring, where he’s worked as a bullfighter fox six years, announced his death in a statement Saturday. It said a moment of […]

CLEARFIELD – Heavenbound and New Covenant are the featured performers at the next Corner Concert on July 15. Concerts happen every Friday night in Shaw Park at the corner of East Market and Front streets in downtown Clearfield. Donations are accepted for the Susquehanna River Arts Center to help with its goal of establishing a […]

DUBOIS – Anyone thinking about attending college is invited to Spend a Summer Day at Penn State DuBois on Tuesday, July 13. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. in the DEF Building Lobby. The programs begin at 2 p.m. Prospective students and their families will have the opportunity to tour campus, speak with faculty and admissions […]

PENFIELD – Parker Dam State Park is now accepting registrations for its CCC Encampment program scheduled for Sept. 16-17. The park is partnering with the U.S. Army Reserve, 442nd Quartermaster Unit, to provide participants this free, 24-hour, modern-day experience modeled after the original Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930’s and early 1940’s. The program begins […]

Gunfire hit the San Antonio police headquarters, leaving bullet marks on the building and shell casings in a nearby alley, authorities said. San Antonio police are investigating reports of a suspect seen fleeing from an alley nearby, Police Chief William McManus said. McManus said police got a call late Saturday night about shots fired. Officers […]