Новости за 06.08.2016

Donald Trump wished the US Olympic team good luck on Friday — and may have cleared up a “bigly” debate in the process. On the night of the 2016 Olympics’ opening ceremonies in Rio, Trump posted an image of himself to Twitter and Facebook, giving a thumbs-up with the words “Big League” and “Good Luck […]

Clashes escalated on Saturday in northern Syria as rebels made strides in puncturing a strangling government siege in and around southern Aleppo city, according to a human rights monitor. Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham, Islamic factions and rebel fighters took over parts of an artillery school in the southwestern entrance of the city, the Syrian Observatory for […]

Ahead of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Yusra Mardini, along with the nine other athletes that make up the Olympic Refugee Team were sent a letter by Pope Francis. “I extend my greetings and wish you success at the Olympic Games in Rio — that your courage and strength find expression […]

An Uber ride usually earns driver Ellis Hill less than $20, but one fateful pickup has given the Philadelphia father a life-changing plane ticket. Soon after Liz Willock got into the back of Hill’s car, their conversation touched on the Rio Olympic Games, with Willock mentioning that she knew someone competing there. As it turns […]

A machete-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” was shot and killed after wounding two police officers Saturday in the Belgian city of Charleroi, police said via Twitter. The assault occurred outside a police station in the center of Charleroi, which is about 30 miles south of Brussels. The armed man penetrated a secure zone and wounded […]

The Rio Olympics opened to big pageantry but relatively low ratings in the United States for NBC. Friday’s broadcast of the Rio opening ceremony brought in an overnight rating of 16.5 — the lowest overnight rating for a summer Olympics opening ceremony since 1992 when the games were held in Barcelona. The opening of the […]

A machete-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” was shot and killed after wounding two police officers Saturday in the Belgian city of Charleroi, police said via Twitter. The assault occurred outside a police station in the city center. The armed man penetrated a secure zone and wounded the officers, who suffered deep cuts around their faces, […]

The first gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has gone to an American teenager. Ginny Thrasher, a 19-year-old West Virginia University sophomore, won the women’s 10-meter air rifle event on Saturday morning at the Olympic Shooting Center in Deodoro, Brazil, edging out silver medalist Du Li of China. Thrasher’s score of […]

WikiLeaks on Saturday walked back a claim made by its founder, Julian Assange, that it was “working on” obtaining Donald Trump’s undisclosed tax returns. Assange’s remark came at the end of a contentious interview Friday with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, during which the two discussed WikiLeaks’ recent disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails and […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Friday his organization is “working on” obtaining Donald Trump’s undisclosed tax returns, though the group later walked back his comments. The remark came at the end of a contentious interview with “Real Time” host Bill Maher, during which the two discussed WikiLeaks’ recent disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails and […]

A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias have seized nearly all of the strategic northern Syrian city of Manbij after a more than two-months’ long offensive against ISIS militants, a rights group reported Saturday. The militias, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, are now combing the city. Operations are still under way in the […]

BRADFORD TOWNSHIP – State police at Clearfield have reported the investigation into a murder-suicide that occurred at 6:47 p.m. Friday at a Hillbilly Lane residence in Bradford Township. According to the news release, state police were dispatched to a domestic assault. Upon arrival to the scene, a female was located with multiple stab wounds, and […]

Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan and Arizona Sen. John McCain on Friday, moving to mend an intra-party rift that has put the Republican presidential nominee at odds with its highest-ranking elected official. Trump’s endorsements came at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “We will have disagreements, but we will disagree as friends and […]

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Officer Mario Gutierrez was stabbed repeatedly while fighting with a man trying to set fire to a gas station.

David Huddleston, who acted in “The Big Lebowski,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Santa Claus: The Movie,” has died. He was 85.

A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias seized full control of the strategic northern Syrian city of Manbij after a more than two-months’ long offensive against ISIS militants, a rights group reported Saturday. The militias, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, are now combing the city, searching for remaining ISIS militants, according to the […]

It’s one more historic barrier President Barack Obama has shattered. His vehement warnings that GOP nominee Donald Trump is temperamentally and intellectually unfit for the Oval Office leave Obama standing apart from almost all of his 43 predecessors in the extent to which he has publicly expressed a hostile attitude to a potential successor. During […]

The 2016 election has put Muslims at the center of the American political debate. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spent the past week engaged in an argument with the parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed while serving in the Iraq War. The clash began when the parents, Khizr and Ghazala, condemned Trump at the […]

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has long marched alongside Chief Justice John Roberts on race. That has changed. Kennedy’s evolution has occurred against a backdrop of heightened national conflicts over race — on urban streets, on university campuses and in the presidential campaign — and as Kennedy approached age 80 and just finished his 29th […]

BRADFORD TOWNSHIP – State police at Clearfield say a murder-suicide occurred at 6:47 p.m. Friday at a Hillbilly Lane residence in Bradford Township. According to the news release, state police were dispatched to a reported domestic assault. Upon arrival to the scene, a female was located with multiple stab wounds, and a male was located […]

A rare copy of a Superman comic book sold for nearly $1 million this week. The 1938 comic book marks the first appearance of Superman, and is considered a gem among comic book fans, according to Heritage Auctions. It was expected to sell for $750,000 but fetched $956,000 instead, setting a record for a copy […]

The negative publicity leading up to the Rio Olympics fostered a sense of both anticipation and apprehension surrounding the Games. So the organizers and NBC were doubtless relieved to see the opening ceremony mounted without a significant hitch — that is, other than its ponderous pace and bloated duration. Granted, the festivities followed a pretty […]

A fence collapsed during rapper Snoop Dogg’s concert in New Jersey, leaving 42 people injured as fans spilled over the ledge, authorities said. The incident occurred Friday night at the BB&T Pavilion, an amphitheater in Camden, fire officials said. Most of the injuries were minor. Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa were performing at the time. […]

Millions of Thais will go to the polls Sunday to vote on a new constitution that gives dramatic extra powers to the country’s military, which seized control of the government in a 2014 coup. Voters will be asked whether they accept the draft constitution, and whether to permit the country’s Senate to jointly vote for […]