Новости за 07.08.2016

Authorities have declared a crisis in parts of Macedonia after powerful storms and floods collapsed homes and left at least 21 people dead, state-run media said Sunday. Winds from the storm — which mainly hit the western and northwestern part of the country — were clocked at 72 to 80 kph (44-49 mph). In one […]

One of sport’s most infamous contracts is about to come to an end. Alex Rodriguez announced Sunday that he will retire on Friday, ending his 22-year baseball career. Despite putting up Hall of Fame numbers, A-Rod has received some of the most oversized paychecks ever. Over two decades, A-Rod has been paid about $410,000,000 to […]

Bitcoin owners targeted by hackers last week may lose about 36% of their money. Hong Kong-based Bitfinex said it’s working to reopen the exchange by Monday. The platform was shut down on August 3 after 119,756 bitcoins, worth more than $65 million based on exchange rates at the time, were stolen from some users’ accounts. […]

Alex Rodriguez’s turbulent career as one of baseball’s most talented and polarizing sluggers appears to be over. The New York Yankees announced Sunday that A-Rod will play in his final major league game Friday at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays. After the game, the 41-year-old Rodriguez will be released […]

Julia Ann (Bacher) Harchak, 97, of Houtzdale died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Born Sept. 17, 1918 in Beulah, she was the daughter of the late Tony and Annie (Hensal) Bacher. She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church, Houtzdale, where she was a member of the Altar Rosary […]

Frances Deao of Morann died Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 at Windy Hill Village of the Presbyterian, Philipsburg. Born Oct. 22, 1992, she was the daughter of John and Anna (McCloskey) Frankovich. She was an active member of the St. Barbara’s Polish National Catholic Parish and the ANS Society of the church. She enjoyed making pierogis, […]

Rebel fighters in Syria have broken a government siege of the crucial northern city of Aleppo by opening a corridor between opposition-held territory in the east and to the west of the city, according to a monitoring group, rebel groups and humanitarian sources. But little has changed for the besieged residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo […]

CLEARFIELD – Country music group Lady Antebellum closed out the Clearfield County Fair on the grandstand stage Saturday night with special guest The Hobbs Sisters. All photos are by GANT photographer Mark Kolash.

Donald Trump has a temperament problem. The anger that he has consistently displayed in public and his tendency to lash out against his critics, whomever they might be, even the parents of a slain soldier, has sent Republicans into a full-scale panic. His willingness to make false statements or to play around with facts involving […]

It’s day two at the Rio 2016 Olympics! Highlights today include the men’s 4x100m freestyle swimming relay — in which Team USA’s Michael Phelps is expected to take to the pool for the first time. In other news, all Russian athletes have been banned from the Paralympic Games this September, after an official statement from […]

A former Ronald Reagan political director says he’s voting for Hillary Clinton, rejecting the Republican nominee for the first time in 40 years. Frank Lavin, who was Reagan’s political director from 1987 to 1989, became the latest GOP official — following Reps. Scott Rigell and Richard Hanna and operatives like former Jeb Bush aide Sally […]

An Iranian nuclear scientist who once claimed he was kidnapped by the CIA has been executed after being accused of spying for the United States. Shahram Amiri had been in custody in Iran since 2010. “Shahram Amiri had access to the system’s top secrets and had gotten connected with our number one enemy the Great […]

Authorities have declared a crisis situation in parts of Macedonia after a powerful storm collapsed homes and sent floodwaters rushing into buildings, killing at least 20 people, state-run media said Sunday. Winds from the storm — which mainly hit the western and northwestern part of the country — were clocked at 72 to 80 kilometers […]

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 8 percentage points — doubling her lead from a month ago in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Clinton leads Trump, 50% to 42%, in a head-to-head race, the survey of registered voters found. With Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein added to the […]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich still isn’t ready to support Donald Trump for president — but he confirmed that one of his aides was contacted about possibly joining the real estate mogul’s ticket as his vice president. Kasich told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he didn’t receive a call himself. But he said one of his aides […]

I had the honor of serving as Ronald Reagan’s White House political director from 1987 to 1989, so I can claim some insight on U.S. politics. My central conclusion on the 2016 race: It might not be entirely clear that Hillary Clinton deserves to win the presidency, but it is thunderingly clear that Donald Trump […]

A year ago, before the football world was inexorably turned on its axis, Leicester City’s pre-season preparations involved playing lower-tier English clubs Lincoln, Mansfield and Rotherham. A late run of seven wins from nine games had secured the side’s safety in the English Premier League, and the Foxes headed into the 2015/16 season under new […]

At least 15 people are dead and six are missing following heavy storms in Skopje, Macedonia, state-run media reports. According to the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA) most of the victims are from the suburban parts of Skopje, the country’s capital. The storms brought heavy rains and strong winds of 72 to 80 kilometers per hour […]

Oscar Pistorius was taken to a hospital for injuries suffered in a South African prison, where he’s serving six years for his girlfriend’s murder. The Olympic sprinter was treated for minor wrist injuries and returned to his prison cell in Pretoria on Saturday, said Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesman for South Africa’s Correctional Services. Pistorius’ brother, […]

BIGLER – Cen-Clear Child Services Inc. has received a $1,369 fire prevention grant from FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers. FM Global representatives presented the award to Judy Patterson, Nutrition/Safety advisor, at the Cen-Clear Administrative Offices in Bigler. The award will be used to assist with Project Fire FLIES (Fundamental Lessons […]

At least six people died when heavy rains triggered landslides that buried homes and people in eastern Mexico, authorities said. Flash floods hit Veracruz state Saturday, a result of the now-downgraded tropical depression Earl, local officials said in a statement. Before becoming a tropical storm and now a tropical depression, it was Hurricane Earl. “The […]

Two skydivers died after their parachute apparently failed to open following a tandem jump in Northern California, authorities said. The men, who are in their 20s, died Saturday in San Joaquin County. They have not been identified. Authorities received a call that the skydivers had hit the ground without an open parachute, said Lt. Randy […]

The President of the Philippines has named over 150 government officials who he says are complicit in the country’s drug trade. Among those named in a speech early Sunday in the southern city of Davao — once President Rodrigo Duterte’s mayoral stomping ground — were government officials, members of the judiciary, congressmen and police officials. […]

A year ago, Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life. At the Rio Olympics, the Syrian refugee is swimming for the love of the sport. And what a joyous day Saturday was as the 18-year-old won her heat in the 100 meter butterfly. No, she didn’t advance to the semifinals — but that’s not what […]

It was billed as an aquatic grudge match — and on Saturday, Mack Horton came out on top against one of swimming’s more controversial figures in Sun Yang in the most nail-biting race on the opening night of swimming in Rio de Janeiro. The Australian had opened up a war of words against his Chinese […]