Новости за 12.08.2016

The last time Connecticut voted for a Republican presidential candidate, Americans were listening to music on cassette tapes and most cell phones were the size of shoe boxes. Yet Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman insists they believe he has a chance to turn Connecticut red for the first time since 1988, and that’s why he is […]

These past three weeks have been tough for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. That’s reflected in the new Time magazine cover featuring an orange Trump melting down. Trump’s campaign has been unconventional since the get-go — which has resulted in a number of standout magazine and tabloid newspaper covers. Here are some of the most […]

Team USA has reigned supreme in women’s Olympic soccer since Athens in 2004, but there will be a new champion this year in Rio after Sweden knocked out the defending champion on penalties at the quarterfinal stage in Brasilia Friday. Sweden took the lead through Stina Blackstenius just after the hour mark but Tina Morgan […]

Plenty has been said about Donald Trump calling President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS.” The GOP presidential candidate added to the conversation himself on Friday, tweeting that he was being sarcastic. A day earlier, he had told a radio host that Obama deserves blame for the Muslim terror group’s rise because of the US […]

Words can change meaning over time — especially when they are spoken by politicians. Just ask Bill Clinton to define “is.” “Literally” was once used, exclusively, to introduce or punctuate a point meant to be taken in literal terms. But by 2013, enough people were using it interchangeably with “metaphorically” that even leading grammar pedants […]

It has been a torrid time for the airline industry this summer. A JetBlue flight from Boston to Sacramento on Thursday night hit severe turbulence, injuring 24 passengers. Earlier this week, Delta Air Lines came to a complete halt for a big chunk of time after a computer failure at its Atlanta headquarters. It took […]

Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus introduced Donald Trump at a Friday afternoon rally, a show of unity with the GOP nominee as he struggles in the polls. Priebus talked up his party’s nominee and slammed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. “We’re in a battle for freedom in this country. Donald Trump is going to help […]

Heavy rains drenched parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi Friday, causing dangerous floods that killed at least one person, cut off an entire town, prompted numerous rescues and shut down highways. In Louisiana, all seven major highway’s leading into to the town of Greensburg — near Baton Rouge — were under water and the […]

Michael Phelps may be untouchable in the water, but even he can’t out-swim the Tax Man. America’s Olympic medalists must pay state and federal taxes on the prize money they get for winning. The U.S. Olympic Committee awards $25,000 for gold medals, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. That’s not all. Olympians also have […]

Over the next three months, there will be no shortage of new TV shows vying for viewers’ attention. Hopefully not lost in the chaos of dozens of series premieres? The great batch of fresh new talent poised to have breakout years. CNN’s Fresh Faces interview series aims to introduce some of those talented newcomers. Name: […]

The Olympic green pool saga has been through more twists and turns than the divers plunging into it. Now it appears that the pool in question has been closed to training altogether — so as not to disturb the water and help it turn blue again. “We confirm that diving training in Maria Lenk Aquatics […]

Berkeley grad Chuck Katis envisioned he’d be competing in Rio this August. He spent the past year training, only to fall just short of making the U.S. Olympic swim team at the trials in June. “I put my heart and soul into swimming,” Katis, 23, told CNNMoney. “How do you deal with that sort of […]

Forget the county fair: Walmart is now selling deep-fried Twinkies. Walmart started selling the prepackaged, frozen Hostess products on Thursday at some of its stores, and it plans to roll them out nationwide by Aug. 16, according to a Walmart spokesman. The deep-fried Twinkies come in two flavors: original golden and chocolate. There are seven […]

Welcome to the Olympic ticket bazaar. On any given day at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, a crowd of people with stacks of spare tickets interact with those looking for bargains to form a makeshift Olympic ticketing exchange in front of the official sales office. Surely it wasn’t supposed to be like this? […]

Kevin Hart is taking his plan for domination to the music charts. The comedic actor has for years been making funny rap music videos as his alter ego, Chocolate Droppa. Now Hart has been signed by Motown, Billboard reports. Hart recorded a video as Droppa in front of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles […]

Clearfield Borough Police received a report from a local business about two bad checks incidents. Police responded to a South Fourth Street residence to assist emergency personnel with a mental health patient. Police assisted the Clearfield Borough Fire Department with a possible structure fire on West Sixth Avenue. Police received a report about the alleged […]

A new legal challenge to Brexit has been launched in a bid to stop or slow the U.K.’s plans to leave the European Union. The case argues that the U.K. cannot formally extract itself from the EU because this would violate the terms of a treaty it signed in 1998 to secure peace in Northern […]

Khizr Khan is calling on Sen. John McCain to withdraw his support for Donald Trump because of his comments about his son who was killed in Iraq. “I implore Sen. McCain … I continue to implore all of the good Republicans who either support or are going to vote for their party’s candidate, this will […]

Adele picked the right audience member to sing with her recently at her Los Angeles concert. The British superstar invited Jamie Grace, 24, onstage at the Staples Center not realizing Grace is a Grammy-nominated Christian artist. In 2012, Grace received a nomination for “Best Contemporary Christian Song” for her single “Hold Me.” That same year […]

I was a brand-new lawyer at a small firm in Richmond, Virginia. And fresh out of law school, as the rookie on the team, the pro-bono cases came to me. That’s how I met Lorraine. She was a young African-American woman. As she sat across the table, she told me how she had just graduated […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Solid Waste Authority (CCSWA) will host a one-day collection event Saturday, Aug. 27 for residents to properly dispose of electronics. The collection is being held to help bring relief to residents from the Covered Device Recycling Act that has inadvertently “created a disposal crisis,” said CCSWA Director Jodi Brennan. Residents […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre (CAST) recently held its annual Beautiful Baby Contest at the Clearfield County Fair. This fundraiser collected more than $2,800 for the local arts center. The proceeds from this fundraiser will be used for some upcoming upgrades to the air conditioning system at CAST. The babies in the picture […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Borough Council held a short committee meeting last night and discussed several items for next week’s voting meeting. It was noted that two borough firefighters are currently out west assisting with fighting wild fires.  Kim Kaschalk and Todd Kling are expected to return in the next few days. The police department received […]

William Paul Craig, 71, of Reynoldsville died Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 in Pine Township, Clearfield County, as a result of injuries sustained from motorcycle accident. Bon March 15, 1945 in DuBois, he was the son of Paul A. Craig and Pauline (Barchony) Clarke.  His father preceded him in death and his mother survives and lives […]

LANGHORNE – The State Transportation Commission has updated the 12-Year Transportation program. The new plan anticipates $61.9 billion being available over the next 12 years for improvements to roads, bridges, transit systems, airports and railroads. That compares with $63.3 billion in the last update in 2014. “Through ongoing efficiencies at PennDOT, we continue to stretch taxpayers’ dollars to reach […]