Новости за 17.08.2016

Hillary Clinton met with Paul McCartney while campaigning in Cleveland on Wednesday, according to an aide, talking with the former Beatle at the Quicken Loans Arena. McCartney is in Cleveland for two shows as part of his “One on One” tour. Clinton was in Cleveland for a rally at a local high school before the […]

Mic drop. Drake shocked his Detroit audience Tuesday night when he brought hometown rapper Eminem to the stage. The Canadian rapper and singer, who is currently on his Summer Sixteen Tour, quickly squashed rumblings of a feud with Eminem. “Make some noise for the greatest rapper to ever get on a microphone. He goes by […]

The Pentagon on Monday announced that 15 detainees held at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had been transferred to the United Arab Emirates — the largest single transfer of detainees since President Barack Obama assumed office in 2009 after campaigning on a platform that included closing the controversial camp. Will Obama get […]

Oprah Winfrey is done with “diversity.” Winfrey sat down with The Hollywood Reporter along with filmmaker Ava DuVernay to discuss how important it is for more black men and women to be represented on screen. Which is why Winfrey brought DuVernay over to the network she founded, OWN, to create an upcoming new series, “Queen […]

Walking down the aisle on your wedding day is something all brides-to-be dream about. But the actual walking part is what a Georgia woman focused on when she got married. Jaquie Goncher of Marietta was paralyzed eight years ago, when she broke her neck during a dive into a friend’s pool. She’s used a wheelchair […]

[Breaking news update, published at 11:50 a.m. ET] Police in Rio de Janeiro arrived at the Olympic Village on Wednesday morning to take the passports of U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen and gather further testimony from them about a reported robbery, a U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman said. “The swim team moved out of […]

World-renowned ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov says Donald Trump’s words are reminiscent of rhetoric from his childhood in the Soviet Union. “Hundreds of thousands of people like me have fled countries led by dangerous totalitarian opportunists, like Donald Trump. Don’t let that happen to our beautiful United States of America,” Baryshnikov says in a video posted […]

She’s the South African athlete who has been at the center of fierce controversy over whether she should be allowed to compete in women’s races. But Caster Semenya, who advanced to the 800 meters semifinal at Rio 2016 in a time of 1:59.31 amid huge support in her home country, hasn’t let that controversy inhibit […]

The iPhone 7 can’t come soon enough for Apple — and its investors. Apple already reported last month that sales of its iconic smartphones fell in its most recent quarter, which ended in June. But it looks like the slump has continued. Retail giant Target said Wednesday that sales of Apple products in its stores […]

The head of the European Olympic Committees, Pat Hickey, has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro in connection with an alleged international ticket scalping scam. Hickey, who is also president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, was arrested Wednesday by Civil Police at the hotel he was staying at with his wife. Police say when […]

Paul Ceglia, the man who claims to own half of Facebook, says his life is at risk. Ceglia has been on the run for more than a year following federal charges that he tried to defraud Facebook. Now, Ceglia has resurfaced to explain why he became a fugitive: someone wants him dead, so he says. […]

The Cold War is suddenly back as a hot topic in American politics. A quarter-century after the fall of the Soviet Union handed the United States victory in a titanic ideological duel, the era’s mythology is echoing through a presidential election taking place in a new age of fear and threats. Republican nominee Donald Trump […]

The Green Party is about to have a chance to show voters it is worth casting a ballot for. CNN on Wednesday evening is set to hold another of its live town hall events, this time with Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate, Ajamu Baraka. The prime-time event moderated the CNN’s […]

In less than a day after igniting, a Southern California wildfire, burning uncontrollably, has engulfed 18,000 acres. The size of the fire is roughly 28 square miles. The fast-moving fire forced more than 82,000 residents of San Bernardino County to evacuate, a Cal Fire spokesman said. Fire authorities warned of “imminent threat to public safety” […]

CLEARFIELD – A new Child Advocacy Center will lessen the stress of children reporting abuse and assist law enforcement in prosecuting abusers. On Tuesday Clearfield County District Attorney William A. Shaw Jr., and Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, announced the grand opening of the Clearfield County Child Advocacy Center. […]

CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield teen has been accused of entering a neighbor’s residence and asking her to have sex with him, according to court paperwork filed with Magisterial District Judge Richard Ireland. Jacob David Sanders, 18, of Clearfield has been charged by Clearfield Borough police with burglary, criminal trespass, harassment and disorderly conduct. His bail […]

CLEARFIELD – Residents are invited to browse an assortment of items at the Downtown Clearfield Farmers and Flea Market in the lot on the corner of Third and Locust streets. “The vendors sell everything, including local produce, plants, honey, baked goods, antiques, collectibles, crafts, books, electronics, games, movies, housewares, clothing, musical instruments and much more,” […]

GOSHEN TOWNSHIP – Aug. 18 will bring a traffic pattern change to a bridge replacement project on Route 879 in Goshen Township, Clearfield County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). On Thursday traffic will be switched from the westbound lane to the eastbound lane with an alternating traffic pattern enforced by temporary traffic […]

Andre Agassi’s body will always bear the scars of 21 years on the unforgiving tennis circuit, the days when he pounded his opponents into submission with his relentlessly aggressive baseline game. “I’m 46 years old and occasionally I have a hard time putting my shoes on in the morning,” Agassi said in an interview with […]

Australia will close its controversial Manus Island detention center, the Papua New Guinea government said on Wednesday. “Both Papua New Guinea and Australia are in agreement that the center is to be closed,” Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said on Facebook. Papua New Guinea previously announced in April it would be shutting down […]

Less than 10 hours after igniting, a Southern California wildfire, burning uncontrollably, has engulfed 15,000 acres. The size of the fire is roughly 23 square miles, which is about half the size of San Francisco. Some 82,000 residents in San Bernardino County are under a mandatory evacuation order because of the fast-growing wildfire, a Cal […]

Robson Conceicao has made history on his home turf by becoming the first Brazilian boxer to take home a gold medal. Conceicao defeated France’s Sofiane Ourmiha in the lightweight boxing final with a unanimous decision. “It is the most incredible day in my life,” the native of Salvador, Brazil, told reporters after winning. “I had […]

It’s day 12 of the Rio Olympic Games and there are 16 gold medals up for grabs in nine different sports. After a compelling finish to the men’s golf competition, expect an above-par women’s event with all but one of the top-10 players in the world teeing off Tuesday. At the beach, American Kerri Walsh […]

She might be feeling the pressure of being all alone, but Darya Klishina could yet still win Russia’s only athletics medal at the Rio 2016 Games. The US-based athlete was only cleared to compete on Monday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned her ban, but was still able to qualify for Wednesday’s long-jump […]

Donald Trump made a pitch for African-American voters on Tuesday by calling for more police in America’s inner cities, arguing that Democratic policies have failed minority communities and accusing Democrats of “peddling the narrative of cops as a racist force.” “I’m asking for the vote of every African-American citizen struggling in our country today who […]