Новости за 01.09.2016

The gun industry is booming — and Smith & Wesson believes it’s only going to get stronger. Smith & Wesson revealed on Thursday a 40% surge in quarterly sales and a doubling of profits from last year. The gun maker also ramped up its forecast far above what even Wall Street had been hoping for. […]

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign raised $143 million in August for her campaign, the DNC and state parties, according to a campaign press release, a haul that makes the month the best of her campaign. The fundraising haul is a silver lining on what otherwise was a difficult month for Clinton, where questions about her exclusive […]

First lady Michelle Obama surprised Howard University students Thursday as she shared some college wisdom at a back-to-school event. She joined TV personalities Nick Cannon, who’s enrolled in Howard University himself, and Seth Meyers for a question-and-answer session with new students in the freshman class. Taking questions from nearly 250 Howard freshmen, Obama and Meyers’ […]

We’ve all seen the gut-wrenching photo of the 5-year-old Syrian child — — pulled out of the rubble in Aleppo and placed in an ambulance, his young face reflecting an obliviousness to the misery around him and the dismal future ahead. His photo is sadly not the first of a Syrian child suffering from this […]

President Barack Obama ventures to the tiny Pacific speck of Midway Atoll on Thursday, taking in the newly expanded wildlife refuge there in an attempt to burnish his environmental legacy. It’s a remote destination for Air Force One — the tiny dot of an island is a three-hour flight northwest of Honolulu, surrounded by a […]

The Philadelphia Zoo recently welcomed a little newborn baby gorilla, which is awesome! Zoo babies are great. They’re even going to let the public pick a name for the little tyke. Adorable. It’s a Western lowland gorilla you say? Wait, wasn’t that what… Oh, no. The Philadelphia Zoo knows what you’re thinking, and no, they […]

Pope Francis proposed on Thursday that caring for the environment be added to the traditional seven works of mercy that Christians are called to perform, which include feeding the hungry and sheltering the homeless. The Pope, who has been a vocal advocate for action against climate change, said the faithful should use the holy year […]

The headline conclusion of the Great Elephant Census that Africa’s elephants have declined should not have come as a surprise to anyone. But the horrifying extent has sent a massive blow to the heart of the conservation world, where millions of dollars have been spent in trying to protect these beloved animals. The decline of […]

A graduate and a freshman will represent Penn State at the 2016 Paralympic Games, to be held Sept. 7-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Penn State will also be represented at the Paralympics by nine students and four faculty members from the College of Communications, who will help cover the games for the Associated Press.

Hailee Steinfeld, 19, hopes her new movie, “The Edge Of Seventeen,” will accomplish something important: showing teens they’re not alone. “It’s a very honest telling of being a teenager in this world today and growing up and taking every single flaw there is and embracing them,” Steinfeld told CNN. “It’s a coming of age story […]

A prominent Latino surrogate for Donald Trump announced Thursday he had officially withdrawn his support from the Republican presidential nominee after the real estate mogul resumed his hard-line immigration position in a major policy speech in Arizona. Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles President Alfonso Aguilar told CNN he felt disappointed and misled by Trump and […]

In an effort to acknowledge its ties to slavery, Georgetown University will offer the descendants of nearly 300 slaves preferential treatment in its admissions process. In 1838, the school sold 272 slaves who were working on plantations in southern Maryland to pay down its debts. Now, the school said it will give the descendants of […]

Rob Kardashian is finally speaking out about his life, his love and his health. In the reality star’s most extensive interview in years, he and fiancée Blac Chyna have landed on the cover of People. Kardashian, 29, talked about his hospitalization last year because of complications from diabetes, which he called “a big-time scare.” “I […]

“Dipsh*t!” “Dumb ass!” “Call off your psycho Chihuahua wife!” So much for peace, love and good karma. We’re attending a screening at the 27th annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, and midway through a Q&A session with the cast of tonight’s documentary the mood turns dark, more like “Friday Night Fights.” The circle of security guards […]

ANA says it will replace the engines on its fleet of Boeing 787s after a series of engine failures caused by corrosion and fatigue cracking of turbine blades. The Japanese airline plans to swap out all 100 Rolls-Royce engines currently used on its 50 Dreamliners. The process could take as long as three years, according […]

The trial Sharanda Jones says she was never told she could be facing life in prison after being indicted for seven counts of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. It was her first criminal offense. During her week-long trial, prosecutors were unable to produce any physical evidence that Jones actually ever possessed, bought, or sold cocaine and […]

A year after finding that military personnel were using government credit cards at places such as Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, the Pentagon’s inspector general said this week that safeguards still haven’t been put in place to protect taxpayer dollars from being used for unauthorized expenses. The IG office found last year that from July 2013 […]

Outshining the lush foliage that surrounds it, a glorious spiked tower of indigo blue glass blooms near the entrance of the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Take a left turn past the garden entrance and a star resembling a prickly sea urchin welcomes visitors to the Great Lawn outside the garden conservatory, where sinewy glass growths in […]

Press release by www.d9sports.com DUBOIS’ PAULINELLIE NAMED D9SPORTS.COM FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK 0 2016  CLARION, Pa. – Braden Paulinellie of DuBois is the  inaugural D9Sports.com District 9 Player of the Week for the 2016 season after leading the Beavers to a 30-20 win over rival Clearfield in a Week 0 contest Friday […]

A French ban on the burkini — a swimsuit that covers the whole body except for the face, hands and feet — has prompted fierce debate, but women in one part of China are wondering what all the fuss is about. The “facekini” has been popular attire on beaches in eastern China for several years, […]

Is it a message to the city, pedestrians, drivers or just a prank? No one knows for sure, but several crosswalks appear to be giving the middle finger in Houston. The vandalized LED signals popped up this week, according to CNN affiliate KTRK. One is near a daycare center and schools. Some passersby are taking […]

CLEARFIELD – A man accused of selling crack cocaine waived all charges to court at his preliminary hearing Wednesday at the Clearfield County Jail. Robert Aron Rodriguez, 33, of Clearfield has been charged by the Office of the Attorney General with four counts of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver and […]

John A. Wilson, 82, of Philipsburg died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. Born Oct. 4, 1933, he was a son of the late Richard and Ann (Hollenback) Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a 1951 graduate of the former Philipsburg High School. He was a talented baseball player and one of the best […]

Philagonas (Keberly) Evancic, 82, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 at her home in DuBois following a lingering illness. Born in Merrittstown (Fayette), Pa., she was the daughter of the late Harold and Kathryn Keberly. She is survived by her husband, Anthony H. Evancic, and two brothers, Charles (Carolyn) of Livonia, Mich., and Paul (Geraldine) of […]

In exchange for discounted liquor and consumer electronics, a former manager for an international airline smuggled packages out of the U.S. for Chinese military officers, prosecutors say. Ying Lin is accused of using her job at the airline to place the packages on flights to China out of New York’s JFK airport, federal prosecutors said […]