Новости за 16.10.2016

A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed overnight, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans get out of town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials. “The flammable substance appears to have ignited inside the building, burned some furniture and damaged the building’s interior before going out. […]

Mehmet Kadir Cabel, the regional leader for ISIS in Gaziantep, Turkey, was killed Sunday when police raided his cell house, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing police and the regional governor. Three police officers were also killed during the operation. Cabel’s wife and two children were captured, along with at least 19 other suspected ISIS members. […]

A long-awaited operation to seize the key Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control is imminent, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday. “We have been battling ISIS for more than two years,” Abadi said during a televised meeting with journalists and political analysts. “We started fighting ISIS in the outskirts of Baghdad, […]

The Arizona Republic’s editorial board knew it was wading into controversy last month when it endorsed a Democrat for president — the first time it had done so in its 126-year history. But some of the backlash that followed the paper’s decision to back Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump went beyond the pale. An […]

Comedian Bill Maher declared Sunday that Donald Trump voters live in a “fact-free bubble” and that he feared what they might do if their candidate loses on November 8. In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, the host of HBO’s “Real Time” said he found Trump’s eruption onto the political scene, and his popularity, “depressing.” […]

Colin Kaepernick didn’t play it safe. For his first start in almost a year, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback showed up Sunday wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Muhammad Ali on the front. As has become his custom, he knelt on one knee while the national anthem played before the start of the game […]

I know some voters are trying to figure out which candidate is like themselves. “Who has my values? Who watches out for my interests?” My true story might help make that decision. It’s about how, while trying to start over after my husband died in Iraq, Trump University took my $35,000 and gave me nothing […]

Larry Peters, 66, of Clearfield died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at Penn Highlands Clearfield after a long, undeterred battle with cancer. Born Dec. 29, 1949 in Grove City, Pa., he was the son of Charles E. Peters and Elizabeth Hedglin Peters. He is survived by his mother, Elizabeth Peters; his two children, Melanie Rose and […]

Barry Albert Selner, 71, of Curwensville died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. He was born Oct. 26, 1944 in Clearfield, a son of the late Albert W. ‘Benny’ and LoDema ‘Dema’ (Irwin) Selner. Mr. Selner earned his Master of Science in education and was employed for many […]

Patricia A. Hubler, 62, of Curwensville died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Hubler was born Aug. 19, 1954 in Clearfield, the daughter of Howard W. and Louise L. (Freeman) Gill. She was a custodian with the Clearfield Area School District. She was a member of Curwensville Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. She […]

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi attacked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Sunday saying “he’s always projecting” his own political problems onto Hillary Clinton. “When he knows his temperament is not going over very well, he says, ‘I have the temperament for the job.’ When he knows that his stamina, is lagging, he says, ‘I have […]

Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that he believes Donald Trump’s denial of the claims by nine different women who have accused him of sexual misconduct within the last week. “I believe my friend Donald Trump when he tells me he didn’t do it,” the former New York City mayor and Trump adviser told CNN’s Jake Tapper […]

“Saturday Night Live” featured a funny spin on the Presidential candidates behavior during the second debate. CNN’s Brian Stelter has more.

Top Donald Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that Democrats could steal a close election by having dead people vote in inner cities. “You want me to (say) that I think the election in Philadelphia and Chicago is going to be fair? I would have to be a moron to say that,” the former New […]

A long-awaited operation to seize the key Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control will begin in the coming days, militia groups warned Sunday after Iraqi forces told people not to panic and to seal their doors and windows. “We promise you that victory is near and that it will be a […]

Donald Trump thinks that even “Saturday Night Live” is part of a media conspiracy to bring down his presidential candidacy. Saturday night, SNL opened with a mocking reenactment of the second presidential debate. The parody included the moderators taking shots, a kung fu style greeting between Trump and Hillary Clinton and an ode to town […]

1. Last presidential debate. Republican nominee Donald Trump will face off with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the last time on Wednesday. The final debate will be moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace and be hosted by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. The candidates will have 90 minutes to discuss debt and […]

The Egyptian military has launched airstrikes on “terrorist positions” in the Sinai peninsula “to avenge the blood” of its soldiers killed in an attack on a military checkpoint Friday, according to an army statement. While the military did not specifically name the group, ISIS claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack that left at least 12 soldiers […]

As ISIS awaits one major assault in Mosul, Iraq, the self-declared caliphate has lost its control of a symbolic stronghold in north Syria. The Free Syrian Army (FSA), a Turkish-backed faction, took back Sunday the town of Dabiq from ISIS, Turkish state media and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a […]

In many ways, life feels normal in Bangkok. Ferries float along the Chao Phraya River, tuk-tuks dart through traffic on chronically congested streets, and markets are jam-packed with vendors and customers haggling over handicrafts. But life isn’t normal. Nearly everyone is wearing black, the official primary color of Thailand’s year-long mourning period for King Bhumibol […]

Three days after the death of Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose funeral rites began Friday after a 70-year reign, grieving has shifted to guessing regarding when the royal throne will be occupied. Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralonkorn, who was named successor to Bhumibol back in December 1972, wants to lay to rest speculation that’s arisen […]

High winds and rain whipped Oregon and Washington Saturday, downing trees and wires, causing flooding and knocking out power for tens of thousands of customers in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. The fierce storm spawned by Typhoon Songda put 13,700 customers in the dark in the Portland area, Portland General Electric reported at […]

Dennis Byrd, a former New York Jets player, died Saturday in a car wreck outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. Byrd, 50, played four years in the NFL before a paralyzing on-field injury ended his professional career in 1992. But the towering 6-foot-5-inch, 270-pound defensive lineman became remembered best for learning to walk again in less than a […]

A pickup truck swerved off a bridge and plummeted about 60 feet crashing into a crowd below who had gathered at a San Diego park, authorities said. Four people died and nine people were injured, including the pickup driver, in the Saturday accident. The driver, who suffered major injuries, was taken to UC San Diego […]

It’s Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump vs. Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton, Part 2! “Hello and welcome to the second and worst ever presidential debate,” said Cecily Strong’s Martha Raddatz to open the third episode of the “Saturday Night Live” season. “Now, let’s get this nightmare started.” Baldwin’s Trump and McKinnon’s Clinton then entered the town hall […]