Новости за 18.10.2016

Leonardo DiCaprio says he’s working with authorities to return any funds or donations to his charity that may have ties to a multibillion-dollar Malaysian embezzlement case. A spokesperson for the actor said in a statement that DiCaprio initiated contact with the Department of Justice back in July after learning through media reports about legal action […]

Donald Trump is more popular than Hillary Clinton on Twitter — with both humans and machines. University researchers who track political activity on Twitter have found that traffic on pro-Trump hashtags was twice as high as pro-Clinton hashtags during the first presidential debate. But the team of academics, led by Oxford University professor Philip Howard, […]

Music lovers, get ready to rock the vote. The 2017 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, and this year’s group has something for almost everyone. This year’s first-time nominees are Bad Brains, Depeche Mode, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane’s Addiction, Joan Baez, Journey, Pearl Jam, Steppenwolf and Tupac Shakur. They […]

Priorities USA, Hillary Clinton’s top-dollar super PAC, will begin airing an ad this week that compares Donald Trump’s rhetoric with the “hate” that led to the 1998 killing of Matthew Shepard. The ad, which will run in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire, features Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard’s mother, linking […]

Good news for investment bankers at Goldman Sachs! The so-called Vampire Squid’s bonus pool got a heck of a lot bigger in the third quarter thanks to its booming bond trading and underwriting businesses as well as a rebound in the stock market. Goldman Sachs set aside $3.21 billion in the third quarter for salaries, […]

Writer and tech entrepreneur Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is sick of being asked certain questions. “Do you speak English?” “But where are you really from?” Al-Khatahtbeh wears a hijab. She is 24 years old and grew up in New Jersey. The questions, she writes in her new book “Muslim Girl,” demonstrate “very deeply entrenched preconceptions that American […]

Thirty musicians from around the nation have joined forces to release thirty songs protesting Donald Trump — one on each day of the last month before the November 8 election. The “30 Days, 30 Songs” project was launched by author Dave Eggers and so far, includes songs like “Million Dollar Loan” by Death Cab for […]

Maine Gov. Paul LePage claimed Tuesday that elections in his state and in the US as a whole couldn’t be considered legitimate until voter ID laws are passed. LePage, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, was asked on Maine radio station WVOM about the Republican presidential nominee’s recent claims that the election is being “rigged” […]

It takes a certain kind of person to scramble up a mountainside, rappel down to a nylon cot no bigger than two sleeping bags (called a portaledge) and spend the night on the side of a cliff. Today, that person is me, along with my sister and our guide. And I have to admit, even […]

Movie remakes can follow two paths: Re-imagination, or replication. Despite being billed as the former, Fox wisely pursues the latter route with “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again,” an energetic redo of the 1975 musical, which starts well and perhaps inevitably peters out long before it’s over. Purists are within […]

State police at Clearfield State police received a report about an incident of retail theft that occurred Friday at True Value in Philipsburg. During the incident, a Wallaceton woman allegedly removed merchandise that totaled $24.30. She’s been charged for the incident through the district court. State police at Ridgway State police received a report about […]

Europe’s favorite airline says the collapsing pound is taking a rather large bite out of its earnings. Ryanair said Tuesday that its full year profit will be 5% lower than previously expected. CEO Michael O’Leary, who campaigned for Britain to remain in the European Union, attributed the weaker forecast to a sharp decline in the […]

1. Global markets rally: It’s shaping up to be a good day for investors. European markets are rallying in early trading, with many key indexes up by about 1%. U.S. stock futures are also moving higher. Asian markets ended the day with gains. The key indexes in China each shot up by about 1.4%. 2. […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield school board heard an update on the status of the first step in its bond refinancing plan from Business Administrator Sam Maney at Monday night’s workshop meeting. On Sept. 26 the board authorized for the administration to move forward in the process of issuing General Obligation Bonds, Series of 2016, according […]

HARRISBURG – The state House has unanimously passed legislation authored by State Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk) that would protect students attending postsecondary schools accredited by an agency that loses its federal recognition. House Bill 2338 will be taken up by the state Senate Education Committee Tuesday. “The United States Department of Education under the Obama […]

William R. “Bill” Laird, 67, of Philipsburg died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 at Ridgeview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Curwensville. Born April 3, 1949 in Philipsburg, he was a son of the late Robert and Jean (Whitehead). Mr. Laird was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War era. He was also a member of the […]

CLEARFIELD – Greg Dixon, CNB Bank market executive, recently announced the promotion of Wil Beauseigneur to the position of community office manager, and the hiring of Kevin Wain as the community office assistant manager of the bank’s Industrial Park Road office in Clearfield. n their positions, Beauseigneur and Wain’s primary responsibilities are to develop and […]

Florence C. Luther, 74, of DuBois died Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian in Pittsburgh. Born July 7, 1942 in DuBois, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Mary (Gnan) Luther. After high school, she graduated from St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing in Erie. She retired as […]

HARRISBURG – In advance of the Nov. 8 general election, Secretary of State Pedro A. Cortés hosted an election preparedness meeting with county election officials and representatives from the presidential campaigns, state political parties, legislative campaign committees and voter advocacy groups. The meeting, held Oct. 14 in Harrisburg, highlighted guidance regarding conduct at the polling place, as well as the proper […]

HARRISBURG – PennDOT announced it will begin accepting applications for funding transportation improvement projects under the Multimodal Transportation Fund. “The fund allows us to assist communities with needed transportation improvements that otherwise may not move forward,” said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. “This process represents an opportunity for worthwhile local projects to secure the support needed to […]

Peruvian authorities want to know why more than 10,000 endangered frogs living near Lake Titicaca have suddenly died. The Titicaca Water Frog is considered a “critically endangered” species, according to conservation groups. The giant amphibians, which can weigh more than two pounds, have excessive skin folds that have earned the species a rather wrinkly nickname: […]

Typhoon Haimi bore down on the Philippines Tuesday, with the country’s northern island of Luzon bracing for strong winds and heavy rainfall that could trigger landslides in the mountainous region, forecasts say. The storm is expected to become a super typhoon — with winds over 150 mph (240 kph) — in the next 12 to […]

NASA has successfully launched its Antares rocket nearly two years after the model exploded after launch. The Antares rocket, which was topped with a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, lifted off just before 8 p.m. local time from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. It’s expect to arrive at the International Space Station on Sunday when the […]

Two years ago, Iraqi soldiers in Mosul threw down their weapons and fled the city in terror as armed militants overran the streets under the banner of the emerging threat of ISIS. On Monday, invigorated Iraqi forces and their allies started back down the road to Mosul to try to reclaim the largest city under […]

Located deep in the wetlands region of Hong Kong is a mill that stopped operating nearly a decade ago. Once a part of the city’s thriving textile industry, which has since migrated to mainland China, the 55-year-old building has been spared demolition. But now, it has a new fate. Opening in 2018, it will become […]