Новости за 04.11.2016

China’s richest man just bought an iconic American entertainment company. In a move that had been expected for months, billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda Group bought Dick Clark Productions for a whopping $1 billion. The deal marks the Chinese company’s first move into television. Dick Clark Productions produces the Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards […]

Nigeria has launched an investigation into reports alleging that government officials raped and sexually abused women and girls who survived Boko Haram violence. The move comes after Human Rights Watch published a report detailing accounts by dozens of women and girls who said they were sexually abused or coerced into sex. The women said they […]

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has taken personal responsibility for the abuse of power scandal engulfing her administration and vowed to cooperate with any investigation. “All of this happening is my fault. It happened because of my neglect,” she said in a televised address Friday. For the second time in two weeks Park apologized for […]

Jakarta is bracing for a potentially violent rally demanding the ouster of the city’s governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims. According to affiliate CNN Indonesia, as many as 18,000 police have been mobilized ahead of the protest against Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, who critics allege insulted Islam when […]

A sexist tradition has cost the Harvard men’s soccer team the rest of the season. Harvard University canceled the remainder of the 2016 men’s soccer season following an investigation into reports of a custom of ranking woman’s soccer players’ physical attributes in the lewdest of terms, university officials said. The “scouting report” evaluated freshmen women […]

Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz is voting for Donald Trump. But, he says, that doesn’t mean he’s endorsing him. “What is the difference? If you tell your supporters in Utah, ‘I’m voting for Donald Trump,’ that sounds to me like an endorsement,” CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked the Republican Thursday on “The Situation Room.” “I think they’re […]

A hacked email exchange apparently shows Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and a Democratic operative discussing the need to crush Vermont Sen. Bernie Sander’s insurgent primary bid. On February 21, Washington lobbyist Joel Johnson, ?a seasoned Democratic activist who was a top White House adviser in President Bill Clinton’s second term, emailed Podesta, saying Sanders “needs […]

Every media theme of Trump’s mind-bending campaign was foreshadowed at a house party way back in June 2015, when he was still learning how to campaign. Looking back now at my notes, I’m struck by how little has changed. That day, he attacked the media, calling out NBC’s Katy Tur by name. He picked fights. […]

Delta Air Lines on Thursday unveiled a new premium economy class seat for its airliners, seeking to tap into the fast-growing market for frugal business travelers and economy fliers who value comfort over price. The move comes as carriers in the U.S. and around the world are rolling out new premium economy class seating for […]

The audience could barely hear the elderly African-American woman who introduced Hillary Clinton at an outdoor campaign rally here in Winterville, North Carolina. She wasn’t close enough to the microphone, and she was also crying. Mae Brown Wiggins recalled applying for an apartment at a property operated by Donald Trump’s family decades ago, and being […]

Delta Air Lines on Thursday unveiled a new premium economy class seat for its airliners, seeking to tap into the fast-growing market for frugal business travelers and economy fliers who value comfort over price. The move comes as carriers in the U.S. and around the world are rolling out new premium economy class seating for […]

Martha M. Carles, 84, of Morrisdale died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 at Penn Highlands DuBois. Born Feb. 13, 1932 in Drifting, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Mary Krollman Folmar. On March 6, 1952, she wed Robert M. Carles, who preceded her in death Sept. 25, 2014. Surviving are two sons, Robert […]

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said Thursday that recent speculation among Republican members of Congress about the possibility of impeaching Hillary Clinton if she’s elected suggests that they think they are going to lose on Election Day. Appearing on the “Alan Colmes Show,” Kaine said, “I’ve really despaired in the last few days seeing […]

The growing danger of nuclear war has received scant attention in the election campaign beyond some understandable anxiety at the thought of Donald Trump’s finger on the nuclear button. But the United States faces a fundamental decision about nuclear weapons, the Obama administration is making the wrong choice and neither candidate has spoken out against […]

John Edward Pritchard Jr., 49, of Grampian was called home to be with the Lord Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at home surrounded by his loving wife, devoted children and close members of his family. Born Sept. 6, 1967 in Clearfield, he was the son of John E. Sr. and Bonnie Pritchard of Lumber City. He […]