Новости за 14.11.2016

Donald Trump’s appointment of “alt-right” media boss Steve Bannon as his chief strategist is nothing less than a “real threat to global security,” renowned American civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson tells CNN. “The appointment of someone who gives voice to so much hate,” Stevenson told Christiane Amanpour, threatens “the kind of moral influence that this […]

Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win. And the list of incidents keeps growing. Racist, pro-Trump graffiti painted inside a high school in Minnesota. Messages about lynchings popping up on freshmen’s phones in Pennsylvania. While Trump has been accused of fostering xenophobia and […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed his disappointment Monday with Hillary Clinton’s failure to secure the support of white working-class voters in last week’s presidential election. Donald Trump “very effectively” tapped into “the anger and angst and pain that many working class people are feeling,” the Vermont independent senator who challenged Clinton in the Democratic primary said […]

Colin Kaepernick did not vote in Tuesday’s presidential election, saying at the time that it didn’t matter to him who won. On Sunday, after the San Francisco 49ers lost 23-20 to the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona, Kaepernick defended his action. “You know, I think it would be hypocritical of me to vote,” Kaepernick told […]

Feeling like it’s been hotter than ever this year? You’re not imagining things, according to the United Nations weather agency, which said on Monday that 2016 is “very likely” to be the hottest year on record. “Long-term climate change indicators are also record breaking,” the World Meteorological Organization said in a statement. “Concentrations of major […]

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump the candidate promised to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel — a move that would upend decades of US policy. Now that he’s the President-elect, Israel’s right wing is thrilled and is calling on Trump to relocate the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as soon […]

Remember when the market rallied sharply last Monday? Most investors thought it was due to growing expectations that Hillary Clinton would be the next president after FBI Director James Comey cleared Clinton again after another probe of her emails. The big surge on November 7 snapped a nine-day losing streak for stocks that many attributed […]

The smartphone is on a collision course with your local dermatologist. IBM researchers have developed a computer system it believes is more effective at identifying a form of skin cancer than expert dermatologists. The technology is young, and IBM said it must prove itself in more tests. But the findings are a harbinger of when […]

The smartphone is on a collision course with your local dermatologist. IBM researchers have developed a computer system it believes is more effective at identifying a form of skin cancer than expert dermatologists. The technology is young, and IBM said it must prove itself in more tests. But the findings are a harbinger of when […]

Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Steve Bannon as a top adviser has inspired heated debates, even among Republicans. CNN commentators Kurt Bardella and Jeffrey Lord sparred on “New Day” Monday over whether Bannon’s appointment was a good choice by the President-elect, and what this means for Breitbart, a notoriously conservative news organization of which Bannon […]

Samsung is spending $8 billion to try to gain an edge on other big tech companies that are piling into autos. The South Korean electronics giant said on Monday it was buying Harman International Industries, a U.S. firm that makes infotainment, safety and security systems for cars. Tech giants have been plowing money into the […]

1. Investors rush into stocks, ditch bonds: Investors continue to shovel their money into stocks following last week’s U.S. election. Many analysts had expected markets to drop sharply if Donald Trump was elected, but the opposite has happened. U.S. stock futures are rising again and European markets are all up Monday, with many key indexes […]

The Australian government has announced a new deal, long-expected in policy circles, that will see asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island transferred to the United States. This is the first positive news in three years for asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island. It is a circuit breaker that has received support […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield YMCA has announced a listing of upcoming programs and events. It will hold an American Red Cross lifeguarding course Dec. 27-30. The course will be held at the YMCA from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This course includes everything required to become a certified lifeguard and to work in an aquatic […]

CLEARFIELD – Members of the Clearfield Community Life-long Learning Institute (CCLLI) participated in an Utter to Butter and Other Heritage Skills program Nov. 1 at LHU Clearfield. Butter making and many other heritage skills have fallen by the wayside.  In this program, Carey Huber, environmental education specialist, and Eric Rensel, natural resource specialist, from Parker […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield-Lawrence Joint Committee has released its final draft of the joint agreement/home rule charter that was created for the proposed consolidation of Clearfield Borough and Lawrence Township into the “City of Clearfield.”

FALLS CREEK- Goodwill Industries of North Central Pennsylvania (NCPA) has promoted Brenda Gorham to senior employment specialist. The new position will focus on Goodwill’s partnerships with state human services agencies, including the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), Service Access and Management Inc. (SAM) and Community Connections of Clearfield/Jefferson counties. State human services agencies help […]

A series of powerful earthquakes jolted New Zealand’s South Island Monday, triggering a tsunami and sending aftershocks across the country that left at least two dead, officials said. The first event, a 7.8-magnitude quake, struck just after midnight Monday near the coastal community of Kaikoura, some 93 kilometers (55 miles) northeast of the city of […]

There has been a significant climb in the prevalence of major depression among adolescents and young adults in recent years — and the troubling trend may be strongest in teenage girls, according to a new study. However, the number of adolescents receiving treatment does not appear to follow that same trend, suggests the study, published […]

Myanmar’s government says Air Force helicopters opened fire on attackers in troubled Rakhine State Sunday after two soldiers were killed in clashes with men armed with guns, knives and spears. As many as 500 men ambushed troops as they tried to carry out “clearance operations” in Maungtaw and Yathedaung townships near the border with Bangladesh, […]

Are you a woman who’s worried about what life under President Donald Trump could possibly mean for access to birth control or abortion services? Are you transgender and wondering if now’s the time to make sure your photo identification matches your gender identity, in case the new administration intends to pass a law to prevent […]

Seoul prosecutors are set to question South Korean President Park Geun-hye early this week for her role in the political corruption scandal involving an informal adviser. It follows a second weekend of mass protests that saw hundreds of thousands of demonstrators cram city streets demanding her resignation. Park has admitted sharing classified documents with close […]

Former NBA star turned activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is denouncing what he called “voter suppression” tactics he says influenced the results of last Tuesday’s presidential election. “We saw a lot of Republican legislatures across the country do everything they could to inhibit poor people and people of color from participating in a democratic process,” Abdul-Jabbar told […]

As some Americans express heightened concern about the reported rise of hate crimes and bigotry since Donald Trump’s presidential win on Tuesday, it seems some have sought an escape from it all at the movies. In particular, “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins told a crowd this weekend at AFI Fest in Los Angeles that his movie […]

The following contains spoilers about “The Walking Dead’s” fourth episode. “The Walking Dead” is following what has become a familiar pattern for the AMC hit, as it reaches the midway point of the opening eight-episode flight of a grim, grueling, inordinately sadistic seventh season. The drill goes something like this: Open with a bang (and […]