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Facebook wants people watching TV-style shows right inside the social network. So the company is talking with Hollywood studios and other producers about licensing “scripted, unscripted and sports content.” That means sitcoms, dramas, sporting events and other types of programming could be coming to Facebook in the coming months. For now Facebook is characterizing this […]

President-elect Donald Trump was “obviously aware” that Russia meddled in the US election to benefit his own campaign, the White House said Wednesday. Citing Trump’s own suggestion over the summer that Moscow locate missing emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the beneficiary of Russia’s cyberintrusions was clear. “There […]

Facebook wants people watching TV-style shows right inside the social network. So the company is talking with Hollywood studios and other producers about licensing “scripted, unscripted and sports content.” That means sitcoms, dramas, sporting events and other types of programming could be coming to Facebook in the coming months. For now Facebook is characterizing this […]

In the predawn of December 14, 2012, Daniel Barden awoke early and reveled in the extra time he had to cuddle with his father before he had to go to school. The seven-year-old goofed around on the living room couch with his dad, Mark. Through a silhouette of bare trees, the dark sky outside their […]

Donald Trump will become a “natural ally” of Syria if he holds fast to a hard line on terrorists. That’s the view of President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, who believes the victorious emergence of Trump could help transform relations between the two nations. Assad wants Trump to tackle terror in the Middle East but remains […]

Recording artist, actor and producer Common was pumped to see his friend Mahershala Ali score a SAG Award nomination for his role in “Moonlight” Wednesday morning. Upon hearing his friend’s name read by fellow nominations announcer Sophia Bush, Common gave a thumbs up and an enthusiastic, “Yes!” “Moonlight” is a quiet, coming-of-age drama from director […]

Kanye West doesn’t seem fazed by the backlash levied against him by fans and friends for meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. A day after the hip-hop mogul’s meeting with Trump at Trump Tower in New York, West on Wednesday tweeted a signed copy of TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” issue with Trump on the […]

Susan Ruth (Olson) Ryan, 82, of Hyde died in Clearfield on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Born July 3, 1934 in Clearfield, she was the daughter of Gunnard C. and Ruth (Armstrong) Olson. She graduated in 1952 from the Clearfield High School and in 1954 from Lycoming College with an Associate’s degree.  She was employed for […]

Kanye West doesn’t seem phased by the backlash levied against him by fans and friends for meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. A day after the hip-hop mogul’s meeting with Trump at Trump Tower in New York, West on Wednesday tweeted a signed copy of TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” issue with Trump on the […]

Donald Trump and Silicon Valley want to pivot to a better working relationship. Top execs from Amazon, Tesla, Apple, Facebook, Alphabet and several other large tech companies are meeting with the president-elect in New York on Wednesday after months of clashing. “In the world, there’s nobody like the people in this room,” Trump told the […]

A beloved animated story about a prodigal lion cub. An ’80s comedy-drama about five teens coping with detention. A Hitchcock thriller about a town under attack by menacing birds. And a fairy tale about a young farmhand rescuing a princess. They’re among the 25 classic films being added to the National Film Registry, which recognizes […]

A Chinese startup whose apps can make users appear thinner and whiter in their selfies has been valued at $4.6 billion. Meitu’s photo-editing and sharing software for smartphones is hugely popular in China and other Asian countries, attracting 456 million users who post more than 6 billion photos every month. That’s a heck of a […]

Robin Thicke broke his silence early Wednesday morning on the sudden death of his father, Alan Thicke. “My Father passed away today,” Thicke wrote on Instagram. “He was the best man I ever knew. The best friend I ever had. Let’s all rejoice and celebrate the joy he brought to every room he was in. […]

At least 75% of ISIS fighters have been killed during the campaign of US-led airstrikes, according to US officials. The US anti-ISIS envoy said the campaign has winnowed ISIS’ ranks to between 12,000 and 15,000 “battle ready” fighters, a top US official said on Tuesday. The figures mean the US and its coalition partners have […]

NFL legend Jim Brown stopped by Trump Tower Tuesday for a meeting pegged as a discussion about issues facing the African-American community, and he came away from the gathering with the President-elect having his admiration. “When he goes through what he went through to become the president, he got my admiration,” Brown said. “No one […]

To the victor goes the spoils, so after the success of “Empire,” it’s hardly a shock that Fox would explore whether producer-director Lee Daniels has another TV hit in him. Yet the result, “Star,” is a pallid gender-switch imitation of that earlier hit, with acting and writing less reminiscent of its ostensible inspiration than the […]

I’m retired and have about 40% of my nest egg in stocks and 60% in bonds. I’m wary of the stock market, so I’m considering moving part of my savings into an annuity. Do you think that’s a good idea? –A.G. It depends on what your goal is. If you’re primarily interested in making sure […]

Editor’s Note: This GANT News story contains graphic content. CLEARFIELD – A Curwensville couple has been accused of making sexual videos with a dog, according to court paperwork filed with the office of Magisterial District Judge Richard Ireland. Rachael Alexis Harris, 19, of Curwensville was charged Tuesday by state police at Clearfield with four counts […]

Nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced Wednesday. The SAG Awards are a peer honor — with actors voting on the best film and television performances of the year. The casts of “La La Land” and “Moonlight” are expected to land nods. The films are both poised for 2017 awards […]

Uber, which has long made a habit of skirting regulations, is at it again. Uber expanded its tests of self-driving vehicles to San Francisco on Wednesday, allowing the public to ride in autonomous Volvos. Test drivers will be present in the SUVs in case a human needs to intervene. Tests will be limited to downtown […]

Hours after a planned evacuation of people from bombarded areas of eastern Aleppo, no one has left, according to a monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a statement that several buses remained idle in neighborhoods of the stricken city, over two hours after the evacuation was due to start. As […]

The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world — triggering a “massive decline in sea ice and snow,” according to a new federal report. On Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its 11th annual Arctic Report Card, which compiles data from 61 scientists in 11 countries. “Rarely […]

They’re the islands where World War II never ended and now they’re the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to Japan in 11 years on Thursday with Tokyo hopeful of progress in getting Russia to return islands in the Kuril […]

Scientists in India have taken inspiration from J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series of books and movies in naming a distinctive new species of spider. The triangular creature resembles the Hogwarts “sorting hat” that’s used to place young wizards and witches into their respective school “houses.” The spider has been named Eriovixia gryffindori, a nod to […]

Minister Hank-Jan Prosman’s Church in the village of Nieuwkoop sits on a tiny spit of land surrounded by water. Its tiled roof rises above the surrounding flat, canal-riven fields. There has been a church here for close to 500 years. For the last five years, it’s been Prosman’s home. On an average Sunday, he says, […]