Новости за 19.12.2016

President Barack Obama on Monday granted clemency to 231 individuals, the largest single day act of his presidency and totaling 1,324 total while in office. Obama granted 153 commutations, bringing the total number of commutations while he’s been in office to 1,176, including 395 life sentences. A majority of the commutations involved drug related charges. […]

President-elect Donald Trump continues to question whether Russia was behind the hacks during the 2016 presidential campaign. Just two years ago, however, Trump said he was very aware of Russia’s hacking, calling it out — along with China — as a “big problem.” In an interview with Fox News Sunday earlier this month, Trump questioned […]

Typically, a president’s choice for budget director barely gets noticed. Not this time. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated conservative Republican Congressman Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director. Mulvaney has made it very clear he thinks America’s $19 trillion debt is too high and needs to come down. Budget hawks are thrilled. “He’s not going […]

A truck ran into a Christmas market Monday evening in a major public square in Berlin, killing nine people and injuring at least 50 others, police said. A police spokesman described it as a “severe incident.” “A truck just ran over a sidewalk at #Breitscheidplatz Our colleague report multiple injuries. more to follow,” Berlin police […]

Andrey Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, was shot dead Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara. Karlov, who was appointed as Moscow’s man in the capital since July 2013, was married, and had a son, according to the Russian Embassy. He had served as ambassador at a fractious time in Russian-Turkey ties; diplomatic relations hit […]

Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was shot Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency reported. Karlov began his diplomatic career in 1976 and has been the ambassador to Turkey since 2013, according to a profile on the website for the Russian Embassy in Ankara. Developing story – more to […]

Bill Clinton says President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t know much,” but that “one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him,” according to a local paper near the Clintons’ New York home. In comments to the weekly Bedford and Pound Ridge Record-Review, Clinton veered between defiance and bitterness while […]

Come the new year, millions of the lowest-wage workers across the country will get a raise. Some of those raises will be very minor — a cost of living adjustment amounting to an extra nickel or dime an hour. But in several places the jump will be between $1 and $2 an hour. Even that […]

Iraq and Syria have been riven by violence for years but their neighbor, Jordan, has been largely immune to the bloodshed that has swept across the region. Until now. The so-called “Kingdom of Peace” and “Oasis of Stability,” was rocked Sunday by a deadly terrorist attack many had long feared was coming. Jordan’s position as […]

After months of speculation and more than three hours of questions in Britain’s Parliament Monday, it would appear that one of UK cycling’s biggest mysteries has been solved. Dave Brailsford, the principal of Team Sky and former head of British Cycling has told Members of Parliament (MPs) that the mystery package delivered to cyclist Bradley […]

The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to redeploy UN staff to Aleppo to monitor and report on the evacuation of civilians. The UN resolution, proposed by France, calls for safe evacuations, “immediate and unconditional” access to humanitarian aid, and protection of medical facilities and personnel. The resolution stressed “the importance to ensure the […]

State police at Clearfield State police received a report about an incident of theft by unlawful taking that occurred Thursday or Friday on Alton Street in Chester Hill Borough. During the incident, someone allegedly stole a Christmas laser light that belonged to the victim. Anyone with information is asked to contact the state police at […]

The real voting for the White House is now underway. At 10 a.m. Monday, members of the Electoral College began casting their ballots in state capitals across the nation to make Donald Trump’s victory official. The 538 men and women will be voting primarily in accordance with the results from November in their state. The […]

Fans of “Rob & Chyna” got more drama off-screen than on this weekend. The couple’s E! special about the birth of their daughter Dream aired Sunday. But before that, Rob Kardashian announced in a series of emotional social media postings that his fiancée had taken their baby and left him. “I’ve got the Christmas tree […]

Four weeks away from Donald Trump’s inauguration, Hillary Clinton supporters continue to debate why their candidate lost the presidential election. “I think it was racism that allowed Donald Trump to win,” Carol Evans said. “I’m not saying that everybody that voted for Donald Trump is a racist … but I do believe that they allowed […]

Donald Trump’s decision to fill key Cabinet and White House positions with recently retired military generals threatens the tradition of civilian leadership of the military and government, says retired Army combat veteran and incoming Senator Tammy Duckworth. “It’s a real danger,” Duckworth told David Axelrod on “The Axe Files” podcast, produced by the University of […]

Ash Khare came to America from India with two bachelor’s degrees, $8 in his pocket and a dream — the American dream. This year, he has a chance to realize that dream in an important way. A chance he could have never imagined growing up as a poor child in India. A chance he is […]

Republicans outraged at Russia’s alleged meddling in the US election — and frustrated at some in their own party for not taking on the issue more aggressively — are turning to an unlikely new source of pressure for action: Democrats. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Sunday, four senior GOP and Democratic […]

1. All eyes on Yellen: The head of the Federal Reserve — Janet Yellen — is scheduled to give a speech about the state of the American job market at 1:30 p.m. ET at the University of Baltimore. Yellen may offer more clues about how much central bank support the labor market might need. Investors […]

Nintendo’s stock has been racing downhill since the release of its eagerly awaited smartphone game Super Mario Run. Its shares plunged 7.1% on Monday, bringing its total decline to 11% since the game arrived on Apple’s iPhones and iPads on Thursday. At first glance, Mario appeared to have hit the ground running. The game charged […]

The world is getting a fresh look at Russia’s newest stealth fighter jet after images were posted on the manufacturer’s website. Most of the photos show the twin-engine Sukhoi T-50 jet operating from runways on a snow-covered airfield, although a location was not given in a report on RT.com, which surfaced the pictures on Sunday. […]

President Barack Obama faulted his party’s campaign strategy in an interview airing Monday, arguing Democrats suffered stinging electoral losses in last month’s vote because they failed to campaign in hard-hit rural areas. Taking partial blame — and withholding any direct criticism of Hillary Clinton — Obama said candidates in the future should ignore at their […]

DUBOIS – An extension cord being improperly used was the cause of an accidental house fire Saturday afternoon at 121 Robinson St., DuBois, reported the state police at DuBois. The DuBois Fire Department was dispatched and determined the first floor of the house was on fire. It was quickly extinguished by firefighters, and the homeowner […]

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry released its employment situation report for November. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point from October to 5.7 percent. Pennsylvania’s civilian labor force was down 2,000 over the month to 6,528,000. Resident employment increased by 1,000 and the unemployment count declined by 3,000. Total nonfarm jobs […]

Members of St. John XXIII Knights of Columbus were on their annual Christmas caroling night visiting Ridgeview Elder Care & Rehabilitation Center, Marion Manor and the Towers in Curwensville. Members include, from left, Bernie Carfley, Brian Spencer, James Mattern, Sean Dunn, Bill Wetzel, Rob Season and Harry Fye.