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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday that Donald Trump’s administration has not contacted him about violence in Chicago. Rauner, a Republican, made the comments in response to a question about Trump’s tweet Tuesday night, when the President wrote, “If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible ‘carnage’ going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up […]

What does “Make America Great Again” mean to you? For one Florida-based Muslim group, it’s exactly what their faith is all about. The American Muslim Community Centers has paid for a set of billboards set up on two Florida highways. The billboard is a riff on President Trump’s popular promise. “Making America great with love, […]

Donald Trump said Wednesday there would be no ISIS had the US kept Iraq’s oil, following the US invasion into the country. “We should have kept the oil when we got out. And you know, it’s very interesting. Had we taken the oil, you wouldn’t have ISIS, because they fuel themselves with the oil. That’s […]

For yarn shop owners, last weekend’s Women’s Marches were a great business opportunity, as protesters across the country flocked to buy yarn to make those ubiquitous pink hats. But Elizabeth Poe, the owner of a Franklin, Tennessee, yarn shop called The Joy of Knitting, took no joy in the marches. On Tuesday, a customer asked […]

Mexican products have plenty of red, white and blue in them. President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that America is losing to Mexico on trade. “It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost,” Trump tweeted, referring to the free trade deal between the U.S., Canada […]

If the President alienates Muslim Americans, frequent President Donald Trump critic Khizr Khan said he may end up endangering national security. “Muslim are at the front lines. Patriotic Muslims within the United States feel alienated and if they are alienated, they will not be as supportive of his policies, as supportive of security and the […]

We are creeping closer to the apocalypse, according to a panel of scientists and scholars. The Chicago-based Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolic countdown to the end of the world, to two and a half minutes to midnight. It marks the first time since 1953 — after hydrogen bomb tests […]

Washington State reported on Wednesday that there have been 278 confirmed and probable cases of mumps across five counties since October 2016: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane and Yakima. Mumps is a contagious disease caused by a virus spread from person to person through saliva and mucus. To stop the spread, Washington health officials urge people […]

The two leaders of Congress — House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — definitively ruled out legalizing torture Thursday, following comments President Donald Trump made recently saying that he believes practices such as waterboarding are effective. “Torture’s not legal — we agree with it not being legal,” Ryan said at a […]

CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield teen who has been accused of attempting to lure a 13-year-old girl through Facebook messenger to meet for sex waived his right to a preliminary hearing during centralized court Wednesday. Romie D. Young III, 18, of Clearfield has been charged by Officer Zachary S. Cowan of the Lawrence Township police with […]

Rescuers are no longer searching for anyone else in the wreckage of a hotel engulfed by an avalanche last week, Italy’s Civil Protection Department said Thursday, leaving the final death toll at 29. Confirmation that the arduous rescue and recovery operation was over came shortly after Italy’s National Fire Brigade tweeted that two more bodies […]

Nuke Iran, Maim Iranians!” I can still hear the chants of undergraduate students marching down Locust Walk as they passed by McNeal Building on the University of Pennsylvania campus — where the Department of Sociology was located in 1980 — precisely at the moment when I was taking my grueling comprehensive MA exam. This was […]

Humanity might well be edging closer to annihilation than ever before. A Chicago-based group of scientists tasked with assessing how close the apocalypse is will on Thursday announce if the events of 2016 have moved the hands on the “Doomsday Clock.” The emblematic clock currently stands at three minutes to midnight, with midnight representing humanity’s […]

Bessie Coleman broke multiple barriers when she took flight in 1921, and became the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license. Today’s Google Doodle commemorates the 125th anniversary of her birth. Coleman was among a small group of female aviators in the early 20th century who successfully flew around the detours of racial prejudice […]

Actor and performance artist Shia LaBeouf has been charged with misdemeanor assault and a harassment violation after getting in a scuffle during an anti-Trump rally early Thursday morning, according to New York Police Department spokesman Sgt. Thomas Antonetti. LaBeouf was arrested and has been released, according to detective Christopher Pisano. LaBeouf and a 25-year-old anti-Tump […]

The U.K. economy grew steadily in 2016 — but there’s plenty to worry about. The first official estimate of fourth quarter GDP published Thursday showed the economy grew by 0.6% over the third quarter, the same pace as the two previous quarters. For 2016 as a whole the economy grew 2%, down from 2.2% in […]

Nuke Iran, Maim Iranians!” I can still hear the chants of undergraduate students marching down Locust Walk as they passed by McNeal Building on the University of Pennsylvania campus — where the Department of Sociology was located in 1980 — precisely at the moment when I was taking my grueling comprehensive MA exam. This was […]

1. Big day for earnings: A lot of blue-chip companies and tech giants are reporting quarterly results Thursday. Comcast, Caterpillar, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Sherwin-Williams and Southwest Air are releasing earnings before the open. Microsoft, Starbucks and Google’s parent company Alphabet are set to release earnings after the close. Meanwhile, United Rentals and eBay shares could […]

CLEARFIELD – At Tuesday’s regular board meeting, the Clearfield County Commissioners approved awarding a total of $52,500 in funding for five, different affordable housing projects. The county recently solicited applications for affordable housing projects to be funded by the Clearfield County Affordable Housing Fund. Projects were to increase the availability of quality, affordable housing either […]

CLEARFIELD – Have you been called for jury duty in Clearfield County and wondered how you were chosen or how jurors were chosen before computers? The process of being called for jury duty is played out across the country every day.  Linda Hatcher, former Clearfield County jury commissioner, will present a program about the history […]

Britain’s defense secretary had some harsh words for the Russian military on Wednesday as UK warships and warplanes tracked Russia’s only aircraft carrier through the English Channel. “We are keeping a close eye on the Admiral Kuznetsov as it skulks back to Russia; a ship of shame whose mission has only extended the suffering of […]

Senate Democrats have been tight-lipped about their retreat in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Aides declined to even give the location, let alone the agenda of the two-day event. Many staffers, left back in Washington, weren’t aware of the agenda for the event at all. Reporters and curious town residents weren’t allowed on the grounds of the […]

CURWENSVILLE — A spirited comeback from a huge deficit by the Curwensville Area High School girls basketball team fell short as Ridgway held on in the final three minutes for a 53-45 Allegheny Mountain League South Division win at Patton Hall Wednesday night. Madison Weber registered a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds and […]

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said Wednesday his country “will not pay for any wall,” defying the claims US President Donald Trump has made. But he did not cancel his trip planned for the United States next week. “Mexico does not believe in walls. I’ve said time again; Mexico will not pay for any wall,” […]

TYRONE — Knowing that the host Tyrone Golden Eagles would be giving up five forfeits to the visiting Bison meant that the outcome of the match wasn’t really in question. Picking up five falls in the eight contested matches made for a 63-18 blow out as the Bison picked up their fourth consecutive win to […]