Новости за 11.03.2017

Insurance giant Anthem lent its support to parts of the Republican health care bill, saying changes must be made as soon as possible for the Obamacare market to survive. The company warned two Republican House committee leaders Thursday that without “significant regulatory and statutory changes,” it will begin to “surgically extract” itself next year from […]

South Korea has been plunged into a period of political uncertainty after the President, Park Geun-hye, was forced out of office by a corruption scandal. The country’s Constitutional Court upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park over allegations of corruption and cronyism. She becomes the country’s first democratically elected leader to be forcibly removed. Three […]

“Sideshow” activity from dirt bikers and ATV riders turned into a bit of horror show violence caught on tape on a California freeway. A passing driver was taken to the hospital after taking a beating from members of a group that had been doing wheelies and stunts in San Francisco, California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. […]

Brenda Lira, 21, wondered whether her closest friends would turn their backs on her. It was awkward revealing the truth to them, she said. Filled with embarrassment and shame, Lira confessed this week to being an undocumented immigrant. “I basically told them my whole story,” said Lira, a Tennessee resident who crossed the border from […]

A Ukrainian human rights attorney representing the victims of mass police shootings in Kiev in 2014 has asked prosecutors to investigate what are purported to be the hacked text messages of one of Paul Manafort’s daughters, saying the texts point to possible influence Manafort had with Ukraine’s president during that period. “You know he has […]

Tinder is not only helping transgender people date, it’s also helping to normalize what it means to be trans. In November, the popular dating app introduced the option to let users identify as any gender, not just male or female. As a result, the app has seen roughly 250,000 matches with transgender users, Tinder founder […]

George Corle, 68, of Rockton died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at his home. Born March 28, 1948 in DuBois, he was the son of the late Gordon Corle and Celia (Harvey) Corle. On June 9, 1973, he married Ida L. (Drum) Corle.  She survives. Mr. Corle retired from Symmco in Sykesville as a machinist after […]

The color was red for International Women’s Day, although red used to signify concern for women’s heart health and before that, well — The Reds! Pussy hats were pink at the big women’s marches in January, but pink signifies breast cancer awareness, or did. Does it still? While I support every person out there protesting […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked for the resignations of 46 US attorneys, igniting anger from officials who say they were given no warning about their dismissals. The Justice Department announced the firings Friday afternoon, and many prosecutors had not been formally notified or even told before they were fired, according to a law enforcement […]

HERSHEY — Assured of his first PIAA-AAA State Wrestling Championship medal, Clearfield Bison junior Luke McGonigal has two more matches to win to reach his ultimate goal of a gold medal. McGonigal (35-1) won his quarterfinal bout against Pottsgrove’s Ryan Finn (32-5) 3-1, the identical score of his first round win over Sean Hoover of […]