Новости за 09.04.2017

An Army Special Forces soldier was killed while conducting counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan late Saturday, US forces in Afghanistan have announced in a release. The soldier was mortally wounded while helping Afghan forces conduct operations against Khorasan, the local branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Navy Capt. Bill Salvin, a spokesman for […]

Most Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs never go off-road. Even fewer of them go to the racetrack. But now they can, with the introduction of the new 707-horsepower Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, set to be be unveiled at the New York Auto Show this week. The name is a clever spin on the Trailhawk badge Jeep […]

A suicide car bombing Sunday in the Somali capital Mogadishu killed at least 17 people, Somali police said. Terror group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility through a statement on Andalus Radio, its main radio channel. Police Capt. Osman Mohamed said the attack was an attempt to assassinate the new Somali military chief, Gen. Ahmed Mohamed Irfid. The […]

A former employee at a Florida gym opened fire on former co-workers during a dispute Saturday, leaving two people dead, officials said. The shootings at the Equinox Fitness Club at the upscale Shops at Merrick Park mall in Coral Gables occurred during an argument between the ex-worker and the gym’s manager, Miami-Dade Police Officer Alvaro […]

A pair of veteran leaders on the left, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden, called on Hawaiians to vote Rep. Tulsi Gabbard out of office after the Democrat questioned whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for last week’s chemical attack. “People of Hawaii’s 2nd District […]

K.T. McFarland, the one-time top deputy to ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, has accepted the US ambassadorship to Singapore and will likely leave the National Security Council in the coming months, a senior administration official has told CNN. “She is going to do it, assuming she gets confirmed,” the official said. McFarland intends to […]

Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox, will open an investigation into sexual harassment claims against Bill O’Reilly, an attorney who represents one of his accusers said Sunday. The probe comes after Lisa Bloom, a civil rights attorney and advocate, called the network’s corporate hotline last week with her client, Wendy Walsh, to make a […]

On the Fourth of July in 1821, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams delivered a remarkable statement of American foreign policy that resonates as vividly today. The United States “goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher of freedom and independence of all,” said Adams, who four years later would […]

Police in India have arrested a man they say was the ringleader of a network of call centers that allegedly swindled thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars. Sagar Thakkar, 24, was detained in Mumbai after arriving on a flight from Dubai on Saturday. “He was the mastermind of IRS scam call centers in […]

Fox News will open an investigation into sexual harassment claims against Bill O’Reilly, an attorney who represents one of his accusers said Sunday. The probe comes after Lisa Bloom, a civil rights attorney and advocate, called the network’s corporate hotline last week with her client, Wendy Walsh, to make a complaint against O’Reilly. She put […]

Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important day on the religion’s calendar. A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service at a Coptic Christian church in the northern Egypian city of Tanta, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, state TV reported. […]

Supreet Kaur was anchoring the IBC24 news program Saturday morning when word broke of a deadly accident in northeast India. She told the audience about the details — three people had died and two were injured when an SUV and truck collided in Pithaura. While she listened to a reporter giving more details about the […]

1. Bank earnings galore: On Thursday, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup will report their first quarter earnings. JPMorgan’s fourth quarter profits, reported in January, were better than expected. CEO Jamie Dimon said at the time that his general outlook was rosy. This week, Dimon appeared even more optimistic in his annual letter to shareholders, […]

Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important day on the religion’s calendar. A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service at a Coptic Christian church in the northern Egypian city of Tanta, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, state TV reported. […]

A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt, killing 25 people and wounding 60 others, state TV reported. The explosive device at St. George Coptic church in Tanta was planted under a seat in the church, where it detonated in the main prayer hall, it said. […]

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration’s stance on the embattled leader. Two days after the US launched military strikes on a Syrian airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack […]

At least 21 people were killed by an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, state television reported. An additional 50 others were wounded in the blast at St. George (Mar Girgis) Coptic church in Tanta, it said. The explosive device was planted under a seat […]

DUBOIS – DuBois Central Catholic’s sixth graders will be presenting their annual Re-Enactment of the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week.   According to Principal Dawn Bressler, staging a Passion Play is the final project for the students’ current unit of study on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.   She adds, “This re-enactment has […]

HARRISBURG – Members of the 4-H State Council traveled to Harrisburg recently to discuss agriculture issues with their representatives in the General Assembly, including State Rep. Matt Gabler. The group included Kyrsten Kowalczyk (second from left), who is a senior at Glendale High School and who was appointed to serve on council last August. Kowalczyk […]

At least 15 people were killed by an explosion at a Coptic Christian church in northern Egypt during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday, state media reported. An additional 40 others were wounded in the blast at St. George (Mar Girgis) Coptic church in Tanta, according to state-run al-Ahram newspaper. Palm Sunday is the Sunday […]

Alec Baldwin apparently can do everything on “Saturday Night Live.” After opening Saturday night’s show as President Donald Trump, Baldwin surprisingly returned later in the broadcast as Fox News host Bill O’Reilly to mock the anchor for his sexual harassment scandal that took place this week. “Tonight’s ‘Talking Points Memo’ is the scandal that everyone’s […]

“Saturday Night Live” returned after weeks away and opened with Alec Baldwin’s President Donald Trump taking time to visit his supporters. “We all love Trump, don’t we? We do. We do,” Baldwin’s commander-in-chief said. “I just had an amazing week, folks. I met with leaders from China, Egypt, and Jordan. Gorsuch was confirmed, the media […]

This recipe is special because it’s based on the ham my grandma and mom used to make for holidays. Leftovers can be frozen up to 3 months, and thawed before using. You’ll want to remember this recipe for Easter! —Penny Hawkins, Mebane, North Carolina View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

Two people were recommended for post-exposure rabies treatment after a consumer in Florida reported finding a dead bat in a packaged salad mix, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The bat was sent to the CDC after it was found in a bag of Fresh Express Organic Marketside Spring Mix. “The deteriorated […]

Amid the croquet players and lunch guests mingling at Mar-a-Lago Friday, a more sober gathering was unfolding under the palms. Steve Bannon, the bomb-throwing former Breitbart executive who serves as President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, was huddling at an out-of-the-way table with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in an attempt to broker peace in a deepening […]