Новости за 18.04.2017

No one at United Airlines has lost their job after a passenger was dragged of an aircraft last week. “It was a system failure,” said CEO Oscar Munoz in response to a reporter’s question on Tuesday. “There was never a consideration for firing an employee or anyone around it.” “I’m sure there was a lot […]

Egyptian officials unearthed eight mummies, 10 colorful sarcophagi and numerous figurines in 3,500-year-old tombs, the Ministry of Antiquities announced Tuesday. An Egyptian archaeological mission found the tombs in the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis near Luxor in southern Egypt. The main T-shaped tomb belonged to a city judge named Userhat and is typical of New Kingdom […]

Facebook continues to stuff features into Messenger, but this time it’s to make all those other additions easier to find. David Marcus, Facebook’s VP of Messaging, announced new Messenger tools at the company’s F8 developer’s conference in San Jose on Tuesday. It’s part of the company’s quest to make the chat app a central location […]

From Vladimir Putin to Saddam Hussein, President Donald Trump has a long history of regularly and openly expressing admiration for a rogues’ gallery of foreign dictators and authoritarians. Trump’s soft spot for strongmen was on display again Monday, when he phoned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on winning a referendum designed to […]

DUBOIS – The Paul G. Reitz Theater of Cultural Resources Incorporated continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the Neil Simon classic, The Odd Couple, April 28-29 at 7:30 p.m., April 30 at 2 p.m., and again May 4-6 at 7:30 p.m. The production is presented by special arrangements with Samuel French Inc. Can two […]

Just before Steve Stephens is seen shooting dead 74-year-old Robert Godwin, a grandfather whose family members describe him as “one in a million,” he forces the man to say a woman’s name. Godwin, confused, complies. “Yeah,” Stephens responds. “She’s the reason why this is about to happen to you.” Stephens pulls the trigger and later […]

Kevin Spacey is hosting the Tony Awards. The “House of Cards” star, who himself won a Tony Award in 1991 for his performance in “Lost in Yonkers,” will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the first time as host. “I was their 2nd choice for ‘Usual Suspects,’ 4th choice for ‘American Beauty’ […]

North Carolina is included as one of the states listed to host NCAA championship events between the years 2018-2022, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The news comes two weeks after the NCAA ended its ban against the state, when it announced the organization’s Board of Governors “reluctantly voted to allow consideration of championship bids in North […]

Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference on Tuesday. The two-day event, now in its tenth year, was expected to draw more than 4,000 attendees to the San Jose Convention Center in California. The conference is a chance for Zuckerberg and his executives to wax poetic about all they ways they’re changing the […]

As President Donald Trump has drifted away from Steve Bannon, the alarm bells have gotten louder at Breitbart News, the site Bannon used to run. The latest source of angst for Breitbart came late last week, when Trump tapped former Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus to serve on the board of directors for the Export-Import Bank. […]

HYDE — There are big wins. Then, there are huge wins, the more accurate label for the Clearfield Area High School baseball team’s extra-inning 3-2 squeaker over Mountain League co-leader Central at the Bison Sports Complex Monday. The Scarlet Dragons came in averaging just under eight runs per game and hitting .333, but senior right-handers […]

CURWENSVILLE — Hopeful to get back on the winning track after losing two of three games one week ago, the Golden Tide of Curwensville returned to the diamond on Monday.  The spring temperatures and bright sunlight welcomed Curwensville and the visiting West Branch Warriors, a game that was slated for two weeks ago but was […]

Sleep deprived, the mind begins to play tricks. Exhausted, the body begs for no more. But Jacob Zurl carries on. He must. Records can only be broken when the spirit refuses to bow. Enduring when the majority would quit is this Austrian’s specialty. The extreme cyclist lives to achieve the unthinkable: cycling across the Himalayas […]

Richard Cole was not thinking much about the future when flying in the surprise Doolittle revenge raid on Japan 75 years ago Tuesday. He says he was scared all the time. Now, at age 101, he is the last survivor of the 80 gallant men who successfully bombed Japan and delivered a giant morale boost […]

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced Tuesday that there will be a snap general election on 8 June 2017. Here is her statement in full. I have just chaired a meeting of the Cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election to be held on June 8. I want to explain […]

Rural landscapes glimpsed in photographs of Africa can often be deceiving. Most Africans live in cities, and an additional 187 million will do so over the next decade making it the world’s fastest urbanizing region. A new exhibition, Architecture of Independence: African Modernism, takes a look back at how five countries in Africa started to […]

Today is Tax Day, so if you’ve procrastinated on filing with the IRS, well, you’ve got work to do. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. […]

The pound swung wildly on Tuesday after Prime Minister Theresa May called for an early election, a political gambit that will add to uncertainty as the U.K. negotiates its exit from the European Union. The British currency dropped by nearly 1% against the U.S. dollar ahead of May’s surprise announcement, but it reversed course and […]

1. Taxes in focus: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration’s sweeping tax reforms are likely to be delayed. Speaking to the Financial Times, Mnuchin admitted the original timetable is “not realistic” after setbacks in negotiations with Congress over health care. Speaking of taxes — Tuesday is the final day to file 2016 […]

Google Earth is getting a facelift. Google Earth, which is known for showing satellite imagery, topography and 3D buildings, unveiled new features on Tuesday that offer additional information and more interactive experiences. New features like “Knowledge Cards” give more information, history and pictures of places people search for, while “I’m feeling lucky” suggests unique locations, […]

The US Supreme Court left in place a stay of execution for an Arkansas inmate, refusing to overrule the state supreme court. Don Davis had been given his last meal Monday evening, with the US high court decision to leave a state court’s stay of execution in place coming as the minutes ticked toward 1 […]

Anbang, the acquisitive Chinese insurer with big ambitions abroad, isn’t having much luck cracking America. U.S. life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty said Monday that it has killed a deal to be bought by Anbang for $1.6 billion. It’s the latest of several high-profile U.S. acquisitions for Anbang that haven’t worked out. The opaque Chinese group […]

Anbang, the acquisitive Chinese insurer with big ambitions abroad, isn’t having much luck cracking America. U.S. life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty said Monday that it has killed a deal to be bought by Anbang for $1.6 billion. It’s Anbang’s latest high-profile U.S. acquisition that’s fallen through. The opaque Chinese group walked away from a $14 […]

The US Supreme Court left in place a stay of execution for an Arkansas inmate Monday night, refusing to overrule the state supreme court. Don Davis had been given his last meal Monday evening, with the US high court decision to leave a state court’s stay of execution in place coming as the minutes ticked […]

The United States has lost its strategic patience with North Korea. So what’s a had-it-up-to-here superpower to do to stop a pariah nation bent on putting its nuclear weapons on top of a missile that could reach America? Tough talk, for sure. Lean on China to turn off its life support to its neighbor, for […]