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WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD BEAVER FALLS — Senior Jessica Shomo (Clearfield) contributed to Clarion’s championship performance at the Geneva Invitational with three high finishes at the Merriman Athletic Complex last Wednesday. Shomo earned second-place points with a leap of 4.78 meters (15 feet, 8¼ inches) in the long jump, finished sixth with a time of […]

America’s chief federal banking regulator admits it failed to act on numerous “red flags” at Wells Fargo that could have stopped the fake account scandal years earlier. One particularly alarming red flag that went unheeded: In January 2010, the regulator was aware of “700 cases of whistleblower complaints” about Wells Fargo’s sales tactics. An internal […]

The mother of Steve Stephens, who posted a video of him killing an elderly man, said her son had “snapped and turned into a whole different person.” “That is not my son,” Maggie Green said Wednesday about the so-called Facebook killer. Stephens killed himself in Pennsylvania on Tuesday as he was being chased by state […]

Federal prosecutors are denying any misconduct in response to former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock’s claim that the FBI used one of his staff members to secretly record conversations with his staff and “steal” numerous documents from his office. In a new 61-page court filing out late Tuesday, prosecutors reveal that the approval to record Schock […]

Canada’s “Iceberg Alley” is living up to its name this spring, and tourists are flocking to the town of Ferryland to see a the behemoth that has grounded just off shore. The iceberg towers over the picturesque town, which is about an hour south of St. John’s on the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. […]

Bill O’Reilly was for years Fox News’ most valuable on-air talent. He may also have been its loneliest. The host, whose departure from the network was announced Wednesday, is widely disliked at Fox News and its parent company 21st Century Fox, both feared and loathed for his outsized ego and rude temperament, according to six […]

Todd Ricketts has withdrawn his nomination as deputy commerce secretary, officials said Wednesday, becoming the latest casualty of President Donald Trump’s early wave of high-ranking staff selections who stepped aside before being confirmed to serve in the administration. Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs and spent about $1 million in helping to elect Trump, […]

A decades long chapter of injustice is finally closing in Florida. In 1949, four black men — Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ernest Thomas — were accused of raping Norma Padgett, a 17-year-old white girl. There were doubts about Padgett’s testimony from the onset, but in the era of Jim Crow, a jury […]

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won’t accompany his teammates to the White House Wednesday, where the Super Bowl champions are set to be honored by President Donald Trump. Brady cited “personal family matters” as his reason for skipping the ceremony. “I am so happy and excited that our team is being honored at the […]

CLEARFIELD – April is National Child Abuse Prevention month. In recognition, staff at the Child Advocacy Center of Clearfield County (CAC-CC) has partnered with local individuals and organizations to help raise awareness, announced District Attorney William A. Shaw Jr. on Tuesday. According to him, local Girl Scouts Troop No. 41997 has made blue ribbon pins. […]

Is there a good reason I ought to include gold in my retirement portfolio? — Brian Traditionally, there have been several rationales for including gold in a portfolio. Perhaps the one most often cited is that gold can provide a hedge against a jump in inflation. But while gold does indeed do a pretty decent […]

We knew Drake fans can be “thirsty,” but this story takes it to a whole new level. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrested a woman Monday after she allegedly broke into the rapper’s home and raided his fridge. According to a statement from the sheriff’s office, Lost Hills Station deputies responded to the residence […]

Turkey’s top electoral board is considering objections Wednesday to the way the country’s referendum was run, according to Turkey’s semi-official Anadolu news agency. “We are going to evaluate the objections before noon,” Sadi Guven, the head of Turkey’s highest electoral body, told reporters in Ankara. A narrow majority of voters in Sunday’s referendum backed the […]

State police at Philipsburg Police reported an incident of harassment that occurred April 2 on South Smith Street in Port Matilda Borough. During the incident, a known 52-year-old man allegedly threatened to do bodily harm to the victim. Charges will be filed through the district court. State police at Ridgway Police reported an incident of […]

A few short years ago, Aaron Hernandez was destined to be a football superstar and was already one of the NFL’s most promising tight ends. On Wednesday morning, the man who seemed to have everything hanged himself in a jail cell where he was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of his friend […]

Members of the British Parliament have approved Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to hold an early general election on June 8. May made a unexpected announcement Tuesday that she would seek a “snap” election less than halfway through her government’s five-year term, with the aim of gaining a stronger mandate for the country’s historic withdrawal […]

The evacuation of civilians and rebels from several besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday, Syrian state media and a monitoring group reported. The population swaps between opposition and regime-held areas had been halted after a suicide bombing ripped through a convoy of buses Saturday, killing 126 people, including 68 children, who were being evacuated as […]

Wells Fargo workers have reason to be suspicious of the bank’s confidential ethics hotline. Just this month, Wells Fargo was ordered by the Labor Department to pay $5.4 million and rehire a whistleblower who was fired after calling the bank’s ethics hotline to report suspected fraud. The bank could be forced to rehire another employee, […]

The airport security line has become routine, if still stressful, for most travelers these days. “Shoes and belts in a plastic bin!” TSA agents shout. “Laptops in a separate bin!” Lines snake through the terminal. Frustrated passengers anxiously check the time as they inch closer to the glass and metal X-ray scanners. It can be […]

US Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on the US commitment to Asia Pacific with a stern warning for North Korea, which he called the “most dangerous and urgent threat” to the region. Speaking aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in Japan Wednesday, Pence reiterated the US and its allies were prepared to respond to potential […]

The three women hugged, talked and wept, united in grief by a killer who recorded the last minutes of his victim’s life. In a video posted on Facebook, Steve Stephens brutally gunned down Robert Godwin Sr., 74, as he walked down a Cleveland street on Easter Sunday. Before Stephens fatally shot Godwin in the head, […]

Jon Ossoff thrashed all of his opponents in the special election in Georgia’s 6th congressional district Tuesday night, and though he fell short of the 50% plus one needed to avoid a June runoff, will go into that runoff as the favorite. This is big. But let’s keep it in perspective: It’s true that special […]

Malaysia Airlines wants to keep a closer eye on its planes. More than three years after its flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, the airline has become the first to sign up for a service that will track its entire fleet with satellites. Malaysia Airlines struck a deal with a group of aviation industry […]

It can be tempting to try and draw far-reaching conclusions about the 2018 midterm elections from the special election results in Georgia’s 6th congressional district, where Democrat Jon Ossoff came close to winning the 50% of the vote he needed to capture the longtime conservative seat. But those midterms are more than 19 months away […]

For the second time in a week, Republicans dodged a potential political cataclysm. Last Tuesday it was a special election in Kansas where the Republican candidate did just enough to win. This Tuesday it was another special election — this one in suburban Atlanta — where a slew of GOP candidates managed to keep Democrat […]