Новости за 25.04.2017

President Donald Trump’s ambitious goal of reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15% without concern over deficits has a fatal problem: Senate rules. That’s per the Joint Committee on Taxation, which in a private analysis requested by House Speaker Paul Ryan and obtained by CNN, found that a significant corporate rate cut (in […]

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a threat to take away funds from sanctuary cities — the latest blow from the federal judiciary to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. In his ruling, Judge William H. Orrick sided with Santa Clara County, the city of San Francisco and other jurisdictions, who […]

Wells Fargo’s annual shareholder meeting was interrupted by an outburst from an angry investor who demanded answers from the embattled bank’s board of directors. “Tell us what you knew and when you knew it!” screamed Bruce Marks, CEO of Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, a nonprofit community advocacy group Marks, speaking out of turn at […]

The clock’s ticking. If Congress doesn’t pass a spending bill by the end of this week, the federal government will run out of money and shut down. Shutdowns don’t come cheap. The last time the government was forced to close up shop — for 16 days in late 2013 — it cost taxpayers $2 billion […]

The White House declined Tuesday to provide documents related to President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser that the panel investigating Michael Flynn had requested, according to a letter obtained by CNN. White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short outlined in a letter to the House oversight committee how it would not complete the […]

Your child got into the college of their dreams. But the acceptance letter didn’t mention any kind of scholarship. Now what? The good news is that most students receive some financial help paying for college, bringing the cost down from the school’s “sticker price.” At the average private college, for example, the sticker price for […]

State police at Clearfield State police received a report about an incident of theft by unlawful taking that occurred Saturday or Sunday on Parsonville Road in Decatur Township. During the incident, someone allegedly took a mailbox that had an eagle on its front and numbers along the side. State police said it was forcibly removed […]

It’s getting to be an almost laughable refrain, repeated whenever our current President garbles his interviews, insults a foreign leader, disregards norms of either politics or polite human behavior, or uses his position to enrich himself or his family: “Imagine if Hillary Clinton did that.” The latest example might be the most egregious. In a […]

When you think of Brooklyn as a hot travel destination, what comes to mind? Boutique hotels, artisanal restaurants and hip cocktail bars? Some visitors may come to visit the Brooklyn Museum of Art or stroll through Prospect Park. But a bookstore? It may seem unlikely, but this spring a humble bookstore is set to become […]

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is retiring at the end of the season, his team, Hendrick Motorsports, announced in a statement Tuesday. Earnhardt, 42, shared the news with members of his No. 88 team Tuesday morning. A news conference with Earnhardt and owner Rick Hendrick is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Earnhardt made his Cup Series […]

Scott Baio is walking back comments he made about the death of his former “Happy Days” co-star, Erin Moran. The actor took to Facebook on Monday night to clarify a connection he made between Moran’s death and drug use. “For me, you do drugs or drink, you’re gonna die. I’m sorry if that’s cold, but […]

Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women’s panel in Berlin Tuesday after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father’s commitment to women’s issues. The event opened with the first daughter explaining her role in the White House. “You are first daughter — German audience not familiar — what is your […]

CURWENSVILLE – The Rotary Club of Curwensville welcomed Darlene Rowles, who was representing the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.  She has been a volunteer for the ACS for 17 years.  The group was educated on the history of the ACS. It also learned that it’s a nationwide volunteer organization that raises funds for cancer […]

CLEARFIELD – Interested in learning something new? The Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging Inc., in collaboration with Lock Haven University Clearfield, announces an upcoming educational seminar offered through the Clearfield Community Life-long Learning Institute. Courses are geared towards the interests of the baby boomers and older citizens.  Typical sessions will last approximately 90 minutes […]

HARRISBURG – On Monday Gov. Tom Wolf announced new project approvals through the State Transportation Commission, totaling more than $40 million in funding that will support an estimated 375 jobs in rail freight projects statewide.  “Keeping our extensive rail freight system in good shape is a common-sense way to ensure a sound foundation for the […]

CLARION – The Pennsylvania State Police, Troop C, Camp Cadet Program will be held at Clarion University on July 23-28.  The camp is for boys and girls, 12 to 14 years of age, from Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean and Northern Indiana counties. Campers will stay at the university for the entire week.  The […]

DUBOIS – The Penn State DuBois Green Team and Wildlife Society, a campus student organization, invited Jeff Tech students to their fourth annual Earth Day Celebration at Penn State DuBois held on April 19. The event was open to the public and the campus community. It featured more than 20 exhibits from local organizations and […]

President Donald Trump again used the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to tout his prowess as a negotiator, promising additional savings on the $400 billion program despite warnings from a non-partisan federal watchdog agency that testing delays could increase costs by more than a billion dollars. In an interview with the Associated Press published on Monday, […]

Raqqa is perhaps the most isolated, repressed city on earth. Now, more than three years after it was captured by ISIS, chilling new details of the militant stronghold in Syria have emerged.  Satellite images provided to CNN by McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) show a city held hostage by terror. The aerial shots show checkpoints, ISIS flags dominating the skyline and bridges cut off from the […]

The US Air Force is sending its newest fighter jets to Russia’s doorstep as part of a program set up after Russia annexed Crimea from the Ukraine in 2014, a US official tells CNN. F-35A stealth Joint Strike Fighters will fly from the United Kingdom to NATO-ally Estonia in the coming days, the official said. […]

North Korea’s military staged a “large-scale artillery drill” around the Wonsan region in the country’s east on Tuesday, a statement from the South Korean military said. The drills coincided with military exercises held by US and South Korean navies in the Yellow Sea, off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula and as the USS […]

Well, that didn’t last long. Air China is offering flights between Beijing and North Korea again after a brief halt. The state-owned carrier said April 14 that it was suspending flights to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang because of poor sales. Less than two weeks later, Air China’s website is offering flight bookings again from May […]

Here’s a look at the life of former First Lady of the United States Lady Bird Johnson. Personal: Birth date: December 22, 1912 Death date: July 11, 2007 Birth place: Karnack, Texas Birth name: Claudia Alta Taylor Father: Thomas Jefferson Taylor, general store owner Mother: Minnie (Pattillo) Taylor Marriage: Lyndon Baines Johnson (November 17, 1934-January […]

Another day, another brand under fire for an ad that many customers saw as tone-deaf. Shea Moisture is fighting backlash on social media after the brand, a family-owned business with deep ties to the black community, launched a spot that opened with a black woman discussing the difficulties of dealing with her natural hair, but […]

Barely 24 hours after Emmanuel Macron’s advancement in the French presidential election, the European and American tabloids are awash in headlines directed at his 10-year marriage to Brigitte Trogneux, their wording undeniably suggesting certain scandal. “How Brigitte met Emmanuel Macron — when she was his (married) teacher — and what the French will make of […]