Новости за 09.06.2017

President Donald Trump said on Friday what he would not at NATO headquarters last month: He is committed to NATO’s principle of common defense. “I am committing the United States to Article 5,” Trump said at Friday’s press conference, referring to the alliance’s principle that an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on […]

After James Comey, who’s next? Congressional investigators have spent close to six months now, digging into possible ties between the campaign of President Donald Trump and the Russian government, and a handful of key figures have captured their attention. With the blockbuster testimony of the former FBI director behind them, here are the top five […]

Democrat Jon Ossoff has a 7 percentage point edge over Republican Karen Handel among likely voters in a closely watched special election for a Georgia House seat, a new poll released Friday shows. Ossoff leads Handel 51% to 44% among likely voters in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll conducted June 5-8 by Abt Associates. The poll […]

President Donald Trump hasn’t taken questions from the White House press corps since May 18. That’s 22 days ago. That will change later today when he holds a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohanni. Typically in these sorts of joint pressers, the American media gets two questions and the foreign press gets two […]

The Brits are fed up with belt-tightening. While no party secured an overall majority in the U.K. general election, voters signaled they are tired of budget cuts brought on by seven years of austerity. Anger over cuts to services helped propel the Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, to its highest share of the vote […]

For the third time in two years, the British electorate has defied expectations. In 2015, pollsters, political commentators and betting markets predicted a hung Parliament — a political stalemate in which no party had a majority. The voters surprised everyone by handing the Conservatives a decisive, if slim, parliamentary majority. In 2016, the electorate again […]

When Theresa May stood on the steps of Downing Street Friday morning to confirm that she will try to lead a minority government, it was significant that she referred to “the Conservative and Unionist party” — the historic name of the party she leads. May said she intends to work with what she called her […]

Satellite radio king SiriusXM is making a big investment in streaming media service Pandora — but it’s not taking over Pandora as many had thought it would. SiriusXM announced Friday that it was buying $480 million worth of convertible preferred shares in Pandora, an investment that will eventually give Howard Stern’s employer a 16% stake […]

President Donald Trump hasn’t taken questions from the White House press corps since May 18. That’s 22 days ago. That will change later today when he holds a joint press conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohanni. Typically in these sorts of joint pressers, the American media gets two questions and the foreign press gets two […]

CLEARFIELD – No injuries were reported after a truck crashed into a house early Friday morning in Clearfield Borough, according to Police Chief Vincent McGinnis. McGinnis said that a driver was traveling eastbound on Woodland Road. They reportedly fell asleep and struck a utility pole and then a house on the corner of East Eighth […]

Walt Disney had a problem. It was September 1953, and the man behind Mickey Mouse, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella” and “Bambi,” was moving full speed ahead on his next vision: a family-friendly theme park. His first notion had been to build it on a small plot of land in Burbank, California, next […]

It’s all good between Jerry Seinfeld and Kesha, you guys. The comic talked to “Extra’s” AJ Calloway Thursday about his awkward exchange with the singer in which he denied her a hug. A video of the encounter made headlines and went viral earlier this week. Seinfeld said it wasn’t personal, he simply doesn’t hug strangers. […]

CLEARFIELD – Following some simple guidelines can prevent problems with new swimming pools. At Tuesday’s Lawrence Township Supervisors meeting, Code Enforcement Officer Debra Finkbeiner said with summer being here, some residents are installing swimming pools. Finkbeiner said anyone who is putting in a swimming pool must get a permit first. The swimming pools must comply […]

CLEARFIELD – Members of the Clearfield County Fair Queen Committee are currently accepting entries for the upcoming competition July 30. The purpose of the competition is to select the 2017 Clearfield County Fair Queen, as well as the first runner-up, second runner-up, third runner-up and fourth runner-up. The queen and her court will then represent […]

CLEARFIELD – Steve Shilling, executive vice president of CNB Private Client Solutions, recently announced the promotion of  R. Michael Love, CFP®, to the position of vice president/wealth management. In this position, Love provides CNB clients with professional financial advice to assist them in meeting their individual financial goals.  In today’s complex financial markets, Love provides […]

CLEARFIELD – An “appreciation concert” for veterans will be held at 7 p.m. June 17 at the Knights of Columbus in Clearfield. It will feature Johnny Counterfit, a voice impressionist/comedian from Nashville, Tenn. Counterfit recreates singing voices of traditional country music superstars, Hollywood legends and comedians from the past 50 years. The concert will also feature […]

It’s safe to say when UK Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election in April, she wasn’t envisioning this outcome. With her Conservative party’s overall majority whittled away to nothing, a resurgent Labour party making unexpected gains and upcoming Brexit negotiations thrown into uncertainty, Thursday’s general election threw up no end of surprises, and […]

The British pound is trading sharply lower against the dollar Friday after voters in the U.K. delivered a stunning setback to Prime Minister Theresa May. The currency sank more than 2% to trade below $1.27 after general election results showed that no single party had won enough seats to secure a majority in parliament. The […]

What do Elmo, a space lord, and a monster have in common? They all competed against UK Prime Minister Theresa May for her parliamentary seat. Hours after the polls closed in Britain’s general election, May stood solemnly on stage alongside her fellow Maidenhead constituency candidates: a life-sized Elmo, a Darth Vader-esque character, and a man […]

Saudi Arabia men’s national football team has apologized “unreservedly” after its players failed to observe a minute’s silence for the victims of last week’s London terrorist attack. During a match in Australia Thursday night, the majority of the Saudi Arabian players continued to warm-up as the Socceroos stood arms linked and heads bowed. The Saudi […]

Google is ditching one of its highest-profile robotics businesses, selling it off to a Japanese tech giant. Japan’s SoftBank announced Friday that it’s buying robot maker Boston Dynamics from Google’s parent Alphabet, saying the deal will help it in its aim to be at the forefront of “the next wave of smart robotics.” Boston Dynamics […]

It was far from the triumphant victory Theresa May had been expecting. When the UK Prime Minister announced a snap election on April 19, she was soaring in the polls and expected a huge majority in the new parliament, bolstering her hand in negotiations to leave the European Union. But a month and a half […]

Today, James Comey became the first FBI director ever to admit to being a public whistleblower. At a key moment in the over two hours of testimony, Comey volunteered that through a friend at Columbia Law School, he decided to leak the contents of his contacts with President Trump to the press (after the President […]

Michelle Carter, 20, is on trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy III, who committed suicide after Carter sent numerous text messages encouraging him to kill himself. In this case, the digital records of Carter’s statements alone establish her intent to cause Conrad’s death and […]

A man’s divine calling has landed him in jail after he was caught trying to sell thousands of fake drugs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, law officers said. According to an arrest warrant from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, David E. Brady told officers “he was doing God’s work,” when […]