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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remains in critical condition Friday, days after a shooting at an early-morning baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. The Louisiana Republican is recovering from “substantial damage” he suffered when a bullet pierced his left hip and traveled directly across to the other hip, Dr. Jack Sava of MedStar Washington Hospital Center […]

Bonobos customers are not having it. News hit Friday that the online men’s clothing brand agreed to be acquired by Walmart for $310 million. Customers took to Bonobos’ social media pages in droves — and the vast majority were not happy about the deal. “Talk about a hugely shocking disappointment,” one person wrote on Facebook. […]

When it comes to policy, President Donald Trump has a decent record of at least pursuing his core campaign promises. Obamacare is on the ropes. The US is on its way out of the Paris Climate deal. He has tried, over and again, to enact some kind of travel ban, first pitched as a blanket […]

Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year, was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter Friday. He also was acquitted of two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety. Castile’s death garnered widespread attention after his girlfriend broadcast the shooting’s aftermath on Facebook Live. […]

Jennifer Scalise, the wife of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, told former President George W. Bush on Thursday night that her husband is “fighting hard and getting better,” Bush said in an Instagram post Friday afternoon. Bush said he and his wife, Laura Bush, are praying for the congressman, who he said is staying “#ScaliseStrong.” In […]

General Motors plans to bring about 600 jobs back from Mexico to a new industrial park it is building in Texas. The facility in Arlington should be ready by 2018. It will employ 1,250 people working for companies that supply parts for GM — some of whom already work in the area. About half of […]

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods has ramifications for both your pantry and your pocketbook. CEO Jeff Bezos built Amazon from an online bookstore into a retail powerhouse by reimagining the shopping experience and prioritizing rapid delivery. Now he has his eye on the grocery business — and the way you get your produce […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer engaged in dueling statements on Friday over health care, one day after the two men expressed hope of more cooperation in a joint interview. The two leaders struck a tone of bipartisanship in a joint interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Thursday night at the […]

During more than 46 hours of deliberations so far, jurors in Bill Cosby’s indecent assault trial have asked almost a dozen questions. Three of them pertain to wanting to review what Cosby said and another two are about the testimony of his accuser, Andrea Constand. The jurors also asked the court to define a phrase […]

A Minnesota jury has reached a verdict in the manslaughter trial of Jeronimo Yanez, the officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year. Yanez is on trial for one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety because Castile’s girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Borough is preparing its application for its Community Development Block Grant for 2017. At Thursday’s meeting, Community Development Specialist Lisa Kovalick held the first public meeting for the borough’s CDBG application for 2017 and a proposed modification for the 2015 funding. Kovalick said while the exact figures for 2017 have not been […]

Donald Trump was up and tweeting Friday morning. The subject, as it often is, was how terrible the media is. “The Fake News Media hates when I use what has turned out to be my very powerful Social Media – over 100 million people! I can go around them,” Trump tweeted. This isn’t the first […]

Democratic groups are ratcheting up pressure on Senate Republicans over their effort to vote on a major health care measure before Congress leaves town for the July 4 recess. New television and digital ads launching Friday target Nevada Sen. Dean Heller — the Republican who is likely in the most danger of losing his seat […]

India is becoming increasingly trigger-happy when it comes to preventing people accessing the internet. The nation has shut down the internet in various regions 20 times in the first five months of this year, according to a report from Human Rights Watch. Four of those blackouts have taken place this month, all in states where […]

McDonald’s will no longer be a sponsor of the Olympic Games. The fast food chain had a sponsorship deal through the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo but is pulling out three years early. McDonald’s has had a partnership with the Olympics since 1968, when it delivered hamburgers to athletes competing in the winter games in Grenoble, […]

The Alabama lawmaker who captivated CNN viewers around the world with a powerful eyewitness account of Wednesday’s shooting attack on members of Congress returned to “New Day” Friday to thank the officer whose courage saved so many lives. “I’ll always remember him and the sacrifice and the courage he showed on behalf of the United […]

McDonald’s will no longer be a sponsor of the Olympic Games. The fast food chain had a sponsorship deal through the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo but is pulling out three years early. The International Olympic Committee, which began a partnership with McDonald’s in 1968, said the decision to part ways was mutual. The split takes […]

President Donald Trump, in a furious Friday morning message, confirmed that he is being investigated for his role in firing former FBI Director James Comey and seemed to accuse the deputy attorney general of overseeing a “witch hunt” against him. “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me […]

President Donald Trump’s violent rhetoric is “a problem” that has led to great division in the country, a Republican congressman told CNN Thursday. “The blame can go on the Republican side, it can go on the Democrat side, but when the President says to somebody in the audience, ‘I wish I could hit you in […]

A contestant at the center of the “Bachelor in Paradise” controversy says the scandal has cost him his job. DeMario Jackson told “Inside Edition” he was let go in the wake of allegations of misconduct on the ABC reality series. “The only thing I want is the truth to come out, and I feel like […]

Russia’s Defense Ministry says it is investigating reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian airstrike in Syria last month. The airstrike was carried out on the outskirts of the militant group’s de facto capital Raqqa, on a command post where ISIS leaders were meeting, Russian state media TASS reports. “According […]

Iraqi native Atheer Ali fled to Michigan as a child nearly three decades ago. The 40-year-old man has a tattoo of a cross on his shoulder, a nod to his faith. Now he fears his visible symbol of Christianity will make him a target for violence and persecution if he’s deported back to the Muslim-majority […]

Australia has announced a three-month gun amnesty in an attempt to stop some of the country’s 260,000 illegal firearms from falling into the hands of terrorists. From July 1, owners of unregistered guns will be able to hand them in without fear of punishment. “As recent events have shown us, just one gun in the […]

As a popular staple, bread is consumed by billions of people around the world. But while most nutritionists recommend whole-wheat bread over white bread, one new study suggests that the type of bread that is best for you may have more to do with your own body than the bread itself.  In the study, published […]

China has taken a big step forward in its pursuit of a hack-proof communications network. Chinese researchers say they have used a satellite in space to beam tiny particles over a record-breaking distance, according to an article in the latest issue of research journal Science. The milestone highlights China’s emergence as a major player in […]