Новости за 28.06.2017

CLEARFIELD – Waterline and sanitary sewer overflows were discussed at yesterday’s Clearfield Municipal Authority meeting held at the Moose Creek facility.  The board also voted on bids for heating oil and chemicals. Engineer Jim Balliet of Gwin, Dobson and Foreman Inc. of Altoona reported that the design phase of the Pine Grove North Watermain Extension […]

State police at Clearfield State police reported a drug-related incident that occurred Tuesday on Main Street in Ramey Borough. According to state police, a vehicle was stopped after summary traffic violations. An Osceola Mills man was allegedly found to be in possession of multiple individual bags of marijuana. Charges will be filed upon approval from […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — the Senate’s premier negotiator — is finding himself in the exact same spot House Speaker Paul Ryan was in earlier this year. Dogged by deep ideological schisms within his conference, McConnell postponed a vote to repeal and replace Obamacare until his party can find a way to come together. […]

A trio of new Google Photos features are a gift for anyone drowning in too many photos with no time to share them. Google Photos is getting new sharing and printing powers, in the biggest upgrade to the photo-storing service since it launched two years ago. Now you can order printed books of photos, automatically […]

Warren Buffett says America is ready for single-payer health care. The billionaire investor tells “PBS NewsHour” that government-run health insurance “probably is the best system” because it would control escalating costs. “We are such a rich country. In a sense, we can afford to do it,” Buffett said. “In almost every field of American business, […]

President Donald Trump struck a cautiously optimistic tone Wednesday, the day after Senate Republican leaders scuttled plans for a vote on health care reform this week in the face of stiff resistance from within the party’s own ranks. “We have given ourselves a little bit more time to make it perfect,” he said in brief […]

Michael McCarthy was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with parole eligibility in 20 years for the murder of Bella Bond, the 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a trash bag near Boston two years ago. McCarthy, the one-time boyfriend of the girl’s mother, Rachelle Bond, was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder in […]

Former US Ambassador to NATO and Bush administration State Department official Nicholas Burns accused President Donald Trump of a “dereliction of the basic duty to defend the country” for his apparent disinterest in Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election. Testifying before the Senate intelligence committee Wednesday, Burns criticized both the Obama and Trump administrations […]

A Florida police department is warning people of the dangers of spreading false information after a good Samaritan was mistaken for a kidnapper and had his name and picture spread across Facebook. The man was watching a softball game with friends in Lakeland, Florida, over the weekend when he noticed a 2-year-old girl walking around […]

Jason Chaffetz is exchanging his House committee chairmanship for a role on Fox News. The network announced Wednesday that Chaffetz, a Republican congressman from Utah who announced last month that he will resign from Congress at the end of June, will join in a contributor role. Chaffetz, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, had been […]

DUBOIS — After the Clearfield American Legion Post 6 baseball team erased a three-run deficit in the top of the seventh inning, Nick LaBrasca singled home Drew Bankovich with one out in the bottom of the frame to give DuBois a 7-6 win at Showers Field Tuesday evening. The Chiefs, 1-2 in consecutive games that […]

China launched its newest warship on Wednesday, a large guided-missile destroyer touted as the latest in naval technology and seen as a challenge to naval rivals in Asia. The ship, dubbed the Type 055 class, represents a big step in the country’s military modernization, Chinese government websites pointed out. “It is the symbol of the […]

Nevada Sen. Dean Heller did what his political opponents for months had asked of him last week when he announced his opposition to the Republican health care bill. But it’s unclear if that will win him any love from either side. Democrats who fear he’ll flip his vote at the last minute are still attacking […]

A police helicopter launched a daring attack on the Venezuelan Supreme Court Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the months-long crisis engulfing the regime of President Nicolas Maduro. The helicopter was apparently stolen and piloted by an officer in the country’s investigative police force, Oscar Perez. As it strafed the court building and the Interior […]

Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, known for his roles in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “John Wick,” has died after a yearlong battle with lung cancer, his representative said. He was 56. The actor “passed away quietly surrounded by family,” Alissa Feldman told CNN on behalf of Nyqvist’s family and representatives. “Michael’s joy and […]

Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that it has charged six people with criminal offenses over the 1989 Hillsborough disaster in which 96 supporters of Liverpool football club lost their lives. A former senior police officer, David Duckenfield, will face manslaughter charges over 95 of the 96 deaths. The decision, which comes 28 years after […]

Congress plans to take up new legislation as soon as next month to implement a ban on travel to North Korea by US citizens following Otto Warmbier’s death after he was imprisoned by North Korea for 17 months. The House foreign affairs committee will mark up a bipartisan bill that would outlaw most US travel […]

Hunting for a spot to vacation? A new island just appeared off North Carolina. 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. Senate health care bill Time […]

Some of the world’s biggest companies have been hit by a huge cyberattack that has disrupted their businesses. The victims are spread around the globe and across different industries, including banking, transportation, energy and even candy. Here are some of the major organizations that have been affected so far: U.S. Mondelez: The snack maker that […]

Just three months into her new position, prosecutor Aramis Ayala made a sweeping announcement. She wouldn’t seek the death penalty in a high-profile case of a suspected cop killer. Nor would she pursue the death penalty in other cases in the 9th Judicial Circuit which covers Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida. The decision […]

Your turn, Mr. President. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s failure to ram through an Obamacare repeal bill before the July 4 recess does more than reveal tribal divisions ravaging the Republican Party. It also highlights President Donald Trump’s role — or lack of one — in forging a GOP majority to squeeze the bill through […]

The last known sighting of 26-year-old graduate student Yingying Zhang was on the afternoon of June 9. Security camera footage released by the University of Illinois — where Zhang was studying — shows the visiting Chinese scholar getting into the passenger side of a black Saturn Astra hatchback. On Tuesday the FBI announced it had […]

Bad weather, crowded skies and military drills…and now add coin-tossing to the growing list of reasons for China’s notorious flight delays. Police took away an 80-year-old woman Tuesday after fellow passengers reported that she was throwing coins at the plane during boarding of China Southern Airlines flight CZ380 on the tarmac of Shanghai’s Pudong International […]

A large California fire that has been raging since Monday afternoon has claimed a ranch owned by “Big Bang Theory” actor Johnny Galecki, his representative told CNN. Galecki was not home at the time of the fire and has not returned to the location since the incident, first reported by TMZ, his rep said. The […]

The last known sighting of 26-year-old graduate student Yingying Zhang was on the afternoon of June 9. Security camera footage released by the University of Illinois — where Zhang was studying — shows the visiting Chinese scholar getting into the passenger side of a black Saturn Astra hatchback. On Tuesday the FBI announced it had […]