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Virginia Rep. Dave Brat laid blame on the media on Thursday for President Donald Trump’s recent tirades against Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Asked by CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “Newsroom” if Trump himself is responsible for putting Sessions on the outs, Brat rejected this notion. “No, the mainstream press has just been relentless,” Brat said. When […]

An official with the Boy Scouts of America apologized to the scouting community on Thursday for the political content of President Donald Trump’s speech at the National Scout Jamboree. “I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree,” […]

The German government has recalled tens of thousands of Porsche SUVs after discovering they are equipped with an “unauthorized defeat device” allegedly used to cheat on emissions testing. Transport minister Alexander Dobrindt said the mandatory recall covers 22,000 Cayenne 3-liter TDI vehicles in Europe, 7,500 of which are registered in Germany. He said the model […]

K. Lorraine Bloom, 83, of Clearfield died Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Christ the King Manor in Dubois.  Born July 10, 1934 in Philipsburg, she was the daughter of George L. and Anna (Cramer) Valimont. She retired from the Clearfield Hospital as a nurse after 29 years of service.  She was a member of West […]

It’s been a rough week for nostalgic tech. First, Microsoft Paint was on the chopping block. Adobe then announced its Flash plug-in will removed by the end of 2020. Now, Apple is discontinuing the iPod nano and iPod shuffle. The company confirmed on Thursday its classic media players have been removed from its website. Although […]

The early 1990s offer an important reminder to the way that US policymakers — for a time — believed in collective security, diplomacy, international alliances and military restraint. As the Cold War came to a close, President George H.W. Bush and a large number of world leaders deeply valued the benefits that working through international […]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich harshly criticized White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci in a radio interview Thursday, calling his recent actions “divisive” and “unhelpful.” Gingrich, a close ally of President Donald Trump, made the comments after Scaramucci appeared on CNN’s “New Day,” where he insinuated White House chief of staff Reince Priebus has been […]

Over the next two decades, 87 new pilots need to be trained and ready to fly a commercial airliner every day in order to meet our insatiable demand to travel by air. That’s one every 15 minutes. Passenger and cargo airlines around the world are expected to buy 41,000 new airliners between 2017 and 2036. […]

Sen. John McCain said Thursday the White House is realizing it made a mistake when President Trump announced a ban preventing transgender Americans from serving in the armed forces without first consulting the military. The decision, announced by Trump on Twitter Wednesday morning, reversed a policy initially approved by the Defense Department under President Barack […]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Thursday she was contacted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in the wake of her vote to oppose GOP efforts to advance the party’s health care bill earlier this week. Murkowski was responding to a reporter’s question on Capitol Hill regarding a story in the Alaska Dispatch News that said Zinke […]

Thousands of Venezuelans are rallying for a second day Thursday against President Nicolas Maduro’s regime as it prepares for a national vote next week. Hours after a national strike gripped the country Wednesday, the US Treasury Department announced it is slapping sanctions against 13 Venezuelan government officials. “As President Trump has made clear, the United […]

Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director who was brought in to bring order to a press shop in turmoil, called into CNN’s “New Day” on Thursday and all but blamed chief of staff Reince Priebus for leaking information in a more then 30-minute-long interview. The interview comes hours after Scaramucci copied Priebus in […]

London’s “Walkie Talkie” office building has been sold to a Hong Kong conglomerate for £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion). The sale of 20 Fenchurch Street was announced Thursday by LLK Health Products Group, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Lee Kum Kee Group. The conglomerate is best known as a producer of cooking ingredients such as oyster […]

British Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis insists freedom of movement between the UK and Europe will end when the country leaves the European Union in March 2019. Lewis said a new immigration system would be introduced from the spring of 2019 and that the government would aim to reduce immigration to “sustainable levels.” Lewis’ comments come […]

Six-year-old Preston Colindres runs up the driveway and front steps and jumps into his father’s arms. “Hey buddy! How are you? Oh, I love you!” Joel Colindres says as he kisses his son’s cheek. He picks up his 2-year-old daughter, Lila, hugs her and tells her he loves her. Colindres’ children don’t know their father’s […]

Hillary Clinton will soon tell us all “What Happened.” The title and cover of her campaign memoir were revealed Thursday by publisher Simon & Schuster. In the book, to be published September 12, the former secretary of state will describe what it was like to run against Donald Trump as the first woman nominated by […]

Prince William will complete his final shift as an air ambulance helicopter pilot on Thursday night, Kensington Palace said, as he prepares to take on more royal duties. The Duke of Cambridge was “incredibly proud” to have served with the East Anglian Air Ambulance for the past two years, the palace said, and is grateful […]

An IT scandal forced Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lovfen to reshuffle his government on Thursday as two top ministers resigned, CNN affiliate Expressen reported. The security breach occurred in March 2015, when the Swedish Transport Agency outsourced the handling of its IT system to IBM, whose staff in Eastern Europe oversaw the operation. According to […]

Apple supplier Foxconn, which has announced a $10 billion investment in Wisconsin, has been hailed by President Trump as “one of the truly great companies of the world.” Industry observers are more skeptical of the Taiwanese company’s accomplishments, highlighting Foxconn’s poor record on worker rights, its goal of replacing workers with robots, and a history […]

Singer Justin Bieber struck a paparazzo with his truck while trying to drive away from an event in Beverly Hills Wednesday night, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. Bieber stayed at the scene during the investigation, Lt. Scott Dowling told CNN. Video from the incident appeared to show Bieber offering assistance to the man […]

About two weeks after teasing a potential bid for US Senate, musician Kid Rock announced early Thursday morning that he is creating a non-profit to promote voter registration. “The one thing I’ve seen over and over is that although people are unhappy with the government, too few are even registered to vote or do anything […]

How did Larry David deliver a spot-on impression of Bernie Sanders on “Saturday Night Live”? Apparently it’s in his DNA. In an upcoming episode of “Finding Your Roots,” a PBS program in which celebrities find out more about their lineage and history, David will learn he has genealogical ties to the senator and former presidential […]

HBO has four ideas for a “Game of Thrones” spinoff series in the works, but the network is not exactly in a rush to get any of them to air. HBO programming president Casey Bloys said the network’s intention is not to let any project “distract” from the final season of their hit series. “The […]

One person was killed Wednesday evening when a ride malfunctioned during opening day at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, the state’s highway patrol said. Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Paul A. Pride said seven other people were injured, three of whom are in critical condition. The ride, called the Fireball, consists of at […]

Amazon is rolling into Singapore, marking its first foray into Southeast Asia. The e-commerce giant launched its two-hour delivery service Prime Now in Singapore on Thursday, offering tens of thousands of products — everything from champagne to diapers to instant noodles — for speedy delivery. Singapore’s “density works really well for us,” said Henry Low, […]