Новости за 16.09.2017

A woman was arrested Friday for allegedly vandalizing the famed “Charging Bull” statue that has decorated Wall Street for nearly three decades. Courtney Fallon, 33, was arrested Friday and charged with two misdemeanors, according to the New York Police Department. The stunt was part of a political protest against the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw […]

Tropical Storm Lee formed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean, joining Hurricane Jose and a tropical depression soon expected to become Tropical Storm Maria. Lee is spinning about 655 miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic off northwest Africa and packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, according to the National Hurricane […]

During a black-tie dinner honoring the White House Historical Association on Thursday night, 90 guests dined by candlelight on late-summer squash velouté and potato-crusted Dover sole. President Donald Trump stood at a podium, heaping praise on his wife. “I’m going turn it over to the star of the Trump family,” said Trump, ending his brief […]

The moment that Juliet Sanchez had been anticipating for nearly 30 years had arrived. Flanked by the original US Constitution and Declaration of Independence, she and 29 other immigrants from 22 countries became US citizens Friday morning. While the new Americans watched a recorded message from President Donald Trump welcoming them to the United States, […]

Transgender members of the military will be able to re-enlist for service while President Donald Trump’s directive barring transgender recruits is under review, the Pentagon has confirmed. “Transgender service members whose term of service expires while the interim guidance is in effect, may, at the service member’s request, re-enlist under existing procedures,” US Army Col. […]

Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks is throwing his support behind former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore in the state’s Senate primary runoff against Sen. Luther Strange following the congressman’s stinging loss in the first round of primary voting last month. The endorsement by Brooks, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, could […]

Hurricane Irma killed at least 33 people in the US and flooded major cities including Jacksonville, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Millions are without power in Southeast. Almost every home in the Florida Keys is damaged, according to FEMA. Before causing devastation in the United States, Irma hit Cuba late Friday as a Category 5 […]

Seven suspects — all of them younger than 19 — have been arrested in connection with a fire this week at a school in Malaysia’s capital that claimed the lives of 21 students and two adults, state-run media outlet Bernama reported Saturday. The suspects, who range in age from 11 to 18, were “school leavers […]

Hackers were able to access personal data of 143 million Equifax customers. How did it happen? Much is still unknown. But it came down to a flaw in a tool designed to build web applications, the company said in a press release this week. And Equifax admitted it was aware the security flaw a full […]

A massive dust cloud engulfed the Russian army chopper as we touched down on the landing zone. The fine sand made it impossible to see as we walked away from the helicopter. When it departed and the dust cleared, we could see several dozen Syrian government soldiers and Russian special forces, their faces covered by […]

Harry Dean Stanton, the longtime character actor whose face had its own unique character, has died at 91, according to his agent, John S. Kelly. Stanton passed away Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Stanton, whose gaunt, worn looks were more recognizable to many than his name, appeared in more than 100 films […]

She’s been called a “Russian government attorney,” a “trusted insider” of the Kremlin, the “go-to lawyer for the Moscow regional government” and an acquaintance of Russia’s powerful prosecutor general. Natalia Veselnitskaya, 42, rose from obscurity to international notoriety following the disclosure of her June 9, 2016, meeting with Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul […]

When Dr. Sarah Azad followed her mother into the field of obstetrics eight years ago, she thought she’d be in private practice for the rest of her career. At the time, independent practices abounded in Silicon Valley. “From the time we were young, my mom’s patients loved her. She was a part of their lives. […]

Head injuries have plagued the NFL for years. But the helmets that players wear have retained roughly the same design since the 1970s. This season, about 70 NFL players are wearing a new helmet that’s a radical departure from previous iterations — and, the league believes, safer. It won’t be easy to spot when you’re […]

North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test has renewed discussion at the highest levels of the Trump administration about how military force could be used to stop Kim Jong Un’s development of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles. “For those who have said, and been commenting about a lack of an military option, there is a military […]

Bill Cosby’s retrial on aggravated indecent assault charges has been set to start April 2 in a suburban Philadelphia courtroom. Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill set the date in an order issued Friday. The order said jury selection questions and jury instructions must be submitted to the judge by March 15. The case centers […]

Touring his recently purchased Plaza Hotel in the late 1980s, Donald Trump noticed an armoire that offended him. Fuming, Trump accused his staff of making him look bad. In an expletive-laced explosion, he ripped the door off the subpar piece of furniture, a former senior Trump Organization employee recounted to CNN on Friday. Thirty years […]

PORT ALLEGANY – If it’s Friday the Curwensville Golden Tide must have been on another road trip. The third in four weeks to be exact. The Tide didn’t disappoint the fans that religiously follow the squad, as Curwensville hammered the Gators of Port Allegany Friday night, 56-13, to up its record to 4-0 on […]

HYDE — Homecoming festivities in Clearfield are one of the most popular times of the year.  It brings out a larger crowd, and many past alumni return to the area to reminisce about years past while also witnessing the future of the school and community. The Alumni Band took to the field once more to […]

Protests broke out in St. Louis after former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted Friday of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of black driver Anthony Lamar Smith. At least 23 people were arrested and 10 law enforcement officers injured in protests Friday night. The city had been on edge for days. Shortly after […]

[Breaking news update, posted at 5:55 a.m. ET] Police arrested an 18-year-old man Saturday morning in the port area of Dover in connection with an attack on a train at a London Underground station a day earlier, London’s Metropolitan Police said. [Previous story, posted at 5:36 a.m. ET] The London Underground station where an improvised […]

Protesters in St. Louis blocked highways and threw rocks at the mayor’s house Friday after white former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted in the 2011 shooting death of black driver Anthony Lamar Smith. After the verdict, protesters and activists gathered outside the courthouse and marched through the city’s downtown for hours. Some held hands […]

CLEARFIELD – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 has appointed Steve Fantechi as the new assistant district executive for construction. District 2 serves nine counties in the north-central region, including Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin and Potter. Fantechi began his District 2 career in May of 1992. Over the years, […]

CLEARFIELD – Clearfield Area United Way President Debbie Bowser recently mailed some residential division letters that are being prepared for the upcoming fall community campaign. This year’s campaign will help to support 23 local member agencies throughout eastern, southern and central Clearfield County. “We hope everyone in the communities we serve will make a donation […]

CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council wants to recognize the winners and participants of two contests offered during the 2017 Clearfield County Fair. On Friday, Aug. 4, a total of 17 4-H and FFA youth took part in the Clearfield County 4-H Teen Council’s 10th annual Master Showman Contest. The goal of this […]