Новости за 22.09.2017

The Health and Human Services inspector general has begun an inquiry into Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s use of private jets for government business, saying questions have arisen about potentially “inappropriate travel.” In a statement, the government watchdog says it is “conducting a review of Secretary Price’s Federal travel using chartered aircraft.” “We […]

Getting groceries delivered to your home is not new. But what about having someone that you don’t know come into your house to put away the food? Walmart is doing just that. It announced Friday that it’s testing a so-called straight into your fridge service — and you can watch it happen on your phone […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to kick start Brexit negotiations on Friday, proposing to delay the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU with a transition period of at least two years. May said the transition would be “strictly time-limited” but should give the UK and EU “access to one another’s markets on […]

Coastal cities in California that are vulnerable to flooding caused by climate change are fighting back against Big Oil. San Francisco and Oakland filed lawsuits this week demanding that ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell pay billions to cover the costs of sea walls and other protections against rising sea levels. The aggressive […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has been taking a lot of private jets to get from here to there of late. Two dozen since early May at a cost of more than $300,000 to be exact, according to the fabulous reporting by Politico’s Rachana Pradhan and Dan Diamond. That’s a big number. Price […]

When you’re making big career decisions, you turn to your mentors and your trusted peers. What steps did they take? How have they done it? But first: how do you find these mentors and trusted peers? A study from Lean In and McKinsey & Co, showed women report having fewer professional interactions with senior leaders […]

Teresa Ann Graham, 53, of Wallaceton went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 at Penn Highlands Clearfield. Born Nov. 20, 1963 in Philipsburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Alfred Dixon and Barbara E. MacTavish Dixon, who survives in Wallaceton. On July 7, 1986 in Morrisdale, she wed Darrel […]

Students at Howard University loudly protested former FBI Director James Comey Friday as he delivered a convocation address. As he began his comments, protesters could be heard yelling from the back, raising their fists and shouting several slogans, including: “Get out James Comey, you aren’t our homey,” “No justice, no peace” and “We shall not […]

The Trump administration will unveil more tailored restrictions on travelers from certain countries as a replacement to the controversial travel ban, according to a senior administration official. The new restrictions will vary by country. They could include a ban on travel to the United States, or new restrictions on obtaining a visa for citizens of […]

The Education Department announced Friday it is formally rescinding Obama-era guidance on how schools should handle sexual assaults under Title IX federal law. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced earlier this month that her department was concerned that previous guidance denied proper due process to those accused. As part of the interim guidance, the department released […]

London’s decision to deny Uber a license has produced howls of protest from jilted fans and wild cheers from critics. Twitter and Facebook were flooded with comments after the decision was announced on Friday. Text messages flew between friends and tabloid editors prepared to blast the news across their front pages. “UBER AND OUT!” read […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to kick start Brexit negotiations on Friday, proposing a “strictly time-limited” transition period to ease Britain’s 2019 withdrawal from the European Union. The length of the transition should be determined by how long it takes to work out new arrangements, May said, but “considerations point to an implementation period […]

Being falsely linked to the Columbine massacre has long rankled singer Marilyn Manson. Now he is saying it was catastrophic to his career. In a new interview with The Guardian, the shock rocker talked about how having his name associated with the 1999 tragedy affected him. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold gunned down 12 students […]

They may be two of the world’s best sportsmen with a collective $50 million in the bank, but Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas reckon they are just like your average 24-year-olds. Strip away the fame and fortune, and they are just regular buddies who love to play golf and play pranks on each other. The […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to kick start Brexit negotiations on Friday with a speech in Florence, Italy, in which she proposed a “strictly time-limited” transition period to ease Britain’s 2019 withdrawal from the European Union. The length of the transition should be determined by how long it takes to work out new arrangements, […]

A Mexican navy official has apologized for confusion over reports that a 12-year-old girl was trapped alive after a Mexico City school collapsed in the wake of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that killed more than 280 people nationwide. Those reports had riveted Mexicans pulling for an uplifting rescue when the temblor damaged the Enrique Rebsamen […]

Bloomsburg– The “Wild Claw” ride, the same type of ride involved in an accident at the Ohio State Fair, fails inspection in PA.

She’s an Australian superstar with seductive box-office appeal — now wonder horse Winx could dazzle European racegoers with her rippling physique and sizzling power and pace. Winx is on a hot streak of 20 wins in a row, drawing comparisons with legendary mare Black Caviar, though has remained in her native Australia. But trainer Chris […]

She’s an Australian superstar with seductive box-office appeal — now wonderhorse Winx could dazzle European racegoers with her rippling physique and sizzling power and pace. Winx is on a hot streak of 20 wins in a row, drawing comparisons with legendary mare Black Caviar, though has remained in her native Australia. But trainer Chris Waller […]

Before most people were awake this morning, the President of the United States was tweeting. About Russia. And Hillary Clinton. And the news media. “The Russia hoax continues, now it’s ads on Facebook,” Trump tweeted. “What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary?” (Why is “Media” capitalized? I ask […]

Errors by the cockpit crew caused a plane carrying then-vice presidential candidate Mike Pence to skid off a New York runway last fall, the National Transportation Safety Board has concluded. The Eastern Airlines charter flight overran the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on October 27. No one was injured in the accident. In its […]

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are doing their best to make a bad situation in the Korean Peninsula worse. For now, they are only hurling abuse and threats at each other, but there is no sign of either de-escalating their confrontation over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. During the Cold War, MAD (mutually assured destruction) kept […]

Figuring out who should get tax cuts and how big they should be is child’s play compared to agreeing on how to pay for them. The tax reform debate is in serious flux, still devoid of key details and marked by far more open questions than answered ones. While Republicans agree on cutting tax rates, […]

The Turks and Caicos Islands felt Hurricane Maria’s wrath Friday as the storm hurtled through the Caribbean while still causing trouble on the battered US territory of Puerto Rico after its landfall two days earlier. The storm knocked out power in Puerto Rico, an island of more than 3 million people, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said. […]

Quiet is good. That’s the message from one senior Republican aide as Senate GOP leaders try and wrangle the votes for the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, the party’s last ditch attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That doesn’t mean they’re any closer to 50 votes they need to pass the legislation, but […]