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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders grew emotional on Monday as she spoke about those who were killed in Las Vegas but dismissed questions about gun rights as too political in the wake of the tragedy. The gun attack on a country music festival Sunday in Las Vegas killed more than 50 people and injured […]

The plan was to deliver hope. Mother Nature wasn’t cooperating. “I’m really worried about the rain,” Andrea Dunne-Sosa whispers to one of her Project Hope volunteers in Puerto Rico. “We’re only going to be able to get to about 15 homes today. Let’s just put together 15 food bags and 15 kits of meds. Just […]

When news reports started trickling in Sunday night that a horrific attack had hit the Las Vegas strip during a huge country music festival, national media sprang into action as they always do during breaking news events. But by coincidence, coverage of the mass shooting collided with another big story that took place in Las […]

The Department of the Interior’s inspector general’s office opened an investigation Friday morning into Secretary Ryan’s Zinke’s travel. Queries into Zinke’s travel come just days after former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned after criticism of his travel. Reports showed Price had traveled multiple times via taxpayer-funded private charter planes. Zinke took three […]

The details don’t really matter when it comes to mass shootings in the current political climate. The script now is set — and depressingly familiar. Gun control opponents offer their “thoughts and prayers,” but little in the way of solutions, while advocates bypass bipartisan mourning periods and immediately seize on tragic events to make their […]

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders grew emotional on Monday as she spoke about those who were killed in Las Vegas but dismissed questions about gun rights as too political in the wake of the tragedy. The gun attack on a country music festival Sunday in Las Vegas killed more than 50 people and injured […]

Before the shock and horror subside after a mass shooting, a long-simmering debate inevitably heats up over gun control. Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 58 people were killed and at least 515 were injured, will no doubt focus a spotlight on Nevada’s gun laws, some of which are among the […]

The father of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was previously on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, law enforcement officials confirmed to CNN on Monday. Benjamin Hoskins Paddock appeared on the agency’s infamous registry from June 10, 1969 through May 5, 1977 and was described in an FBI poster as being “diagnosed as psychopathic” and as […]

General Motors is going all electric. That’s what the automaker said on Monday, as it unveiled plans to roll out two new electric vehicles over the next 18 months and a total of 20 over the next six years. “General Motors believes in an all-electric future,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors’ head of product development. […]

Las Vegas residents are stepping up to help victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. People are flooding to donate blood in the wake of Sunday’s attack at an outdoor Jason Aldean concert. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured when a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay […]

The mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night — now the single most deadly shooting in modern US history, with 58 dead and over 500 hurt — is, no matter what the motivation of the shooter, a form of terror against us. This is not a legal or political position, it is purely a […]

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders grew emotional as she spoke about the memory of those who were killed in Las Vegas, telling reporters that “those who displayed the ultimate expression of love against an unimagined act of hate will never fade.” Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump used a solemn address from the […]

Americans often think of themselves as belonging to an exceptional nation, and in many ways they do. They belong to a tolerant, multicultural society that has led the world toward a more innovative and more inclusive future through new technologies and a unique embrace of diverse cultures. But the United States also leads the world […]

The mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night — now the single most deadly shooting in modern US history, with 58 dead and over 500 hurt — is, no matter what the motivation of the shooter, a form of terror against us. This is not a legal or political position, it is purely a […]

A US military MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was shot down in western Yemen Sunday, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway told CNN Monday. “This incident is under investigation,” he added. Yemen is currently beset by a civil war between the Houthi rebels, who control vast swaths of the country’s north, including the capital, and the internationally […]

Sonny Melton, a registered nurse from Tennessee, was among those shot and killed in the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night, according to his place of employment, Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee. The shooting at a country music festival left at least 58 people dead and more than 515 injured, making […]

Hackers compromised the personal information of at least two people in a recently disclosed breach of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s corporate filing system. In a statement on Monday, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said “the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of two individuals” were exposed. The agency is notifying them and will […]

Before the shock and horror subside after a mass shooting, a long-simmering debate inevitably heats up over gun control. Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 58 people were killed and 515 were injured, will no doubt focus a spotlight on Nevada’s gun laws, some of which are among the nation’s least […]

ESPN has decided to air the national anthem live for its broadcast of “Monday Night Football” after a mass shooting in Las Vegas claimed the lives of at least 58 people on Sunday night. The network did not plan on airing the anthem before the Monday night matchup between the Washington Redskins and the Kansas […]

When Uber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi introduced himself to employees one month ago, he told them the company must change. This week is shaping up to be an early and crucial test for whether Khosrowshahi can follow through on that goal. Uber is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that could lessen the influence […]

Susan Butler Maines, 66, of Curwensville died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 at Clarion Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Clarion. Born March 24, 1951 in Altoona, she was the daughter of Joseph and Patricia (Shaw) Butler.  She attended the DuBois Business College and received degrees in bookkeeping and medical transcription.  She was a member of […]

Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith says he is “deepy sorry” for the security breach in which sensitive personal information of as many as 143 million Americans was compromised. Smith, who is set to testify before a House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, apologized for the cyber attack disclosed by the credit reporting company on September […]

Chris Murphy is unapologetically playing politics in the wake of the largest mass shooting in modern American history Sunday night in Las Vegas. “It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there aren’t public policy responses to this epidemic,” the Connecticut Democratic senator said […]

Chase Johnathon Anderson, 19, of Curwensville died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Born Dec. 6, 1997 in Clearfield, he was the son of Edward Jr. and Angela (Oaks) Anderson.  He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints. Surviving are his parents of Curwensville; three siblings, Paige, Brayden and Hunter Anderson, all […]

Up until 2011, I was one of those people who never gave country music a chance. That all changed that spring, when a friend of mine had an extra lawn seat to a show out in Bristow, Virginia, headlined by Jason Aldean and Eric Church. That night I experienced a positive energy unlike anything I […]