Новости за 16.11.2017

This week, the German city of Bonn is the venue for hundreds of diplomats who are busy hammering out a road map to save the planet from climate change. The country would seem an ideal host, with its sterling reputation for driving an ambitious green agenda centered around “energiewende,” or transition to renewable energy. Yet […]

CLEARFIELD – The case against a fugitive, who was staying at a Clearfield residence where explosive materials – including an active pipe bomb – were seized by police in March, was scheduled to go to trial Wednesday. Jonathan Michael Harvey, 24, of Morrisdale was originally charged by Officer Elliott Neeper of the Lawrence Township police […]

GRAMPIAN – A Children’s Christmas Festival will be held in December at the former Penn-Grampian Elementary School.  Sponsored by the Grampian Lions Club, it will take place from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Dec. 9. It will feature Grinch pills, holiday crafts and activities, reindeer games, refreshments, etc. There will be a children’s toy raffle […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Penn State DuBois cross country runners ended their season with flare this past weekend at the USCAA National Cross Country Championships at Virginia Beach, and history was made for the hometown campus. The high-marks of the weekend started at the Champions’ Banquet, which was held at the Virginia Beach Convention […]

CLEARFIELD – Staff at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 headquarters in Clearfield met Wednesday with external partners to review winter preparedness plans. The meeting was attended by PennDOT maintenance staff from the nine-county District 2 region, Montoursville-based District 3, and Hollidaysburg-based District 9, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania State Police, 911 managers […]

A senior Chinese diplomat will travel to North Korea on Friday as a “special envoy” of Chinese president Xi Jinping amid growing pressure on Pyongyang to curtail its nuclear and missile program. The move comes after US President Donald Trump wrapped up his 13-day Asia trip, where he called for more diplomatic measures to be […]

US authorities will remove restrictions on importing African elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia. That means Americans will soon be able to hunt the endangered big game, an activity that garnered worldwide attention when a Minnesota dentist took Cecil, perhaps the world’s most famous lion, near a wildlife park in Zimbabwe. A US Fish and […]

Charles Manson, the charismatic cult leader whose followers committed heinous murders that shocked the nation almost a half century ago, has been hospitalized, the Los Angeles Times and TMZ reported Wednesday. Citing medical privacy rules, Luis Patino at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told CNN his office “cannot confirm or deny this information” when […]

The death toll from flash floods that have devastated areas around the Greek capital Athens has hit 13, according to the region’s fire department. Yianna Krikouki, mayor of Mandra, one of the most affected areas north-west of Athens, said residents “were trapped in their homes, the water is one meter (3 feet) high inside some […]

Charles Manson, the charismatic cult leader whose followers committed heinous murders that shocked the nation almost a half century ago, has been hospitalized, the Los Angeles Times and TMZ reported Wednesday. Citing medical privacy rules, Luis Patino at California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told CNN his office “cannot confirm or deny this information” when […]

The battle against Hepatitis A outbreaks across the US is being stymied by a national shortage of the vaccine needed to combat it. “Current supply is not sufficient to support demand for vaccine,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN in a written statement. Southeast Michigan has seen 495 cases of Hepatitis […]

A Northern California man who killed his wife on the eve of a rampage that claimed four others and included a stop at an elementary school was ordered earlier this year to give up his firearms, officials said Wednesday. Kevin Neal — killed Tuesday morning by police officers near Corning — was told he could […]

A Northern California man who shot and killed his wife and four others in a rampage that included a stop at an elementary school was ordered earlier this year to give up his firearms, officials said Wednesday. Kevin Neal — killed Tuesday morning by police officers near Corning — was told he could not own […]

Republican Senators continued their forward march to reshape the judiciary Wednesday, holding hearings for six federal judgeships while also aiming to discredit the nonpartisan review board that has cast doubt on the qualifications of some of President Donald Trump’s young and often deeply conservative nominees. With more drama than the typical judiciary confirmation hearing, the […]

Ivanka Trump spoke out for the first time against embattled Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore, who has been accused of pursuing sexual relationships with teenagers when he was in his early thirties. Her father, President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has largely stayed mum on the issue. “There’s a special place in hell for people who […]

President Donald Trump has changed his opinion of a judge he once criticized as impartial because of the jurist’s Mexican heritage. At a court hearing Wednesday, a lawyer for Donald Trump praised Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s handling of a settlement stemming from class-action lawsuits against the now-defunct Trump University. Attorney David Kirman called it a “textbook […]

Stories of sexual harassment and abuse of power in Silicon Valley and Hollywood have left many people questioning what can be done to make speaking up easier across all industries. Claire Schmidt — vice president of film studio 21st Century Fox — is stepping down from her current role to launch reporting tool AllVoices. The […]

Russia just gave Venezuela a big break on debt payments. It’s the latest sign that the two nations are deepening ties as the Trump administration cracks down on Venezuela. The Kremlin announced that it had agreed to restructure $3.15 billion of debt payments that Venezuela owes Moscow. Russia’s finance ministry is spreading the payments out […]

Sean Hannity gave Roy Moore an ultimatum. The Fox News host, among the GOP Senate hopeful’s most prominent supporters in the media, began to distance himself from Moore on Tuesday night when he gave the candidate 24 hours to explain his inconsistencies in his defense against the sexual allegations against him. In Washington, Moore has […]

The ex-British intelligence agent who authored the opposition research dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia did not pay the sources he used to compile the document, Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson testified to congressional Russia investigators, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. In nearly seven hours of testimony before the House Intelligence […]

Sen. Marco Rubio had a chance at payback Wednesday, when President Donald Trump noticeably sipped from a water bottle multiple times during a speech — a move Trump had mocked Rubio for during the 2016 campaign. “Similar, but needs work on his form.Has to be done in one single motion & eyes should never leave […]

Donald Trump got back from Asia on Tuesday night. By Wednesday afternoon, he was taking a victory lap. Trump’s speech, which ran for more than 20 minutes, will be remembered primarily for Trump’s dry mouth — and his need for water. The reason for that is not only because Trump had been so critical of […]

President Donald Trump, fresh off a five-country swing through Asia, sought Wednesday to cast his first 10 months on the world stage as an unmitigated success, claiming a “great American comeback” that has restored the US’ standing in the world. The speech, which came as Trump fumed at press coverage of his trip, framed his […]

Conservative news heavyweight Matt Drudge took a brutal swipe at former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday over Bannon’s support for far-right Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who is now embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal. In a tweet, Drudge linked to a Daily Beast story that said Bannon recently had second thoughts […]