Новости за 11.01.2018

Rainfall, cold temperatures, and snow expected through Saturday CLEARFIELD – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 is alerting drivers that heavy rainfall, falling temperatures and expected snow in the northcentral region could impact travel through Saturday. Rainfall overnight could cause roadway flooding and falling temperatures could then bring flash freezing and sleet. Snowfall […]

HARRISBURG – As part of an ongoing crackdown on doctors and medical staff whose actions are fueling the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced felony charges against a local physician. The physician allegedly over-prescribed opioids that caused the overdose of two related patients.  One of the overdoses was fatal. Henry Dela Torre, 68 […]

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told reporters Thursday that his bipartisan group of negotiators have reached a deal on a proposal that would shield hundreds of thousands of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program from deportation in exchange for enhanced border security measures. Details of the agreement were not immediately available, and […]

Tweets? What tweets? Donald Trump’s two early morning missives over spy legislation before the House may have launched Washington into 101 minutes of chaos, but previously White House chief of staff John Kelly has said he doesn’t pay much attention to the President’s tweets. They came just ahead of a House vote to reauthorize the […]

President Donald Trump is about to come face-to-face with his next quarterly brush with Armageddon. Should he, or shouldn’t he, scrap the Iran nuclear accord? Any decision by him to “decertify” Iran’s compliance, will have only a cataclysmic impact on the key issues he has cited for ending the pact and snapping back a range […]

Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa announced Thursday. Speaking at a news conference in Quito, Espinosa said Assange was granted naturalization on December 12. She called the measure “one more ring of protection” for Assange, who has been holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London […]

A new year means making resolutions. Including the classics — eating better and exercising more. For people who have trouble committing, companies like ClassPass and Pressed Juicery are adding incentive to help people stay on track. ClassPass allows users to book fitness classes at studios in cities around the world. Pressed Juicery sells cold-pressed juices, […]

Media reports last month that the Trump administration banned officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using seven words may have been overstated, according to a government document obtained by CNN and interviews with two officials. According to stories widely reported in the media, CDC leaders told employees that in official […]

State police at Philipsburg State police received a report about an incident of simple assault that occurred Dec. 10 on Railroad Avenue in Huston Township. During the incident, two juveniles were allegedly engaged in an incident involving a knife. State police are continuing their investigation at this time. State police at Punxsutawney State police received […]

President Donald Trump, looking for a bipartisan win in 2018, will host a prison reform listening session Thursday, taking on an issue championed by former President Barack Obama. The meeting will include an array of prison reform stakeholders, according to one White House official, and will “discuss ways to equip non-violent prisoners with the skills […]