Bonnie Sanders wasn’t worried, but she was taking precautions nonetheless. Sanders, 82, was among a couple dozen people who came to the Station Medical Center Monday morning for UPMC Altoona’s once-a-year walk-in mammography screening for women who are due for their annual mammogram, ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — The woman who accused a city man of raping her near an off-campus party in February told a jury Tuesday morning that she was afraid he was going to hurt her. The victim said through tears that David Jeffrey Brunner, 25, gave her an ultimatum after driving her away from the ...
ROME — Pope Leo XIV underwent surgery Tuesday that confirmed that he has lung cancer, and doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, the Vatican said. Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis ...
Advertisers will be required to disclose if artificial intelligence is used in commercials under legislation heading to Gov. Josh Shapiro. The state House approved Senate Bill 806 by a 163-40 vote on Wednesday, two days after it cleared the House Communications and Technology Committee. The Senate approved the bill in June in a 48-2 vote. The House approved the measure without changes, so the bill will become law if Shapiro signs it. Pennsylvania would become the third state with a law requiring advertisers to disclose when AI-crafted material is used in commercials. New York’s AI ...
Reopening closed power plants to create new electric generating capacity is pushed in a report sponsored by state utility regulators. The report identifies 21 former power plants across Pennsylvania that could be reactivated to help meet projected energy capacity shortfalls in the regional PJM electric grid network. The sites comprise old coal, coal waste and natural gas plants that total 4.8 Gigawatts of retired capacity. That amount could meet peak power needs for a large metro area. The plants include the coal-fired Armstrong Generating Station in Armstrong County, JSC fuel oil ...
After months without a commercial carrier, the Westmoreland County Airport Authority on Tuesday announced Breeze Airways will begin providing two nonstop flights next year from the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity Township, near Latrobe. Breeze will start flying out of the airport’s newly expanded terminal to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in February and to Orlando, Florida, in May, airport officials said. Both locations were previously served by Spirit Airlines, which went bankrupt and abruptly shut down in May. The Myrtle Beach route will begin Feb. 9, with nonstop flights ...
