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House OKs cryptocurrency corruption bill

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Public officials would be banned from promoting cryptocurrency when they have a financial interest under legislation passed by the House recently. The House voted 131-71 for House Bill 2037, sponsored by Rep. Ben Waxman, D-Philadelphia, at the end of June. The bill is before the Senate State Government Committee. HB2037 expands the scope of the state Ethics Act to include current officials creating or promoting cryptocurrency in which they have a financial interest or receive a financial benefit. The term refers to a digital asset or virtual currency like Bitcoin, meme coin, ...

US breaks record for hottest month ever

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KENSINGTON, Maryland — The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl’s July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. “It’s not good when you’re breaking records from the Dust Bowl, which we are in this case,” said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections. “And that was a crazy sort of situation where you put tens of millions of people in motion. You had this ...

Fire damages local deli

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An Ashville business was severely damaged by fire early Saturday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to Captain Ron’s Deli, at 1662 Liberty St., about 2:38 a.m. for a working structure fire with entrapment, according to a post on the Ashville Volunteer Fire Company’s Facebook ...

Horse and buggy hit by vehicle in Bedford County

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Six occupants of a horse and buggy were transported to area hospitals Sunday evening after being rear-ended by another vehicle, according to a state police report. The accident occurred in Bedford County about 5:47 p.m. as the 79-year-old driver of a silver 2020 Hyundai Elantra was traveling ...

City man pleads guilty to evading police; awaits drug case hearing

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HOLLIDAYSBURG — A city man accused of helping traffic about $33,000 worth of narcotics entered an open guilty plea Aug. 4 in one of the two cases against him. James Morgan Jr., 45, was charged with single felony counts of escape and flight to avoid apprehension, as well as a misdemeanor ...

ICE considering buying Pa. immigrant detention facilities

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CLEARFIELD — In mid-July, ICE published a request for information on “turn-key detention services” for four regions across the country, including central Pennsylvania, where it already has the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast. Local activists worry ICE is either ...