A great day to play
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Taylor Ott watches her son, Lucas Ott, 2, both of Altoona, go down the slide at Jefferson Park on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
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NTSB: Self-driving systems don’t improve road safety
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The systems that allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel are convenient but don’t improve safety because people are often too reliant on them and end up paying more attention to their cellphones and infotainment screens than to the road, the head of the National Transportation Safety ...
Spring Cove School Board OKs track repair for $800
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ROARING SPRING — The Spring Cove School Board voted 8 to 1 on Tuesday night to accept an $800 proposal from Champs Track & Field Services to patch damaged spots in Central High School’s pole vault area. All board members voted in favor of the proposal except Samantha Snowberger. The ...
Judge blocks end to NPR, PBS funds
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Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities that the White House has said are ...
Logan Township to stress burn ban enforcement
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Logan Township plans to focus on enforcement of the municipal ordinance — reflective of state law — that prohibits open burning, except for recreational fires. “I continue to come across fires every day,” township Manager Tim Brown told the supervisors at a recent board meeting. “I ...
Ticker: The Dow surges more than 1,100 points
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U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring as doubt swung back to hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran. The S&P 500 leaped 2.9% Tuesday for its largest gain since May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,125 points, or 2.5%, and the Nasdaq ...