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Immigrant unable to apply credits to shorten sentence

A federal appeals court has ruled that an immigrant from Mexico, who has been under a removal order since 2005, is not eligible for credits under the First Step Act that would enable him to serve a reduced prison sentence. A panel of judges serving on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...

Hollidaysburg Community Watchdog sues Hollidaysburg Zoning Hearing Board

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Community Watchdog organization has filed a Civil Action lawsuit against the Hollidaysburg Zoning Hearing Board, claiming chairman Larry Daugherty III denied due process and violated the Ethics Act when he failed to recuse himself from deliberating on a ...

Diddy moved to Pa. prison

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after reports that the hip-hop mogul was living the high life and was injured in a fight at his New Jersey lockup, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday. The federal Bureau of Prisons is ...

Trio arrested after Altoona traffic stop

K-9 Blue marked a significant milestone this week as his open-air sniff during a vehicle stop resulted in his 300th drug seizure while serving with the Altoona Police Department. According to Altoona police, the department’s Narcotics Division made three arrests after an investigation ...

Bill would create registry of animal abuse offenders

Legislation to create an online public registry of animal abuse offenders passed the Senate last week. The Senate voted 33-17 for Senate Bill 1311 and it goes to the House in the waning days of the two-year session. Several Democratic senators voted against the bill. SB 1311 sponsored by ...

US reviving shuttered nuclear plants

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers. No commercial nuclear reactor is known to have resumed generating electricity after beginning the decommissioning process that ...