A breast cancer diagnosis didn’t come as a surprise to Altoona resident Joanne Sassano. “There’s a big history in my family,” she said, as not only was her mother diagnosed with breast cancer, but so were her aunts on both sides of her family. Her maternal cousin was diagnosed with ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel and Iran traded fire Monday in their first attacks since the U.S. struck a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. The Iranian military said hours later that it was halting offensive operations as the renewed hostilities threatened to drag the Middle East ...
A delegation of residents from the Iuzzolino Park neighborhood came to City Council Monday and demanded that the city do something about problems they’re having with youths routinely misbehaving at the park. Between 10 and 30 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 have been fighting, ...
HARRISBURG — Chatbots on five different websites claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in the commonwealth when prompted by Spotlight PA — the same kind of output that led the Shapiro administration to file a lawsuit last month. A task force under Pennsylvania’s Department of State has been working since February to identify AI chatbots posing as licensed professionals and misleading users. Based on that work, the administration filed suit against the role-playing site Character.AI. Mirroring the investigation detailed in the Department of State’s lawsuit, Spotlight PA ...
While Blair County’s landscape is filled with houses and lined with paved roads today, the region appeared drastically different 250 years ago. Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 colonies in 1776, and many of its residents played a crucial role in the American Revolution. Some notable ...
A Tyrone teen was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. According to the Blair County Coroner’s Office, Taylan McGlynn, 19, was killed in the crash on Kettle Road near Wagon Road in Tyrone Township. The coroner was called to investigate about 1:41 a.m., according to a ...
