Rainy day play
Wyatt Nelson (left) and Miles Kennard, both 3 and of Hollidaysburg, learn about trains as they play in the Children’s Room at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Pennsylvania state budget doubles funding for rape crisis centers
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro applauded the state’s recent budget deal for providing a 100% increase in funding for rape crisis centers during a ceremonial signing at the YWCA Young Women’s Association in Carlisle on Monday. It was a change of tune from last year, when a budget impasse forced many centers to limit services and let go of employees. In the new deal, state funding for Pennsylvania’s 47 rape crisis centers increased by $12 million. While many Republicans questioned if the budget was genuinely “balanced,” Shapiro maintained that the plan and its prioritization ...
Pennsylvania ranks last in 18-year-olds registering to vote
Pennsylvania has seen healthy turnout in recent elections, but one important segment of the electorate isn’t participating in such high numbers. According to a recent study of 30 states, Pennsylvania has the lowest rate of 18-year-olds registering to vote of any of them. Just 22% of ...
Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s side when he was shot, has died. Ester, who died on July 9 at the age of 78, was among a few remaining witnesses to King’s assassination and its immediate aftermath in Memphis. With the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. in February and Ester this month, King aide and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young is believed to be the last surviving eyewitness to the shooting. Ester Grew up in Memphis attending Centenary United Methodist Church, where her pastor ...
Ticker: Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier
Wall Street drifted through a quiet day of trading as AI stocks trimmed some of their sharp recent losses. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Monday, coming off just its third losing week since the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite was nearly unchanged after slipping less than 0.1%. Stocks like Nvidia and Sandisk steadied after tumbling last week on worries that their prices had shot too high. But the broad market also felt pressure from rising yields in the bond market, which continued to climb with oil prices. FDA focused on lettuce grower as ...
Ex-Olympian gets Sept. 28 trial date
WASHINGTON — A judge in the nation’s capital has set a trial date in September for a former Olympic canoe racer charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the site of a troubled multimillion-dollar renovation project championed by President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled the Sept. 28 trial date for David Hearn during a hearing on Monday. It was Hearn’s second court appearance since a grand jury indicted him on a felony count of property destruction. Hearn, who pleaded not guilty to the charge on July 9, has asked the ...