The Bellwood man accused of raping an unconscious woman in March 2021 was convicted Wednesday of rape and related charges following a two-day jury trial. A Blair County jury found Brian Lee Campbell, 43, guilty of single felony counts of rape and sexual assault, as well as two misdemeanor ...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks edged further from their record heights on Monday after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% but remains near its all-time high set Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 272 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%. Wall Street’s losses solidified in the afternoon when oil prices accelerated upward. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 2.7% to $90.87. It’s been careening back and forth because of uncertainty about what the war with ...
Two former Penn State University students are accused of heading a large-scale cocaine distribution network that operated in and around the university’s fraternities for more than a year, according to information released Monday by state Attorney General David Sunday. In all, more than a ...
NEW YORK — Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, which was slated to begin Sept. 8, has been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek to have the case thrown out on double jeopardy grounds following his guilty plea last week to federal ...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Monday expressed hopes for resumption of diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea to ease animosities on the Korean Peninsula, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to cut military exercises with South Korea caused concerns it might hurt the allies’ readiness against North Korean threats. Trump cited his good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the decision, a likely bid to reengage with Kim, who views U.S.-South Korean military exercises as invasion rehearsals. But experts say the North Korean leader, now emboldened by his ...
The Altoona Area High School science commons was renamed and dedicated Monday as the AAHS Innovation Center, in honor of a generous donation from Jane and Lee Hite and Nancy and Steve Sheetz. The donation was made to the Altoona Area School District Foundation to build an endowment that will ...
