Pennsylvania’s online casinos need new regulations that would transform how they are allowed to operate, according to a state report on options to address what some mental health experts are calling “an urgent and escalating public health challenge.” But at the heart of a new state ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion budget Sunday that allocates $7 million in funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud prevention measures. Proponents say the financial benefit of the change will far outstrip the price tag. More than $15 million in SNAP benefits were stolen through skimming in 2024, according to the Office of State Inspector General. The funding will be used to add chip technology to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, making them less vulnerable to skimming devices that steal card data from magnetic stripes at point-of-sale ...
U.S. District Judge Stephanie L. Haines in a decision Monday rejected a defense request to vacate the guilty verdicts of, or order a new trial for, Clint Addleman, formerly of Morrisdale, who was convicted recently in the bombing death of a Clearfield woman. The 34-year-old victim, Shawna ...
American consumers — and the Federal Reserve — are being hit with another high-cost headache. The gusher of investment in data centers — likely topping $700 billion this year — to power artificial intelligence has made memory chips, computer processors, and other equipment, as well as electricity more expensive, and economists expect it will continue to push up inflation at least through the end of this year. While it won’t be as large a spike as occurred in 2021-2023, when inflation peaked at 9.1%, massive AI spending is likely to keep prices rising more quickly than the ...
Federal prosecutors turned over key evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced Monday. The progress came as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a motorist in Maine on Monday, and Houston prosecutors complained the administration was still withholding critical information in their investigation into a fatal shooting by an ICE officer last week. Hennepin County ...
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won’t provide much relief. The National Weather Service is predicting that more than 90 temperature records across the U.S. will be tied or broken this week through Wednesday — ...
