WASHINGTON — Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, according to a new memo that’s likely to stir more questions about the agency’s decision. The FDA ...
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Friday after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.5% to close out its 10th winning week in the last 11. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 353 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq ...
Claysburg-Kimmel School District is facing a $744,703 deficit as board members continue to work to balance the 2026-27 budget. Before the board approves the final budget on June 17, they’re looking at the district’s revenue total of $16,350,813 and its expenditures total of $17,095,516. ...
A federal appeals court last week ruled that a former magistrate judge serving in the U.S. District Court in Johnstown erred when he failed to appoint an attorney to represent an immigrant who sought damages for an injury to his leg and back when he was housed at the Moshannon Valley Processing ...
The Jaffa Shriners will celebrate the official listing of their Broad Avenue headquarters on the National Register of Historic Places during a special ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 14. The event will be held in the building’s banquet hall and will feature the unveiling of a bronze plaque ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Philadelphia man who trafficked high-potency fentanyl packets in Altoona was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 30 to 180 months’ incarceration after pleading guilty to all charges across his four separate but related cases. Amir Ishan Palmer-Kennedy, 21, faced a total of ...