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Altoona man convicted of murder challenges denial of appeal

James Franklin Rodgers, an Altoona man who is serving a prison term of 40 years to life for a murder he committed when he was 17, will challenge the denial of his latest appeal by a federal district judge. Rodgers, who is now 56 and an inmate in the State Correctional Institution in Somerset ...

Bun Air Corp. owners step down

BEDFORD — Bun Air Corp. has a new owner, as the fixed-base operator’s longtime owners have stepped down from their role at the Bedford County Airport. According to Tom McInroy, chair of the county’s Airport Authority Board of Directors, an Arkansas-based company bought Bun Air Corp. ...

Local military museum is a fitting tribute to area veterans

Veterans Day will be celebrated nationally this week, and in our local area it will have special significance with the grand opening coming soon of the newly formed Central Pennsylvania American History Museum located in the former 4,500 square foot Milanak Family Vision Center on the 6000 ...

AI stocks halt brutal sell-off as Wall Street trims its loss

NEW YORK — AI stocks bounced back Friday and recovered some of their sell-off from the last two days. The rest of the U.S. stock market was mixed, though, following a whirlwind few days of Wall Street trying to sort out what this week’s sweeping victories by Democrats in the U.S. midterm ...

Ticker: Japan’s Nikkei stock tumbles more than 6%

Japan’s stock benchmark Nikkei tumbled more than 6% after trading opened Friday. The decline follows a widespread sellout of issues related to artificial intelligence on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 4.4% Thursday for its worst day since U.S. President Donald Trump shook markets worldwide in April 2025 with his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Anthropic accelerating AI development Anthropic is developing its AI systems twice as quickly as last year, despite CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to slow down model capabilities. An independent group, Model Evaluation and Threat Research, released ...