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Major floods prompt rescues

UVALDE, Texas — First responders in storm-battered Texas again rushed to save people trapped in high waters Friday, as more heavy rain widened the danger from floods that have killed at least two people and left hundreds more in need of rescue. A week of punishing downpours dumped more ...

US expands airstrikes against Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East on Friday, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The U.S. expanded its attacks against Iran by hitting more bridges and energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, following through on President Donald Trump’s threats to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the waterway vital to world energy supplies. In response, Iran launched missiles into U.S.-allied nations in the Mideast, ...

Claysburg-Kimmel School District expands special education program

The Claysburg-Kimmel School District is expanding its special education program with innovative tools and real-world learning experiences to prepare students for the next step. The elementary school will receive adaptive furniture, expanded sensory equipment, a LiteZilla sensory wall, a ...

Local colleges embrace AI with new minors

Instead of dismissing a rapidly changing technological landscape, many national and local colleges are offering artificial intelligence minors to the next generation of workers. There are currently 74 majors and 89 minors in AI being offered at American colleges, according to the New York Times. Only five schools offered the major about five years ago. Now, institutions are developing their own AI courses and degrees, including local colleges like Penn State University, Saint Francis University and Juniata College. The Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Penn State affiliate ...

Region struggles with poor air quality

Since the invention of the telegraph in the 1830s and the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in the 1860s, we have lived in a technologically connected world. This week, Pennsylvanians are once again experiencing a different kind of connectivity — the airborne kind that has ...