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Workplace — Aug. 15-16

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New hires and promotions Jessica Kitt has been promoted by Kish bank from Vice President, Branch Banking Sales Manager, to Branch Banking Director. With this promotion, Kitt joins Kish Bank’s Executive Leadership Team, where she will help shape and execute the organization’s vision for the future of branch banking delivery and client relationship management. In her expanded role as Branch Banking Director, Kitt will provide strategic leadership for branch banking operations, service quality, and sales performance across the organization. She will lead efforts to strengthen Kish ...

Spiritual Notes

Religion

Free lunch offered Second Avenue Global Methodist Church, 130 Second Ave., Altoona, will hold a free luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.15. All are welcome. Dine in or take out available. Campfire Church Campfire Church will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, in the Christ Community UMC parking lot, 5715 Roselawn Ave., Altoona. Those attending should bring a camp chair. Snacks will be provided. Healing Mass scheduled Holy Spirit Ministry will hold a Healing Mass on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at St. Michael Church, Hollidaysburg. Praise and worship begins at 6:45 p.m. ...

India’s last Cochin Jews keep history alive

Religion

KOCHI, India — As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighborhood, Keith Hallegua donned a gray kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the ...

Briefcase: Sheetz earns recognition

Local Business

Sheetz Inc. has been named to this year’s “Companies that Care” list by Great Place To Work and People Magazine. The annual list, now in its 10th year, highlights the top companies in the U.S. that have succeeded in business while also demonstrating outstanding respect, care and concern for their employees and a deep commitment to their communities. That marks the fifth consecutive year, and sixth time in seven years, that Sheetz has been ranked on the national list. Sheetz ranks 73rd on this year’s list. Ninety percent of employees surveyed at Sheetz said it is a great place ...

Pennsylvania sues TikTok over youth use

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Attorney General Dave Sunday is suing the social media platform TikTok, alleging the company violated Pennsylvania’s Consumer Protection Law by failing to protect children from accessing adult-themed content and employing tactics designed to promote addictive use of its app. “This suit seeks to put in place effective barriers and safeguards that will consider the child consumer’s well-being and safety,” Sunday said at a Tuesday press conference at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. “Is there any more important battle that could possibly exist than putting our children in a place ...

Bills target lab-grown meat products

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Legislation introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly would ban the sale of lab-grown meat in a bid to protect the state’s farming industry. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its first approval for lab-grown meat in 2022, clearing lab-grown chicken produced by UPSIDE Foods. A second company, GOOD Meat, received FDA approval for its lab-grown meat products in June 2023. Neither company is currently selling their products on grocery store shelves. Instead, both have been temporarily on the menus of a handful of high-end restaurants around the country. Proponents say ...