Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. Products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite ...
They’ve been a constant companion, a confidant and walking buddy, a bed hog, best friend and a comfort during life’s storms, but when it comes time to say goodbye, many people don’t know where to turn to give their beloved pet a proper send-off. In a fashion similar to funeral homes, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a $50.8 billion state budget bill into law on Sunday, including a record $11.8 billion for public schools across the Commonwealth — roughly a 6% increase from last year’s budget. But school choice advocates saw a budget that preserved existing programs and offered little expansion. The education debate comes as Pennsylvania continues to grapple with improving student outcomes, addressing funding disparities between school districts and balancing investments in public schools with expanding school choice options. The final budget includes a third ...
Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ...
