Lebanon Daily News
DOJ pressed, dropped officer assault cases
Christian Garcia admits that he threw a water bottle toward officers guarding a federal building near Los Angeles during an immigration protest last summer. h The plastic bottle was empty, he said, and hit no one but Garcia himself – the wind blew it...
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How to find an ethical adoption provider in PA
Families exploring adoption are pursuing a process that’s both emotionally and financially taxing, a combination that can put people at risk, advocates say. A USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania investigation found several instances in which families...
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‘Fake electors’ figure holds White House role
A figure in Arizona’s “fake electors” case continues to have an influential role in President Donald Trump’s White House. Boris Epshteyn, an adviser and personal lawyer to Trump, was accused of working with Arizona Republicans and other Trump allies...
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Al-Qaida, Islamic State group adopting AI
Artificial intelligence may not create a new kind of terrorism, but it makes existing tactics cheaper, faster and easier. That is the central argument of a July report from the U.S.-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies. h It...
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‘It’s going to be a great addition’
Lebanon County government and community officials broke ground on a $10 million expansion project at the Lebanon Valley Expo Center Aug. 10, with officials saying it’s the start of creating much needed space for various events. The construction of the...
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Military bases delay toxic PFAS cleanup
It’s been almost five years since Brandi and Brad Hyatt found out the well at their home next to an Army base in Washington is contaminated with “forever chemicals.” h They started using bottled water for everything from making coffee to rinsing off...
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Major fights await Senate after break
WASHINGTON – The Senate just went out with a bang – passing a government funding bill to try to avert another shutdown, confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general and bucking a voter ID measure. Overnight, a quick flurry of legislative activity...
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Palmyra school board gets major shakeup
Palmyra Area School Board got a major shake-up during its Aug. 6 meeting as new members were appointed to fill four recently vacated positions, including that of former Vice President Corey Andrew. To applause from residents in attendance, remaining...
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Immigrants a key role in U.S. economy, experts say
For years, employers from Florida to Ohio have relied on immigrants taking part in a humanitarian program to staff hard-to-fill job openings for construction workers and home health aides. h In recent months, they warned, the Trump administration’s...
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Reports: U.S. missile supply badly depleted
The war on Iran has severely depleted key U.S. missile stockpiles and left the nation and its allies in a vulnerable position for potentially years to come, several experts and reports say. U.S. missile stockpiles were low before President Donald...
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Tractor-trailer crashes into Swatara Twp. garage
A tractor-trailer crashed into a Swatara Township garage Wednesday, Aug. 5, closing a section of Route 72 for motorists, according to PennDOT. The incident with a Sherwin Williams tractor-trailer happened at about 9:08 a.m. at Route 72 and...
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Gunshot detection tech ignites controversy
When gunshots ring out on America’s streets, bystanders face an instant, high-stakes dilemma. h Do I call the cops? Were those even gunshots? Maybe it was just fireworks. h Every moment of hesitation risks a delay in medical treatment or gives a...
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Remembrance through floats
Fourteen years ago, Kortne Stouffer disappeared from her residence without a trace, and her family is still looking for answers and closure. h On Saturday, Aug. 1, the Stouffer family and others drove near Swatara Creek Park in Hershey and lined the...
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‘Housing imbalance’
On July 28, Nancy Johnson was eating lunch in the two-hour parking lot behind the Lebanon City Hall in her sedan. She used to call living in her car going “out for a stroll” after she lost her apartment back in late April. “I couldn’t pay the rent, so...
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Primary wins, GOP attacks draw attention to the left
Ahead of a challenging midterm election, Republicans have seized an opportunity to castigate their opponents as extremists after democratic socialists won Democratic congressional primaries in New York City, Colorado and Washington, DC. GOP leaders...
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York’s Haitian community fears for future after ruling
The Rev. Gusmane Michel, pastor of the First Haitian Church of York, was heartbroken. One of his parishioners, a man who had immigrated from Haiti about three or four years ago, had been picked up by West York Police, Michel believed, for unpaid...
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Attack sparks fears wars could merge
WASHINGTON – Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States insisted that leaders in Kyiv are not playing “a game of chess” with their recent drone strike on an Iranian ship and have no interest in leveraging their conflict with Russia into a wider, global...
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Dems seek answers on polling site plans
With the midterms only months away, Senate Democrats pressed Trump administration officials to disclose any possible plans to send federal agents or National Guard members to polling places this fall. In a letter led by Sen. Ed Markey,...
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Different kinds of justice
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett likes to note that the black robes she and her colleagues wear show that the nine justices are “united symbolically.” h Despite different personalities, legal philosophies and backgrounds, the robes...
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PA budget adds millions for mental health as challenges persist
This article mentions suicide. If you’ve experienced thoughts of suicide, confidential help is available for free through the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling 988 in the United States. You can find more information at 988lifeline.org. Additional...
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OpenAI’s hack was unnoticed for a week
SAN FRANCISCO – The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after the threat was contained and the FBI was alerted, according to people familiar with the...
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‘THE DECLINE IS SIGNIFICANT’
When Ashton Reed voted for President Donald Trump in 2024, he was drawn by Trump’s vow to recharge the economy and curb the inflation that many around his hometown of Jackson, Missouri, blamed on then-President Joe Biden. Reed, 22, who has worked at...
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U.S. inflation report tells only part of the story
Consumers learned July 14 that inflation “cooled” in June, thanks in part to falling gas prices. But prices still rose. In fact, the 3.5% annual inflation rate for June was higher than the inflation rate in any month of 2025. Inflation is...
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U.S. quarantines citizens at NY base
WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials quarantined 14 American citizens at a New York military base for four days after a recent return from Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is underway, according to records seen by Reuters and two people familiar with the...
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NATO steps up security in Arctic
EVENES, Norway – During a frozen morning in Arctic Norway, a group of British and Norwegian soldiers padded softly through a snow-blanketed birch forest. They were on a simulated NATO reconnaissance mission, among some 30,000 troops who took part in a...
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Residents get peek at 1976 time capsule artifacts
Lebanon City residents got a blast from the past with items from the city’s time capsule, which were displayed to the public for the first time in 50 years. City officials displayed the contents of the 1976 Bicentennial Time Capsule for residents...
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Extreme weather sweeps U.S., killing at least 8
At least eight people died as flash flooding, powerful thunderstorms and extreme heat swept across the United States in recent days. In southern Utah, floodwaters racing through a canyon killed five members of a family, according to the Wayne County...
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Data centers face protests in 42 states
Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states on July 18 in the first nationwide effort to channel anger at the AI infrastructure expansion that has ramped up over the past year and roiled local politics. The...
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Quartz countertops driving health crisis
If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one from a material called engineered stone. h Often marketed as...
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Group: Brazil farm costs far below those in U.S.
DES MOINES – Farmers in the United States are paying significantly more for the seed, chemicals and other supplies needed to grow crops than their major global competitors in Brazil, a new report from the National Corn Growers Association shows. The...
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U.S. and Iran trade infrastructure attacks
DUBAI – The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on July 17 and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. In...
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Social media shaping kids’ career dreams
A second grader in Norway drew a YouTube logo when my colleagues and I asked what they wanted to be when they grow up. When we asked why, the child explained that YouTubers are famous and make lots of money. When we asked second graders in Wisconsin...
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Kirk memorials fail to gain traction
It didn’t take long after Charlie Kirk’s assassination on a university campus in September to hear calls to erect memorials in his honor. Lawmakers, councilmembers, pastors and college leaders announced plans to rename highways, build statues and...
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Digital assistants gaining ground with major banks
NEW YORK – Major banks are ramping up how they incorporate digital assistants in their daily operations, determining how such agents interact with human colleagues and clients as they race to get ahead. Banks are competing in the adoption of agentic...
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SpaceX, AI wealth fuels demand for private jets
NEW YORK – Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation in June as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors shopping for private jets, burying her in paperwork for aircraft-purchase agreements. The...
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Heat
Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors. When the power goes out and air conditioning stops, a house starts to function like a greenhouse. Heat enters...
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‘People are calling for help, not bullets’
LOUISVILLE – Rebecca Hall believes things could have turned out differently, with her daughter still alive. On two other occasions in recent years, she said, there had been 911 calls as her daughter Katelyn attempted suicide, once by swallowing pills,...
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Probe: Actions by Sudan force amount to genocide
GENEVA – Members of Sudan’s RSF carried out mass killings, abductions of women and girls, mass gang rapes and forced starvation in a city they besieged and captured last year, as part of an intentional policy amounting to genocide, a U.N. probe said...
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Thousands cheer as Big Boy steams into Lebanon
The world’s largest steam locomotive chugged into Lebanon’s 8th St. Station to the roar of crowds as part of a coastto-coast tour to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Thousands of people came out to witness the Big Boy No. 4014’s whistle stop...
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Program gives struggling artists $1,000 a month
Though artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever to produce images, music and text, the technology is also making it harder for the people who have traditionally produced this work to earn a living. A photographer who once was commissioned...
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‘Once in a lifetime event’
Around 7 p.m. July 4, Lancaster resident Virginia Johnson was crammed into the Brightbill Arena after volunteers alerted the public about an incoming thunderstorm. Despite the sounds of rain on the roof and the shutters shaking, Johnson could be seen...
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Safety issues beset Silicon Valley defense startup
Ayear ago, Ryan Tseng, the head of U.S. defense tech startup Shield AI, announced his company had turned a new page. h After a gory incident that partially severed a U.S. Navy official’s fingers during a test of its V-BAT drone, Shield AI had addressed...
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THE MEANING OF REVOLUTION
Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing to celebrate a milestone for their country. July Fourth of that year marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. As what was known as the “Jubilee”...
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SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY
The 56 steps, cut from pink granite, ascend to a neoclassical temple that seems plucked from ancient Greece and deposited on a Kentucky hilltop. One for each year of President Abraham Lincoln’s life. h If the first eight steps, rising amid the site’s...
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Muslims a part of America’s story
In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown in 1607 and a full century before the Pilgrims reached...
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TIME CAPSULE
Sonia Martinez Urquizu was 13 when the bicentennial time capsule was buried in Coleman Memorial Park. Joining her mom and her younger brother, Urquizu said she remembers watching the organizers seal and bury the cylinder into the ground in the summer...
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Trump reports $1.4B in crypto venture income
President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income tied to his family’s cryptocurrency ventures in 2025, making digital assets the largest driver of his earnings, according to an annual financial disclosure released June 30. The 927-page...
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High court upholds birthright citizenship
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 30 rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine who is an American, striking down the limits on birthright citizenship that were a centerpiece of his hard-line approach to immigration. The ruling landed...
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AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
In Baltimore County, Maryland, on Oct. 20, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket...
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Measles vaccine push continues
State officials provided an update on the Department of Health’s response to rising measles cases in the LancasterLebanon region, and continued to urge residents to get vaccinated amid the increased outbreak. Since late April, the Lancaster and...
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Lebanon city officials prepare for Big Boy
Lebanon City organizations are making plans as high expectations are felt for the world’s largest steam locomotive’s whistle stop at the Lebanon 8th St. Station on July 7. h City officials are planning to host an event for The Big Boy No. 4014’s...
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Trump sees wins on immigration, guns
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump victories in two immigration cases June 25. In the divide between gun rights and gun violence, the justices struck down another state law, this one in Hawaii, aimed at curbing guns in public...
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‘NURTURE HOPE’
A teenager scrolls through their phone at the dinner table, barely looks up and answers questions with one-word replies. For many adults, that image has come to stand for a larger fear: that today’s young people are disconnected from others and may be...
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ISRAEL STANDS FIRM ON TROOPS IN LEBANON
TEL AVIV – Israel’s defense minister said on June 24 Israeli troops will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, highlighting a hurdle to Iran-U.S. peace talks as the top U.S. diplomat tours the Middle East to win over allies skeptical about a proposed...
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Report: DHS plans to offload proposed ICE detention centers
Federal officials reportedly plan to offload warehouses, including those in Berks and Schuylkill counties, that were proposed as possible immigration detention centers. According to a report from the New York Times, U.S. Immigration and Customs...
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Ukrainian drone makers look to Asia
TOKYO – The CEO of U-Force, a Ukrainian producer of attack drones, flew to Tokyo in April with a pitch for Japanese officials and defense contractors: build thousands of our drones to defend yourself and allies. Days earlier, U.S. troops had used...
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Fire
More than five years later, the scars remain stark: blackened hillsides, closed trails and bare slopes where forests once stood. According to our recent research, which has not yet been peer reviewed, the fires caused significant and lasting declines...
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CLA announces business district revitalization
The Community of Lebanon Association announced the development of a multi-year strategic plan with government, businesses and community leaders to revitalize the city’s downtown business district. CLA members have engaged Derck & Edson, a planning and...
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LOWER CRIME RATES AT RISK
The United States is experiencing one of the steepest declines in violent crime in modern history, including a murder rate at its lowest point in more than a century. Homicides across 35 major American cities fell 21% in 2025, amounting to 922 fewer...
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3,000 roses bloom at Hershey Gardens during NATIONAL ROSE MONTH
The roses are in full bloom at Hershey Gardens with 3,000 plants and 115 colorful varieties for 2026. h On a recent late spring day with puffy clouds dancing across a blue sky, friends and families moved through the three-and-a-half acres of fragrant...
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3-alarm fire rages through buildings
Several residents were displaced after Lebanon County fire crews battled a three-alarm fire at the Downtown Lounge area on Tuesday, June 16, according to officials. Fire crews responded to the 700 block of Cumberland Street for a multidwelling fire....
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Study links iPhones, falling birth rates
The arrival of the iPhone nearly 20 years ago may have had a direct impact on declining birth rates, a new study argues. The working study, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research but has not undergone peer review, claims the...
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Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in camps
NIZI, Congo – After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from Ebola two weeks ago, health workers rushed to trace those who had come into contact with the deceased to break chains of...
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Residents join demands for Andrew to resign
Palmyra School District residents join with school officials calling on Vice President Corey Andrew to resign, saying there is no positive way forward for the district while he remains on the school board. Residents spent almost two hours during the...
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Students honor America 250 with mural at Legion post
Palmyra fifth-grade students, with their art teachers, created a mural at the Quigley Baum American Legion Post 72 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation. More than 15 students were designing and painting an America 250themed mural at the...
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Study examines GLP-1 use during pregnancy
Use of GLP-1 drugs for diabetes or obesity early in the first trimester of pregnancy, before a woman realizes she is pregnant, is not a cause for alarm, a large new data analysis suggests. These medications, which include Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide,...
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National Guard hosts second public open house
The Pennsylvania National Guard and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs hosted an open house at Fort Indiantown Gap June 6, highlighting the military’s heritage during America’s 250th anniversary. This is the second time in almost two...
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West Cornwall crash involving cattle truck leaves one dead
A 91-year-old man died after his vehicle collided with a cattle truck in West Cornwall Township, according to the Cornwall Borough Police Department. At 1:42 p.m. June 4, police responded to a vehicle accident at the intersection of Maple Ave. and...
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Health experts worry about World Cup
With millions of soccer fans and tourists set to travel to 11 U.S. cities hosting the World Cup in the coming weeks, public health officials are wary of potential risks from infectious diseases, such as the Ebola outbreak racing through Central...
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Big water problems need big solutions
When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing lowflow devices. h While...
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SCHOTT Pharma expands their South Lebanon plant
SCHOTT Pharma USA’s representatives joined with Gov. Josh Shapiro and government leaders on June 3 to celebrate an expansion and modernization of their South Lebanon Township facility. The facility, which began production in the South Lebanon location...
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AI
When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes alive after talking daily with his artificial intelligence chatbot, Samantha, with whom he eventually...
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‘There’s been a real kind of upswell’
Lebanon-area protesters joined a multi-county effort calling doubts on U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser’s representation to his constituency, while local residents continue calling for the congressman to hold an in-person, public town hall. ICE Out Upper Bern, a...
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‘I love these coaches’
While residents made another massive outpouring to defend two successful wrestling coaches, Palmyra Area School Board members did not take action to reinstate their contracts. Carrying signs that included “I stand with Coach Regets,” residents spent...
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Pope’s encyclical on AI wins praise
What are humans worth when the work and thoughts they produce threaten to be replicated by technological algorithms? And what is artificial intelligence worth if in the end it does not benefit humanity? With his first major document as head of the...
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Ads for GLP-1 drugs flooding the internet
If you watched the Super Bowl in 2026, you likely saw Serena Williams share her weight-loss journey on GLP-1 medications in a commercial. h Like millions of others around the country, if you’ve ever considered taking one of these drugs, you probably...
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