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Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations

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Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice. Flu vaccinations are beginning and COVID-19 shots are starting to arrive after the Food and Drug Administration approved this year's updated versions last week. Winter also brings another vaccine-preventable risk called RSV. Exactly who should get one or all of these vaccines, and when? That advice ...

Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter

PA News

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was charged Tuesday with voluntary manslaughter for last week's fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to the wrong house. Police body camera video reviewed by investigators shows the officer yelled "Drop to the ground," then "Stop or I'll... ." Before he finished the sentence, he fired two shots at the man who was unarmed and had his hands in the air. He hit 22-year-old Glenwood Earl Pysher IV twice in the chest, killing him. The officer, Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean ...

Food, rides and racing can only mean Juniata County Fair

Local News

PORT ROYAL – There’s nothing quite like the food, the rides and the racing at the Juniata County Fair, which opens Saturday at the Juniata County Fairgrounds in Port Royal. The 172nd edition of the fair runs through Sept. 12. The Juniata County Fair is dedicated to preserving and ...

Details still sparse about second measles-associated death in Pa.

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(The Center Square) – Details remain sparse about the second measles-associated death reported in Lancaster County, including whether it’s the same case identified by the Department of Health on Aug. 25. In multiple media reports, Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the investigation into the death remains ongoing. The Center Square has been unable to reach Diamantoni to independently confirm the information. Josh Parsons, a Lancaster County commissioner, told The Center Square he’s still waiting for more transparency from the state about the cases. “And the ...

Series of heat waves leads Britain to record its hottest summer

International News

LONDON (AP) — Britain's sweltering summer of successive heat waves was the hottest on record, the national weather service said Tuesday. The season, marked by extreme heat, little rainfall, destructive wildfires and water restrictions, snapped the record set only a year earlier, the Met Office said, citing provisional data recorded since 1884. The mean average temperature of 16.5 Celsius (61.7 Fahrenheit) surpassed the 16.1 C (61 F) from 2025. Last year's record beat the 15.7 C (60.2 F) mark set in 2018. "These records are now breaking with increasing frequency, reflecting the ...

Tropical depression drenches Texas with flash flooding and downed trees

National News

PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — The former Tropical Storm Edouard weakened into a depression but dumped nearly 2 feet of rain in some places, flooded roads and knocked down trees Wednesday in parts of Texas as it slowly moved north. Schools and municipal offices were closed, residents were told to stay home and a news station captured a water rescue of a family. Some areas northwest of Beaumont, where the center of the storm passed Tuesday, received between 10 inches (25 centimeters) and 21 inches (53 centimeters) of rain in a matter of hours, the National Weather Service and emergency ...