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NYC bans AI for students through 8th grade

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment of how children in the nation's largest school system interact with the technology — will apply to "all software that uses student-facing generative AI" for students through eighth grade, the mayor's office said. It described the policy as the most expansive prohibition in the country. At the same time, ...

Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial goes without a verdict

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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Wednesday following a fifth day of deliberations and twice saying they can't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The jury will return again Thursday morning. The judge told them to keep deliberating Wednesday when they said for a second straight day that they were at an impasse — a sign there's a growing chance of a hung jury and the trial ending without a resolution. Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn't ...

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 ...