Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania sues AI company, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as licensed doctors

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Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and deceive the system’s users into thinking they’re getting medical advice from a licensed professional HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving … Read more

Pennsylvania suing Character AI, claiming chatbot posed as a medical professional

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The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is suing Character AI to stop the artificial intelligence platform’s chatbots from representing themselves as licensed medical professionals and providing medical advice.  According to a lawsuit, a Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number. The state accused the company of … Read more

“Let the pope have his say”: Pennsylvania Catholics caught between Trump and Pope Leo

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Bucks County, Penn. — Catholic churches seem to be everywhere in this southeastern Pennsylvania county — 33 parishes, to be exact — and for good reason. More than a third of Bucks County residents are Catholic, according to the privately run 2020 U.S. Religion Census. In 2024, Catholic voters helped deliver Bucks County to President … Read more

Leon Smith of Pennsylvania named 2026 National Teacher of the Year:

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“CBS Mornings” exclusively revealed Pennsylvania high school teacher Leon Smith as the 2026 National Teacher of the Year, which is selected by the Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher of the Year program. Smith, a social studies teacher at Haverford High School in Havertown, Pennsylvania, said the honor “just means everything.” “It’s just such … Read more

Pennsylvania high school history instructor named nation’s Teacher of the Year

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HAVERFORD, Pa. — A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. Leon Smith, 46, has spent his entire 25-year career at Haverford High School, where he teaches … Read more

Mother and 6 children killed in explosion and fire at central Pennsylvania home

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MILL HALL, Pa. — A mother and six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in an explosion and fire at a central Pennsylvania home, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a report of an explosion and fire at a home in Lamar Township in Clinton County near Mill Hall on Sunday morning … Read more

Mother, 6 children die in Central Pennsylvania house explosion, state police say

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A mother and her six children died when their Central Pennsylvania home exploded and caught on fire Sunday morning, state police said. The explosion and fire happened at around 8:30 a.m. at a home on Long Run Road in Lamar Township, Clinton County, which is roughly 35 miles from State College. Crews arrived on the … Read more

Giant nuclear waste dump in Pennsylvania set to be dug up after decades of lawsuits and public outcry

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After decades of cancer cases and public outcry, the federal government this week will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The site in Apollo served as a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste.  Now, after decades of protests, cancer cases and multi-million-dollar class action … Read more

Giant nuclear waste dump in Pennsylvania set to be dug up after decades of lawsuits and public outcry

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After decades of cancer cases and public outcry, the federal government this week will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump in Armstrong County.  The site in Apollo was a dumping ground for hundreds of 55-gallon drums containing radioactive nuclear waste. But come this week, a half-billion-dollar project to safely remove it will finally … Read more

Pennsylvania town faces fallout from Trump’s environmental rule rollback

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North America’s largest coke plant hugs the west bank of Pennsylvania’s Monongahela River, belching out emissions from turning superheated coal into a carbon-rich fuel. Researchers say the children at Clairton Elementary School about a mile away pay the price. They discovered the students there and at other elementary schools near major pollution sites in Pennsylvania … Read more