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Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on reproductive rights in the United States. It's the second billion-dollar commitment French Gates has personally made in the past five years. In 2019, she pledged over ten years to expand women's power and influence. French Gates earlier this month announced she would step down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and vowed to focus on women and families.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — With fewer people coming and going, it's been touch and go in recent years for some local airports. And while it’s a gateway to the world from your own backyard, it's been tough bringing passengers through gates at the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport. And that had put the airport at risk of losing its Essential Air Service federal subsidy to keep commercial flights on the runway.

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: The woman convicted of fatally shooting rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson has been sentenced to 90 years. Jurors delivered the verdict Friday after a little more than three hours of deliberations. The same jury had convicted 35-year-old Kaitlin Armstrong on Thursday after deliberating for only two hours. Prosecutors say Armstrong gunned down the 25-year-old Wilson in a jealous rage. Wilson had briefly dated Armstrong’s boyfriend several months earlier, and went swimming and to a meal with him the day she was killed in May 2022.

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(TCS) — Part-time workers for the state of North Carolina would be able participate in North Carolina’s 401(k) retirement savings plan under a bill that passed the House of Representatives this week and is now pending in the Senate. The legislation was one of three bills pending in the Legislature related to state retirement benefits and could make it easier for the state to recruit part-time workers, state treasurer Dale Folwell told The Center Square.

PORT MATILDA, Pa. (WJAC) — One local EMS service in Centre County is struggling financially and is calling for help. The Port Matilda EMS started posting on its Facebook page about its financial needs last November. Since then the company has received some funds and a very generous anonymous donation. In January, Port Matilda EMS hosted a soup sale for the community. A quart of soup was going for $6.

Pittsburgh, Pa (WJAC) — According to NFL Insider Adam Schefter, the Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly releasing backup quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges to make room on the roster for another backup quarterback, Josh Dobbs. Dobbs was originally drafted by Pittsburgh in 2017, and was traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars at the beginning of last season; the Jaguars then released him this past offseason. Hodges was signed last season as a free agent and went 3-3 as a starter, while filling in for an injured Ben Roethlisberger and backup Mason Rudolph.

Centre Co., PA (WJAC) — Authorities in Centre County say a Bellefonte man is behind bars after being accused of repeatedly calling 911 and harassing the dispatchers, all while claiming that the local police department was "mind-controlling" him. According to the affidavit, police say 29-year-old James Surovec allegedly kept calling the Centre County 911 center to report "non-emergencies." Investigators say Survoec reportedly called the center 24 times over a few-day period.

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — An SCI Houtzdale inmate in prison for child rape was pronounced dead Tuesday, according to a press release. Superintendent of the State Correctional Institute at Houtzdale Scott Klinefelter stated in the release that Daniel Barnett, 40, was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday afternoon by prison staff. According to the release, prison staff and medical personnel performed life-saving measures until EMS arrived on scene. The release states that Barnett was pronounced dead just before 4:30 p.