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Bally's partnering with former Penn State trustee on Centre County casino project

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — A new casino project in Centre County is moving along. Bally's Corporation announced they're a partner for a new casino near the Nittany Mall. Bally's is working with former Penn State trustee, Ira Lubert. He was awarded a mini-casino license last year by the state's gaming control board. Lubert was previously involved in a proposal to locate a casino in the mall's former Bon-Ton store site.

Crash with heavy entrapment closes Route 322 in Clearfield County, officials say

BRADFORD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WJAC) — Emergency officials say Route 322 was closed Saturday afternoon in Clearfield County because people were trapped in a crash. According to Hope Fire Company, the two-vehicle crash happened on Woodland Bigler Highway near McDowell Road in Bradford Township. Crews reported heavy entrapment in both vehicles. Route 322 was closed between the Bigler light at Minit Mart and the Woodland light at Gio’s as crews worked to extricate the vehicles' occupants.

Lawmakers address rising antisemitism amid anti-Israel campus protests

WASHINGTON (TND) — Lawmakers spoke about antisemitism and the escalating tensions on college campuses due to the ongoing anti-Israel protests. “Since October 7, we had over 5,000 antisemitic incidences in the United States just between October 17-January 1," Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., said. "It is so important for the leader of our country to be out there and say very strongly and clearly that this kind of hatred against any race or any religion is wrong.

Utah GOP opts to challenge incumbent state leaders with convention votes

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A marathon Utah Republican Party convention finally ended close to midnight—six hours later than planned—and in the end, incumbents were left fighting more than sleep. State Rep. Phil Lyman soundly beat Gov. Spencer Cox in the GOP delegate vote, 68% to 32%, a margin that would have been enough to knock Cox out of the race altogether, had the governor’s campaign not collected more than 28,000 signatures to ensure his place on the primary ballot.

Woman back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis just 47 days later after surgeons removed the gradually failing organ. Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig, and NYU Langone Health announced that she is stable after an operation to remove the organ earlier this week. The first patient to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard “Rick” Slayman at Massachusetts General Hospital, died in early May, nearly two months after his transplant.