The Herald (Sharon, PA)

3 days ago | sharonherald.com | Eric Scicchitano

HARRISBURG — Members of the Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday in support of a proposal that would ban the use of TikTok on all state-owned devices and networks. Barring the use of the wildly popular social media application has been floated about the General Assembly since at least last session amid potential security risks and data theft by TikTok’s owner, China’s ByteDance. kAmp 3:== 4=62C65 E96 $6?2E6 2?5 ?62C65 2 G@E6 @? E96 w@FD6 7=@@C 3FE F=E:>2E6=J DE2==65]k^Am kAmp? 6DE:>2E65 `bd >:==:@?

3 days ago | sharonherald.com | Ed White

DETROIT (AP) — A Chinese scientist entered the U.S. last year with a toxic fungus stashed in his backpack, federal authorities said Tuesday as they filed charges against him and a girlfriend who worked in a lab at the University of Michigan. The pathogen is known as Fusarium graminearum, which can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people, the FBI said in a court filing in Detroit.

3 days ago | sharonherald.com | Megan Janetsky |Maria Verza

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's ruling Morena party appeared to be heading toward control over the Supreme Court, preliminary vote tallies of the country's first judicial election indicated. While votes were still being counted Tuesday for the majority of the 2,600 federal, state and local judge positions up for grabs in Sunday’s elections, results rolled in for the nine Supreme Court positions.

3 days ago | sharonherald.com | Juan Lozano

HOUSTON — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress call. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the wounded 59-year-old near the street. kAm“%96 @77:46CD 2EE6>AE65 =:76 D2G:?8 >62DFC6D F?E:= t|$ 2CC:G65] t|$ AC@?@F?465 E96 G:4E:> 56462D65[” $2? p?E@?:@ A@=:46 D2:5 :?

3 days ago | sharonherald.com | Mike Stobbe

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying that Americans should be vaccinated against the virus no matter where they’re going. U.S. residents are recommended to get measles-mumps-rubella shots, anyway. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously emphasized the importance of vaccination for travelers going to countries with outbreaks.