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Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger — at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday. It also says women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year. Previously, it said women could choose to start breast cancer screening as young as 40, with a stronger recommendation that women get the exams every two years starting at age 50.

MIDDLEBURG — A 31-year-old Beavertown man is accused of fracturing several bones in a man's face during an assault.

Penn State voluntarily inactivated its liver transplant program after concerns about clinical processes and documentation were identified.

HARRISBURG — A central Pennsylvania legislator said the time is now to “level the playing field” and push the commonwealth’s governing body for high school athletics to create a separate playoff system for boundary and non-boundary schools.

One day in 1747, several Delaware Indians descended the Susquehanna River’s North Branch in a canoe. Somewhere in the vicinity of modern Bloomsburg, they suddenly heard a child crying on the shore.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Resolution 5333, legislation designed to incentivize greater private capital investments in small businesses, particularly those in rural or low-income areas, and those operating in the national security sector, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

DANVILLE — The Danville Area Community Center will continue its All Are Welcome mission after receiving a $500 grant from the Harry C. Mathias Sr. Charitable Foundation to support life skills and autistic support students.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg YMCA, in cooperation with the Union/Snyder Area Agency on Aging, will offer a Tai Chi for Arthritis program to local residents age 60 and up free of charge, thanks to funds made available by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging.

LEWISBURG — A Union County woman and three Bucknell University graduating seniors have worked together on the first stage of establishing a nonprofit organization that promotes green burial in the Valley.

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania legislator envisions a 1% add-on to the state sales tax as a potential revenue solution for cash-strapped communities with a high count of tax-exempt properties.