WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPEC) — HCA Healthcare confirmed a trove of their patient information has been stolen and an estimated 11 million patients may have been affected by the hack. The WPEC I-Team reported the hacker is threatening to sell the Protected Health Information (PHI) on the dark web unless the company pays a ransom. According to a company statement, hospital operations aren't affected by the hack, but the personal details of an unspecified number of patients have been taken, including dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, gender and appointment dates.

DUBOIS, Pa. (WJAC) — Penn Highlands Healthcare will furlough nearly 600 employees due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Wednesday. Chief Operating Officer Mark Norman said the move comes after a decline in visits and revenue. Norman said the furloughs include: Penn Highlands DuBois: 338 employees Penn Highlands Huntingdon: 66 employees Penn Highlands Elk: 65 employees Penn Highlands Clearfield: 43 employees Penn Highlands Brookville: 24 employees Norman says 49 employees from the corporate office will also be furloughed.

UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State officials announced that Allen Road between Curtin and Fishcher roads is closed because of a sinkhole. Officials no traffic will be permitted in the area and that vehicles exiting Nittany Deck will be required to turn left onto Allen Road from Fischer Road to exit Park Avenue. Officials have no timetable when the road will reopen. ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ56axLR7y6iamqRfp7yisNaasGannmK9tMGMnJimqKWoeqS4zqycnWWUqrJuwM5mqqKmm528rbE%3D

Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — Johnstown police are providing new details about what led to the fatal domestic-related shooting at a home along Wood Street early Saturday morning. According to the affidavit, police were initially called to the home, at 4:12 a.m., for reports of a verbal disturbance between 38-year-old Kandace Mervin and 34-year-old Michael Lyles Jr. Authorities say no signs of physical abuse were observed by the officers and Lyles was removed from the residence and asked to "

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday. It's the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

DUBOIS - As the region continues to experience frigid temperatures, auto shop owners in Clearfield County said it’s keeping their businesses busy. Carney Cataldo, owner of Cataldo’s Collision in DuBois, said he is seeing more fender bender crashes because of icy roads. “Between Christmas and New Year’s, we had 55 wrecked cars on site and a lot more are scheduled to come in,” Cataldo said. Cataldo said he gets an increase in customers due to repairing cars from crashes on Interstate 80.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man involved in a fight at a Philadelphia train station was killed when he fell onto the tracks and was struck by a train, authorities said. The fight at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station occurred around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when Chaz Wearing, 40, and another man began arguing. The dispute soon turned physical and Wearing punched the other man twice, city police said. The man - whose name has not been released - ended up on the tracks below the platform and was struck seconds later by an incoming SEPTA train.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A 25-year-old man opened fire at a Walmart store in Indiana where he once worked, wounding at least one person before officers fatally shot him, authorities said Friday. The gunman was identified as Ronald Ray Mosley II by Sgt. Anna Gray of the Evansville Police Department. She said Mosley had previously worked at the store in the city in southwest Indiana. Officer Taylor Merriss said Friday there was at least one victim, a female employee.

The area of the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel along the Pennsylvania Turnpike would instead be a 1,000-foot-wide gash in the mountain if plans by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission follow through. Chairman of a group called ‘Citizens to Save the Allegheny Mountain Randy Musser said the environmental effects that could be caused make this a "destructive plan." The Turnpike Commission said there are multiple reasons this project is needed. Those reasons include an increased accident rate in and approaching the tunnel, both directions of the tunnel need "

Prom season is here, and it is time of celebration for local high schoolers, but local emergency officials want to make sure students are making good decisions along with the memories they're making. That's why first responders across the region are holding "mock crashes" at local schools. It's an effort to demonstrate to students that one bad decision, like drinking and driving, can have life-long consequences. ncG1vNJzZmivmpawtcKNnKamZ56axLR7y6iamqRforykt4ycqZqrmJrAbsDEmpqhZZyksKK4jKyrrpyVo8G0ecCbpq6sXZm%2FqsLIp55mq5GbsrXFjJ2sq6GenHqxvs6mZKydkai8rw%3D%3D