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AT&T probes sudden outage as cybersecurity concerns rise

WASHINGTON (TND) — AT&T customers were left experiencing outages Thursday morning prompting an investigation into a possible cyberattack. Sourcestold ABC News that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are now urgently investigating to determine whether or not the outages were a result of a cyberattack or hack. A confidential memo obtained by ABC News explains that "the cause of the outage is unknown and there are no indications of malicious activity,"

Pennsylvania police departments seek solutions amid dwindling applicant pools

With the recent news that PA has hit record low unemployment rates, candidate pools have become smaller and smaller, even impacting local and state police departments. According to the Police Executive Research Forum, hiring was down 4%. But retirements were sitting at 24% in the past two years. We spoke with the Pennsylvania State Police about the hiring challenges. “Nationwide, police departments across the board are seeing less of an interest in those interested in applying to be police officers or in our case troopers,"

President Trump holds rally at Johnstown airport

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters gathered in Johnstown Tuesday night to listen to the president make his case for re-election in three weeks. Central Pennsylvania proved to be pivotal for President Trump's election in 2016. Tuesday, he rallied for support for his re-election in 2020 at the John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport. WATCH BELOW:One day after returning to the campaign trail following his coronavirus diagnosis, President Trump made his case for four more years.

PSU athletics reports 'record' spending & revenue

University Park, PA (WJAC) — A newly released financial report from the Penn State Athletic Department shows "record numbers" for both revenue and spending for Nittany Lion athletics. The new report is for the previous fiscal year- July 2022 through June of 2023. Penn State reports total revenue for athletics just over $202 million. Football generated over half that amount, at almost $110 million in revenue. But Penn State is also reporting that athletic department expenditures are almost the same as revenue, at just over $202 million.

Steelers take Miami cornerback Artie Burns with 25th pick

PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Steelers spent nearly 20 years ignoring cornerbacks in the draft. They couldn't ignore Artie Burns. Not with a secondary in serious need of speed, youth and size. The Steelers believe Burns gives them all three. Pittsburgh took the Miami cornerback with the 25th overall pick on Thursday night, the first time the Steelers grabbed a corner in the opening round since taking Chad Scott 24th in 1997.