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The $6.5 billion deal brings together the maker of ChatGPT and one of the world's most famous product designers in a venture to create new AI-enabled devices.

The Department of Environmental Protection’s latest Oil and Gas Annual Report shows drillers produced 7.5 trillion cubic feet of gas last year. That’s down from 7.6 trillion cubic feet in 2021.

The annual Pink Light Walk on Thursday, Oct. 5, will raise awareness about breast cancer.The walk is hosted by East Stroudsburg University (ESU) and Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (LVHP). The event remembers those who died from the disease and emphasizes the importance of early screening and detections.Education tables with interactive programs will be held in the ESU Science and Technology Center on Normal Street starting at 5 p.m. The Pink Light Walk will begin from there at 6 p.m. It ends at the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center on East Brown Street in East Stroudsburg.LVPG’s surgical oncologist Dr. Krista Bott and Pink Light Honorary Chair and cancer survivor, Sarah Treible, will give remarks after the walk.The event concludes with the lighting of a tree in pink lights in front of the cancer center.October is breast cancer awareness month.

Small or locally-owned businesses in Scranton can now apply for grants from the city’s American Rescue Plan funds.The city opened the application period on Tuesday for two programs aimed at small businesses with a total of $1.75 million in funding.A majority of that funding, $1.25 million, will go toward business startup grants. Businesses can apply for an award of up to five percent of their total startup or expansion costs between $6,000 and $100,00.The city has allocated the remaining $500,000 to business facade improvements.Façade grants are available up to $10,000 with a 25 percent match for single storefronts. If multiple eligible businesses share the same façade, they can submit a joint application for upgrades of up to $20,000 with the same 25 percent match.Organizations can access the grant application at www.scrantonpa.gov/arpa. Applications will remain open for one year.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that PennDOT was awarded $69 million. The money is from the new Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program, which is meant to support PennDOT’s Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation Project. A new four-lane limited access highway of 6.1 miles will be constructed, connecting U.S. Routes 11/15 near Selinsgrove to Route 15 near Winfield. There will be an interchange and connector within Shamokin Dam to PA Route 61 into Sunbury. The Transportation Department said the area for the project has higher than average crash and fatality rates, with many crashes involving trucks. The department adds that the plan intends to separate trucks and through traffic from local traffic.

The Internet for All meeting next week in Lackawanna County will engage the community to discuss their broadband use and experiences.The broadband needs assessment will be held on Tuesday, July 11, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the 911 Emergency Services Center, 30 Valley View Drive, Jessup.The Lackawanna County meeting is part of a larger strategic effort led by the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (PBDA).The authority is aiming to meet with a diverse array of residents. The public's input will help develop plans to address broadband service needs in unserved and underserved communities.An Internet for All meetings will also be held on Thursday, July 6, at 418 Railroad St., Suite 101, Danville.For more details, visit PBDA. Registration is available by visiting the Department of Community & Economic Development online.

The military vehicle, which is designed to withstand explosive attacks, collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Penn State faculty hoping to unionize across the university said Tuesday they filed the paperwork and signatures needed for a vote, announcing the move at an event in the state Capitol. Organizers say the union would represent about 6,000 faculty members and related employees.

NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey.

Beijing says it will test all 3.6 million residents in its largest district after finding about four dozen COVID cases. Residents fear a city-wide lockdown is imminent.