[naviga:h3]2 killed, 4 injured at power plant[/naviga:h3]

SHIPPINGPORT — Two workers are dead and four others were injured while performing maintenance at a coal-fired power plant.

FirstEnergy spokeswoman Stephanie Walton said it happened in an underground enclosure at the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant in Beaver County around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officials are trying to determine what happened.

Walton said both workers were contractors. It’s not known whether the injured workers were, and Walton did not know the extent of their injuries.

The plant in Shippingport is FirstEnergy’s largest coal-fired plant.

[naviga:h3]Software company gives $1M to CMU[/naviga:h3]

PITTSBURGH — A Chicago software company is donating $1 million to an artificial intelligence initiative at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

University officials announced Tuesday that Uptake’s investment in CMU AI will create a new fund called Machine Learning for Social Good. The fund will enable students and faculty to use machines and data science to solve problems while working with nonprofits and government agencies.

Professor Roni Rosenfeld, who will lead the program, said in a statement that machine learning and data science has already improved education, public health and international aid. Uptake last year set up a philanthropic branch that has assisted in social issues such as pairing students with colleges and trying to curb poaching in Africa.

[naviga:h3]‘Slap Shot’ rink naming rights sold[/naviga:h3]

JOHNSTOWN — A regional bank is paying $720,000 for naming rights to a Pennsylvania hockey rink made famous in the cult hockey comedy “Slap Shot.”

The deal means the building will now be known as 1st Summit Arena (at) Cambria County War Memorial.

The 67-year-old arena was home to the defunct Johnstown Jets, a minor-league team whose fictionalized exploits were the focus of the 1977 film. The team was called the Charlestown Chiefs in the movie.

The Johnstown Tomahawks play in the junior league North American Hockey League.

The Jets folded in 1977 when the third of the city’s historic floods damaged the arena’s ice-making equipment. The Johnstown Chiefs, an East Coast Hockey League franchise, played in the building from 1988 until relocating to Greenville, S.C. in 2010.

[naviga:h3]Businesses add 237K jobs in August[/naviga:h3]

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses added a healthy 237,000 jobs in August with broad gains across several industries including construction, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality, according to a private survey.

Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that the hiring was spread among large companies with more than 1,000 employees and medium and small firms with fewer than 500 workers. Manufacturers added 16,000 jobs and builders hired 18,000. The leisure and hospitality sector — which includes restaurants — added 51,000 workers. Health care and social assistance accounted for a gain of 42,000 jobs.