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Cody Balmer, accused of setting a fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence, leaves the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg on Tuesday.

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Crime, PA State News

October 14, 2025

Man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

HARRISBURG (AP) — A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded polic...

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With growing family and optimism intact, Penguins’ Rickard Rakell wants to stay put

Seth Rorabaugh The Tribune-Review, Greensburg

October 14, 2025

(TNS) —Life has been good for Rickard Rakell ever since he joined the Pittsburgh Penguins via a trade with the Anaheim Ducks in February of 2022. He's...

Football, National Sports

Grass-fed beef: Steelers’ Acrisure Stadium playing surface back under the microscope

BRIAN BATKO Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

October 14, 2025

(TNS) — Chris Boswell has just two missed field goals this season, but one was blocked and the other has a grass-terisk. It wasn't until Boswell's sli...

Local Sports

SWNY-NWPA Men’s Am Golf Tournament donates $20,000 to local foundations & scholarships.

Jo Wankel

October 14, 2025

Photo submitted Presenting checks from the 89th annual Southwester New York -Northwestern Pennsylvania Men's Amateur Golf Tournament are, from left: E...

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Local News, PA State News

Too high to handle? State releases 2026 insurance marketplace rates

By CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square

October 14, 2025

HARRISBURG — For months, the looming threat of higher insurance premiums has hung over the commonwealth, while at the federal level, affordable health...

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Nation & World

Instagram says it’s safeguarding teens by limiting them to PG-13 content

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer

October 14, 2025

Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission,...

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