New Vape Law Takes Effect Today

Pennsylvania’s Act 57 takes effect today, making it illegal for stores to sell any vape product that isn’t on a new state registry of items with FDA authorization or a pending FDA application.

Only six companies’ products, including Juul, NJoy, and R.J. Reynolds Vapor, reportedly qualify so far, and fines start at $500 per illegal item and climb for repeat violations.

Attorney General Dave Sunday said the law aims to keep illegal, unapproved vapes away from kids, and his office will work with police and district attorneys to enforce it.

Some shop owners say they’ll lose most of their inventory, including a Ross Township owner who is closing all three of her Cool Vapes stores and laid off nine employees.

Judge Denies Penn State Game Request

A Centre County judge denied a request from a man who threatened State College Area High School to loosen a parole condition so he could attend Penn State football games and wrestling matches.

The 22-year-old, who pleaded guilty last year to a felony count of terroristic threats, can’t go within 100 feet of a school under his five-year supervision.

Prosecutors deferred to the county’s probation department, which was uncomfortable with the request. He has completed only about a fifth of his supervision.

Police said he had discussed a shooting and bombing at the school timed to the Columbine anniversary, though the district attorney later said investigators found no evidence he planned to follow through.

Philly’s Pigeon Tour Takes Flight

A 90-minute pigeon tour now ranks as the third most popular tour in Philadelphia on TripAdvisor, giving the Liberty Bell and the Rocky Steps some unexpected competition.

Philly Pigeon Tours founders Hannah Michelle Brower and Aspen Simone lead visitors through the city’s most pigeon-friendly spots, answering questions like why the birds always face the same way.

The answer, Simone says, is that they face into the wind because their feathers streamline from front to back.

Brower used to hate pigeons until she nursed a sick one back to health four years ago, and that bird, Primrose, now lives with the couple and gets regular baths and blowouts.

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➤ Lebanon County: More than 120 soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 228th Engineer Vertical Construction Company were honored at Northern Lebanon High School before a yearlong southern border deployment. (More)

➤ Philadelphia: A car plunged into a massive hole in a construction zone in West Oak Lane. Authorities have not yet said whether the driver was injured. (See Photos)

➤ Also Philadelphia: The third annual GOAToberfest featured 13 animals, using the fun twist to raise money for wellness programs in the city. (See Photos)

➤ Reading: The city could pull up to $24 million from its reserves to cover roughly $12 million deficits in each of the next two budgets while trying to avoid raising property taxes. (More)

➤ Derry Township: A woman says a local church’s $20 grocery “loot box” program, advertised as holding $175 to $200 in goods, felt like a scam after she got far less. (More)

➤ The Steelers improved to 4-2 with a 26-19 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, including the game-winner to Germie Bernard in overtime. (More)

➤ The Eagles fell to 2-4 with a 25-14 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Playing without Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia managed 14 points as Tanner McKee threw for 215 yards and a touchdown. (More)

➤ Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said the team plans to reduce J.T. Realmuto’s workload behind the plate in 2027. Realmuto is expected to get more days off and could also see time at first base. (More)

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➤ State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, the Republican nominee for governor, rallied with skill game operators in Green Tree, days after the state’s ban on the machines took effect. (More)

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➤ Hundreds turned out for Liberty Mountain Resort’s Fall Festival and Ski Swap in Adams County as skiers and snowboarders gear up for winter. (More)

➤ The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex will be featured in a TV documentary series about thriving convention centers on All Access with Andy Garcia. (More)

➤ Another new documentary, Big Phan, explores the two men who’ve played the Phillie Phanatic since 1978. The film premiered at the Philadelphia Film Festival, with a second screening next Sunday. (More)

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