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A 3-year-old boy and his father are dead, with their mother and wife in custody on two counts of homicide in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, authorities said.

HARRISBURG — Drug manufacturers and pharmaceutical middlemen conspired to manipulate insulin prices, artificially raising the cost of the life-saving medication by more than 1,000 percent, according to a lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.

DANVILLE —Montour commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting agreed to send a letter to PennDOT expressing traffic safety concerns at the 54/642 intersection in Danville.

SUNBURY — The Americus Hose Co. and the Rescue Hose Company are now merged after a public hearing Tuesday in Northumberland County Court.

ALLENWOOD — Union County officials are investigating whether a data center developer violated the covenants of the industrial park in Gregg Township by starting site work without approval.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s health secretary said Tuesday that the spread of measles is leveling out as vaccinations rise in defense against the highly contagious disease.

HARRISBURG — A court-imposed deadline expired Tuesday without a legislative fix on skill games, allowing enforcement against the operation of the illegal machines to begin.

SELINSGROVE — North Korean refugee Grace Jo visited Susquehanna University on Monday night to share her story of growing up under the authoritarian regime of Kim Jong Il, fleeing to China, and eventually, as a child, finding safety in the United States.

SELINSGROVE — Concern over how the Selinsgrove Area School District administration is handling student needs may be one of the reasons parents are removing children from the district, according to one mother.

MIFFLINBURG — All charges filed against two California men accused in a scam involving gold bars and coins were held for the Union County Court of Common Pleas.