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The congressional campaign between Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and congressman Rob Bresnahan is heating up.The day after she found out she would be the only Democrat on the ballot, Cognetti took shots at Bresnahan over his stock trades.

Following the U.S. Women's Hockey Team gold medal victory, more than 60 girls ages 4 to 18 tried hockey this weekend. They learned to pass and shoot and handle hockey sticks alongside coaches and volunteers from the Wilkes-Barre Junior Pens.

According to the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, nearly half of the state’s rural counties do not have hospitals with labor and delivery units. This reflects a nationwide trend of hospitals closing specialized service lines such as obstetrics.

Handling of the economy has long been considered a strong suit for the Republican Party. But a new poll suggests the economy might now be one of the party’s weaknesses heading into this year’s midterms.

State legislators from Northeast Pennsylvania represent communities with the most amount of proposed data center developments in the state. Some of those elected officials are now supporting or drafting laws that could pause the industry or put standards in place for local municipalities to follow.

Wilkes-Barre police did not seek an Amber Alert in their search for deaf teen La’Niyah Clark, whose body was found at the end of last month. This has raised questions about other advisories and calls for new options.

Penn Forest Twp. now has protections in place to regulate data centers. Supervisors unanimously amended its zoning ordinance during a meeting Monday.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but the country is about to lose that designation as cases and outbreaks rapidly grow. Nationally, there have been more than 1,100 cases of measles infections - with 12 cases here in Pennsylvania.

Investigators on Friday identified the remains of a body found in South Wilkes-Barre as La'Niyah "Lala"Clark. The teen was reported missing on Jan. 17. The Luzerne County District Attorney's office also said Friday that Clark's biological aunt had been arrested in Maryland. Loved ones gathered in Wilkes-Barre over the weekend to honor La'Niyah's memory.

As police continue to investigate who fired into an unoccupied Pike County mosque early Sunday, mosque worshippers got a boost from someone who knows about being attacked. Gov. Josh Shapiro visited the mosque Wednesday.