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STATE COLLEGE Family Fun Centre to open Nittany Valley Sports Centre announced the March 7 opening of The Clubhouse Family Fun Centre, a new entertainment space designed to give families, teams, companies and groups a place to play, gather and build memories together. The Clubhouse will feature 70 arcade games along with immersive virtual reality experiences, including the first-of-its-kind VR Starship in North America, a six-person adventure that takes players on flights through the cosmos. The space offers dedicated room for casual fun inside The Centre. STATE ...

House votes to pull back Trump’s tariffs on Canada

The House voted Wednesday to pull back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the objections of GOP leadership. The tally, 219-211, was among the first times the House, controlled by ...

Ticker: IRS taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS

The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names requested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. For less than 5% of those individuals, the IRS gave ICE additional address information, potentially violating privacy rules created to protect taxpayer data. CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen The Congressional ...

NYC Mount Sinai nurses OK deal

Striking nurses at Mount Sinai approved a new contract that ends a monthlong strike at its hospitals, but their counterparts at NewYork Presbyterian rejected a proposed deal Wednesday, ensuring the walkout will continue at some of New York City’s major medical centers. Mount Sinai said Wednesday that an overwhelming majority of its unionized nurses voted to ratify new three-year pacts. Brendan Carr, CEO of Mount Sinai, said its nurses will begin reporting back to work Saturday. He urged hospital staff to come together with empathy and respect and a “shared culture” as its ...

Briefcase: Homewood Living honored

MARTINSBURG Homewood Living Martinsburg has been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for 2026 by U.S. News & World Report. Since its debut in 2009, the annual U.S. News Best Nursing Homes analysis has served as a critical resource, providing trusted, data-driven insights to families – in consultation with their health care providers – seeking the best options for either short-term rehabilitation or comprehensive long-term care. A High-Performance designation, the highest level of recognition offered by U.S. News, was awarded to Homewood Living Martinsburg for outstanding quality in ...

Ticker: Retail sales unchanged November to December

Shoppers unexpectedly paused their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone. The report, issued by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, surprised economists who were looking for growth despite mounting concerns about a slowing job growth, uncertainty about President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other economic headwinds. And it raised questions about shoppers’ ability to spend after they have remained resilient for months despite souring consumer confidence, economists said. Honda reports declining profit as tariffs ...