Ford Turner
Pennsylvania State Capitol Correspondent at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Writer at Freelance
Nonpartisan journalist. PA Capitol correspondent in Harrisburg for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Steve Bohnel |Ford Turner |Benjamin Kail
Less than an hour after Cody Balmer allegedly firebombed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Harrisburg residence, he called 911 and told dispatchers he’d targeted the governor because of “what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” according to a search warrant carried out by Pennsylvania State Police in the aftermath of the predawn attack Sunday. “You all know where to find me,” Balmer told the 911 call-taker, according to the search warrant.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Ford Turner
A stone-faced Cody Balmer remained quiet outside of answering questions as a district judge in Harrisburg deemed the suspected arsonist too great a danger to be released from jailed pending trial. Balmer, 38, is accused of firebombing the governor’s mansion early Sunday as Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside. He told investigators he hated the governor and, had Mr. Shapiro caught him inside, he’d have attacked him with a hammer.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Steve Bohnel |Adam Babetski |Ford Turner |Benjamin Kail
President Donald Trump’s tariff exclusions for smartphones and other tech products have added to a growing set of confusing signals for companies and trading partners digesting how to engage a White House still promising to negotiate dozens of new deals in America’s favor. The dizzying weekend saw Trump exclude popular consumer electronics from 125% tariffs on China and a 10% baseline global tariff.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike Wereschagin |Ford Turner |Megan Tomasic
A 38-year-old man from Harrisburg set fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mansion early Sunday, hours after the state’s first family celebrated the first night of Passover, according to police. What to know• Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg was charged with attempted homicide, arson and terrorism. • Police said Balmer used beer bottles filled with gasoline to set fire to the governor's mansion. • Balmer said he would have beaten with Shapiro with a hammer if he encountered Mr. Shaprio, police said.
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1 week ago |
post-gazette.com | Mike Wereschagin |Ford Turner |Megan Tomasic
A Harrisburg man said he was harboring a “hatred” toward Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro when he walked an hour from his home to the Governor’s Mansion, broke into the property and tossed several incendiary devices that caught the home on fire while the governor, his wife and guests were inside early Sunday morning, causing significant damage hours after the family had celebrated the beginning of Passover, according to court documents.
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