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Moon of Saucon Valley banquet hall devastated by fire, Penn State outlasts Rutgers 40-36, and law shrugs at Trump’s autopen attack
Fire devastates The Moon of Saucon Valley banquet hall
A Saturday night blaze tore through The Moon of Saucon Valley, formerly The Meadows, just outside Hellertown. Firefighters from three counties battled a fully engulfed commercial structure for roughly 10 hours, then returned Sunday to douse hot spots. Limited hydrants and access constraints from the ongoing Meadows Road Bridge replacement forced a tanker shuttle. The cause is under investigation by Lower Saucon Fire Rescue, township police, and the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal. Community leaders thanked first responders and urged more volunteers, and the Allentown Masonic Temple offered space to displaced events. A tough loss for the community, handled with grit by the crews on the line.
Penn State shrinks rotation, rides backs to outlast Rutgers 40-36
Ethan Grunkemeyer took all 58 snaps at quarterback, quietly going 17 of 21 for 209 yards and a touchdown with no turnovers while the offense lived in 12 and 13 personnel. The sledgehammers were the backs: Kaytron Allen played 45 snaps and set a career high with 226 yards and a score, and Nick Singleton added 86 yards and two touchdowns as the duo cracked 300 on the ground. Tight end Andrew Rappleyea chipped in 4 catches for 75 yards and a touchdown, and the same five offensive linemen never left the field. On defense, Amare Campbell logged 68 snaps, led with 14 tackles, and returned a fumble for the go-ahead TD, while Dani Dennis-Sutton paced the line with 57 snaps. The secondary wobbled, A.J. Harris had a long afternoon, though Daryus Dixson trended up. Rutgers ran plenty, Penn State rarely answered with three-linebacker sets, and the Lions survived anyway, less pretty than persistent but apparently bowl eligible all the same. File under, whatever works.
Trump targets Biden's autopen, but the law is not impressed
What is an autopen? A machine that uses a real pen to reproduce a preapproved signature, the modern heir to Jefferson’s letter-copying polygraph and a bipartisan time-saver used by universities, agencies, and yes, presidents like Carter, Nixon, and Obama, who even extended the Patriot Act with one. On Truth Social, Donald Trump declared that anything not directly signed by Joe Biden is hereby terminated, which is about as binding as a napkin doodle. A social media post cannot cancel executive orders. He has pushed probes into whether aides misused the device, while Biden says he personally makes the decisions and authorizes the autopen. A 2005 Justice Department opinion permits autopen use, and legal scholars call the controversy a nonstarter, pardons do not even need to be written. If the autopen were illegal, half a century of presidencies would evaporate, a claim experts dismiss with the vigor usually reserved for crank mail.
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