A man who scaled a security fence in the middle of the night and set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and other charges. Cody Balmer entered the plea Tuesday for the attack in April that caused millions of dollars of damage to the state-owned building in Harrisburg. Gov. Josh Shapiro and members of his family were inside and had to be evacuated. No one was injured, but authorities say the 38-year-old Balmer told them he planned to beat the governor with a small sledgehammer if he encountered him. Balmer’s family has said he has a history of mental health problems.

A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground. Mayor Eric Adams said no injuries or deaths were reported after the collapse of the chimney, which rose up from the public housing building’s boiler room. Officials were notified of an explosion in the Bronx just after 8 a.m. Wednesday and still were trying to determine if there was a gas leak. City officials in charge of building said they need to investigate to see what went wrong.

Turning Point USA’s college tour went to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month. Tuesday's stop at Utah State University in Logan was about two hours north of Utah Valley University, where a gunman killed Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10. Conservative podcast host Alex Clark told the crowd she was not there to eulogize Kirk but to pass the torch to everyone in the audience. The Logan campus reported hours before the event that a building was temporarily evacuated but safe. Event security included metal detectors and a heavy law enforcement presence.

An ex-Marine smashed a pickup into a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in Michigan, opened fire and set the building ablaze during a crowded Sunday service and then was fatally shot by police. At least four people were killed and eight wounded, and authorities were searching the building ruins for more victims. It happened in Grand Blanc Township, a community outside Flint. Law enforcement officials said the man got out of his pickup and started shooting, apparently using gas to start the fire. The attacker was identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, who served in the Marines and was from a nearby town. The FBI is investigating the attack as an targeted act of violence.