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• Small Child Falls Into Gorilla Enclosure At Zoo

  28-05-2016 23:19
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – Police say a young child fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and has been taken to the hospital.
  Cincinnati Police Lt. Steve Saunders said the child is about 3 years old and fell on Saturday afternoon. The child isn’t believed to have life-threatening injuries. Saunders says zookeepers reportedly used a tranquilizer on a gorilla as the child was rescued.
  He referred all questions to zoo officials, who didn’t immediately respond to messages.
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• Ohio Zoo Kills Gorilla To Protect Small Child In Enclosure

  28-05-2016 23:19
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) – The Cincinnati Zoo’s director says zoo security officers killed a 17-year-old gorilla that had grabbed a small boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit moat.
  Director Thane Maynard says the 3-year-old boy is expected to recover after being picked up and dragged by the gorilla Saturday for about 10 minutes. He was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
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• Burglar Caught After Neighbors Attempt To Stop Him

  28-05-2016 23:08
  
  BRIGHTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) — Police caught a burglar in Brighton Heights early Saturday afternoon after neighbors attempted to stop him from fleeing the scene.
  According to police, officers were sent to the 1600-block of Orchlee Street for a report of a burglary in progress shortly before noon. A man entered the home of a 62-year-old woman while she was home alone. The woman was able to escape unharmed, and she told neighbors what was happening.
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• Man arrested in Brighton Heights burglary

  28-05-2016 22:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police chased and caught a 46-year-old man about noon today after a reported burglary in Brighton Heights.
  
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• Neighbors attempt to subdue burglar in Brighton Heights

  28-05-2016 22:46
  
  A burglar was arrested with assistance from neighbors in Brighton Heights Saturday morning.
  
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• Man Charged In Connection To Assault On 2-Year-Old Child

  28-05-2016 22:38
  
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — New Castle police took a man into custody Saturday and charged him for the aggravated assault of a 2-year-old child.
  New Castle police say a suspected child abuse investigation was conducted after a 2-year-old child was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital for treatment of multiple injuries. Isaac Ryhal, 23, was identified as a suspect in the assault, and police were searching for him Friday afternoon.
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• Results of probe into inappropriate emails to be released

  28-05-2016 21:56
  
  Attorney General Kathleen Kane has announced that preliminary results of an investigation into inappropriate emails found on state servers will be released Tuesday.
  
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• 1 injured in Parkway East crash

  28-05-2016 20:54
  
  One person was injured in an accident on Interstate 376 Saturday morning.
  
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• Husband, wife found dead inside Bloomfield home

  28-05-2016 20:53
  
  Pittsburgh police say man and woman have been found dead in a Bloomfield home.
  
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• Man, Woman Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide

  28-05-2016 20:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two people are dead after a suspected murder-suicide in the Bloomfield neighborhood.
  Reports of the incident came in Saturday afternoon. It happened in the area of Gross Street and Friendship Avenue.
  The victims are a man and a woman.
  Police officials say a man called 911 operators “warning of what he was going to do.”
  No further information was immediately released.
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• School funding creates divide in attorney general's race

  28-05-2016 18:34
  
  The battle in Pennsylvania over school funding could take on a new dimension.
  
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• 11 People, Including Children, Hit By Lightning In Paris Park

  28-05-2016 17:24
  
  PARIS (AP) – A Paris fire service spokesman says 11 people including eight children have been hit by lightning in a Paris park after a sudden spring storm overtook a child’s birthday party.
  The victims had sought shelter Saturday under a tree at Park Monceau, a popular weekend hangout for well-to-do families in Paris.
  Spokesman Eric Moulin says six of those electrocuted were seriously injured, including four children and two adults – and four of them were in life-threatening co
  
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• Man Apologizes As He Is Sentenced To 12 To 30 Years In Shooting Death

  28-05-2016 17:09
  
  BEAVER, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 12 to 30 years in the death of a man killed after a dispute a year ago.
  The Beaver County Times reports that 26-year-old Christopher Kirkland apologized and asked for forgiveness from the family of 33-year-old Matthew Williams as he was sentenced Friday in Beaver County.
  Kirkland said “I’m a dad myself. A brother, a son.” He said there was nothing he could say to let Williams’ family know how sorry
  
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• 3 injured in shooting in Lincoln Lemington-Belmar

  28-05-2016 17:07
  
  Three people were injured after a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood Friday night.
  
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• County executive Fitzgerald makes wager on Stanley Cup championship

  28-05-2016 17:01
  
  Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald has placed a friendly wager on the Stanley Cup final.
  
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• Brazilian Police Seek 30-Plus Men In Teen’s Gang Rape

  28-05-2016 16:59
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Police said Friday that they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, a case that has rocked Latin America’s largest nation and highlighted its endemic problem of violence against women.
  The announcement came as acting President Michel Temer called an emergency meeting of the security ministers for each of Brazil’s states to consider gender-related crimes.
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• 1-Year-Old Suffers Skull Fracture, Assault Suspected

  28-05-2016 16:48
  
  CLARION CO. (KDKA) — State police in Clarion are investigating after a one-year-old was flown to the hospital with a head injury.
  Police say a one-year-old boy was air-lifted to Children’s Hospital for a “skull fracture and bleeding of the brain.” The child underwent emergency surgery.
  Reports indicate the incident took place between May 17 and 18, while the baby was in the custody of his mother.
  He is now in stable condition and in protective custody. The incident i
  
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• 1 injured in Parkway West crash

  28-05-2016 16:33
  
  One person was injured in an accident on Interstate 376 Saturday morning.
  
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• Police investigating after shots fired in Duquesne

  28-05-2016 16:23
  
  Police are investigating after shots were fired in Duquesne, near Kennywood Park, late Friday.
  
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• ‘Freedom From Violence’ March Held In Hill District

  28-05-2016 16:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — People gathered this weekend to take a stand against violence.
  Led by members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, people marched through the Hill District Saturday morning.
  They could be heard chanting, “no violence, no more!”The walk began at 9 a.m. at Centre Avenue and Crawford Street. Participants walked through the Hill District and Resource Fair being held at the Hill House.
  According to a news release, the march is “a peaceful push back against gu
  
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• Man apologizes as he is sentenced to 12 to 30 years in death

  28-05-2016 16:12
  
  A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 12 to 30 years in the death of a man killed after a dispute a year ago.
  
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• Small WWII-Era Plane Crashes In Hudson River

  28-05-2016 14:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – A small World War II vintage plane taking part in celebrations of its 75th anniversary flew a partial loop while smoke spewed from it and then crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey on Friday, and divers recovered a body from its sunken wreckage, police and witnesses said.
  The single-seat plane, a P-47 Thunderbolt, crashed on a part of the river near where a US Airways commercial jet carrying 155 people splash-landed safely in 2009 in what became known
  
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• University Of North Carolina Refuses To Enforce Transgender ‘Bathroom Law’

  28-05-2016 14:27
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The University of North Carolina system told a federal court Friday that it won’t enforce a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates.
  The declaration came in a motion asking a federal court to halt civil legal proceedings against the university system while a higher court decides a separate case on transgender rights from Virginia.
  University system President Margaret Spellings wrote in an affidavit
  
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• Report: Bank Robber Wearing Helmet Fled On Dirt Bike

  28-05-2016 14:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police near Harrisburg are searching for a bank robber who made a dirt bike getaway.
  CBS affiliate WHP reports that a Dauphin County bank was robbed Friday by a suspect dressed head-to-toe in motorcycle gear.
  The suspect reportedly entered the bank wearing a motorcycle helmet, dark pants, a dark jacket with a green safety vest over it and gloves. He gave the impression he was armed.
  Officers are working to discover who the person behind the helmet was and their whe
  
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• Allegheny Co. & Santa Clara Co. Place Wager On Stanley Cup Final

  28-05-2016 12:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Game on, San Jose Sharks.
  Pittsburgh is feeling confident as they head into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in years. So confident, in fact, we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is. And–it’s all for a good cause.
  Allegheny County and Santa Clara County announced Friday that they have placed a friendly wager on the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose Sharks Stanley Cup Championship Series.
  Both counties will be collecting donations
  
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• Local Dancer Breaking Down Stereotypes As His Videos Go Viral

  28-05-2016 06:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local dancer’s viral video is changing people’s minds about what dancers look like.
  Anyone who sees Erik Cavanaugh working at Beto’s Pizza on Banksville Road, might never know his hidden talent: he’s a dancer.
  He says he knows he looks different than what people might expect, and he’s determined to change that expectation.
  “Dance is for everyone,” said Cavanaugh. “There’s been this kind of tradition that a dancer&r
  
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• Penguins victory is a win for merchants

  28-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Within an hour of opening on Friday, Hometown Sports at Station Square had already made five times its average daily sales.
  
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• Only one refund sought so far for yearbook with 'offensive' quotes, Quaker Valley says

  28-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Quotations attributed to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the Quaker Valley High School yearbook have led district officials to offer an apology and refunds to students who were offended by the quotes.
  
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• Ambridge religious brother may have gambled away stolen parish money, police say

  28-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A religious brother was arraigned Friday on charges that he stole more than $220,000 over nine years from his church, likely to fund a gambling habit.
  
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• Ambridge priest may have gambled away stolen parish money, police say

  28-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Catholic priest was arraigned Friday on charges that he stole more than $220,000 over nine years from his church, likely to fund a gambling habit.
  
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• Allegheny County to survey park users

  28-05-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County and the Allegheny County Parks Foundation will begin a $135,000 survey this weekend to find out who is using county parks and what changes they would like to see.
  
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• Hamels’ 12-Game Win Streak Ends As Pirates Top Rangers 9-1

  28-05-2016 05:53
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Jonathon Niese outpitched Cole Hamels with six strong innings, ending the Texas left-hander’s career-best winning streak at 12 games in Pittsburgh’s 9-1 interleague victory over the Rangers on Friday night.
  Andrew McCutchen had one of four home runs for the Pirates, who won their fifth straight and spoiled Jeff Banister’s first game against the organization he spent his first 29 years in pro baseball with before becoming Texas manager last season.
  
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• Reported gunshots near Kennywood

  28-05-2016 05:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  Multiple police units responded to the 100 block of Hoffman Drive in Duquesne last night after a report of gunshots being fired just adjacent to Kennywood Park.
  
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• 2 Men, 1 Woman Wounded In East End Shooting

  28-05-2016 05:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating after three people were shot in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar section late Friday night.
  The incident happened around 10:10 p.m. in the 6400 block of Apple Street.
  According to Public Safety officials, at least 20 shots were fired and two men and one woman were wounded in the gunfire.
  Police say they found the victims inside a nearby home. They were conscious, alert and talking when paramedics transported them to UPMC Presbyterian Ho
  
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• Three shot in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar

  28-05-2016 05:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three people were shot in a house Friday night in the city’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar section. 
  
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• Police Investigating Incident Near Kennywood Park

  28-05-2016 04:55
  
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — Officials with Kennywood say police are investigating after an incident near but off of park property late Friday night.
  It started around 10 p.m. in the area near the amusement park’s parking lot.
  According to Kennywood officials, the park closed at it normal time of 9:30 p.m. and there was never any lockdown.
  There is no word yet on what prompted the situation, but there were reports of possible gunfire.
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• Pittsburgh Police seek robbery suspect

  28-05-2016 03:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Police are looking for a violent robbery suspect who is believed to be armed.
  
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• Furry Tails: Doli & Clyde Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  28-05-2016 03:17
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________
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• Man shot in Marshall-Shadleland

  28-05-2016 03:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Homewood man is in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen Friday afternoon in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland section. 
  
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• Uber Appeals Pennsylvania Utility Regulator’s $11.4M Fine

  28-05-2016 02:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ride-hailing company Uber is asking state utility regulators to reconsider the record-setting $11.4 million fine they issued against it.
  The Public Utility Commission fined San Francisco-based Uber in April for operating in Pennsylvania for six months in 2014 without the required approval. The commission is looking at Uber’s appeal, which contends the fine amount is unreasonable, considering the lack of evidence that its services did harm.
  Uber argued that it succes
  
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• Verizon, Unions Reach Deal In Principle For 4-Year Contract

  28-05-2016 01:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Striking Verizon employees may be back to work next week after the company and its unions reached an agreement in principle for a four-year contract.
  About 39,000 landline and cable employees in nine Eastern states and Washington, D.C., have been on strike since mid-April, one of the largest strikes in the U.S. in recent years.
  Verizon had trained other workers to step in but there were still delays in installations for Fios customers.
  Verizon said that it had high health c
  
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• Armed Robbery Suspect Sought By Police

  28-05-2016 01:41
  
  BELTZHOOVER (KDKA) — Police are searching for a man suspected in a Beltzhoover armed robbery.
  Officers say Laron Bonner is wanted in connection with a May 18 robbery on Lillian Street.
  Bonner is also accused of threatening police on social media.
  Anyone with information on Bonner’s whereabouts should contact police.
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• Popular Greene Co. Bakery’s Cicada Treats Flying Off The Shelves

  28-05-2016 01:09
  
  MOUNT MORRIS (KDKA) — A Greene County bakery is whipping up some special treats, and they are just flying off the shelves.
  Cicadas emerge from the soil every 17 years to mate. This is the year they are making an appearance, and some of them ended up at Rising Creek Bakery in Mount Morris.
  The sign out front reads: “Float on in! Have a treat. Something savory? Something sweet?”
  Rising Creek Bakery & Café is a popular eatery. Open for seven years, the owner prides hers
  
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• Get Marty: Metal Plates Slashing Tires On Stretch Of Route 65

  28-05-2016 01:09
  
  FREEDOM (KDKA) — The safety director at a local trucking company saw a dangerous situation developing along a local highway and called “Get Marty.”
  “There could be a major accident. They could have gone through the barriers and injured other people and the workers,” says Ron Barbis, the safety director at an Ambridge trucking company.
  In a 10-day period, at least 30 tires on company trucks were slashed by metal plates sticking out along a stretch of Route 65 in the
  
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• Kane's longest-serving press secretary heads for the exit

  28-05-2016 00:43
  
  Attorney General Kathleen Kane's longest-serving press secretary is leaving after handling what he called "an unfolding series of crises that were just never-ending."
  
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• Rangers Manager Jeff Banister Ready For 3-Game Series Against Pirates

  28-05-2016 00:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — The Pirates and Texas Rangers meet in the first game of a three-game weekend series tonight at Globe Life Park.The game is significant, because Jeff Banister, who spent 29 years as a player and coach in the Pirates organization, will square off against his former club.
  Banister is in his second season with the Rangers.In 2015, he won the American League Manager of the Year after leading Texas to 88 wins and a trip to the American League Division Series.
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• Couple Buys & Renovates Butler Drive-In Theater

  28-05-2016 00:28
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — Drive-in theaters were once as American as snack bar food during intermission.
  Butler’s Pioneer Drive-In opened in 1958. The old theater and snack bar were showing their age when John and Beth Manson purchased and renovated the theater they had visited over the years.
  “We come here on a Friday or Saturday night,” John Manson said. “Pop the hatch, have pillows in the back, lay down, unwind from the week, catch a couple of movies. And we often would ta
  
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• Cemetery Recreates Historic Gate Destroyed By Drunk Driver

  28-05-2016 00:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Surveillance video shows the incredible destruction — in an instant, the cast-iron gates to the Allegheny Cemetery were shattered.
  Behind the wheel was a drunken driver, who miraculously avoided serious injury but destroyed 170 years of history, dealing a devastating blow to the cemetery.
  “It was a very traumatic event for the cemetery and it’s taken us a long time for us to get to where we are today,” said David Michener with the Allegheny Cemet
  
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• Local Man Enjoying Life After Long-Awaited Heart Transplant

  28-05-2016 00:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s the end of a long journey of emotional ups and downs, and often doubt, for Moses Hart.
  KDKA has followed his story for three years as he waited for a heart transplant, never venturing too far from Allegheny General Hospital.
  The call finally came a few months ago. Earlier this week, KDKA’s Brenda Waters sat down with Moses and his wife to revisit the journey.
  “I just feel like a new life starting, like I have been born again, and I guess, Feb. 2 i
  
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