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• Officials: 150 Homes Burned In Deadly California Wildfire

  25-06-2016 23:59
  
  LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) – A voracious and deadly wildfire in central California has burned 150 homes and the toll may rise, fire officials said Saturday.
  The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods to count houses and mobile homes incinerated by the blaze.
  Entire blocks were reduced to rubble, and at least 2,500 homes remained threatened.
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• Shots Fired In Fight Over Woman, SWAT Called To Arlington

  25-06-2016 23:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — SWAT was called to a home in Arlington Heights on Saturday.
  It happened around 2 p.m. in the 300-block of Clover Street.
  Police say two men were having a fight over a woman. The man who lived there, identified as 25-year-old Azad Smith, fired a gun at the other man who fled in a vehicle.
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  SWAT cleared the home and found Smith in a garage.
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• 3 injured in Hempfield Township accident

  25-06-2016 23:23
  
  Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident in Hempfield Township.
  
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• Police called to scene of SWAT situation in Arlington

  25-06-2016 22:40
  
  Police and SWAT team members were called to a home in Pittsburgh’s Arlington neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
  
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• PGA Tour Cancels Greenbrier Classic Amid West Virginia Flood

  25-06-2016 22:23
  
  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) – The PGA Tour announced Saturday that the Greenbrier Classic scheduled for next month has been canceled because of the devastating flooding in West Virginia.
  The tournament had been scheduled for July 7-10. Tour officials say the Old White TPC at the Greenbrier Resort, the host course, suffered extensive damage from the flooding and “is beyond reasonable repair to conduct the tournament.”
  PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said officials were heartbroken by t
  
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• Penguins GM Plans To Keep Fleury, Not Trading Malkin

  25-06-2016 22:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford put rumors to rest this weekend.
  Rutherford reportedly said he had no intention of trading Evgeni Malkin, and that he wished to open the 2016-17 with both goalies Matt Murray and Marc-Andre Fleury on the roster “and see where it goes.”
  He reaffirmed this sentiment on Saturday to Sportsnet’s John Shannon.Jim Rutherford just told me that MA Fleury will start the season with
  
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• Police: Woman Stabbed To Death, Stuffed In Bags By Daughter

  25-06-2016 21:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — According to court papers, the victim was stabbed multiple times by her daughter before her body was placed inside garbage bags with the help of her daughter’s boyfriend.
  Both suspects are facing multiple charges and are being held at the Allegheny County Jail.
  A cardboard sign was hanging outside Brenda Johnson’s, 58, Bessemer Avenue apartment door when KDKA’s Amy Wadas stopped by.
  Police found her body there Thursday night.  Someone wrote &ldquo
  
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• Police: Woman Stabbed To Death By Daughter, Stuffed In Trash Bags

  25-06-2016 21:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — According to court papers, the victim was stabbed multiple times by her daughter before her body was placed inside garbage bags with the help of her daughter’s boyfriend.
  Both suspects are facing multiple charges and are being held at the Allegheny County Jail.
  A cardboard sign was hanging outside Brenda Johnson’s, 58, Bessemer Avenue apartment door when KDKA’s Amy Wadas stopped by.
  Police found her body there Thursday night.  Someone wrote &ldquo
  
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• Ohio Priest Attacked In Confessional, Police Searching For Suspect

  25-06-2016 21:33
  
  ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) – Police near Cleveland are looking for a man who they think assaulted a Roman Catholic priest in a confessional.
  Diocese leaders in northeastern Ohio are warning priests and churches to be on the lookout for the suspect.
  Police in Rocky River released a sketch of the suspect on Saturday. They say the attack happened on June 11.
  Officers say a man in his late 20s asked to meet with a priest for confession and that the suspect took out a handgun and assaulted the prie
  
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• Barn weddings all the rage, but not all love and happiness

  25-06-2016 21:30
  
  What may turn out to be the last wedding at Meadowbrook Farms features a Swiss groom. He assured family and friends making the international trip this September that the picturesque 5-acre venue in rural Upper Milford Township offers "neutral ground."
  
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• Man acquitted in 2013 shotgun shooting death of brother

  25-06-2016 21:01
  
  Jurors in Pennsylvania acquitted a man of a homicide charge in the 2013 shooting death of his brother.
  
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• Baltimore Police Union Criticized For Tweets After Acquittal

  25-06-2016 20:52
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore’s police chief and City Council president are criticizing the city’s police union for online posts that appeared to celebrate an officer’s acquittal in the death of a 25-year-old black man.
  A judge acquitted Officer Caesar Goodson of all charges Thursday. Goodson drove the van in which Freddie Gray‘s neck was broken. Goodson was one of six officers charged in Gray’s 2015 death.
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• Man Arrested For Robbing Sheetz With Fake Gun

  25-06-2016 20:35
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — Police arrested a man Thursday night after he allegedly robbed an Indiana County Sheetz using a fake gun.
  The incident occurred at the Sheetz on State Route 22 in Burrell Township around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
  According to police, 55-year-old Gregory Curtis Moore of Blairsville entered the Sheetz, threatened an employee with a fake gun and demanded money. He then fled the scene in a silver Jetta.
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• Blind Dog With Oozing Sore Wins World’s Ugliest Dog Contest

  25-06-2016 20:23
  
  PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) – A 17-year-old Chinese Crested Chihuahua with legs bowed out like a frog and an oozing sore is the winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest.
  SweePee Rambo took home the title at annual Petaluma’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest Friday night after topping 15 other malformed pooches.
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  Judges in the contest, now on its 28th year, take into account bad appearance, includ
  
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• Coroner: 3 dead after shooting in Johnstown

  25-06-2016 20:12
  
  A western Pennsylvania coroner says three people are dead following a shooting in Johnstown.
  
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• Coroner: 3 killed in Johnstown shooting

  25-06-2016 19:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Cambria County coroner’s office says three people are dead following a shooting in Johnstown.
  
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• Black bear cub makes brief escape at Ohio zoo before capture

  25-06-2016 18:29
  
  Zoo officials in Ohio say a black bear cub briefly escaped its enclosure before being corralled and sedated.
  
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• Faculty union to mull strike authorization in August

  25-06-2016 18:08
  
  The union representing faculty members at Pennsylvania's 14 state universities has set an Aug. 25 date for a decision on whether members will take a strike authorization vote.
  
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• Cops unsure if 2 found dead were only people in Uniontown house

  25-06-2016 18:06
  
  The coroner has released the names of two men found dead after shots were fired at a Uniontown home, but police aren't sure whether a third person was involved in the incident.
  
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• State test opt-outs continue to rise in Pennsylvania

  25-06-2016 18:01
  
  The number of Pennsylvania parents opting out of state-mandated tests is continuing to increase.
  
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• Man headed to trial in shooting that killed 1, hurt another

  25-06-2016 17:58
  
  A Pennsylvania man has been ordered to stand trial in a shooting that killed one man and wounded another in the Pittsburgh suburbs despite his attorney's argument that his client acted in self-defense.
  
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• Police arrest daughter, boyfriend in connection to fatal stabbing of woman

  25-06-2016 17:46
  
  Police arrested a woman and her boyfriend after the woman’s mother was found stabbed to death inside an East Pittsburgh apartment.
  
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• 3 killed when car, motorcycle collide in Indiana County

  25-06-2016 17:43
  
  Three people were killed when a car and a motorcycle collided in Indiana County Friday night.
  
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• Penguins Trade Bennett; Welcome 6 New Players During NHL Draft

  25-06-2016 17:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will welcome six new players next season and say goodbye to one.
  The Penguins picked six new players and traded one current player Saturday during the second day of the 2016 NHL Draft. Goaltender Filip Gustavsson, right winger Kasper Bjorkqvist, and defensemen Connor Hall, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari and Joe Masonius will join the Pens, while current Penguin right winger Beau Bennett will leave to join the New Jersey Devils.
  After a quiet first day
  
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• Penguins Trade 1, Pick 6 On NHL Draft Day 2

  25-06-2016 17:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will welcome six new players next season and say goodbye to one.
  The Penguins picked six new players and traded one current player Saturday during the second day of the 2016 NHL Draft. Goaltender Filip Gustavsson, right winger Kasper Bjorkqvist, and defensemen Connor Hall, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari and Joe Masonius will join the Pens, while current Penguin right winger Beau Bennett will leave to join the New Jersey Devils.
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• Penguins Trade 1, Pick 5 On NHL Draft Day 2

  25-06-2016 17:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will welcome five new players next season and say goodbye to one.
  The Penguins picked five new players and traded one current player Saturday during the second day of the 2016 NHL Draft. Goaltender Filip Gustavsson, right winger Kasper Bjorkqvist, and defensemen Connor Hall, Ryan Jones and Niclas Almari will join the Pens, while current Penguin right winger Beau Bennett will leave to join the New Jersey Devils.
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• Penguins Select Goaltender, Right Winger In NHL Draft’s Second Round

  25-06-2016 17:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins made their first picks of the 2016 NHL Draft during the second round Saturday morning.
  For the 55th overall pick of the Draft, the Penguins chose 18-year-old goaltender Filip Gustavsson from Sweden in the second round.
  Great to have you, Gustavsson! pic.twitter.com/i9GVpWUjAo
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) June 25, 2016Shortly after that, for the 61st selection, the Penguins selected right winger Kasper Bjorkqvist from Finland.
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• Man orders pit bulls to attack troopers during arrest

  25-06-2016 17:01
  
  Police arrested a Westmoreland County man Thursday after the man ordered a dog to attack a state trooper.
  
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• 7 displaced in Homestead fire

  25-06-2016 16:47
  
  Seven people are displaced Saturday morning after a fire in Homestead.
  
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• Police investigating non-fatal shooting in Fineview

  25-06-2016 16:27
  
  Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood Saturday morning.
  
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• Car-motorcycle accident claims 3 lives in Indiana County

  25-06-2016 15:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three people were killed Friday evening at about 7 p.m. in a car-motorcycle accident on Route 286 in Black Lick Township, Indiana County. Two men, Thomas B. Kenney Jr., 65, of Homer City, driver of a  Ford Taurus, and Raymond J. Stumpf, 46, of Aultman, who was operating a Harley-Davidson, were pronounced dead at the scene by the Indiana County coroner. Mr. Stumpf’s wife, Shannon Stumpf, 44, died of her injuries at 8:22 p.m., according to the Allegheny County medical examiner.
  
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• Police Investigating After 18-Year-Old Shot On North Side

  25-06-2016 14:20
  
  NORTH SIDE (KDKA) — Police are investigating a shooting that happened on the North Side early Saturday morning.
  Police say they responded to a report that a man had been shot in the 1700-block of Belleau Drive in Fineview just after 12 a.m.
  When they arrived on the scene, police found an 18-year-old man who had been shot in the buttocks. The victim was sent to Allegheny General Hospital. He has since been treated and released.
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• Good Samaritan Tackles Suspect Fleeing From Police

  25-06-2016 13:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Good Samaritan tackled a man who was fleeing from police downtown Friday afternoon, leading to the suspect’s arrest.
  The incident began on 5th Avenue at Cherry Way in downtown Pittsburgh sometime Friday afternoon.
  According to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy was driving along 5th Avenue when he saw a man walk into traffic and almost get hit by at least three vehicles. The deputy believed the man appeared to be under the influence of alcohol
  
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• Three People Killed In Vehicle-Motorcycle Crash Identified

  25-06-2016 12:58
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — Three people died in a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Indiana County Friday evening.
  The crash occurred on State Route 286 near State Route 217 in Black Lick Township around 7 p.m. Friday.
  The Indiana County coroner’s office has identified two of the victims as 46-year-old Raymond Stumpf of Aultman, Pa., and 65-year-old Thomas B. Kenney Jr. of Homer City. The Allegheny County coroner’s office identified the third victim as 44-year-old Shan
  
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• Three People Killed In Indiana Co. Crash Identified

  25-06-2016 12:58
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — Three people died in a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Indiana County Friday evening.
  The crash occurred on State Route 286 near State Route 217 in Black Lick Township around 7 p.m. Friday.
  The Indiana County coroner’s office has identified two of the victims as 46-year-old Raymond Stumpf of Aultman, Pa., and 65-year-old Thomas B. Kenney Jr. of Homer City. The Allegheny County coroner’s office identified the third victim as 44-year-old Shan
  
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• Three Killed In Vehicle-Motorcycle Crash

  25-06-2016 12:58
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — Three people died in a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Indiana County Friday evening.
  The crash occurred on State Route 286 near State Route 217 in Black Lick Township around 7 p.m. Friday.
  According to state police, two people, a man and a woman, were on a motorcycle travelling in the westbound lane of the road toward Saltsburg Borough while a man was driving a sedan in the eastbound lane of the road toward Indiana Borough. The driver of the sedan los
  
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• See Steel City from on high

  25-06-2016 10:50
  View of downtown Pittsburgh from atop the Monongahela Incline on Mount Washington, on May 31, 2016. The Duquesne Incline was built in 1877 to get people to the top of Mount Washington in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Allegheny County sheriff seeks to ID good Samaritan who helped catch 2 fugitives

  25-06-2016 06:38
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• Allegheny County Airport Authority keeping an eye on slots bill, still must pass Pa. Senate

  25-06-2016 06:38
  The CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority said Friday that she is "very interested" in legislation that passed the state House earlier this week that would permit slot machines and internet gambling at Pittsburgh International Airport. "We're watching it closely.
  
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• Wilkinsburg mass shooting survivor reflects on moment that left him paralyzed

  25-06-2016 06:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  There are a lot of things that still don’t make sense more than three months after John Ellis was paralyzed in a Wilkinsburg mass shooting.
  
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• Pitt to build domed field for lacrosse and soccer

  25-06-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A committee of the University of Pittsburgh’s board of trustees on Friday approved spending $17.7 million on two projects, one of which will be an air-supported, domed field for the Panthers’ lacrosse and soccer teams.
  
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• Obama plan for opioid epidemic could mean millions for Pennsylvania

  25-06-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania could land as much as $46 million under President Barack Obama’s $1.1 billion proposal to tackle the opioid-abuse crisis, his administration said Friday, urging Congress to adopt the measure.
  
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• Cicadas are out making noise, but not in Pittsburgh

  25-06-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  This summer’s swarm of cicadas, which affected much of Washington County and areas of southeastern Ohio, has largely failed to make a buzz in Pittsburgh, according to Henry Kacprzyk, a curator at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.
  
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• Family: Man who beat boy, 8, 'deserves to die'

  25-06-2016 05:55
  
  An aunt and uncle of the 8-year-old North Braddock boy who was beaten to death Monday say the suspect had beaten the boy before.
  
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• Young Man, Who Recovered After Being Struck By Lightning, Helping Flood-Stricken W. Va.

  25-06-2016 05:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Just over 100 volunteers from the Pittsburgh area are back home, after a week-long stay in West Virginia where they did mission work for the poor and needy.
  The group is from St. Simon & Jude Church in Green Tree and St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Glenshaw.
  The volunteers were in the small town of Webster Springs, which was among the communities hard hit by floods after torrential rains hit that area this week.
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• Joyce Helps Pirates Snap Dodgers’ 6-Game Win Streak, 8-6

  25-06-2016 05:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Matt Joyce homered and doubled among his three hits as Pittsburgh beat Los Angeles 8-6 on Friday night, ending the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak and giving Pirates manager Clint Hurdle his 1,000th career victory.
  Joyce drove in two runs while filling in for right fielder Gregory Polanco, who sat out with lower leg discomfort. His RBI single in a two-run fifth inning helped push the Pirates’ lead to 7-4 and his eighth homer, a solo shot in the seventh off Ch
  
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• Arizona-Born Matthews Goes 1st In NHL Draft; Finns Follow

  25-06-2016 04:55
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (KDKA/AP) – Once the “Go Leafs, Go!” chants subsided after Toronto selected Arizona-born center Auston Matthews with the first pick in the NHL draft, the Finns began their march to the podium.
  Three players from Finland were selected among the top five picks, the most by the northern European nation.
  “They’ve got a good thing going on there,” Canucks President Trevor Linden said after Vancouver rounded out the run of Finns by selecting defenseman
  
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• Beaver Co. Humane Society Looking For Furniture Donations

  25-06-2016 04:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Beaver County Humane Society wants your old furniture to raise money for its animals.
  The items will be sold at the Humane Society Thrift Store.
  Pick up is available, but you need to have at least four pieces of furniture and live within a 10-mile radius of the store in Beaver Falls.
  In a press release, shelter Executive Director Susan Salyards says: “Adding this service will allow us to expand our Thrift Store operation. When we get furniture in the store, it
  
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• Notices

  25-06-2016 04:21
  The Observer-Reporter is excited to announce new digital offerings, including our new e-Edition apps, available for download in the iTunes & Google Play stores.
  
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