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• Bryant Leads Cubs To 6-5 Win Against Pirates

  10-07-2016 23:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kris Bryant’s RBI single in the eighth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
  Pinch-hitter Matt Szczur doubled to left field with one out against Pirates reliever Tony Watson (1-3). Bryant, who had three hits and reached base four times, followed with his tiebreaking hit to put the Cubs back ahead.
  Chicago avoided a series sweep ended its five game losing streak. Pittsburgh lost for just the second time in 11 games hea
  
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• Man found shot, lying on road by motorist identified

  10-07-2016 22:46
  
  Police are investigating after a shooting in Turtle Creek early Sunday morning.
  
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• Fire Damages Chemical Plant, But No Injuries Reported

  10-07-2016 22:45
  
  SPEERS, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a chemical plant, but no injuries were reported.
  Fourteen fire departments responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. Friday to the blaze at National Polymers Inc. off Interstate 70 near the Monongahela River in Washington County.
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  The blaze had already been contained by the building’s automatic sprinkler system
  
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• Black Lives Matter Activist Released From Jail After Protest

  10-07-2016 20:49
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A prominent Black Lives Matter activist, three journalists and more than 120 other people were taken into custody in Louisiana over the weekend, authorities said Sunday, in connection with protests over the fatal shooting of an African-American man by two white police officers in Baton Rouge.
  Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office told The Associated Press that nearly 100 people were taken to the parish jail over protests that
  
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• Black Lives Matter Activist Arrested At Baton Rouge Protest

  10-07-2016 20:49
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A prominent Black Lives Matter activist, three journalists and more than 120 other people have been taken into custody in Louisiana over the past two days, authorities said Sunday, after protests over the fatal shooting of an African-American man by two white police officers in Baton Rouge.
  Spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks of the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office told The Associated Press that nearly 100 people were taken to the parish jail in connection with p
  
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• Teen Drowns In Butler County Quarry

  10-07-2016 19:52
  
  BUTLER COUNTY (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy drowned in a quarry in Butler County sometime Saturday evening.
  State police say the incident happened at a quarry located at 208 Shroyer Mill Rd. in Clay Township sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
  The victim has not yet been identified, but police say he is from Carrick.
  The investigation is ongoing.
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• Teen dies in apparent drowning in Butler County pond

  10-07-2016 19:41
  
  Emergency officials say a teenager apparently drowned in a Butler County pond over the weekend.
  
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• Teen drowns in private quarry in Butler County

  10-07-2016 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 14-year-old boy drowned Saturday in a private quarry on a residential property in Butler County.
  
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• Man With Multiple Gunshot Wounds Found In Turtle Creek Road

  10-07-2016 18:48
  
  TURTLE CREEK (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a man who had been shot multiple times was found lying in a Turtle Creek road early Saturday morning.
  Allegheny County police say someone who was driving along McMasters Street around 2:20 a.m. saw a man lying on the road and called 911.
  When police and paramedics arrived, they saw that the man had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  The victim’s identity has not yet been released, but police say he was a
  
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• Man Leads Police On Car Chase, Crashes Into Police Cruiser

  10-07-2016 18:21
  
  INDIANA COUNTY (KDKA) — State police arrested a man in Indiana County after he led state troopers on a car chase and crashed into a state police cruiser Saturday afternoon.
  State police say 41-year-old Walter Elroy Parks, of Clymer, was pulled over for a traffic violation around 5 p.m. Parks, who was wanted in Cambria County, began to flee in his vehicle as a state trooper was checking his information.
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• Big budget decisions on tap as lawmakers return to Capitol

  10-07-2016 17:27
  
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives will return for an unusual weekend session as Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and lawmakers face big budget decisions.
  
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• Man arrested after chase where he struck state police cruiser

  10-07-2016 17:24
  
  A man was arrested in Indiana County after police said he fled a traffic stop and struck a cruiser on Saturday.
  
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• Elderly Woman Burned In Gunpowder Blast In Home’s Garage

  10-07-2016 17:11
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say an elderly woman was severely burned when gunpowder exploded in the garage of her western Pennsylvania home.
  Emergency crews in Cambria County were called to the Richland Township home after the blast, which was reported shortly before 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
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  Chief Bob Heffelfinger of the Richland Volunteer Fire Department said the woman, who is in her 70s, sustained se
  
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• Inmate escapes Sharon correctional facility

  10-07-2016 17:10
  
  Police are searching for an inmate after he escaped the Sharon Community Correction Facility on Friday.
  
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• Josh Bell Hits Grand Slam In Pirates’ 12-6 Win Over Cubs

  10-07-2016 16:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Josh Bell gave his veteran manager goose bumps. He fired up a sellout crowd at PNC Park, too.
  Bell’s grand slam in his second major-league at bat was one of four homers by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 12-6 win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.
  Bell slugged a 1-1 pitch from Adam Warren (3-2) over the seats perched above the 21-foot wall in right for his second pinch-hit in two games since being recalled from Triple-A on Friday.
  “What a fantastic sequence,
  
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• Motorist finds man shot, lying on road in Turtle Creek

  10-07-2016 16:55
  
  Police are investigating after a shooting in Turtle Creek early Sunday morning.
  
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• Crews repair water main break in Bridgeville

  10-07-2016 16:54
  
  Crews worked to repair a water main break in Bridgeville Sunday morning.
  
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• Police investigating Manchester carjacking

  10-07-2016 16:43
  
  Police are investigating after an armed carjacking in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood Sunday morning.
  
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• Man found dead, shot multiple times on Turtle Creek road

  10-07-2016 16:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County police are investigating the homicide of man whose body was found this morning lying on a street in Turtle Creek.
  
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• Authorities ID man found shot dead on Turtle Creek road

  10-07-2016 16:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified the victim of a weekend homicide as Cheyenne Allen, 22, of Wilkinsburg.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death in Elizabeth

  10-07-2016 16:36
  
  Police are investigating a suspicious death in Elizabeth that occurred on Saturday.
  
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• State police in Mercer looking for escaped inmate

  10-07-2016 16:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police in Mercer County are looking for a man who escaped from the Sharon Community Corrections Center on Friday afternoon.
  
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• 1 of 2 men shot in vehicle in Pittsburgh dies

  10-07-2016 09:57
  
  Police said the victims were in a gray sedan in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood of Pittsburgh when multiple gunmen walked up to the car and opened fire at about 12:45 p.m. Friday. Police said one man was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m. Friday.
  
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• Pittsburgh marks 200 years with parade and protest

  10-07-2016 06:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  As parades and protests through Downtown streets marked Pittsburgh’s 200th birthday party, the city celebrated two centuries of achievements while at the same time confronted painful realities of policing and gun violence happening in cities across America. 
  
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• Survey shows public transit is biggest regional transportation concern

  10-07-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A public-private partnership is expected to have recommendations for transportation improvements in the 10-county area by the end of the year, but a crowd-sourcing survey shows a strong interest in one particular area: more public transit.
  
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• In black churches, ‘a deep spirit of lament’ over last week’s events

  10-07-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  When she takes the pulpit this morning, the Rev. De Neice Welch said she’ll be hard-pressed to offer a word of hope. 
  
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• How much time is enough time to decide? Many seek update of state adoption laws

  10-07-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
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• Geologists provide new answers to century-old natural disaster

  10-07-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three geologists at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown believe that a luxury outdoor club, whose member list included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Mellon, may have been partially responsible for the 1889 Johnstown flood.
  
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• Court rules in favor of foster mother in contested adoption case

  10-07-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Finding that a Cameroonian woman seeking custody of her niece failed to prove that her home would serve the best interest of the child, an Allegheny County Common Pleas judge has awarded custody of the 6-year-old to her Penn Hills foster mother.
  
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• Path to law career not always a straight one

  10-07-2016 05:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  When Collin McHenry was applying for law school four years ago, he was under no false impression that landing a position at a top tier law firm — or even a small one for that matter — would be easy.
  
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• This former Brit gives patriotism new meaning

  10-07-2016 01:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nigel Bentley’s friends can’t wait to see what the Brit has in store for his Halloween gathering come October.
  
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• This Brit gives patriotism new meaning

  10-07-2016 01:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nigel Bentley’s friends can’t wait to see what the Brit has in store for his Halloween gathering come October.
  
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• Dallas Suspect Taunted Police During 2 Hours Of Negotiation

  10-07-2016 01:03
  
  DALLAS (AP) – The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said Sunday.
  Micah Johnson, a black Army veteran, insisted on speaking with a black negotiator and wrote in blood on the wall of a parking garage where police cornered and later killed him, David Brown told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
  Johnson, who was apparent
  
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• Dallas Suspect Scrawled Letters In Blood At Parking Garage

  10-07-2016 01:03
  
  DALLAS (AP) – The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police officers scrawled letters in his own blood on the walls of the parking garage where officers cornered and later killed him, the police chief said Sunday.
  Micah Johnson, a 25-year-old Army veteran, wrote the letters “RB” and other markings, David Brown told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
  Investigators are looking through evidence from Johnson’s suburban Dallas home to try to figure out what thos
  
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• Dallas Gunman Learned Tactics At Texas Self-Defense School

  10-07-2016 01:03
  
  DALLAS (AP) – The gunman who killed five police officers at a protest march trained at a private self-defense school in Texas, a school official said Saturday at the academy that teaches firearm tactics, including “shooting on the move,” a maneuver in which an attacker fires and changes position before firing again.
  Micah Johnson, an Army veteran, received instruction at the Academy of Combative Warrior Arts in the Dallas suburb of Richardson about two years ago, a person who s
  
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• Pittsburgh’s History Celebrated During Bicentennial Events

  10-07-2016 00:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh celebrated its 200th anniversary Friday with a bicentennial parade through downtown in the morning and concerts and fireworks in the afternoon and evening.
  In a fitting tribute, the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Parade opened with our men and women in blue who protect and serve the city. With the recent clashes around the country, security was not taken lightly.
  “We’ve got a lot of resources you will see, we’ve got quite a number that you don&rsqu
  
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• Pittsburgh’s History Celebrated At Bicentennial Parade

  10-07-2016 00:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh celebrated its 200th anniversary Friday morning with a bicentennial parade through downtown.
  In a fitting tribute, the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Parade opened with our men and women in blue who protect and serve the city. With the recent clashes around the country, security was not taken lightly.
  “We’ve got a lot of resources you will see, we’ve got quite a number that you don’t as well,” Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay said.
  
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• Thousands attend Pittsburgh bicentennial parade

  10-07-2016 00:18
  
  Police focused on safety for Saturday night's in light of downtown violence this week.
  
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