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• Funeral held for Northside fire victims

  06-08-2016 23:43
  
  Two young brothers who died in a fire in their home were laid to rest Saturday.
  
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• August Wilson Park reopens in Pittsburgh

  06-08-2016 23:22
  
  August Wilson Park in Pittsburgh's Crawford-Roberts neighborhood reopened with a new look Saturday.
  
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• Man Killed, 10-Year-Old Injured In Central Pa. Shootings

  06-08-2016 22:40
  
  YORK, Pa. (AP) – Authorities in central Pennsylvania say one person died and two other people were injured in three shootings in York, including a 10-year-old child hit by a stray bullet.
  The York County coroner’s office said 36-year-old Eugene Brabham was shot shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday and died less than two hours later.
  In another shooting, police said a man opened fire in the backyard of a home during a family dispute, and a stray bullet hit a 10-year-old boy in the shoulder.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in Butler County crash

  06-08-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  A motorcyclist from Prospect died Friday evening in a crash in Butler County, state police said.
  
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• Motocyclist killed in Butler County crash

  06-08-2016 22:25 via post-gazette.com
  A motorcyclist from Prospect died Friday evening in a crash in Butler County, state police said.
  
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• Deceased Man’s Wife And Girlfriend Both Post Obituaries In Paper

  06-08-2016 21:23
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Two versions of a New Jersey man’s obituary have appeared together in a newspaper – one saying he’s survived by his wife, and the other saying he’s survived by his girlfriend.
  Both obituaries in the Press of Atlantic City agree that Leroy Bill Black, of Egg Harbor Township, died Tuesday of lung cancer caused by fiberglass exposure.
  However, the obituary with top billing says he’s survived by his “loving wife” and a son. T
  
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• DA Will Seek Death Penalty For Death Of Elderly Man

  06-08-2016 21:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County District Attorney will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a 73-year-old man in McKees Rocks in June.
  According to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Facebook page, D.A. Stephen Zappala informed the Court of Common Pleas of the decision Friday.
  Branden Frazier, 25, of Stowe Township, was arrested on June 3 and charged with killing 73-year-old Benito Nicoletti of McKees Rocks.
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• Pirates Trade Arquimedes Caminero, Acquire Curtis Partch

  06-08-2016 18:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday that they have traded Arquimedes Caminero.
  The pitcher has been traded to the Seattle Mariners.
  The Pirates acquired Caminero from the Miami Marlins in February of 2015.
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  The Pirates selected right-handed pitcher Curtis Partch from Triple-A Indianapolis.
  According to a press release, this is Partch’s third stint with the Pirates thi
  
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• Pirates Trade Arquimedes Caminero

  06-08-2016 18:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday that they have traded Arquimedes Caminero.
  The pitcher has been traded to the Seattle Mariners.
  The Pirates acquired Caminero from the Miami Marlins in February of 2015.
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  The Pirates have not yet named the player who will be joining the team to replace Caminero. They say the announcement will be made later Saturday.
  A home run by Sean Rodrigue
  
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• Search on for gunman in triple shooting in Union Township

  06-08-2016 17:37
  
  The search is on for a gunman as two shooting victims fight to recover after shots rang out in Union Township in Lawrence County Friday night.
  
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• Kayakers paddle in the East River in front of the Lower Manhattan skyline in June 2016.

  06-08-2016 17:22
  
  The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the So begins the second paragraph of this wonderful story from N.R. Kleinfield in The New York Times . He weaves the tale of Bernhardt Wichmann III, a man who couldn't speak but whose kindness and jovial attitude spoke to so many in his Manhattan neighborhood.
  
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• Man killed in shooting outside Monongahela bar

  06-08-2016 16:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  One man was killed and at least two others injured in a shooting outside a bar in Monongahela early this morning.
  
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• Man killed in shooting outside Forward bar

  06-08-2016 16:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  One man was killed and two women were injured in a shooting outside a bar in Forward early this morning.
  
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• WVU Student Wins First Gold Medal Of The Rio Olympics

  06-08-2016 16:25
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP/KDKA) — A West Virginia University student won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Saturday.
  FIRST Olympic Gold medal of #Rio2016 is won by WVU! Ginny – you've made all of Mountaineer Nation proud! #HailWV pic.twitter.com/AqlR0G11bv
  — WVURifle (@WVURifle) August 6, 2016Ginny Thrasher, a sophomore at WVU, won the gold medal for the women’s 10-meter air rifle event Saturday morning.
  Such an amazing moment for our sophomore sensation, Ginny Thrashe
  
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• 1 dead, 2 wounded in Forward Township shooting

  06-08-2016 16:23
  
  A man was shot and killed early Saturday when someone opened fire on a group of friends.
  
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• Railing Collapses At Rap Concert; At Least 10 Hurt

  06-08-2016 15:23
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP/KDKA) – Authorities say at least 10 people have been hurt after a railing collapsed during an outdoor concert by Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in southern New Jersey.
  A partition separating concertgoers from the stage at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, collapsed, causing people to fall onto the concrete below. It happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday.
  Camden County officials tell WCAU-TV that 10 to 15 people were hurt and five were taken to hospitals. Their c
  
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• 42 Hurt When Railing Collapses At Snoop Dogg Concert

  06-08-2016 15:23
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP/KDKA) – Upcoming concerts will go on as scheduled at an amphitheater where a railing collapsed during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert, injuring 42 people, promoters said Saturday.
  One person remained hospitalized and engineers were trying to figure out what happened at Camden’s BB&T Pavilion, an outdoor venue with an indoor seating section and open lawn seating.
  A partition separating the lawn from a secondary stage set up at the rear of the seating section
  
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• Police Investigating Fatal Shooting Outside Monongahela Bar

  06-08-2016 13:06
  
  MONONGAHELA (KDKA) — A man died after a shooting that took place outside a Monongahela bar early Saturday morning.
  The shooting happened around 2 a.m. outside Saloon 136 on Rainbow Run Road.
  According to the Washington County coroner, 27-year-old Johnathan Minnie of Belle Vernon was standing in Saloon 136’s parking lot with a group of friends just before 2 a.m. when a vehicle approached and shots were fired at the group.
  Minnie suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was sent to Mononga
  
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• Police Investigating Fatal Shooting Outside Forward Twp. Bar

  06-08-2016 13:06
  
  FORWARD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man died after a shooting that took place outside a Forward Township bar early Saturday morning.
  The shooting happened around 2 a.m. outside Saloon 136 on Rainbow Run Road.
  According to the Washington County coroner, 27-year-old Johnathan Minnie of Belle Vernon was standing in Saloon 136’s parking lot with a group of friends just before 2 a.m. when a vehicle approached and shots were fired at the group.
  Minnie suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was sent
  
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• White Oak fire chief charged in sexual assault of boy

  06-08-2016 07:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police accused the chief of a White Oak volunteer fire company of sexually assaulting a boy on countless occasions during the past four years.
  
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• Woman gives up fight to adopt niece

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Cameroonian woman who spent the last two years in the United States fighting in the Allegheny County court system to adopt her niece will head back to her home next week alone.
  
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• Pittsburgher’s stunt with Jet Ski fires up first-day regatta crowd

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Typhoon Tommy was looking for a way to get the crowd going. His overheated audience had been sitting on the banks of the Allegheny River for 30 minutes Friday afternoon, but no amount of extreme Jet Ski flips or death-defying dives seemed to get them excited for the Three Rivers Regatta’s opening event.
  
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• Ohio law will protect Samaritans who save kids, pets from hot cars

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Well-meaning people who seek to rescue a child or pet from a sweltering vehicle soon will be protected by law in Ohio.
  
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• Obituary: Laurel Fan / Software engineer was known for her generosity and intellect

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Laurel Fan was many things: a child prodigy who earned a master’s degree from a prestigious university at the age of 19, a nationally ranked chess master as a child, a software engineer who was as generous with her knowledge and expertise as she was with her time, and an avid mountain climber who dreamed of dancing in the clouds.
  
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• Obituary: Bonnie Jean Karsten / Lawyer, mediator and volunteer was nicknamed ‘Mary Poppins’

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Bonnie Jean Karsten, a polymath who worked as a lawyer, family mediator, addiction rehab counselor and tax-preparer and who was remembered for her can-do attitude and compassion, died Monday of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at her home in Forest Hills. She was 76.
  
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• MAYHEM secures $2 million prize for CMU spinoff

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Imagine buying an off-the-shelf wireless router, a mobile phone, a new computer, or even an internet-connected thermostat from Amazon.
  
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• Identification of long-dead girl prompts calls to investigator

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A day after news broke that the remains of a slain girl had been identified after 50 years, Trooper Brian Gross’s phone lit up.
  
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• City schools offering online enrollment for returning families

  06-08-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Public Schools are putting some of the district’s most cumbersome application processes online this year.
  
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• Cruise firm: Putting 1950s liner back to sea too challenging

  06-08-2016 05:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — The SS United States won't sail again.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Works Supervisor Badly Beaten with Bat

  06-08-2016 05:42
  
  Pittsburgh Police are investigating after a city public works supervisor was attacked Monday in his driveway.
  
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• Dead woman found behind Hazelwood church

  06-08-2016 05:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  A woman was found dead behind a church in Hazelwood this afternoon, authorities said.
  
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• Rodriguez’s Home Run In 9th Gives Pirates 3-2 Win Over Reds

  06-08-2016 04:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sean Rodriguez homered to open the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
  Rodriguez connected off Ross Ohlendorf (5-7), a 413-foot drive to the left-field bleachers that gave the Pirates just their second win in seven games in the midst of 12 straight games against teams who are at least 10 games under .500.
  It was Rodriguez’s second career game-ending homer and his 11th home run of the seaso
  
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• Volunteer Fire Chief Facing Child Molestation Charges

  06-08-2016 04:47
  
  WHITE OAK (KDKA) — 36-year old Sean Leffard is Chief of the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company in White Oak. Leffard has been arrested by Allegheny County Police in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy.
  Investigators said the boy told them the abuse started when he was 12. According to detectives, some of the crimes occurred at the Leffard family home on Latrobe Street in Liberty Borough.
  Reaction to his arrest at the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Co. was one of shock. Patric
  
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• Chief of Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company arrested on child sex abuse charges

  06-08-2016 03:46
  
  Police arrested the chief of the Rainbow Volunteer Fire Company in White Oak on charges of child sex abuse on Friday.
  
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• Two People Shot In Union Township

  06-08-2016 03:38
  
  UNION TWP. (KDKA) –Two people are in critical condition after a shooting in Union Township.
  Police say it happened around 7:30 p.m. on Sunny Avenue.
  One victim was shot in the arm, the other was shot multiple times in the chest.
  Officers have not released any suspect information.
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  It is not clear what led to the shooting.
  This is a developing story, stay with KDKA and KDKA.com for more information. 
  
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• Shots Fired At Vehicle With 1-Year-Old Child Inside

  06-08-2016 03:38
  
  UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A 1-year-old child was in the car when two men were shot Friday evening in Union Township.
  The shooting took place in the 200-block of Atlantic Avenue around 7:30 p.m.
  State police say two 25-year-old men, both from New Castle, were in a vehicle at 286 Atlantic Ave., along with a 1-year-old child, when another vehicle drove past the victims along Sunny Avenue and fired multiple shots.
  According to police, one of the victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was l
  
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• Man Who Received Bride’s Father’s Heart To Walk Her Down Aisle

  06-08-2016 03:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jeni Stepien waited ten years for this day. On the eve of her wedding day, she finally met the man who’s now living with her father’s heart.
  It was a meeting filled with emotion for Jeni and the entire Stepien family. Jeni’s father, Michael Stepien, was murdered in Swissvale back in 2006.
  His organs were donated, including the heart Arthur Thomas had been waiting 16 years for. On Friday, Jeni felt her father’s heart beat for the first t
  
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• Bedilliona s Furniture ends 50-year run in Canton

  06-08-2016 03:23
  
  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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• 2 critically injured in Union Township shooting

  06-08-2016 02:36
  
  Police are investigating a shooting in Union Township Friday evening.
  
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• Woman's body found in Hazelwood

  06-08-2016 02:10
  
  A woman’s body was found behind a building in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood Friday afternoon.
  
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• Furry Tails: Getz Is Waiting For A Forever Home

  06-08-2016 01:42
  
  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!_____________________________________________________
  Getz
  Animal Friends
  Getz is a sweet and social bunny
  
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• Pittsburgh’s ‘Hidden Treasures’ Invites People To Showcase Their Heirlooms

  06-08-2016 01:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The line will form on the right for “Pittsburgh’s Hidden Treasures” at Heinz History Center on Sunday. But why wait till then?
  “We have a signature of what we believe to be Mother Teresa,” says Mark Seifert of McCandless. He wonders what value Caliban Book Store owner and appraiser John Schulman might place on an autograph found in a prayer book once owned by his late mother. He’s not even sure how the legendary Mother Teresa came to
  
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• White Oak man arrested on charges of sexual assault after investigation into child sex abuse allegations

  06-08-2016 01:08
  
  A White Oak man was arrested Friday on charges of sexual assault.
  
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• People Implanting Microchips Under Their Skin To Improve Their Lives

  06-08-2016 00:51
  
  PITTSBURGH (CBS) — Microchip implants are a popular way to keep track of pets, but now some people are getting them implanted in hopes of improving their lives.
  The microchips can help unlock doors or log into a cell phone.
  Tim Shank uses it to open his front door and manipulate his smartphone.
  “It turned off my ringer,” Shank said.
  Krissy Heishman uses hers instead of a key card at work.
  “It’s just like a little glass bead about the size of a tiny grain of rice,&rd
  
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• KDKA Investigates: City And State Clear Out Homeless Encampments

  06-08-2016 00:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Tucked away under the Parkway on Second Avenue is a small homeless village — an encampment of a half dozen tents — where a man named Willie has been making his home this summer.
  “Yes it may be hot but you get some trucks up top stirs up a little breeze so it keep you cool,” he said.
  But PennDOT, which maintains Second Avenue, calls the encampment a safety hazard to motorists and the homeless themselves. They have given them 60 days to vacate.
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• Brides left with no reception hall after local venue announces it is closing

  06-08-2016 00:37
  
  The Willow Room in Rostraver Township has announced that they are closing and all events in 2017 are cancelled.
  
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• Excited Fans Line Up To Watch Steelers Annual Night Practice

  06-08-2016 00:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Steelers annual Night Practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium is always a big hit with fans during Training Camp, and black and gold diehards were lining up Friday to watch their favorite players.
  The gate opened at Latrobe Memorial Stadium around 5 p.m., and the line outside was a few hundred yards deep.
  The most dedicated fans started lining up at 9 a.m. to get a good spot.
  Big line for Steelers Night Practice… Fans have been waiting since early this morning.
  
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• Teens Flock To Play Ball In Pony League World Series

  06-08-2016 00:01
  
  WASHINGTON (KDKA) — Long drive! Right center field! That ball is gone!
  Don’t blame the pitchers. They’re supposed to serve up gopher balls in a Home Run Derby. It’s one of many events taking place in the home of the Pony League World Series.
  Teams of teens from across the world gather for a double elimination tournament in Lew Hays Pony Field.
  “Pony League baseball was founded here in Washington in 1951, with six original teams of 13 and 14 year old boys,&rdquo
  
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