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• Expert: Children’s Glasses Should Be Checked Once Per Year

  13-09-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – When it comes to glasses, one thing is always clear – one size does not fit all.
  That’s especially true when it comes to glasses for kids.
  Fitting a child for glasses is different than fitting an adult.
  “Every child has a smaller face, obviously, but the proportions of how the frame, or the bridge, nasal bridge, fits to this part of the frame varies, depending on racial and ethnic variation, as well as age,” Children’s Hospital Ophthalmolog
  
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• Teen shot with near Wood Street T station, one in custody

  13-09-2016 23:25
  
  Pittsburgh police continue to investigate after a teen was shot with a pellet gun in downtown near the Wood Street T station.
  
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• SWAT Team Reportedly Called To Hazelwood Home

  13-09-2016 23:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are on the scene of a possible standoff in Hazelwood this afternoon.
  The view from NewsChopper 2 shows police and a SWAT vehicle on the scene.A man is reportedly barricaded in a home on Orinoco Street.
  However, police have yet to confirm any details.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
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• Suspect In Custody After Standoff In Hazelwood

  13-09-2016 23:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have a suspect in custody after a standoff this afternoon in the city’s Hazelwood neighborhood.
  The incident came to an end around 6 p.m. when 52-year-old Bruce Avery taken into custody.
  Police officers and SWAT trucks were on the scene on Orinoco Street for much of the afternoon.
  Photo Credit: Kym Gable/KDKA
  Police say Avery barricaded himself inside a home there and was threatening to blow it up.Officers evacuated nearby homes and turned off gas in the ne
  
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• Teen charged in shooting outside Wood Street T station

  13-09-2016 23:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 17-year-old boy outside the Wood Street T station Tuesday afternoon in Downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Teen arrested after shooting outside Wood Street T station

  13-09-2016 23:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for shooting a 17-year-old boy outside the Wood Street T station Tuesday afternoon in Downtown, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Police respond to shooting outside Wood Street T station

  13-09-2016 23:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot in the chest with a .22-caliber gun outside the Wood Street T station in Downtown, police said.
  
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• Beware Of The September Heisman Candidate

  13-09-2016 23:01
  
  Ryan Mayer
  Two weeks of college football are now officially in the books. We’ve seen multiple upsets, slow starts from preseason contenders and general panic from fans whose team isn’t dominating like they expected them too. We’ve also seen prolific performances light up box scores and lead to talk of possible Heisman Trophy candidacy as we approach Week 3.
  This happens on a yearly basis. A player, usually a quarterback, lights up inferior opponents in the first couple of weeks
  
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• Teen Shot Near Wood St. T Station Downtown, 16-Year-Old Suspect In Custody

  13-09-2016 22:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A teenager is in the hospital, another teen is in police custody and the Wood Street T Station back open in Downtown Pittsburgh after a shooting caused chaos there Tuesday afternoon.
  A number of police officers were called to the intersection of 6th and Wood Streets around 4:10 p.m., and they taped off a large section of Downtown for about 45 minutes after reports of a shooting.
  Police say the 17-year-old male victim, who has not been identified, suffered a gunshot woun
  
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• Juvenile Shot Near Wood St. T Station Downtown, Suspect In Custody

  13-09-2016 22:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have now reopened the Wood Street T Station in Downtown Pittsburgh after a juvenile was shot near that area this afternoon.
  Police say the juvenile was shot in the chest, apparently with a pellet gun. There’s no word on the person’s condition.
  A suspect has reportedly been taken into custody, and investigators are also talking with a witness.
  A number of police officers were called to the area around 4 p.m., and they taped off a large section of Downt
  
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• Gerrit Cole Done For Season

  13-09-2016 22:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Following his 2 innings of 4-hit baseball in which he surrendered 5 earned runs while walking 4, the Pirates have placed Gerrit Cole on the 60-day diasbled list.
  The #Pirates have placed RHP Gerrit Cole on the 60-day disabled list with right elbow posterior inflammation.
  — Pirates (@Pirates) September 13, 2016That was Cole’s first start back from the DL and obviously didn’t show the Pirates enough to make them think it was worth running him out
  
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• French Catholic Priest Uncovers ‘Holocaust By Bullets’ In Eastern Europe

  13-09-2016 22:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Before Auschwitz, Sobibor, Treblinka and the other Nazi death camps killed millions by Zyklon-B gas, there was another Holocaust perpetrated by the Germans in World War II.
  This Holocaust by Bullets, the shooting of at least 1.5 million men, women, and children — mostly Jews, occurred in the occupied countries of the former Soviet Union.
  It was largely hidden until communism ended, and a French Catholic priest made it his mission to find the killing fields.
  In a b
  
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• Parts arriving today for Liberty Bridge repairs

  13-09-2016 21:36
  
  All of the fabricated materials that were ordered for Liberty Bridge repairs will be on site, according to the main contractor on the job, but it's possible that more parts will be needed.
  
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• Former WWE Star Ryback Legally Changing Name, Taking A Stand

  13-09-2016 21:31
  
  By Chuck Carroll
  It is fitting that former WWE Superstar Ryback is from Las Vegas. He’s taking a big gamble on himself.
  In August, the former Intercontinental Champion officially walked away from what many considered to be a dream job. And he did so not for money, but for what he believed to be injustices against talents in the WWE locker room.
  Now, separated from the largest sports entertainment company in the world, he’s going all-in on the character made famous under Vince McMahon
  
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• Cops: Teacher Left Gun In Bathroom, Elementary Kids Found It

  13-09-2016 21:14
  
  CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A teacher at a Christian school accidently left her loaded pistol in a bathroom, where elementary school children found it, state police said Tuesday.
  Beth Jean Dixon, 63, put her holstered pistol on a toilet tank when she used the unisex, one-toilet bathroom Aug. 25 at Cumberland Christian School, in Chambersburg, police said. They said she forgot about it and left.
  Four children, ages 6 to 8, used the bathroom while the gun was on the toilet. One child told his p
  
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• 2016 Toy Hall Of Fame Finalists Announced

  13-09-2016 20:58
  
  Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots will duke it out with the Care Bears and others for a place in the National Toy Hall of Fame.
  The 12 finalists for this year’s class were revealed today.
  It includes the coloring book, Dungeons & Dragons, Nerf balls, pinball and even, the swing.
  Bubble wrap also made the list. If selected, it would join the cardboard box and stick among unconventional honorees.
  Final selections are made on the advice of historians, educators and other experts.
  They&
  
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• FOP president: McLay doesn't have officers' best interests at hand

  13-09-2016 20:47 via post-gazette.com
  
  After meeting this morning with Mayor Bill Peduto, the president of Pittsburgh's police union told reporters that Chief Cameron McLay "needs to reevaluate the direction he's taking the department in..."
  
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• Cops have 'no confidence' in chief, but mayor still does

  13-09-2016 20:38
  
  A large majority of the police bureau votes "no confidence" in Cam McLay, but Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto doesn't agree with them.
  
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• Key Parts For Liberty Bridge Repairs Arrive In Pittsburgh

  13-09-2016 20:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – PennDOT says the last of the 150-or-so pieces of fabricated steel parts needed to fix the fire-damaged Liberty Bridge are now in Pittsburgh, and prep work to make repairs is well underway.
  PennDOT District 11 Executive Dan Cessna said, “Our goal is to reopen the bridge Monday morning; but if the bridge is not safe, we would delay that, if necessary.
  The repair project has been well planned by engineers, the contractor and outside experts.
  “We would expect th
  
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• Key Part For Liberty Bridge Repairs Arrives In Pittsburgh

  13-09-2016 20:34
  
  PITTSBURGH – A key part needed to make repairs on the Liberty Bridge arrived in Pittsburgh Tuesday. The large beam was delivered to the bridge using a barge.
  Repairs to the bridge are proving difficult. The bridge was first built in 1928. Trying to do repairs on a nearly 90-year-old bridge is no easy task.
  PennDOT originally said the bridge repairs would be complete this week. But, when the delivery of the new beam was delayed, the bridge re-opening was pushed back to at least Sept. 19.&ld
  
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• Elementary students find teacher's loaded gun in school bathroom

  13-09-2016 20:34
  
  Four kids, ages 6 to 8, went to the bathroom while the 63-year-old woman's gun was left on the toilet. "This could have been tragic," the school president says.
  
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• Judge sentences Dormont woman to probation for impeding DEA probe

  13-09-2016 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Dormont woman who warned the targets of a drug investigation that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was onto them was sentenced Monday to four years of probation, with the first 10 months on home confinement. 
  
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• Take home a piece of the Spaghetti Warehouse in online auction

  13-09-2016 20:07
  
  An online auction is being held for items formerly inside the Spaghetti Warehouse in the Strip District.
  
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• Federal judge expected to rule by Friday on status of South Side business

  13-09-2016 20:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A South Side business should know by Friday whether it can reopen in time for the weekend.
  
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• National, Pittsburgh efforts dovetail in focus on caregivers

  13-09-2016 19:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  A national report issued Tuesday calls for a comprehensive new strategy to help caregivers who assist elderly relatives and are deemed a vital but neglected and stressed part of the U.S. health care system.
  
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• National caregiving report calls for bold new strategy

  13-09-2016 19:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  The nearly 18 million family caregivers of America’s older adults are an overlooked and stressed part of the health care system sorely in need of a new national strategy to help them, according to a comprehensive report released today.
  
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• Dunlap: Jesse James Headed In Right Direction

  13-09-2016 19:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – It was one game.
  I know, I know, I know.
  But just like you will probably go ahead and use that as your ammunition — and rightly so — against going wild and crazy and shouting from the mountaintops, I will spin it another way.
  Steelers tight end Jesse James has only had one game in the post-Heath Miller era to take command of that position and provide an adequate target for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger while providing a more-than-pivotal piece to th
  
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• Teenager shot dead after being dropped off in Garfield

  13-09-2016 19:28
  Pittsburgh police say the 17-year-old victim was shot on Mossfield Street after he was dropped off by a Community Intensive Supervision Program van. KATELYN SYKES TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY'RE SCARED FOR THEIR OWN FAMILIES NOW.
  
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• Liberty Bridge contractor hopes for bridge to reopen Monday

  13-09-2016 19:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  As workers begin installing parts to repair the fire-damaged Liberty bridge, contractor Joseph B. Fay Co. this morning made its first public comments about what it called “the unfortunate incident” that has closed the bridge since Sept. 2.
  
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• Pittsburgh-Area Transit Authority Union Rejects Contract

  13-09-2016 19:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The union representing 2,200 bus and light-rail drivers and other employees of the Pittsburgh area’s transit agency has voted to reject a proposed four-year contract.
  The Port Authority of Allegheny County and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 85 announced the tentative deal last week, but said details would not be released pending ratification.
  The union membership rejected the contract on Monday, however. They include drivers, maintenance and service personnel,
  
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• Flames roar through building after man falls asleep cooking fries

  13-09-2016 19:06
  
  Thirteen adults and nine children must find somewhere to live after a fire rips through their building and collapses the roof early Tuesday in McKees Rocks.
  
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• Pittsburgh's ToonSeum names John F. Kelly new exec director

  13-09-2016 19:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Comic historian John F. Kelly has been named the executive director of the ToonSeum, Pittsburgh’s museum of comic and cartoon art, where he had served as vice president since June.
  
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• Report: Man Breaks Into Apartment, Threatens Woman & Son With Machete

  13-09-2016 18:57
  
  JEANNETTE (KDKA) – A machete-wielding man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into an apartment in Jeannette last month.
  According to a Tribune-Review report, the incident happened at the Jeannette Gardens Apartments shortly after midnight on Aug. 25.
  Armed with a machete Justin Turner, 35, allegedly broke into the apartment and threatened a woman and her son.
  Turner, also known as “Freak”, is accused of choking the woman and throwing a rock through the window of her SUV
  
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• Police: Man Breaks Into Apartment, Threatens Estranged Wife & Son With Machete

  13-09-2016 18:57
  
  JEANNETTE (KDKA) – A machete-wielding man is facing charges after allegedly breaking into an apartment in Jeannette last month.
  The incident happened at the Jeannette Gardens Apartments shortly after midnight on Aug. 25.
  Jeannette Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Justin Turner. Also known on the street as “Freak” Turner, he’s accused of attacking his estranged wife.
  The woman told police Turner ripped at the apartment’s rear sliding glass door until he m
  
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• Youngstown diocese, Franciscans settle with 28 abuse victims

  13-09-2016 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Twenty-eight victims of the late Franciscan friar Stephen Baker, whose superiors face a criminal trial for allegedly failing to halt his years of sexual assaults on minors, reached a $900,000 settlement earlier this year with the Diocese of Youngstown and his religious order — settlements that some advocates now say were insultingly low.
  
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• Franciscans, Youngstown diocese settle with 28 victims

  13-09-2016 18:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Twenty-eight victims of the late Franciscan friar Stephen Baker, whose superiors face a criminal trial for allegedly failing to halt his years of sexual assaults on minors, reached a $900,000 settlement earlier this year with the Diocese of Youngstown and his religious order — settlements that some advocates now say were insultingly low.
  
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• DEA Investigating After $175,000 Worth Of Heroin Found In Pittsburgh Dumpster

  13-09-2016 18:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Someone left $175,000 worth of heroin in a dumpster in downtown Pittsburgh, and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration wants to know who and why.
  Though it’s possible the drugs were simply thrown away, authorities believe the drugs – which were found in a duffel bag – were put in the trash container so someone else could pick them up.
  Before that happened, a worker for an unidentified business found the drugs while taking out the trash on Monday.
  Th
  
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• 'Wild Ball' offers more chances to win in Pennsylvania Lottery

  13-09-2016 18:04
  
  A new option in the daily state lottery games will let you replace a non-winning number and make your ticket a winner.
  
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• 1 Suspect Arrested, 1 Sought In Carjacking At Pittsburgh International Airport

  13-09-2016 17:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police have arrested a suspect and recovered a vehicle that was carjacked at Pittsburgh International Airport last week.
  Around midnight, police pulled over a vehicle in Mount Oliver. The plates did not match the vehicle and police were able to confirm it had been stolen from the airport.
  Police believe the plates were stolen from a vehicle that was parked in Carrick.
  The juvenile who was arrested is charged with robbery of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property and
  
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• Ben Roethlisberger: ’30 Points Is Our Goal’ Each Game

  13-09-2016 17:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Coming off his teams dominant 38-16 season opening win against the Washington Redskins, Ben Roethlisberger joined The Cook and Poni Show for his weekly meeting on The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show and said the offense met their goals after a slow start.
  “It was a good performance,” Ben said.“Our goal is always obviously number one to win, we did that.Everyone kind of knows that 30 points is our goal on offense and we hit that as well.I tho
  
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• Man Pleads Not Guilty To Having Stolen Gun In Movie Theater

  13-09-2016 17:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Georgia man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he carried a stolen gun and ammunition into a Pennsylvania movie theater.
  Twenty-one-year-old William Gossett entered the plea at his arraignment Monday before a federal magistrate in Pittsburgh.
  Police arrested the Covington, Georgia, man July 23 at the Cinemark Theater in Center Township after he was spotted wearing long-sleeved military fatigues and carrying a large bag into the theater on a 90-degree day. Police
  
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• KDKA’s Larry Richert Gets ‘Cupping’ Treatment Live On Air

  13-09-2016 16:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – It has been a staple of Chinese medicine for centuries, but the practice known as cupping is only now getting attention in the United States, thanks in part to Olympian Michael Phelps and other athletes in Rio, who were seen with purple welts on their backs.
  Dr. Michelle Tucker, a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, joined the “KDKA Morning News” in studio to explain how the process works. She also demonstrated on host Larry Richert.
  “The s
  
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• Pandora takes on Spotify, Apple with new streaming services

  13-09-2016 16:33
  
  Pandora is getting ready to take on Spotify, Apple Music and others with a new, $10 monthly streaming music service, and a cheaper option as well.
  
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• Split Pine-Richland school board switches bathroom policy for transgender students

  13-09-2016 16:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pine-Richland school directors voted 5-4 Monday evening to approve a "sex-specific" resolution that requires transgender students to use bathrooms that match their biological gender or to utilize a "unisex" bathroom.
  
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• Steelers Release Photo Of Color Rush Uniform

  13-09-2016 16:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Steelers will be wearing a new uniform when they take the field on Christmas.
  According to the Steelers’ website, an all-black Color Rush uniform will be worn when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Dec. 25.
  It will be the first time the team has worn an all-black uniform.
  On Tuesday, the team released a photo of what it will look like.
  This year, Color Rush uniforms are being worn by NFL teams during Thursday Night Football games. But, the Steelers-
  
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• Pope Francis gets autographed Steelers football

  13-09-2016 16:09
  
  A special piece of Pittsburgh now resides at the Vatican -- a gift from the Steelers and the Benedictine monk who heads Saint Vincent College, where training camp is held each year.
  
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• Coroner: 13-year-old girl's death in Clarion County ruled a drowning

  13-09-2016 16:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 13-year-old girl who decided to go shopping for a coloring book after she got home from her Clarion County school on Friday apparently was swept away by the fast-moving waters of a creek she crossed on the shortcut between her home and the store.
  
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• Arrest made in 'extremely unusual' airport carjacking

  13-09-2016 15:57
  
  A group drives to Pittsburgh International to pick up relatives from an incoming flight. When they open the back hatch, two men jump out and rob them.
  
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• Juvenile charged in Pittsburgh airport carjacking

  13-09-2016 15:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  A vehicle that was carjacked from the Pittsburgh International Airport Friday has been recovered and a juvenile has been charged.
  
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• Pine-Richland School Board: Use Bathroom Matching Biological Sex

  13-09-2016 15:27
  
  GIBSONIA, Pa. (AP) – A school board in the Pittsburgh suburbs will no longer allow students to use restrooms based on their expressed gender identity.
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports the Pine-Richland School Board had been allowing that, but voted 5-4 Monday night to formally adopt a policy requiring students to use the restroom corresponding to their biological sex, or unisex restrooms.
  The board had discussed the policy since March and had been allowing students to use restrooms ba
  
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