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• Downtown Pittsburgh violence taking toll on residents, businesses

  23-09-2016 23:47
  
  "I can't stop all crime. That's impossible. So if those are your expectations, then maybe downtown living is not best for you," Mayor Bill Peduto said.
  
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• Parents alerted to inappropriate behavior by a Keystone Oaks HS teacher and student

  23-09-2016 23:43
  
  The Keystone Oaks School District has informed parents on Friday that it has become aware of allegations of inappropriate behavior between a teacher employed at Keystone Oaks High School and high school students.
  
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• FDA Recommends Testing Entire Blood Supply For Zika Virus

  23-09-2016 23:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Test the entire blood supply for Zika. That’s what the Food and Drug Administration has recommended, due to the increasing numbers of cases in the United States.
  “The blood centers for the most part anticipated that testing eventually was going to be required,” says Dr. Darrell Triulzi of the Central Blood Bank. “We’ll be ready by the November date.”
  Zika can be transmitted by mosquitoes carrying the virus, but also through sex, from
  
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• New Castle Man Charged In 2-Month-Old’s Death

  23-09-2016 22:56
  
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — A New Castle man has been charged in the death of an infant who died from a skull fracture.
  Police were called to Pin Oak Drive on Thursday for a report of a child not breathing.
  The child’s mother told officers that she put the infant to 23-year-old Christopher Donald Holmes, so he could feed her. She then went to work.
  Later she called Holmes to check on the baby. When he finally answered, he told her the baby would not wake up.
  That’s when the mother
  
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• Fantasy Football: Who To Start, Sit For Week 3

  23-09-2016 22:47
  
  Bryan Altman
  Last night’s Thursday Night Football game was less than thrilling from a football perspective as the Texans never made it a game and were blown out by the Patriots 27-0. It was also less than exhilarating from a fantasy football perspective unless you started the Patriots defense or LeGarrette Blount.
  But if you had DeAndre Hopkins (guilty), Brock Osweiler, Julian Edelman or (gulp) Rob Gronkowski in your starting lineup last night and need to make a comeback, have no fear
  
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• Keystone Oaks Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Behavior

  23-09-2016 22:46
  
  MT. LEBANON (KDKA) — A Keystone Oaks High School teacher is facing allegations of inappropriate behavior.
  According to a release from The Keystone Oaks School District, officials have “become aware of allegations of inappropriate behavior between a teacher employed at Keystone Oaks High School and high school students.”
  The statement goes on to say that the District is cooperating with the Mt. Lebanon Police Department and other authorities as they cond
  
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• Police: Man traps non-Trump protesters in revolving door of Duquesne Club

  23-09-2016 22:20
  
  No major incidents were reported during Donald Trump's visit to Pittsburgh, but one protester was arrested for trapping other non-protesters in the Duquesne Club's revolving door, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
  
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• Port Authority Paying $450K To Settle Suit In Deadly Accident

  23-09-2016 22:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) – The Pittsburgh area’s transit agency is agreeing to pay $450,000 to settle claims that one of its buses fatally ran over a man in a motorized wheelchair and his wife.
  According to a press release, The Port Authority of Allegheny County board on Friday voted to approve the settlement.
  Seventy-three-year-old Henry Walker was hit by another vehicle and knocked beneath the bus in October. Walker’s wife, 68-year-old Carol Williamson, had just gotten off the bu
  
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• Ted Cruz Now Says He Will Vote For Donald Trump

  23-09-2016 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Ted Cruz says he’s voting for Donald Trump for president – a shocking about-face after he rocked the Republican convention by dramatically refusing to do so.
  The Texas senator says on Facebook that he made the decision for two reasons. First, his promise to support the Republican nominee. And second, his belief that Democrat Hillary Clinton is “wholly unacceptable.”
  The flip-flop was a stunner since the Texan was booed lustily during a floor speech
  
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• 3-Year-Old Rescued After Spending 72 Hours In Siberian Woods

  23-09-2016 21:43
  
  MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian Emergencies Ministry says a three-year-old boy who spent 72 hours in a Siberian forest after getting lost has been rescued.
  The Emergencies Ministry said the boy from the village Khut in the Tuva region in southern Siberia went missing Sunday. A helicopter and about 100 rescuers participated in the search, about 124.28 miles north of the border with Mongolia.
  The boy was found early Wednesday some 3 kilometers away from the village, when he answered his uncle, who
  
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• Video Shows Deadly Encounter Between Police, Black Man

  23-09-2016 21:20
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun.
  The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott’s wife and posted Friday by The New York Times, does not show clearly whether Scott had a gun. Police have said he was armed, but witnesses say he held only a book. The 2 ½-minute video does not show the
  
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• Gateway High School teacher off job amid classroom groping allegation

  23-09-2016 21:19
  
  A teacher is put on leave while Monroeville police investigate. The school district tells parents that he "may have violated policy regarding staff/student boundaries."
  
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• Sheetz Employee Performs CPR On Overdose Victim Until Paramedics Arrive

  23-09-2016 21:13
  
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — An employee at a Sheetz in Butler County is being credited with helping a woman who overdosed inside the business this morning.
  The incident happened at the store on Pittsburgh Road.
  Officials say the employee gave the woman CPR until the paramedics arrived on the scene.
  Once on scene, the medics gave the woman Narcan to save her life.
  There’s no word on the woman’s current condition.
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• Report: Gateway HS Teacher Allegedly Touched Student’s Backside In Class

  23-09-2016 21:08
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — A Gateway High School employee has been placed on paid administrative leave.
  According to a statement released by Superintendent William Short, the district received information that an employee “may have violated the District policy regarding student/staff boundaries.”
  A source familiar with the allegations tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the employee is a teacher who has been accused of “touching a female student’s buttocks while walkin
  
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• Report: Gateway HS Teacher Accused Of Touching Student’s Backside

  23-09-2016 21:08
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — After receiving a letter from the superintendent, parents at Gateway High School say they’re concerned about an alleged incident involving an employee and student. The Monroeville police department says the district has contacted them and are investigating the allegations.
  “Hopefully this is an isolated incident,” parent Krystie Mallon said.
  Parents are shaking their heads after receiving a letter from the Gateway School District Superintendent. The d
  
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• Woman’s Shooting Of Armed Home Invaders Caught On Video

  23-09-2016 20:55
  
  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga.  (KDKA) — One man is dead and police are searching for two others after a home invasion in Georgia ended in gunfire.
  According to WSBTV, surveillance video shows three men breaking into a Gwinnett County home before a female resident rushes from her bedroom and opens fire.Home Invasion suspects caught on video clip #1 Contact Crime Stoppers with tips. 4045778477 https://t.co/NhHBds5U4b
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• Testimony Continues In Trial Of Man Accused Of Dismembering Mother, Stepfather

  23-09-2016 20:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The trial is continuing today for a man accused of killing his mother and stepfather and dismembering their bodies.
  Police arrested Frederick Harris III in 2014 at a home on Suncrest Drive in Penn Hills.
  Investigators say they found Harris in a bedroom and seven garbage cans in the basement with remains inside. Police say the body parts found in the cans were those of Olivia and Lamar Gilbert.
  Testimony continued today in court.
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• 4 Schools Going Back To Normal Schedule Despite Continued Closure Of Liberty Bridge

  23-09-2016 20:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Liberty Bridge may still be shut down following a fire earlier this month, but some Pittsburgh Public Schools are going back to their normal schedule.
  District officials say four of the seven schools that adjusted their start and end times because of the closure will go back to normal, starting Monday, Sept. 26.
  Those schools are:
  Pittsburgh Allderdice High School
  Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12
  Pittsburgh Obama 6-12
  Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12
  Officials say school locat
  
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• Mom who dropped f-bomb on school board takes her case to court and wins

  23-09-2016 20:02
  
  A Johnstown woman is charged with disorderly conduct for swearing at her local school board meeting. She appeals to a higher court and gets a judge to side with her.
  
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• Seahawks Michael Bennett: ‘Need A White Guy To Join The Fight’

  23-09-2016 20:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Several black NFL players have taken a knee during the national anthem but now some are calling for white players to join the fight for social injustice.Seattle Seahawks defensive endMichael Bennett told the Seattle Times, “You need a white guy to join the fight. The white guy is super important to the fight.”
  While there have been several white professional athletes who have committed to protesting during the national anthem, none of them are NFL players.
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• Port Authority Holds Test Ride In Preparation For Red Line Reopening

  23-09-2016 19:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is good news for riders of the Port Authority’s T service.
  The Red Line between Potomac and Fallowfield stations is reopening this weekend after being shut down for six months for rail reconstruction and repairs.
  The Red Line carries about 12,000 Port Authority riders every day, so when it shut down it caused a big inconvenience for many riders.
  The project through Beechview was extensive. It started in late-March as crews replaced nearly one mile of embedde
  
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• Four Pittsburgh schools effected by Liberty Bridge closure return to normal start times

  23-09-2016 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Four of seven Pittsburgh Public Schools that had delayed their start times because of the Liberty Bridge closure will move back to their normal start times starting Monday.
  
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• Four Pittsburgh schools affected by Liberty Bridge closure return to normal start times

  23-09-2016 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Four of seven Pittsburgh Public Schools that had delayed their start times because of the Liberty Bridge closure will move back to their normal start times starting Monday.
  
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• Strike date set at Pa. state universities

  23-09-2016 19:14
  
  Faculty members and coaches are ready to walk off the job at 14 Pennsylvania state universities, including Cal, IUP and Slippery Rock, if they don't get a new contract.
  
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• Peduto budget plan would keep a lid on Pittsburgh taxes

  23-09-2016 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh would avoid city tax increases for a second consecutive year under a budget proposal that Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration introduced Friday.
  
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• Peduto announces budget plan free of tax increases

  23-09-2016 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh would see no city tax increases for a second consecutive year under a budget blueprint unveiled today by Mayor Bill Peduto's administration.
  
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• Mom Who Swore At Meeting Found Not Guilty Of Disorderly Conduct

  23-09-2016 18:57
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A mother of two who swore at a Pennsylvania school board has been found not guilty of disorderly conduct.
  Forty-one-year-old Johanna Boratko appealed her conviction by a district judge stemming from a Greater Johnstown School Board meeting in March.She acknowledges using the f-word because she was upset about what she felt was a lack of action about bullying.
  Her attorney, Timothy Burns, says her language was inappropriate but not illegal. And on Friday, a Cambria County
  
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• Union Representing Faculty Sets Strike Date, Talks Continue

  23-09-2016 18:49
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The union representing faculty and coaches at 14 state universities in Pennsylvania has set a strike date.
  The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties says its members will strike on Oct. 19 if a new contract settlement is not reached.
  The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education during negotiations this week proposed raising faculty pay by 12 percent while seeking other contract changes.
  The union’s president says they remain at
  
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• Brass knucks with knife used to stab 3 in downtown fight

  23-09-2016 18:46
  
  Two women argue in a store, then they fight outside, and a man becomes involved with a weapon that leaves three people injured. The attacker runs away and hasn't been found.
  
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• Canon-McMillan superintendent disputes cafeteria worker's 'shaming' claims

  23-09-2016 18:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Canon-McMillan School District’s superintendent disputes the account of a cafeteria worker who says she quit over what she considers a “lunch shaming” policy.
  
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• Some schools go back to normal schedules during Liberty Bridge closure

  23-09-2016 18:38
  
  Four public schools in Pittsburgh will return to their usual daily start times, but three others will continue to start early each day.
  
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• Keidel: Beckham, Norman And The Game Within The Game

  23-09-2016 18:30
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Normally, a September game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins is hardly can’t-miss, soap-operatic television. But when you consider the Redskins are the defending NFC East champs, the Giants were last year’s chumps, who canned their coach after a dozen largely successful years, it makes Sunday’s game intriguing.
  There’s more to this game than just division rivals jousting for the pole position. Another round of the white-hot riva
  
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• Veterinarian Warns Pet Owners To Be Skeptical Of Online Rumors About Trifexis

  23-09-2016 17:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Scary stories posted on Facebook about a flea and heartworm drug for dogs called Trifexis is causing worry among pet owners.
  Some people claim it’s made their dogs sick, or even killed them. But a local veterinarian says it’s best to consult the experts before making any judgements on your own.
  Eamonn Kneeshaw, of Clearwater, Florida, says he believes Trifexis killed his 12-year-old dog, Harry.
  “I hated it, hated it. I still think about it,” said
  
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• Clarion University Adopts Nickname Policy For Students, Workers

  23-09-2016 16:34
  
  CLARION, Pa. (AP) – A university in Pennsylvania is allowing students and workers to use nicknames on some campus records, including student identification cards and emails, in an effort to better allow them to express their identities.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Clarion University says it’s the first of the state’s 14 state-owned universities to implement such a policy. It became effective this fall.
  Officials say anyone can use a preferred first name once they apply.
  
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• DUI checkpoint coming to West Hills this weekend

  23-09-2016 16:25
  
  Officers with several police departments will be looking for drunken drivers in the western suburbs of Allegheny County from Friday night through Sunday.
  
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• Man Killed In Overnight Crash In Washington Co.

  23-09-2016 16:13
  
  NORTH BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A young man was killed in an overnight crash in Washington County.
  State police say the one-vehicle accident happened just before 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Route 40 and Valleyview Road in North Bethlehem Township.
  The victim has been identified as 22-year-old Jacob Klinger of Eighty-Four.
  Police say Klinger was headed east on Route 40 when his vehicle left the road and crashed into a commercial sign.
  Klinger was pronounced dead at the scene.
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• Donald Trump condemns 'chaos and violence' in Charlotte riots

  23-09-2016 15:56
  
  War zone in Charlotte: White man begs for mercy as he is beaten while a reporter is nearly dragged into a fire by rioters as people are told to stay home from work after police shooting of black father EXCLUSIVE: 'He's a monster!' Father of 15-year-old who had an online sexting relationship with Anthony Weiner is outraged after disgraced pol outs his daughter's name to the media EXCLUSIVE: We CAN'T work it out! John Lennon's son Sean fights back against order to chop down tree damaging home of a
  
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• Gateway High School employee placed on leave for possible violation of staff/student boundary policy

  23-09-2016 15:52 via post-gazette.com
  A Gateway High School employee has been placed on paid administrative leave because they “may have violated district policy regarding student/staff boundaries,” district officials said.
  
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• Teen accused in Downtown shooting goes to court today

  23-09-2016 15:44
  
  A teenage boy accused of shooting another teenager in downtown Pittsburgh will go before a judge on Friday.
  
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• Parent bloggers question role in Mylan’s EpiPen schools push

  23-09-2016 14:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  CHICAGO — When Mylan NV recruited food allergy bloggers to learn about its campaign to get allergic shock antidotes into schools, many were eager to join the maker of the EpiPens they carry in purses and stash in book bags to protect their children against potentially lethal attacks.
  
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• Great Race to cause road closures, bus detours

  23-09-2016 14:33
  
  The annual Great Race will be held Sunday in Pittsburgh. Several streets will be closed, and dozens of Port Authority bus routes will be detoured, mostly in Downtown, Uptown, Oakland and Squirrel Hill.
  
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• At least two hurt in Washington County house fire

  23-09-2016 14:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Washington County house was heavily damaged in an early morning fire today.
  
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• Police: Suspect Used Brass Knuckles With Knife In Downtown Stabbing Attack

  23-09-2016 13:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three people were wounded in a stabbing attack in Downtown Pittsburgh late Thursday night, and now police are looking for two suspects.
  It happened in 400 block of Wood Street, across from the new PNC Tower, around 11:20 p.m.
  According to Pittsburgh Police, it all started as an argument between two women inside of a 7-11 convenience store and spilled outside onto the sidewalk.
  The two women, who police say knew one another, were yelling at each other and then the suspec
  
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• Police: Suspect Used Brass Knuckles In Downtown Stabbing Attack

  23-09-2016 13:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three people were wounded in a stabbing attack in Downtown Pittsburgh late Thursday night, and now police are looking for two suspects.
  It happened in 400 block of Wood Street, across from the new PNC Tower, around 11:20 p.m.
  According to Pittsburgh Police, it all started as an argument between two women inside of a 7-11 convenience store that spilled outside into the street.
  The two women, who police say knew one another, were yelling at each other and then the suspect
  
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• 3 Wounded In Stabbing Attack In Downtown Pittsburgh

  23-09-2016 13:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three people were wounded in a stabbing attack in Downtown Pittsburgh late Thursday night.
  It happened in 400 block of Wood Street, across from the new PNC Tower, around 11:20 p.m.
  Pittsburgh Police said the victims’ injuries are not life-threatening.A female was stabbed in the chest, near her shoulder. A male was stabbed in the back and slashed in the face. A second male victim was stabbed in the hand.
  Police were searching for a suspect Friday morning, but
  
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• 3 people rescued from roof of burning home

  23-09-2016 13:38
  
  Three people are rescued from the roof of a burning home in Bentleyville, Washington County early Friday morning.
  
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• Young man killed in Washington County crash

  23-09-2016 13:34
  
  A 22-year-old man from Eighty Four is killed in a crash in Scenery Hill early Friday morning.
  
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• At Least 2 Rescued From House Fire In Bentleyville

  23-09-2016 13:03
  
  BENTLEYVILLE (KDKA) — At least two people had to be rescued overnight in Washington County after fire erupted at a home.
  The fire broke out around 3:45 a.m. in the 200-block of Johnston Road in Bentleyville.
  Officials say six people were in the home when the fire started and at least two were rescued from the roof.
  Several EMS units are treating people on scene, but no one was seriously hurt.
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• 3 People Rescued From Roof Of Burning Home In Bentleyville

  23-09-2016 13:03
  
  BENTLEYVILLE (KDKA) — Three people had to be rescued overnight in Washington County after fire erupted at a home.
  The fire broke out around 3:45 a.m. in the 200-block of Johnston Road in Bentleyville.
  Officials say six people were in the home when the fire started and at least two were rescued from the roof.
  Several EMS units are treating people on scene, but no one was seriously hurt.
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• Three stabbed near Market Square, Downtown

  23-09-2016 12:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three people were stabbed near Market Square in Downtown Pittsburgh overnight.
  
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