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• Boy Not Letting Limiting Injury Define His Future One Year After Horrific Farm Accident

  07-11-2016 23:59
  
  KNOX, Pa. (KDKA) — One year ago, a local boy’s arm was severed in a horrific farm accident.
  But now, a year later, he’s playing baseball again, going hunting and developing his skills as a motivational speaker.
  It may not be completely accurate to call Seth Apel your typical teenaged boy, but that’s how he wants the world to see him.
  He loves the outdoors and helping his parents at their sprawling property in Knox, Clarion County. He’s quite the sportsman, too. He&r
  
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• Pittsburgh Says Goodbye To Police Chief Cameron McLay

  07-11-2016 23:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh community is gathering to say thank you and farewell to Police Chief Cameron McLay.
  After two years as chief, McLay has handed in his resignation. 
  Many came together at the Kingsley Center Monday to wish him well, including one of McLay’s biggest supporters Mayor Bill Peduto.
  McLay says he truly believes that he accomplished all he could and that it was time to pass the torch.
  Assistant Chief Scott Schubert will serve as the interim chief
  
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• New Medicine Helping Dogs Live Longer Lives

  07-11-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For Joe and Liz Birch, a life without their yellow labrador retriever, Zoe, seems incomplete.
  They brought Zoe home 15 years ago.
  Before their kids, Abby and Jack, Zoe was their crash course into parenting.
  It’s safe to say that Zoe is a huge part of the Birch family.
  “I feel like we’re on borrowed time because the average lifespan is 12 years and with Zoe at 15-plus I feel like every day is a gift,” Joe Birch said.
  As each year passes by, t
  
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• Police officer justified in deadly Harrisburg shooting, DA rules

  07-11-2016 23:41
  
  HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg police officer whose fatal shooting of a young black man this summer sparked protests will not be charged with a crime, Dauphin County's top prosecutor said today.
  
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• Teenage Girl Fatally Shot Inside Arnold Home

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  ARNOLD (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a teenage girl was fatally shot in the chest Monday at a home in Westmoreland County.
  The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the 1400-block of Orchard Avenue in Arnold. The home reportedly belonged to the parents of the girl’s boyfriend.
  The 16-year-old victim was in the basement when she was wounded. Crime scene detectives spent several hours inside taking photos.According to witnesses, the victim was conscious and talking when paramedi
  
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• Sources: Teenage Girl Shot In Arnold

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  ARNOLD (KDKA) — Police are investigating after a shooting Monday in Westmoreland County.
  Sources say the victim is a teenage girl.
  The incident happened around 5 p.m. in the 1400-block of Orchard Avenue in Arnold, and police remained on the scene well into the evening hours.
  Crime scene detectives spent several hours in the basement taking photos.According to witnesses, the victim was conscious when paramedics took her to the hospital. There’s been no update on her condition.
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• L.B. Foster reports $6 million loss in third quarter

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  With a national downswing in freight rail shipments and energy markets, L.B. Foster Co. lost $6 million during the third quarter, the Green Tree company reported this afternoon.
  
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• Juvenile Shot In Arnold

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  ARNOLD (KDKA) — Police say one person has been shot in Arnold.
  It happened in the 1400 block of Orchard Avenue Monday evening.
  Emergency dispatchers say the victim is a juvenile.
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• WATCH: Man Catches Clinton Supporter Taking Down, Stealing Trump Sign

  07-11-2016 23:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man jumped into action Monday when he spotted a woman grabbing a Donald Trump campaign sign from the side of a Pittsburgh highway.
  “That’s a felony! That’s a felony!” The man shouts at the woman continuously as he marches toward her along the Parkway, his camera trained in her direction.
  Man: You took a sign, that’s a felony.
  Woman: You took my sign down.
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• Former Pirates Player Talks Living With Parkinson’s At Pittsburgh Conference

  07-11-2016 23:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One of baseball’s best has been slowed by Parkinson’s disease.
  “They have been up and down. You’ve got to take the days as they come. Some days are good. Some days are bad,” said Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Dave Parker.
  Parker was in Pittsburgh this weekend for a conference. More than 300 people attended the third annual conference of the Allegheny Health Network focused on living with the disease.
  “A one-of-a-kind comprehens
  
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• Student Accused Of Shooting 5 With Airsoft Gun On Bus

  07-11-2016 23:09
  
  GLASSPORT (KDKA) — A  South Allegheny School District middle school student is accused of shooting five others with an airsoft gun.
  It allegedly happened on a school bus headed from Glassport around 7:40 a.m. Monday.
  The students who were struck were treated by a nurse and able to attend school that day.
  The unidentified male student was given over to the school police who are investigating the situation. The parents of all students involved received a personal phone call from the adm
  
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• Student Accused Of Shooting 5 On Bus With Airsoft Gun

  07-11-2016 23:09
  
  GLASSPORT (KDKA) — A middle school student in the South Allegheny School District is accused of shooting five others with an airsoft gun.
  It allegedly happened on a school bus headed from Glassport around 7:40 a.m. Monday.
  The students who were struck were treated by a nurse and able to attend school that day.
  The unidentified male student was given over to the school police who are investigating the situation. The parents of all students involved received a personal phone call f
  
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• What Will Happen After The Election? Pundits Predict The Future

  07-11-2016 22:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s hard to believe, but Election Day is here and Americans are clamoring to learn who will be elected the next President of the United States.In fact, voters are clamoring so badly that election anxiety has reached epic levels and many are even suffering from “Election Stress Disorder.”That led us to wonder, what about after the election? What should we expect come Wednesday and beyond? The country is enveloped in uncertainty, so we reached out to so
  
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• Judge renders mixed verdict for Monroeville Mall shooter

  07-11-2016 21:54
  
  A judge today found a Penn Hills teenager not guilty of attempted homicide in the shooting last year of three people at Monroeville Mall but guilty on all other counts.
  
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• Keidel: The Raiders Matter Again

  07-11-2016 21:50
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Just 48 hours ago, the Oakland Raiders were a nice story, reviving the ghosts of an old-world AFL team that stormed into the NFL, with their iconic owner and iconoclastic style, bagged three Super Bowls and annoyed everyone in the process.
  They were 5-0 on the road for the first time since John Madden stalked the sidelines. They were 6-2, tied for first place this late in the season for the first time in five years. They were giving fans a sense that the autumn wind was, onc
  
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• Bicyclist killed in Fayette County

  07-11-2016 21:47
  
  A Uniontown man was killed this morning when his bicycle was struck by a vehicle in North Union, Fayette County.
  
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• In Altoona, an American hero finally laid to rest

  07-11-2016 21:08
  
  ALTOONA — Volleys from a rifle salute cracked through the air Monday and echoed off the surrounding autumn-tinged hills. Marines solemnly folded the American flag that had covered the casket of Marine Pfc. Nicholas J. Cancilla and presented it to his niece, his closest living relative.
  
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• Picture: Penguins Players Don ‘Phil For President’ T-Shirts

  07-11-2016 21:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This election season has been particularly nasty, and who better to lighten the mood than the Pittsburgh Penguins?
  Kris Letang posted a picture to his Instagram Monday showing himself and the one-and-only Phil Kessel in “Phil For President” t-shirts.
  He captioned the shot: “Everyone’s vote is important!!!! Make sure you vote …. mine goes to the legend.”Does he have your vote?
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• Voters offered discounts on Uber, Lyft rides to the polls

  07-11-2016 20:33
  
  Pittsburghers heading to the polls tomorrow have the option to hail a discounted ride on their phone that would likely cover their trip to vote. 
  
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• Report: Pa. Woman Beat, Fed Laxatives And Hot Sauce To Boyfriend’s Son

  07-11-2016 20:32
  
  QUARRYVILLE (KDKA) — A Lancaster County woman is accused of beating her boyfriend’s son and feeding him laxatives and hot sauce.
  According to Lancaster Online, 31-year-old Danielle L. Miller was charged Monday with multiple counts of child abuse. She reportedly resented the 4-year-old boy for being from a former relationship.
  The boy’s father, 30-year-old Nathan P. Duke, is charged with concealing and failing to report child abuse.
  According to officials, Miller would bind the
  
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• Woman Charged In Shadyside Purse Snatchings

  07-11-2016 19:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have arrested a woman in the case of purse snatchings in the Shadyside area.
  Jacquet Pope Esposito, 26, of Wilkinsburg, has been charged with robbery. A 17-year-old suspect was already in custody.
  Police say Esposito and the teen robbed a woman walking on Ellsworth Avenue Oct. 7, but noted a good Samaritan helped that victim retrieve her purse.
  The juvenile is also charged with similar crimes on Oct. 18 and Oct. 31. Esposito has not yet been charged in the other
  
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• WESA-FM's Josh Raulerson leaving for job in non-profit communications

  07-11-2016 19:43
  
  Election day brings change to WESA-FM.
  
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• Pittsburgh City Council approves threat of fines for information leaks

  07-11-2016 19:38
  
  Pittsburgh City Council members who leak confidential information from closed-door meetings could now face fines.
  
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• Pittsburgh City Council approves fines for leaking confidential material

  07-11-2016 19:38
  
  Memo to Pittsburgh City Council: A big mouth may mean a smaller paycheck.
  
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• Report: Bloody Fight Outside Bar In Donora

  07-11-2016 19:33
  
  DONORA (KDKA) — Neighbors in Donora say a bloody brawl broke out Saturday morning when 30 people poured from a local bar.
  The Observer-Reporter reports it happened around 1:15 a.m. outside of Chubs Pub at 107 Castner Avenue.
  One resident said a man was stabbed repeatedly after he was thrown onto a vehicle and another man was stabbed in the wrist and shoved into some bushes.
  Police confirm the stabbings.
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• Watch: Green Snake Falls From Ceiling On Flight in Mexico

  07-11-2016 19:19
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) – Passengers on a commercial flight in Mexico were given a start when a serpent slithered into the cabin in a scene straight out of the Hollywood thriller “Snakes on a Plane.”
  Carrier Aeromexico says the reptile was detected on a Sunday flight from Torreon in the country’s north to Mexico City.
  A brief video circulating online shows a greenish snake emerging from the ceiling behind an overhead luggage compartment and then partially dropping down into the
  
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• Former doctor pleads guilty in pills-for-sex case

  07-11-2016 19:11
  
  A former doctor in Westmoreland County who told a 15-year-old girl she could trust him because he told her “I’m a doctor” pleaded guilty today in connection with a pills-for-sex investigation.
  
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• Muhammad Ali: The Greatest In Pictures And Words

  07-11-2016 18:56
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Muhammad Ali was one of the most inspected and dissected American athletes — and human beings — of the last 100 years. But can we ever really get enough of the Greatest? Of course not. Ali transcended boxing, and sports, and one need not be a fan of either to adore the heavyweight nonpareil and cultural king of the world.
  Fans of boxing and the iconic fighter get another serving with the recent publication of Muhammad Ali Unfiltered, from Gallery Books (Simo
  
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• Ron’s Weather Blog: Warm Start To November About To Change

  07-11-2016 18:51
  
  Every week over the winter weather months I am going to be writing a blog about potential snowfall specifically focused on the upcoming week. On top of that, I would like to look ahead (sometimes way ahead) at what the weather may be like due to what’s happening right now in our atmosphere.
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Another warm week is in the books to start the month of November, but things will be changing soon.  In fact model data shows that within 10 – 12 days we could be se
  
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• Man pleads guilty to Northview Heights homicide

  07-11-2016 18:51
  
  A Northview Heights man will go to prison for 12 ½ to 30 years after pleading guilty today to killing someone last year at the housing complex.
  
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• Judge modifies bail for teen charged in July 4 Downtown shooting

  07-11-2016 18:32
  
  A teen charged in the July 4 shooting Downtown that injured four people will be released from jail and placed on electronic monitoring.
  
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• Homeless Man Found Sleeping In Trash Bin Dumped Into Truck

  07-11-2016 18:27
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Police say a homeless man sleeping in a gas station trash container was taken to a hospital after the container was emptied into a garbage truck.
  A police spokeswoman said the 36-year-old man was in the trash container in the Speedway Gas Station in the Port Richmond section of the city.
  Workers found him after the contents were dumped into the garbage truck shortly before 7 a.m. Monday.
  Police said the man was taken to Temple Medical Center for evaluation but was repor
  
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• Justice Dept. to monitor Tuesday's election in Pennsylvania, 27 other states

  07-11-2016 18:26
  
  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said on Monday that it would deploy more than 500 people to monitor Election Day practices and guard against intimidation and disruptions in 28 states today, including in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny, Lehigh and Philadelphia counties.
  
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• Case Of Whooping Cough Identified At Plum School

  07-11-2016 18:20
  
  PLUM (KDKA) — A case of Whooping Cough, also known as Pertussis, has been identified at Holiday Park Elementary in Plum.
  According to a statement form Plum Borough School District, the Allegheny County Health Department has been notified, investigated the situation, and say that the child is receiving appropriate treatment.
  Students diagnosed with this condition must be placed on antibiotic therapy and excluded from school for the first five days after starting tre
  
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• Wilkinsburg woman arrested in connection with Shadyside purse snatchings

  07-11-2016 17:53
  
  Pittsburgh police have arrested and charged a second suspect in connection with a trio of purse snatchings along Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside.
  
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• Hillary Clinton to campaign at University of Pittsburgh

  07-11-2016 17:50
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• Person Struck & Killed By Vehicle In North Union Twp.

  07-11-2016 17:42
  
  NORTH UNION TWP. (KDKA) — One person was struck by a vehicle in North Union Township Monday morning.
  Emergency dispatchers say it happened around 10:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Connellsville Road.
  The victim was riding a bicycle when struck. The suspected vehicle was found, but the driver had abandoned it.
  Around noon, state police confirmed that the cyclist had died.
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• Bicyclist Struck & Killed By Vehicle In North Union Twp.

  07-11-2016 17:42
  
  NORTH UNION TWP. (KDKA) — One person was struck by a vehicle in North Union Township Monday morning.
  Emergency dispatchers say it happened around 10:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Connellsville Road.
  The victim was riding a bicycle when struck. The suspected vehicle was found, but the driver had abandoned it.
  Around noon, state police confirmed that the cyclist had died.
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• For area Muslims, a tense election season

  07-11-2016 17:32
  
  Nadia Khawaja used to get excited about presidential elections, especially when she was living in the Washington, D.C., area and working for the Department of Homeland Security.
  
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• Mood optimistic as hundreds gather in Oakland for Clinton rally

  07-11-2016 17:18
  
  The skies over Oakland were cloudless for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this morning, and among the hundreds waiting to see her lunchtime speech before the Cathedral of Learning, there were hopes that clouds over her candidacy were clearing as well.
  
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• In Oakland rally, Clinton says she can 'heal this country'

  07-11-2016 17:18
  
  One day before a pivotal Nov. 8 election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spoke to a fired-up crowd in Oakland, offering a final closing pitch that revisited familiar attacks — while also offering herself as the candidate to transcend the partisanship of a bruising campaign.
  
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• Video Of Child Thanking Military Men In Mall Food Court Goes Viral

  07-11-2016 17:11
  
  WASHINGTON COUNTY Pa. (KDKA) – Video of child’s way of saying thank you to some local soldiers is going viral.Caedon Markley and his father M.J. Markley were at the Washington Crown Center Mall in Washington, Pennsylvania.That’s when 5-year-old Caedon spotted a group of military men sitting at a table in the food court.Caedon asked his dad if the men over there were Marines.
  M.J. says he told his son that he wasn’t sure which branch they were from but acknowledged they we
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Students Elect Hillary Clinton President In Mock Election

  07-11-2016 17:06
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a citywide mock election, Pittsburgh Public High School students elected Hillary Clinton as president.
  The election took place in 13 schools on Nov. 4. 1739 students in grades 9-12 participated.
  71 percent chose Clinton and 17 percent chose republican candidate Donald Trump.
  Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson finished in third place with 6 percent of the vote. Students also chose:
  Katie McGinty-D (60 percent) over Pat Toomey-R (26 percent) for Senate;Mike Doyle-
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Team Grades: Ravens End Losing Streak And Spoil Big Ben’s Return

  07-11-2016 17:00
  
  Coming into Sunday’s game, the Pittsburgh Steelers had lost two games in a row but some good news was on their side. They were heading into a divisional matchup against the Baltimore Ravens who had lost four games in a row. Making things even better was that starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was returning to the line up after missing just one game due to a knee injury.
  Unfortunately, that would be the last of the good news on Sunday.
  The Baltimore Ravens came out looking like an enti
  
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• Three Gateway schools on brief lockdown

  07-11-2016 16:34
  
  Gateway High, Dr. Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary and Moss Side Middle schools were on a brief “precautionary” lockdown this morning after police said someone reported seeing a person near the high school campus with a gun. 
  
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• Monroeville Mall Shooting Suspect Found Not Guilty Of Attempted Homicide

  07-11-2016 16:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – The suspect accused in the shooting that left three people wounded at the Monroeville Mall last year has been found not guilty of attempted homicide, and guilty on all other charges.
  Tarod Thornhill‘s attorney acknowledges he shot his 20-year-old target and wounded two shopping bystanders during the February 2015 shootings in Macy’s at the Monroeville Mall. But the defense contended Thornhill was mentally ill and didn’t know his actions were illegal
  
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• Judge Hears Closing Arguments In Monroeville Mall Shooting

  07-11-2016 16:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A judge is set to hear closing arguments in the trial of an 18-year-old accused of wounding three people- including two bystanders – at a Pittsburgh-area mall last year.
  Tarod Thornhill‘s attorney acknowledges he shot his 20-year-old target and wounded two shopping bystanders during the February 2015 shootings in Macy’s at the Monroeville Mall. But the defense contends Thornhill was mentally ill and didn’t know his actions were illegal or was unabl
  
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• Hillary Clinton Spends Election Eve In Pennsylvania

  07-11-2016 16:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sunday night, it was Donald Trump.
  Monday, it was Hillary Clinton.
  We’re getting an awful lot of love from the presidential candidates and their surrogates.
  And there’s a good reason for that.
  The last Democrat to win the White House without winning Pennsylvania was Harry Truman in 1948.
  And of the 18 Republicans who became president, all but two carried Pennsylvania.
  Hillary Clinton launched her final day of campaigning in Pittsburgh on Monday morning with
  
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• Hillary Clinton Spending Election Eve In Pennsylvania

  07-11-2016 16:12
  
  PHILADELPHIA (KDKA/AP) – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will spend the last day of the campaign in Pennsylvania.
  Hillary Clinton began speaking around noon at the University of Pittsburgh. She first took aim at encouraging people to get out and vote on Tuesday.
  “In Pennsylvania it’s all about Election Day, other places around the country have been voting for weeks,” she said. “We are on the path to see more Americ
  
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• Clinton, Trump Spending Election Eve In Pennsylvania

  07-11-2016 16:12
  
  PHILADELPHIA (KDKA/AP) – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will spend the last day of the campaign in Pennsylvania.
  Trump will hold a rally at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Lackawanna College Student Union in Scranton. Clinton will stop at the University of Pittsburgh for a noon rally before traveling to a rally in Philadelphia Monday night.
  She’ll be joined in Philadelphia by President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, her husband,
  
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