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• FBI: Gunman Flew To Florida Specifically To Attack Airport

  07-01-2017 22:56
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida appears to have traveled there specifically to carry out the attack, authorities said Saturday, but they don’t know why he chose his target and have not ruled out terrorism.
  Authorities said during a news conference that they had interviewed roughly 175 people, including a lengthy interrogation with the cooperative suspect, 26-year-old
  
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• Furry Tails: Caroline & Minerva Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  07-01-2017 22:53
  
  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!_____________________________________________________
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• Pittsburgh man dies in Armstrong County crash

  07-01-2017 22:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh man died in a car crash this morning in Armstrong County, authorities said.
  
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• Judge To Videotaped Beating Suspects: ‘Where Was Your Sense Of Decency?’

  07-01-2017 22:40
  
  CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago judge refused to allow four black people caught on cellphone footage taunting and beating a mentally disabled white man to post bail and leave jail, saying they are accused of such “terrible actions” that they are a danger to society.
  “Where was your sense of decency?” Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil asked them on Friday during their first court appearance, sounding baffled that the suspects could be charged with such cruelty
  
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• Miles Leads No. 7 West Virginia Over TCU 82-70

  07-01-2017 22:07
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Daxter Miles Jr. tied a season high with 22 points and No. 7 West Virginia needed a late burst to beat TCU 82-70 on Saturday.
  West Virginia (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) bounced back from an overtime loss at Texas Tech and improved to 10-0 against TCU since the schools joined the Big 12 in 2012.
  Esa Ahmad added 16 points for West Virginia, while Jevon Carter and freshman Sagaba Konate scored 13 each.
  Alex Robinson led TCU (12-3, 1-2) with 17 points and Vladimir Brodziansky ad
  
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• Penn State Beats Michigan State 72-63 At Palestra

  07-01-2017 22:03
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Lamar Stevens scored 18 points and Tony Carr had 14 to lead Penn State to a 72-63 win over Michigan State at the Palestra on Saturday.
  The Nittany Lions (10-7, 2-2 Big Ten) pulled off a big win for the program at the famed Philly gym and beat the Spartans for the first time since 2011. The Nittany Lions led almost the entire game and gave thousands of fans who came out in the snow a reason to bellow “We Are!” in the waning minutes.
  Nick Ward scored 16 points
  
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• Nearly 5 Percent Of W.Va. Babies Born Drug Dependent In 2016

  07-01-2017 21:55
  
  BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – State health statistics show that nearly 5 percent of babies born in West Virginia in 2016 were born drug-dependent.
  The Register-Herald reports that out of every 1,000 live births in the state last year, 49.9 babies were born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a result of the sudden discontinuation of the baby’s in-utero exposure to substances used by the mother during pregnancy.
  The information is based on the latest data from the West Virginia Health Statisti
  
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• Teen Charged After 3 Escape From Mercer County Facility

  07-01-2017 21:49
  
  PINE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An 18-year-old is charged after a Mercer County escape.
  Pennsylvania State Police say three males escaped from George Junior Republic in Pine Township Friday night around 4:30 p.m.
  All individuals were apprehended after several hours of search by staff members, PSP Mercer, Grove City Police and Mercer Borough Police.
  Austin Norris-Dimoff, 18, is charged with escape and flight to avoid apprehension.
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• Penn State Abuse Scandal Costs Approach A Quarter-Billion

  07-01-2017 21:25
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Penn State’s costs related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal are approaching a quarter-billion dollars and growing, five years after the former assistant football coach’s arrest on child molestation charges.
  The scandal’s overall cost to the school has reached at least $237 million, including a recent $12 million verdict in the whistleblower and defamation case brought by former assistant coach Mike McQueary, whose testimony helped convict Sandusky in 2
  
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• 23-Year-Old Killed In Officer Involved Shooting

  07-01-2017 21:00
  
  SHARON (KDKA) — A 23-year-old was killed in an officer-involved shooting in Sharon late Friday night.
  It happened at a home in the 300-block of Tamplin Street around 11:50 p.m.
  State police say Sharon Police responded to a domestic assault at the home.
  Details are not provided, but state police say during the investigation, an officer-involved shooting resulted in the death of 23-year-old Sean Hake.
  The investigation is ongoing.
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• Pittsburgh recognized as top destination to visit in 2017 by Harper's Bazaar

  07-01-2017 20:37
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• Passenger Killed In Suspected DUI Crash

  07-01-2017 20:37
  
  SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A passenger was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Sugarcreek Township late Saturday morning.
  It happened just after 11 a.m. on SR-268.
  According to state police, a 55-year-old man was driving north when he left the road onto the east berm, which was covered in snow. He then lost control of the vehicle and crashed sideways into a tree.
  State police say the 53-year-old man in the front passenger seat was pronounced dead after sustaining injuries in the crash. The
  
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• Gillon Leads 3-Point Barrage, Syracuse Beats Pitt 77-66

  07-01-2017 20:17
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – John Gillon scored 20 points and matched his career high with 11 assists, Andrew White had 21 points, and Syracuse beat Pittsburgh 77-63 with a daunting long-range attack on Saturday.
  It was the second straight win for Syracuse (10-6, 2-1 ACC), which broke a five-game losing streak to Pittsburgh (12-4, 1-2 ACC), which had averaged 90.8 points over its previous five games.
  Freshman Tyus Battle had 15 points, Tyler Lydon had 13, and Tyler Roberson had 10 rebounds and a
  
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• Off-Duty Officer Arrested After Dropping Gun At Ohio Theater

  07-01-2017 20:02
  
  MILFORD, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say an intoxicated off-duty Cincinnati police sergeant faces misdemeanor charges after prompting the evacuation of a southwest Ohio movie theater when she dropped a department-issued handgun in front of other patrons.
  Court records show 50-year-old Shauna Lambert has been charged with inducing panic and using weapons while intoxicated after the incident Friday night at a multiplex theater in Milford. She was arrested inside the theater and jailed overnight.
  
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• Steelers Wild Card Round Injury Report: Pittsburgh’s Run Defense Has Some Holes With Jay Ajayi Coming To Town

  07-01-2017 18:09
  
  By Danny Cox
  The Pittsburgh Steelers were hoping to be at full strength for the Wild Card round game against the Miami Dolphins this weekend, but it simply wasn’t meant to be. While the injury report isn’t very long, a couple of big names are listed on it, and that will hurt the run defense that the Steelers so desperately need to stop Jay Ajayi from trampling all over them again.
  In Week 6, the Pittsburgh Steelers allowed Ajayi to run all over them for more than 200 yards and two to
  
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• Pennsylvania District Faces 2nd Suit Over Student Sex Abuse

  07-01-2017 17:51
  
  PLUM, Pa. (AP) – A second former student has filed suit against a western Pennsylvania school district where three former teachers pleaded guilty to having sexual relationships with students.
  A federal lawsuit filed Friday says Plum Senior High School teacher Jason Cooper fondled her and spoke to her in a sexual manner when she was a 17-year-old student and had sex with her after she turned 18.
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  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the suit names Cooper, Plum borough, th
  
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• Priest who transformed Franciscan University of Steubenville dies

  07-01-2017 17:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Father Michael Scanlon, who led the transformed struggling College of Steubenville into the Franciscan University of Steubenville in the 1970s, died this morning, the university announced. He was 85.
  
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• Man Caught Stealing Copper From Homewood Home

  07-01-2017 15:23
  
  HOMEWOOD (KDKA) — Police arrested a man who was caught stealing copper from a Homewood residence Wednesday afternoon.
  It happened around 2 p.m. at a home in the 7200-block of Mt. Vernon Street.
  Police were sent to the home for a report of a burglary in progress.
  According to police, 31-year-old Kenya Venson, of Wilkinsburg, was found inside the home. Police say it appeared Venson was stealing copper, as freshly cut copper pipes were found in the home.
  Venson was arrested and sent to Allegh
  
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• Magazine Names Pittsburgh Top Travel Destination For 2017

  07-01-2017 14:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Only two U.S. cities made it onto the Harper’s Bazaar’s list of 2017 travel destinations, and Pittsburgh is one of them.
  Pittsburgh ranked number 4 on the magazine’s “17 Best Places To Travel In 2017” list, coming in behind New Zealand, Canada and Finland.
  The magazine highlighted the city’s arts and culture scene and food scene, as well as Shadyside’s shops and boutiques. The Hotel Monaco and the Ace Hotel were mentioned as som
  
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• Report: Newspaper Receives Apparent Fake Obituary For 21-Year-Old Wanted By Police

  07-01-2017 13:10
  
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — A local newspaper received an apparently fake obituary Wednesday for a 21-year-old woman who is wanted by police for theft-related charges.
  The Beaver County Times reports that an obituary for 21-year-old Anastasia Kline was submitted to The Times via email Wednesday night. The obituary, which was sent from an email address containing Kline’s full name, claimed she died “unexpectedly” on Tuesday afternoon.
  The obituary included Kline’s grandmot
  
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• Wanna buy a president? Start the bidding3:54 PM

  07-01-2017 08:07
  Michael Matza, an Inquirer staff writer since 1986, spent six years in Jerusalem as the paper's Middle East bureau chief. He wrote extensively about the Arab-Israeli conflict and run-up to the Iraq War.
  
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• Obituary: Otto Harry Gruner III / Machinery firm’s co-founder would rather be fishing

  07-01-2017 06:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  Otto Harry Gruner III only answered his telephone because he hoped someone was calling to invite him to go fishing.
  
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• Second victim in Plum High sex scandal files suit

  07-01-2017 06:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  A second teenage student who was the victim of institutional sexual assault by a teacher at Plum Senior High School has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the school district, the borough and four of their employees.
  
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• Survey says Pittsburgh is 7th best city for 'active lifestyle'

  07-01-2017 06:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  There are dozens of surveys that come out weekly trying to show which cities are the best or worst place to live, or have the best nightlife or are home to the best sports fans.
  
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• Obituary: Selig Harrison / Reporter and scholar who covered, shaped Asian affairs

  07-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Selig Harrison, a journalist who covered Asian affairs for The Washington Post and later helped shape them as a scholar, author and advocate of diplomacy with North Korea, where he made 11 trips over four decades as a rare guest of the country’s reclusive regime, died Dec. 30 in Camden, Maine. He was 89.
  
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• Fellow employees testify at trial for suspended postmaster

  07-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Four employees of the U.S. Postal Service testified this week that they never saw another employee open packages looking for drugs or other contraband until suspended Pittsburgh postmaster Daniel Davis arrived here from Toledo, Ohio.
  
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• Brookline women in court for having 186 animals

  07-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Because their Brookline house was filled with feces, urine and 186 birds, ferrets, cats, dogs and other animals, Barbara Courey, 70, and her daughter, Barbara Yogmas, 45, are headed to trial in a criminal court. They’re charged with animal cruelty and endangering the welfare of a child.  
  
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• Attorney fighting to block retrial of former Philadelphia monsignor

  07-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA — A judge has set a hearing for Wednesday to determine whether city prosecutors withheld evidence casting doubt on the credibility of a key witness in the 2012 trial that sent Msgr. William J. Lynn to prison for 33 months.
  
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• Duquesne swim team members were inside Terminal 2

  07-01-2017 05:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Three members of the Duquesne University women’s swimming team were stranded for hours Friday inside the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after a gunman opened fire in a baggage claim area, killing five people and injuring eight others.
  
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• Two men injured in Homewood shooting

  07-01-2017 05:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two people were injured, one critically, in a shooting Friday night in Homewood, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Pittsburgh International Airport Security Heightened After Florida Shooting

  07-01-2017 05:25
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The deadly shooting Friday afternoon at the airport in Fort Lauderdale has heightened security at Pittsburgh International and other airports around the country.
  One of the most visible signs of that tightened security – Allegheny County Police are now patrolling the airport with rifles.
  Bob Kerlik, of the Allegheny County Airport Authority said, “We are monitoring the situation. People will see a stepped up security presence in the terminal.That may be addi
  
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• Gardell, Bettis Rev Up Steelers Nation At Stage AE Pep Rally

  07-01-2017 05:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Hundreds of fans crowded into Stage AE on the North Shore Friday night for a huge pep rally for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  Some famous Pittsburghers were there, revving up the crowd for Sunday’s postseason game against the Miami Dolphins.
  Steelers fans can’t get enough of Styx’s “Renegade” and the Steelers defense, and they were thrilled when Super Bowl champ Jerome Bettis stepped on the stage to cheer on his former team.
  Bettis says home fie
  
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• The biggest highlights at regional aquariums

  07-01-2017 04:14
  When DaVinci Science Center builds its 500,000-gallon saltwater tank at its proposed Science City in Easton, it will be the biggest public aquarium in Pennsylvania, far eclipsing the only other major aquarium in the state - Pittsburgh Zoo's 100,000-gallon PPG Aquarium. The $130 million project, an expansion of the Da Vinci Science Center in west Allentown, however will not be as big as regional aquariums such as Adventure Aquarium in Camden and the National Aquarium in Baltimore , both of which
  
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• Man shot, injured in the Hill District

  07-01-2017 04:07 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man was shot and injured Friday night in the Hill District, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Medical Marijuana Facility May Be Coming To Westmoreland Co.

  07-01-2017 03:45
  
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — A medical marijuana growing and processing center may be coming to Westmoreland County.
  A company has filed an application and wants to put the medical marijuana facility into a warehouse.
  Maitri Medicinals is asking to develop the marijuana cultivation facility along Finley Road in Belle Vernon.
  If awarded one of the states 12 grower/processor permits, the company wants to employee 20 people to help produce cannabis oil.
  “As long as it helps people and the right p
  
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• Sources: Pittsburgh Firefighter Suspended After Overdosing On Heroin

  07-01-2017 03:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A firefighter with the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau has been suspended after he overdosed on heroin while on the job.
  Sources confirm the incident happened inside the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau firehouse on Brookline Boulevard. It was New Year’s Eve.
  KDKA is not using his name or his photograph.
  Sources tell KDKA that the firefighter, who was working overtime, passed out in what’s called the sitting room. Sources confirm his line mates tried to wake him up and couldn&
  
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• Police Called To Hill District For Reports Of A Shooting

  07-01-2017 02:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have been called to the Hill District tonight for reports of a shooting near a bar.
  Officials were called to the 2000-block of Centre Avenue just after 8 p.m.
  Allegheny County reports on their Twitter account that Pittsburgh Police have shut down the road from Centre Avenue and Dinwiddie Street to Centre Avenue and Erin Street for an investigation.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
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• Police: Argument In Hill District Bar Leads To Shooting

  07-01-2017 02:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say an argument inside a bar led to a shooting in the Hill District Friday night.
  Police were called to the 2000-block of Centre Avenue just after 8 p.m.
  The victim was shot in the buttocks.
  According to police, the victim got into an argument with the suspect inside a nearby bar. Both men then went outside where the shooting happened.
  The victim was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
  Allegheny County reported on their Twitter a
  
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• Flu Cases Increasing Across Region And Nationwide

  07-01-2017 02:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Flu season is here. One local doctor is seeing patients at an urgent care center.
  “In my last shift, I diagnosed about 10 cases in a single day of Influenza A. And that’s just me. At this one site,” says Dr. Janette Nesheiwat.The flu is widespread in Pennsylvania.The Allegheny General Hospital emergency department started seeing an increased number of flu cases in the last two weeks of December. On Thursday, AGH admitted six people with flu-like sympto
  
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• Faced With Looming Budget Deficit, Local Lawmakers Rule Out Major Tax Hikes

  07-01-2017 01:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There’s at least one thing Pennsylvania lawmakers of both parties agree on — the state faces another budget deficit.
  “I think it’s very serious,” says Pennsylvania Rep. Rick Saccone, an Elizabeth Republican.
  “It’s a significant crisis,” adds Pennsylvania Rep. Dan Frankel, a Shadyside Democrat.
  “We’ve got a big challenge ahead of us,” warns Pennsylvania Rep. Bill Kortz, a Dravosburg Democrat.
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• Experts Offer Advice For Ice Cold Weekend In Pittsburgh

  07-01-2017 01:02
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Mother Nature has delivered a wonderland for winter recreation, whether it’s skiing at Boyce Park, Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, or maybe some backyard sled riding.
  KDKA Chief Meteorologist Jeff Verszyla says the winter chill will be sticking around all weekend long.
  “The January chill has arrived and it will be sticking around through the weekend,” he says. “Not a huge variation in temperature over the next couple of days as you pretty much take
  
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• Police Investigate Shooting Incident In Monroeville

  07-01-2017 00:36
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) – Police are investigating after two people showed up at UPMC East hospital in Monroeville with gunshot wounds Friday afternoon.
  So far, it’s unknown how they were wounded, but investigators spent much of the late afternoon and evening hours processing two crime scenes near the Monroeville Mall.
  The incident reportedly started in the mall parking lot and ended up in the parking lot of the nearby Goodyear tire business.
  Police cordoned off a section of the mall park
  
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• Warrant issued in slaying of man found in Dormont womana s backyard

  07-01-2017 00:03
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