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• Missing Veteran’s Body Found On South Side

  06-06-2017 23:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The body of a missing veteran was found near a business on the South Side Tuesday afternoon.
  Police using search dogs located the remains of 32-year-old Jacob Scalise near the Page Dairy Mart on East Carson Street.
  The same area had been searched twice before, but it wasn’t until the dogs were brought in that the discovery was made.
  Scalise, a veteran who served in the Marines, went missing on May 31. Family members say he sent a text message to a relative last We
  
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• How Much Is Too Much When It Comes To Kids & Screen Time?

  06-06-2017 23:45
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Many parents will tell you that sometimes, the best babysitter may be a smartphone or tablet. But, screen time adds up fast.
  It’s estimated kids spend five to six hours a day staring at screens. So how much is too much?
  Springtime for the Lauritsen kids means soccer and T-ball, but if they absolutely have to be inside, it’s talking birds and dinosaurs.
  And it’s all fun and games until “someone” brings out an iPad.
  “Sometimes I’
  
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• Greyhound Apologizes After Woman, Service Dog Denied Service

  06-06-2017 23:30
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A local woman says she travels from Pittsburgh to New York every week on Greyhound with her service dog. However, there was a problem this morning.
  Three-year-old Maxx may have the appearance of just a family pet, but his owner, Amanda Foote, says he is far more than that.
  “He’s an emotional support animal. I have documentation sent from my doctor and a certificate and an ID that he is a service dog and it’s all valid and up to date,” she said.
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• Siding against ally Qatar, Trump injects US into Arab crisis

  06-06-2017 23:23
  
  President Donald Trump injected the United States into a volatile crisis among America's Mideast allies, siding Tuesday with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and counter Iran.
  
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• THIS is the right way to treat a jellyfish sting. Hint: Don’t pee on it.

  06-06-2017 23:18
  
  Getting stung by a jellyfish can be a real beach. THIS is how to safely fix a sting (no urine required).
  
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• Texas governor revives 'bathroom bill' for special session

  06-06-2017 23:12
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is reviving a so-called "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people after the last try ended with Republican lawmakers angry and deadlocked.
  
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• Look at that smile! Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo gives birth to healthy baby

  06-06-2017 23:10
  
  A gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo has given birth to a healthy baby after a difficult labor
  
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• Trump jokes that Kushner 'more famous than me'

  06-06-2017 23:08
  
  Trump added, "I'm a little bit upset about that"
  
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• DeVos: Discrimination on basis of sexual orientation 'unsettled' law

  06-06-2017 23:05
  
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos indicated discrimination in schools on the basis of sexual orientation is "unsettled" law and a matter for Congress and the courts to address -- not her department.
  
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• This week in 1980 the boot scootin' 'Urban Cowboy' premiered in Houston

  06-06-2017 23:03
  
  "Urban Cowboy" turns 37 years old this month and for some people the film feels like it was released just yesterday.
  
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• Satellite-TV firm Dish fined $280 million in robocall suit

  06-06-2017 22:55
  
  The court found that Dish "caused millions and millions of violations of the Do Not Call Laws."
  
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• Philadelphia men accused of using social media app to steal $50K from banks

  06-06-2017 22:52
  
  More than $50,000 was stolen from various financial institutions in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Peacock takes out $500 in wine after crashing liquor store

  06-06-2017 22:49
  
  The bird's capture resulted in $500 worth of broken champagne and wine bottles.
  
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• 10-year-old starts root beer float stand after devastating home fire

  06-06-2017 22:38
  
  A 10-year-old boy is taking matters into his own hands to help a family in need, one scoop at a time.
  
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• Megan's Law violator found hiding in Wilkinsburg home

  06-06-2017 22:37
  
  Clyde Demus, 52, of Homewood, was charged and convicted of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, indecent assault and rape in 1994.
  
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• Volunteers Hoping To Save Lives With Smoke Detector Program In City

  06-06-2017 22:30
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Volunteers from the American Red Cross and Calvary Baptist Church went door to door in the Hill District Tuesday, installing free smoke detectors for residents.
  “We’re putting in free smoke alarms,” said Dan Tobin, of the American Red Cross. “We’re checking smoke alarms if they exist, to make sure they’re good and they’re working. If not, we’re replacing them. If no alarms exist, we’re putting them in for them.&rdquo
  
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• Fear of deportation drives people off food stamps in US

  06-06-2017 22:30
  
  "This means less food in the table, fewer meals in houses where the kids have rights because they are U.S. citizens"
  
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• London ringleader was intensely investigated

  06-06-2017 22:25
  
  Butt was seen as a heavyweight figure in al-Muhajiroun, whose hardline views made him potentially one of the most dangerous extremists in the UK, the sources said Tuesday.
  
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• DEA warns police of accidental overdose risks

  06-06-2017 22:19
  
  “If you don’t know what it is, assume there’s something in it that will kill you"
  
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• Police Seek Help In Finding 4 Seen In Bar Before Shooting

  06-06-2017 22:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Authorities are asking for help from the public in identifying four people seen in surveillance video moments before a shooting death inside a Pittsburgh bar.
  Police released video Tuesday of two women and two men who entered the Rowdy Buck bar on the South Side early on May 21.WATCH THE VIDEO HERE:Twenty-five-year-old Dahrique Smith of West Mifflin was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead shortly after 1 a.m. at UPMC Mercy.
  In the surveillance video, one man walks thr
  
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• City hall reopens after angry Maine man threw bed bugs inside

  06-06-2017 22:07
  
  Authorities say a disgruntled resident threw a cup of bed bugs at a general assistance counter.
  
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• Get fit like Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  06-06-2017 21:51
  
  An 84-year-old Supreme Court justice is not your typical inspiration for fitness goals.
  
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• Woman flung from golf cart, dies after falling on wine glasses she was holding

  06-06-2017 21:44
  
  The 58-year-old woman died at the scene
  
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• Michael Flynn turns over 600 pages of documents to Senate Intel

  06-06-2017 21:43
  
  The source says the documents are mostly business records, but they also include some personal documents "based on the narrowed requests from the committee.
  
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• Leaderboard: Tiger Woods… Forgotten, But Not Yet Gone

  06-06-2017 21:43
  By Dan Reardon
  Last week sports talk shows were dominated by conversations about two sports superstars: LeBron James and Tiger Woods.
  James was heading into the NBA finals against Golden State, and his greatness relative to Michael Jordan was fueling debates. Woods was heading nowhere in particular when he was arrested and charged with DUI near his Florida home. The Woods conversations centered on his fall as a player and a person.
  There was a time when the LeBron-Michael sort of debates took pl
  
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• Exclusive: Errol Spence Jr. Discusses His Win Over Kell Brook, Next Steps As IBF Welterweight Champion

  06-06-2017 21:39
  Bryan Altman
  On Saturday, May 27, Errol Spence Jr. walked into enemy territory, stared down one of the best welterweights in the world, and took care of business in front of 30,000 fans – most of whom were hoping to see him falter on the biggest stage of his career.
  He didn’t.
  Spence bested fellow welterweight Kell Brook in his native Sheffield, England to claim the IBF title and solidify him as one of the best welterweights in the world.
  A week and a half removed from the biggest bo
  
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• Motorists should expect delays near Squirrel Hill Tunnel

  06-06-2017 21:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  PennDOT closed the westbound (inbound) lanes of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel and Parkway East after a crash involving multiple vehicles. The crash has since been cleared, but PennDOT said motorists should expect residual delays.
  
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• NBA Players Perform Worse Day After Sending Late Night Tweets, Study Finds

  06-06-2017 21:13
  CBS Local– Social media is a convenient tool to bring athletes closer with their fans, but can doing it at the wrong times be detrimental to their performance? According to a study by researchers at Stony Brook University, late-night tweeting from NBA players has shown to lead to a decline in performance the next night at their game.
  The study sifted through more than 30,000 tweets from accounts of 112 players during the hours of 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. from 2009 to 2016. The findings were
  
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• Surveillance video shows persons of interest in deadly Rowdy Buck shooting

  06-06-2017 21:06
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• Route 8 reopened after truck crash

  06-06-2017 20:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Route 8 in Shaler is reopened after a truck accident closed it in both directions from Duncan Avenue in Hampton to Elfinwild Road before 3 p.m.
  
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• Tractor-Trailer Rollover Prompts Closure Of Part Of I-79 South

  06-06-2017 20:47
  OHIO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A tractor-trailer rollover had a big impact on traffic along Interstate 79 Tuesday.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened on the southbound side of the road near the Mt. Nebo Road exit ramp and Glenfield interchange.
  Two lanes were blocked in the area for much of the evening rush hour while crews worked to remove the rig.
  Good Samaritans helped the truck driver escape from the wreckage. A fire broke out behind the cab after the rig overturned.
  It
  
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• Part Of I-79 South Closed After Tractor-Trailer Rollover

  06-06-2017 20:47
  OHIO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A tractor-trailer rollover is having an impact on traffic along Interstate 79.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened on the southbound side of the road near the Mt. Nebo Road exit ramp and Glenfield interchange.
  One lane remains blocked in the area. There is no word on when the crash will be cleared.
  The driver was able to get out safely. It is unclear what the tractor-trailer was hauling at this time.
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• Police identify man killed after rear-ending tractor-trailer on Parkway East

  06-06-2017 20:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal accident Monday night on the Parkway East between a car and a tractor-trailer as Walter Leroy Goff III, 28, of Edgewood. 
  
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• Farm labor investigated as Trump targets foreign worker visa programs

  06-06-2017 20:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  As the Trump administration steps up enforcement of foreign worker visa programs with a goal of protecting American workers, it will target not just universities and tech companies but another class of employer: farms. 
  
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• Ice Cream Truck Crashes Into Shaler Creek, Route 8 Now Reopened

  06-06-2017 20:20
  SHALER (KDKA) – A section of Route 8 is back open again after an ice cream truck went off the road and flipped into Pine Creek in Shaler Township on Tuesday afternoon.
  The incident happened near the intersection of Route 8 and Elfinwild Road around 2 p.m.
  The Hershey’s box truck was traveling north on Route 8 when it seemingly hit the guard rail, went out of control and landed in the middle of the creek.
  “I heard a big screech, and I turned and I saw a truck, mid-air flip
  
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• Ice Cream Truck Crashes Into Shaler Creek, Emergency Crews Called

  06-06-2017 20:20
  
  SHALER (KDKA) – Emergency crews have been called to the scene of an ice cream truck crash in Shaler.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened on Route 8 near the Shaler-Hampton Township line around 2 p.m.
  The truck went off the road and into a creek and the driver is believed to still be inside.
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• Analysis: Pittsburgh, Paris and the Washington turn-around

  06-06-2017 20:15 via post-gazette.com
  
  Vincent Fusca had lost his Trumpmobile.
  
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• 4 Years Later, Police Still Seek Help To Find Missing Avonmore Man

  06-06-2017 20:15
  AVONMORE (KDKA) – Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a Westmoreland County man who was last seen four years ago.
  Albert Copper III, 28, of Avonmore, was initially reported missing on June 6, 2013.
  Around 3:45 a.m., Copper left for his job as a truck driver, hauling water to gas well sites in West Virginia and the Waynesburg area, but he never made it to work.
  Copper’s Hyundai Elantra was found abandoned on a steep, muddy gas well access road on the Armstrong Coun
  
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• Pittsburgh police seek IDs of four in Rowdy Buck video before fatal bar shooting

  06-06-2017 20:11 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police Tuesday released surveillance footage of a man carrying what appears to be a gun into a South Side bar on the night a 25-year-old man was shot and killed inside.
  
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• 3 Traditional Indian Recipes To Add To Your Recipe Book

  06-06-2017 20:11
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author, poet and teacher whose work, including the novels The Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, and Oleander Girl, has received national and international acclaim. She has been featured in a range of publications, including The New York Times and The Atlantic, and in 2015, she was chosen by the Economic Times as one of twenty Indian women of global influence. She lives in Houston with her husband and two
  
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• Top 5 Vacations For People Who Don’t Like Big Cities

  06-06-2017 20:00
  
  By Randy Yagi
  America’s busy summer season is just around the corner and vacationers across the country are about to hit the road to points near and far. But many people are hoping to avoid the large crowds and congested roadways associated with major cities like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Here are just five of the best small town vacations destinations, all with less than 5,000 residents.
  Carmel-By-The-Sea
  With world-class art galleries, fine dining and superb lodging, Carmel-by-
  
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• Best Activities For Summer Thrill Seekers In Pittsburgh

  06-06-2017 20:00
  By Janelle Sheetz
  Pittsburgh has plenty of attractions and activities to enjoy in the summer, such as numerous trails, Kennywood Park, and summer festivals — but it also has something to offer for those who want more excitement. The city may not be the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of thrill-seeking activities, but it does have some great fun to offer those of you who may want to get the adrenaline going over the weekend. Whether you want to surf or soar through the skies
  
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• WATCH: Two Predators Fans Celebrate Game 4 Win With Make Out Session On Live TV

  06-06-2017 19:05
  Bryan Altman
  The Nashville Predators took down the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 on Monday night by a final of 4-1, and the win simultaneously made the Stanley Cup Final series a 2-2 tie, and made the entire city of Nashville lose its mind.
  Some fans danced in the streets, some shouted “we want the cup,” some high-fived and hugged joyously, but none of their celebrations compared to the couple that vigorously made out on live TV immediately following the Preds’ big win.
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• Pittsburgh Zoo welcomes premie baby elephant born last week

  06-06-2017 19:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium welcomed a new member to their elephant family after a premature birth.
  
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• Pittsburgh Zoo introduces premie baby elephant born last week

  06-06-2017 19:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  A week-old baby elephant introduced by the Pittsburgh Zoo Tuesday was born prematurely and weighs about 180 pounds, making her tiny for elephant standards.
  
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• Pirates Power Rankings: June 6, 2017

  06-06-2017 18:46
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – In any other division in baseball, 26-31 would be good for, on average, a 10 game deficit in the standings. In the National League CentraLOL, it’s still last in the division, but only 3.5 games back. Is that a sign that despite all the obstacles thrown their way, the Pirates are making the best of a bad situation by staying close? Or is it a sign that they’re at the bottom of a very bad division?
  Maybe it’s a bit of both.
  Regardless, here are u
  
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• George and Amal Clooney welcome birth of twins

  06-06-2017 18:35
  
  Amal Clooney, wife of actor George Clooney, gave birth to twins Tuesday
  
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• Learn CPR in 5 minutes at new Science Center booth

  06-06-2017 18:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  Sean Ferguson of Hampton was in a parking lot at the University of Dayton in Ohio in 2015 when he was struck by lightning. The jolt triggered a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Pittsburgh Zoo reveals baby elephant calf after her early arrival

  06-06-2017 18:27
  
  She weighed 184 pounds at birth and was 32 inches tall at the shoulder.
  
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• Report: Paris police shoot, injure attacker at Notre Dame Cathedral

  06-06-2017 18:22
  
  Police are asking people to stay away from the historic landmark.
  
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