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• Floyd Mayweather says he'll fight UFC star Conor McGregor

  14-06-2017 23:58
  
  Last month, UFC President Dana White said he reached a deal with McGregor.
  
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• Shooting at GOP baseball practice captured in dramatic video​

  14-06-2017 23:53
  
  Trump: The assailant has died from his injuries
  
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• Penguins Share Their Memories Of Stanley Cup Celebration On Social Media

  14-06-2017 23:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins and 650,000 of their closest friends gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday for a celebration the city won’t soon forget.
  Fans lined the parade route – on the sidewalks, in windows and on rooftops, in parking garages. Even more packed into Point State Park to celebrate the Penguins’ back-to-back Stanley Cup championship.
  The intense heat and humidity didn’t keep the record-breaking crowd from joining the party.
  So, what
  
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• Government to rewrite rules for student loan forgiveness

  14-06-2017 23:44
  
  The rules were introduced last year as the department was processing claims from thousands of students who say there were defrauded by for-profit colleges.
  
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• Liberty residents clean up after severe storm prompts emergency declaration

  14-06-2017 23:41
  
  Residents throughout Liberty Borough spent Wednesday cleaning up the mud and debris left behind after a storm flooded homes and businesses one day earlier.
  
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• Man and woman caught using drugs, living in kids' playhouse, police say

  14-06-2017 23:40
  
  A man and woman are facing charges after they were caught living in a kids' playhouse and using heroin, according to police.
  
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Evgeni Malkin

  14-06-2017 23:35
  
  Evgeni Malkin is a veteran of Pittsburgh parades, having now participated in three Stanley Cup celebrations with the Pens.
  
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• 'Bachelor in Paradise' contestant says her worst nightmare has become her 'reality'

  14-06-2017 23:34
  
  A "Bachelor in Paradise" contestant says she's a "victim" of events that put the reality show's production on hold.
  
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• After London fire, desperate pleas for missing residents on social media

  14-06-2017 23:30
  
  At least 12 people are dead after a fire engulfed an apartment building in London.
  
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• Watch Live: News conference to be held regarding shooting at GOP baseball practice

  14-06-2017 23:29
  
  Trump: The assailant has died from his injuries
  
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• Flash flood warning issued in Allegheny County, surrounding areas

  14-06-2017 23:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
  
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• Man Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With Teen, Producing Child Pornography

  14-06-2017 23:27
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A West Virginia man is in custody in a federal prison Wednesday, charged with engaging in illicit sexual misconduct with a minor and producing child pornography.
  When someone travels across a state line to commit a crime, it becomes a federal case, and according to investigators, 34-year-old Steven Michael Pursell, of Huntington, W.Va., traveled across the state line into Hookstown, Beaver County to meet a 14-year-old girl for the purpose of having sex.
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Marc-Andre Fleury

  14-06-2017 23:24
  
  Marc-Andre Fleury played a very important role filling in for the injured Matt Murray at the start of the playoffs, and fans showed him a lot of love at the 2017 Penguins victory parade in downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• 3 people killed in shooting at UPS building in San Francisco

  14-06-2017 23:21
  
  Multiple people are injured.
  
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary

  14-06-2017 23:19
  
  Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary rode together in the 2017 Penguins victory parade in downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Special statement: Strong thunderstorm to affect Western Pennsylvania

  14-06-2017 23:17
  
  The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a statement about a strong thunderstorm that will affect Western Pennsylvania today.
  
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Phil Kessel

  14-06-2017 23:14
  
  Fan favorite Phil Kessel was throwing shirts into the crowd at the 2017 Penguins victory parade in downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Patric Hornqvist

  14-06-2017 23:12
  
  Patric Hornqvist, who scored the go-ahead goal in Game 6, got big cheers at the 2017 Penguins victory parade in downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• At least 9 dead in attack on Somalia restaurant, 2 gunmen killed

  14-06-2017 23:10
  
  Most of the victims were young men who were entering the Pizza House at the time, Hussein said.
  
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• Penguins Stanley Cup parade: Scott Wilson and Carter Rowney

  14-06-2017 23:08
  
  Scott Wilson and Carter Rowney rode together in the 2017 Penguins victory parade through downtown Pittsburgh.
  
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• Kidsburgh: Virtual Reality In The Classroom

  14-06-2017 23:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Virtual reality really hit the consumer market about a year ago, and for the first time, it’s at a price point that schools can afford.
  The Allegheny Intermediate Unit has trained about one-hundred teachers in our region, many of whom are just starting to use it in the classroom, and they’re finding that students are embracing it as a new way to learn.
  When the teachers put on the headset, which is the device that you put up to your eyes and wraps around the
  
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• 4 Fired Over Death Of Boy At Arkansas Day Care Center

  14-06-2017 22:55
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas day care center has fired four employees over the death of a 5-year-old developmentally disabled boy who was left in a sweltering van all day.
  Ascent Children’s Health Services CEO Dan Sullivan said Wednesday that “staff did not follow company policies and procedures, and if they had, this tragedy would not have occurred.”
  Christopher Gardner was picked up by Ascent on Monday morning but he wasn’t taken inside the West Memphis da
  
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• PlayStation 4 sells more than 60 million units worldwide

  14-06-2017 22:49
  
  The PlayStation network has more than 70 million monthly active users across the globe.
  
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• New York City deli clerk gets jaw broken in avocado attack

  14-06-2017 22:47
  
  The 21-year-old victim also suffered a severely bruised eye and underwent surgery on his jaw Friday.
  
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• DISTURBING VIDEO WARNING: Sounds of gunshots recorded at GOP baseball practice

  14-06-2017 22:46
  
  A cellphone video from Noah Nathan captured audio of the shooting at the GOP Congressional baseball practice. Warning, the video may be considered disturbing.
  
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• Flash flood warning issued for Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington counties

  14-06-2017 22:44
  
  Radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
  
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• ER Patient Charged With Stabbing Nurse At Hospital

  14-06-2017 22:44
  
  SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Officials say a nurse was stabbed by an emergency room patient at a Massachusetts hospital and suffered serious injuries.
  Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. says 24-year-old Conor O’Regan attacked the nurse at Harrington Hospital on Wednesday morning.
  Hospital officials say O’Regan had been through the registration process and was being directed for care.
  Early says O’Regan fled after the stabbing. Southbridge police apprehended
  
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• A coloring book is found at a botanical garden and it's 256 years old

  14-06-2017 22:37
  
  The book, titled "The Florist," was printed around 1760
  
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• Five Allegheny County residents indicted in Pittsburgh for passing counterfeit bills

  14-06-2017 22:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five local people have been indicted in federal court on charges of conspiracy and passing counterfeit money.
  
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• Feds in Pittsburgh indict two for dealing drugs that killed

  14-06-2017 22:23 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two local men have been indicted in federal court on charges of distributing drugs that killed people, the latest in a string of prosecutions brought by the U.S. attorney's office in a crackdown on heroin and fentanyl dealers.
  
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• Jury In Bill Cosby Trial Wraps Up Day 3 Without Verdict

  14-06-2017 21:50
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — With fatigue appearing to set in, jurors in Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault trial reviewed portions of his accuser’s testimony Wednesday as they deliberated for a third day over whether the 79-year-old star drugged and molested her at his suburban Philadelphia estate.
  Jurors made the request to have portions of Andrea Constand’s testimony read back to them but ended the day without a verdict in a case that has already helped demolish Cosby’s nice-
  
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• Bill Cosby Jury Reviews Accuser’s Testimony

  14-06-2017 21:50
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The jury in Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault trial has reviewed Andrea Constand’s testimony about the night she says the comedian drugged and violated her.
  Jurors had portions of Constand’s testimony read back to them Wednesday. Constand testified last week that Cosby gave her pills, helped her to a couch and groped her without her permission while she was passed out, unable to stop him.
  The 79-year-old comedian faces three felony counts of aggravated in
  
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• Jon Rothstein On NBA Draft: ‘[Many] Guards Who Can Make Major Impact’

  14-06-2017 21:43
  By Rahul Lal
  The NBA Draft, the first big event of the offseason, is Thursday, June 22. Top prospects are tantalizingly close to realizing their dreams, or at least taking that next step toward NBA relevance. Lesser prospects may find themselves passed over in those 60 picks spread over two rounds.
  As basketball fans put themselves in the minds of NBA executives, who better to talk about the upcoming draft than Jon Rothstein, CBS Sports Network college basketball insider? Jon shared his opi
  
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• 10 new restaurants & coffee shops are open in Pittsburgh. See this month's list:

  14-06-2017 21:17
  
  Looking for a different place to try? Here is the Allegheny County Health Department's monthly list of new restaurants that are open for business.
  
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• 3 people killed, gunman dead in shooting at UPS building in San Francisco

  14-06-2017 21:15
  
  Multiple people are injured.
  
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• Senate OKs Sanctions Bill To Punish Russia

  14-06-2017 21:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve new sanctions against Russia to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 election and its aggression in other parts of the world.
  The chamber passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2. The measure has been attached to a bill imposing penalties on Iran that the Senate is currently debating and also has strong support.
  Lawmakers are taking action against Russia in the absence of a forceful response from President Donald Tr
  
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• Dunlap: Something Interesting Playing Out With McCutchen

  14-06-2017 21:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — Something really curious is afoot with Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen — he’s killing it again. Crushing it. Mashing everything pitchers throw in the strike zone and returning to all-star form.He hit two home runs on Tuesday night in a win against the Colorado Rockies and has shined since manager Clint Hurdle dropped him down in the order to the No. 6 spot.In the 17 games since McCutchen has taken over the No. 6 spot, he’s hit .397 with fou
  
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• Shooter at GOP baseball practice dead, congressman in critical condition

  14-06-2017 20:55
  
  Trump: The assailant has died from his injuries
  
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• Man shot near Barclays Center in Brooklyn

  14-06-2017 20:54
  
  First responders have arrived at the scene.
  
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• 650,000 come out to see Penguins parade & rally for back-to-back Stanley Cup champs

  14-06-2017 20:50
  
  Downtown Pittsburgh streets and Point State Park were filled with a record number of people as the 2017 Penguins Stanley Cup victory parade made its way through the city.
  
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• Rome will no longer let you eat or drink near its famous fountains

  14-06-2017 20:41
  
  Blame it on tourists behaving badly.
  
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• Photos: Penguins victory parade brings estimated 650,000 fans to Pittsburgh

  14-06-2017 20:38
  
  Downtown streets filled with huge numbers of Penguins fans for the Pens victory parade.
  
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• Research shows kangaroo-sized turkeys once roamed Australia

  14-06-2017 20:37
  
  Imagine walking around Australia on a vacation only to be met by a flying turkey the size of a kangaroo.
  
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• City estimates Penguins Stanley Cup parade crowd at 650,000

  14-06-2017 20:37 via post-gazette.com
  
  City officials estimated the Penguins’ championship parade through Downtown Wednesday attracted 650,000 people, which would make the crowd the largest in Pittsburgh history. 
  
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• Sidney Crosby rides through parade with Stanley Cup

  14-06-2017 20:35
  
  Sidney Crosby proudly held the Stanley Cup while riding through the 2017 Pens victory parade.
  
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• Group shot! #Penguins say 'thank you' to fans at Stanley Cup championship rally

  14-06-2017 20:31
  
  Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin held the Stanley Cup, surrounded by their teammates, in a gesture of thanks to Penguins fans who came out for the 2017 championship celebration at Point State Park.
  
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• Man attacked by potentially rabid fox

  14-06-2017 20:29
  
  A gray fox attacked and bit Mark Sleeper on the hand and forearm.
  
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• Lindsay Lohan heads back to acting in a new show starring Rupert Grint

  14-06-2017 20:26
  
  The only catch? The show isn't in the United States!
  
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