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• Pittsburghers Stand Against Racism, Hate At Downtown Gathering

  25-08-2017 23:46
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A “Stand Against Racism and Hate,” a peaceful gathering that included people from all walks of life, was held in downtown Pittsburgh Friday.
  Standing in solidarity, shoulder to shoulder, hundreds of people lined up in front of the YWCA in downtown Pittsburgh.
  “With the rise of hatred and intolerance in the country, this is an important event, both collectively and individually,” YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Mag
  
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• Museum's animal show designed as self-sustaining program

  25-08-2017 23:46 via post-gazette.com
  Life’s not just a performance for the birds, mammals and reptiles in this summer’s new program at Carnegie Museum of Natural History — “Live Animal Encounters.” They’re earning their living, according to Mallory Vopal, gallery experience manager at the museum and animal program manager.
  
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• Over 30 on-campus residences in Pittsburgh do not have full fire sprinkler protections

  25-08-2017 23:37 via post-gazette.com
  For the thousands of college students moving into new housing in Pittsburgh for the upcoming school year, location, roommates or furnishings might top their list of concerns. But they could also consider fire safety when assessing their housing. Federal law requires colleges and universities to make this information readily available for individual on-campus residences in annual fire safety reports.
  
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• Arby's Introduces New Smoked Turkey Leg

  25-08-2017 23:30
  The Arby's restaurant is seen in Chantilly, Virginia on January 2, 2015. AFP Photo/PAUL J. RICHARDS Perhaps in the spirit of the popular series Game of Thrones and its upcoming season finale, Arby's is taking another creative approach to itis latest menu addition.
  
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• Man Allegedly Selling ConnectCards Caught After Downtown Chase

  25-08-2017 23:18
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man who was allegedly selling ConnectCards led police on a chase through downtown Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon.
  According to Port Authority Police, police noticed a man selling ConnectCards outside the Port Authority building downtown.
  When they started to approach him, he ran off. At one point, he jumped onto a Port Authority bus near Wood Street and allegedly changed his clothes. Police say they found a bag with drugs and ConnectC
  
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• Corps of Engineers from Pittsburgh dispatched to Texas for hurricane response

  25-08-2017 23:07 via post-gazette.com
  Experts and equipment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Pittsburgh District have been dispatched to Texas to provide support as Hurricane Harvey approaches landfall. 
  
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• Child Struck By Vehicle In Ellwood City

  25-08-2017 22:58
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterELLWOOD CITY (KDKA) — A child was struck by a vehicle in Ellwood City on Friday afternoon.
  It happened just after 4 p.m. at the intersection of Crescent Avenue and 4th Street.
  Emergency dispatchers confirmed a 12-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle while he was riding his bike. He was transported to Ellwood City Hospital for evaluation.
  The child was reportedly conscious, alert and talking when he was sent to the hospital.
  Further details have not yet been r
  
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• 6 foods you should absolutely never eat when you're stressed

  25-08-2017 22:57
  
  Put down the candy— you'll thank us later.
  
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• Police respond to Buckingham Palace area due to alleged assault

  25-08-2017 22:55
  
  Police responded Friday night to an area outside Buckingham Palace due to an alleged assault.
  
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• Sheraden man gets 66½ to 133 years in prison for attempting to burn homicide witnesses

  25-08-2017 22:54 via post-gazette.com
  A Sheraden man was sentenced to 66½ to 133 years in prison for attempting to kill homicide witnesses in a 2015 Troy Hill house fire.
  
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• For eco-tourists and you: Project Stormwater rolls through city Saturday

  25-08-2017 22:38 via post-gazette.com
  Project Stormwater, a biking tour of Pittsburgh’s green infrastructure on the South Side, North Side and Downtown, gets rolling at 9 a.m. Saturday from 125 West Station Square Drive in Station Square.
  
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• JK Rowling tells Potter fans not to keep owls as pets after 'disturbing' story

  25-08-2017 22:36
  
  Definitely not a hoot.
  
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• These 1,069 dancing robots just broke a Guinness World Record

  25-08-2017 22:34
  
  Adorable or terrifying? Or both?
  
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• Furry Tails: The Bucket List

  25-08-2017 22:33
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Become a star, watch the eclipse, ride in a fancy car, eat a gourmet meal, get pampered.
  Squiggy’s got a lot of things she still wants to do. Sadly, her time is growing short due to a horrible disease that has stolen far too many, far too soon. Cancer.
  But there’s one thing she wants more than anything – find a loving family who will care for and love her.
  Squiggy is an 11-year-old pit bull terrier that’s being
  
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• Pittsburgh Zoo's baby elephant 'up and active,' taking bottle well

  25-08-2017 22:32
  
  The baby elephant is up and moving around, and being fed through a tube at the Pittsburgh Zoo.
  
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• Officers Honored For Bravery During 2015 Route 51 Shootout

  25-08-2017 22:22
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Six local officers were honored Friday for going above and beyond in their incredible bravery in bringing down an armed carjacker firing a rifle along a busy road.
  June 22, 2015 is a day these officers will never forget. Not far from the Liberty Tunnels, along busy Route 51, an armed carjacker was firing rounds of bullets from an automatic rifle as hundreds of occupied cars sat in traffic.
  “My motivation was to maintain and preser
  
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• Brothers charged with homicide in Penn Hills shooting

  25-08-2017 22:15
  
  Devante King and Donald King are charged in the death of Kevin Trowery in Penn Hills.
  
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• A high school principal said girls shouldn’t wear leggings unless they’re a size 0 or 2

  25-08-2017 22:12
  
  "Even though you are not fat, you look fat.”
  
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• TSA Finds Loaded Handgun At PIT Security Checkpoint

  25-08-2017 22:09
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — TSA officers found a loaded handgun in a woman’s purse at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday.
  According to the TSA, the loaded Ruger .380 handgun was found when the woman put her purse through an X-ray machine at an airport checkpoint.
  The Allegheny County Police Department was contacted, and the passenger was questioned and issued a summons.
  (Photo Credit: TSA)
  The TSA says they have found 21 firearms at PIT checkpoints
  
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• TSA Find Loaded Handgun At PIT Security Checkpoint

  25-08-2017 22:09
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — TSA officers found a loaded handgun in a woman’s purse at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday.
  According to the TSA, the loaded Ruger .380 handgun was found when the woman put her purse through an X-ray machine at an airport checkpoint.
  The Allegheny County Police Department was contacted, and the passenger was questioned and issued a summons.
  (Photo Credit: TSA)
  The TSA says they have found 21 firearms at PIT checkpoints
  
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• Chemicals In Yoga Mats And Sofas Can Cause Infertility, Study Claims

  25-08-2017 22:09
  CBS Local — Flame retardant chemicals used in products like yoga mats, sofas, car seats, and even phone cases are being linked to infertility, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard University say organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs) found in a patient’s body lowered their chances of a successful pregnancy.
  PFRs are used in polyurethane foam found in many products used by both adults and children.
  “These findings suggest that exposure to PFRs may be
  
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• Everything you need to remember before the 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale

  25-08-2017 22:05
  
  All the details, theories, and battles from the first six episodes.
  
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• Sen. Pat Toomey schedules televised town hall for Thursday

  25-08-2017 22:02 via post-gazette.com
  WASHINGTON – Constituents who have been asking to sit down for a town hall meeting with Sen. Pat Toomey will finally get their wish - some of them, anyway.
  
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• Texas braces for 'major disaster' as Hurricane Harvey barrels to coast

  25-08-2017 21:54
  
  An expert says the resulting flooding from the Category 3 storm could be “the depths of which we’ve never seen.”
  
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• 20,000 people are stuck on cruise ships because of Hurricane Harvey

  25-08-2017 21:51
  
  With the port shut down to ship traffic, cruise-goers are forced to wait offshore - possibly all the way until Tuesday or Wednesday.
  
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• Dog Suffocates After Being Muzzled By Pet-Sitters

  25-08-2017 21:33
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — Police say a dog suffocated after he was muzzled by pet-sitters who claimed the dog tried to bite them, but the dog-sitter says it was just a horrible accident.
  According to a criminal complaint, a woman left her dog, Tucker, with Erin and Bill McGough on Thursday, July 13. The dog’s owners had arranged for the McGoughs to watch Tucker while they were away for the weekend.
  A few hours after the woman left the dog with the Mc
  
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• Dog Suffocates After Being Muzzled By Pet-Sitter

  25-08-2017 21:33
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — Police say a dog suffocated after he was muzzled by a pet-sitter who claimed the dog tried to bite her, but the dog-sitter says it was just a horrible accident.
  According to a criminal complaint, a woman left her dog, Tucker, with Erin McGough on Thursday, July 13. The dog’s owners had arranged for McGough to watch Tucker while they were away for the weekend.
  A few hours after the woman left the dog with McGough, she receive
  
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• 20-year-old gets unexpectedly sick, mysteriously dies while hiking with her friends

  25-08-2017 21:21
  
  "Her friends who were with her did all they could to get help to her in time"
  
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• Man Facing Decades In Prison For Attempting To Kill Homicide Witnesses

  25-08-2017 21:13
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Sheraden man is facing decades in prison for attempting to kill three people who witnessed a homicide.
  The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office says 25-year-old Charles Nevels is facing 66 and a half to 133 years in prison for multiple charges, including attempted homicide and arson.
  According to court documents, Nevels set fire to a Troy Hill home in June 2015 after the occupants provided information to law enforcement a
  
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• Hurricane Harvey Strengthens To A Monster Category 4 Storm

  25-08-2017 20:58
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  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — With time running out, tens of thousands of people fled Friday from the path of an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Harvey as it took aim at a wide swath of the Texas Gulf Coast that includes oil refineries, chemical plants and dangerously flood-prone Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city.
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned that the monster system would be “a very major disaster,” and the forecasts drew
  
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• Harvey Strengthens To Category 3 As It Crawls Toward Texas

  25-08-2017 20:58
  HOUSTON (AP) — Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened to a category 3 hurricane and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations “should be rushed to completion.”
  Millions of people prepared for a prolonged battering from the storm, which could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in nearly a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening” system that posed
  
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• Fearsome Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

  25-08-2017 20:58
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  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain from the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade.
  The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the Category 4 hurricane made landfall about 10 p.m. about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, bringing with it 130 mph (209 kph
  
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• Police: Firearm that killed Mount Washington tot was found next to gun safe

  25-08-2017 20:44 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police found the gun that a 3-year-old girl used to fatally shoot herself sitting next to a gun safe in a bedroom of the Mount Washington home where she was shot in March.
  
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• Hunting Licenses Available Online As Deer Season Approaches

  25-08-2017 20:27
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There’s still time to get a hunting license before deer season begins.
  Archery season for antlered and antlerless deer begins on Sept. 16.
  You can buy a license in person or online.
  If you apply online, your license will come in the mail in about 10 days.
  Click here to apply.
  
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• Parkour group tells Olympic gymnastics to back off

  25-08-2017 20:23
  
  Parkour combines running, climbing and acrobatics across an obstacle course of urban architecture. And its participants don't want to become part of the Olympics.
  
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• Labor Day Grilling Tips For The Grillmaster In Your Family

  25-08-2017 20:15
  By Alaina Brandenburger
  Aside from kicking back and enjoying a long weekend, Labor Day is also a popular weekend for gathering friends and family over for a cookout. As the unofficial end of the season, it’s usually time for one last summer family outing before everyone has to return to school. To make your Labor Day barbecue the best party on the block, follow these grilling tips. You’ll end up with delicious food and happy guests. 
  Skewer CorrectlyIf you’re grilling vegg
  
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• Woman with gun in purse stopped at Pittsburgh airport security checkpoint

  25-08-2017 19:58
  
  A loaded Ruger .380 handgun was found in the purse of a passenger as she passed through a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport.
  
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• 'Life-threatening' Hurricane Harvey barrels toward Texas coast

  25-08-2017 19:50
  
  It could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
  
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• Videos Show High School Cheerleaders Forced Into Splits

  25-08-2017 19:40
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterDENVER (AP/KDKA) — Cheerleading coaches and school administrators in a Colorado district were placed on leave and police opened an investigation amid a series of videos showing high school cheerleaders screaming in pain while being pushed into splits during practice.
  The videos show cheerleaders at Denver’s East High School repeatedly being pushed into splits by a coach while their arms are held up by teammates, according to CBS4 in Denver.
  In one vi
  
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• Cops: Mom Left 5 Kids Alone To Help Fugitive Boyfriend

  25-08-2017 19:31
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITCAIRN, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – Police say a Pittsburgh-area woman is facing charges for leaving her five children alone so she could drive her fugitive boyfriend across the state to avoid arrest.
  Thirty-four-year-old Tiffany Jackson, of Pitcairn, is charged with child endangerment and with hindering the apprehension of her boyfriend, among other charges.
  Pitcairn police say Jackson drove the man to Philadelphia on Wednesday because police have warrants for his
  
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• Mayweather, McGregor Bringing Trash Talk To A New Level

  25-08-2017 19:27
  By Matt Citak
  Although the fight was announced just over two months ago, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have been trading insults with each other for over a year. It began when, seemingly out of nowhere, McGregor posted a picture on Twitter of the two fighters facing each other with the caption, “MMA vs. Boxing” in May 2016.
  Things escalated a few months later when Mayweather posted the video of McGregor tapping out against Nate Diaz at UFC 196, one of the UFC star’s three
  
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• Not in Vegas? How to watch Mayweather vs. McGregor

  25-08-2017 19:24
  
  It's the fight of the year, and here's what you need to know.
  
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• Pittsburgh's Action Weather: Weekend forecast looks great

  25-08-2017 19:19
  
  Meteorologist Ashley Dougherty has the latest forecast.
  
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• Dream House of the Week: One of Charleston's most historic mansions

  25-08-2017 19:19
  
  Sword Gate House, a 17,142-square-foot mansion built in 1803, was completely restored over the course of three years. It has nine bedrooms full of history, like the fact that Abraham Lincoln's granddaughter once lived in the stunning early 19th century home.
  
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• Photos: Hurricane Harvey roars toward Texas

  25-08-2017 19:07
  
  Images from Texas as residents prepare for the largest storm to hit the US in more than a decade.
  
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• Roll Call: List of high school football games we're covering for Week Zero of #OperationFootball tonight

  25-08-2017 19:04
  
  This Friday night is just a tune-up for some high school football teams. But for others, the games count -- and it's a chance for old rivalries to be renewed.
  
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• First-time DUI offenders must get ignition interlock under new Pennsylvania law

  25-08-2017 19:01
  
  Convicted drunken drivers in Pennsylvania are subject to tougher restrictions under a new state law that took effect Friday.
  
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• Third suspect charged in video-recorded slaying of Penn Hills man

  25-08-2017 18:52 via post-gazette.com
  Two brothers, one of whom is on the loose, now face homicide charges in the slaying of a 54-year-old Penn Hills man.
  
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• The Oval Office through the years, in photos

  25-08-2017 18:52
  
  In honor of the West Wing's recent renovation, take a look back at how the presidential office has changed over time.
  
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• Dozens of Pittsburgh's religious leaders declare racism 'evil'; Squirrel Hill gathering planned

  25-08-2017 18:48 via post-gazette.com
  Scores of religious leaders from the Pittsburgh region are signing on to a letter denouncing white supremacy and other forms of bigotry in advance of an interfaith gathering Monday where they hope to make that stance more visible.
  
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