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• 18-year-old found dead in her dorm after her first night at college

  23-09-2017 23:51
  
  Her death is not being treated as suspicious.
  
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• Ohio Board Certifies Ballot Issue Aimed To Block Puppy Mills

  23-09-2017 23:38
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A proposed constitutional amendment aimed at preventing puppy mills has been certified as a single ballot issue by Ohio’s Ballot Board.
  The proposal would require dog breeders with eight or more unspayed female dogs and annual sales of more than 15 dogs to meet certain standards intended to improve animal care.
  To place the issue on the ballot, petitioners now will need to collect nearly 305,600 signatures, which is equivalent t
  
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• North Korean official insults Trump, touts nuclear program in UN speech

  23-09-2017 23:38
  
  The isolated nation's foreign minister said President Trump made an "irreversible mistake making it inevitable" that North Korean rockets would hit the U.S. mainland.
  
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• Congressman To Flood Victims: ‘God Is Telling You To Move’

  23-09-2017 23:17
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterDALLAS (AP) – The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says victims of repeat flooding should consider Harvey’s devastation a sign from on high.
  U.S. Rep. Jep Hensarling, a Republican from Dallas, said on CNBC during a segment on flood insurance Thursday that U.S. taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for at-risk homes that have flooded over and over again.
  He said, “At some point, God is telling you to move.”
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• R&B singer Charles Bradley dies at 68

  23-09-2017 23:07
  
  Singer Charles Bradley died Saturday after a year-long battle with cancer.
  
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• The Latest: Cassidy To Defend Repeal Bill In Senate Hearing

  23-09-2017 22:59
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Bill Cassidy will defend the Republican “Obamacare” repeal bill before a Senate panel on Monday. The Senate Finance Committee hearing is being held even though the measure’s prospects are dim.
  The Louisiana Republican sponsored the legislation with South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham.
  Republican Sen. John McCain said Friday he’ll oppose the bill in a Senate showdown this week. That means there will almost c
  
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• Undocumented parents arrested by border patrol moments before infant son's surgery

  23-09-2017 22:56
  
  An undocumented couple was arrested by border patrol agents, just as their two-month-old son was being prepped for surgery.
  
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• Report: Carmelo Anthony traded to OKC for Kanter, McDermott and draft pick

  23-09-2017 22:16
  
  The Knicks have agreed to trade Carmelo Anthony to the Thunder in exchange for Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and a second-round pick, according to ESPN.
  
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• Warriors Spurn White House Trip After Trump Pulls Invitation

  23-09-2017 21:56
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSOMERSET, N.J. (AP) – The Golden State Warriors say they will not go to the White House when they visit Washington early next year, announcing the decision hours after President Donald Trump tweeted he was withdrawing the invitation.
  Warriors star Stephen Curry had said he was not interested in the traditional event American championship teams usually have with the president. That raised Trump’s ire, with the president citing what he called Curry&rsq
  
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• Melania Trump meets with Prince Harry in 1st solo trip as first lady

  23-09-2017 21:55
  
  Mrs. Trump is leading the U.S. delegation to the Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded service members.
  
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• UNC Tar Heels skipping White House visit

  23-09-2017 21:45
  
  North Carolina's national championship men's basketball team will not visit the White House because of a scheduling conflict
  
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• Woman Charged In Arson Of Neighbor’s Home; 3 Hurt

  23-09-2017 21:37
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterMONESSEN, Pa. (AP) – Authorities have charged a woman in the arson of a neighbor’s house in Pennsylvania that led to three injuries to firefighters.
  Forty-eight-year-old Laurel Lee Womack is charged with arson, aggravated assault and causing a catastrophe in Tuesday’s blaze in Monessen.
  Police said surveillance video showed her entering the home. They allege she told investigators that a man who had stolen a television asked her to “blaze
  
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• Pennsylvania’s Ugly Budget Fight Runs Into Amazon Courtship

  23-09-2017 21:07
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania business boosters couldn’t help noticing this week that state government got slapped with another credit downgrade just as the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions are trying to land Amazon’s second headquarters.
  The credit downgrade comes amid an ugly budget stalemate over an entrenched post-recession deficit.
  Amazon declined to answer questions about it.
  Gov. Tom Wolf’s economic development secretary,
  
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• Police Stage Killing To Snag Suspect In Murder-For-Hire Plot

  23-09-2017 20:18
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Police say a makeup artist helped them stage an Ohio crime scene to make the suspect in a murder-for-hire plot believe his requested target was killed by the would-be hitman, who actually was working with investigators.
  North Ridgeville police say 39-year-old suspect Seljami Idrizi, of Grafton, was arrested this week after paying the informant, who provided him photos of the faked scene to prove the killing was done.
  Idrizi wa
  
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• US bombers fly near North Korean coast in demonstration of 'resolve'

  23-09-2017 20:04
  
  It was the farthest north of the DMZ any US fighter or bomber aircraft has flown this century.
  
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• Website scam circulating concerning license to carry.

  23-09-2017 20:00
  
  Sheriff's advise public to be cautious
  
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• Five Ohio residents indicted in $1 million Monroeville jewelry heist

  23-09-2017 19:35 via post-gazette.com
  Five Ohio residents were charged Friday with stealing more than $1 million in a Monroeville robbery of a diamond and jewelry merchant.
  
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• Woman Faces Retrial On Charges Of Poisoning Son’s Girlfriend

  23-09-2017 19:32
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) – An elderly Pennsylvania woman is facing a retrial next year on charges that she poisoned her son’s girlfriend with antifreeze, leaving her near death.
  A Luzerne County judge scheduled a trial date of March 19 for 85-year-old Helen Galli, who is charged with aggravated assault.
  Galli was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to 5½ to 12 years. But a judge ruled that Galli’s attorney was ineffective for not objecting to
  
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• Ranchers rally together to herd 500 stranded cows down highway

  23-09-2017 19:29
  
  The cattle were stuck in floodwaters after Hurricane Irma blew through Florida.
  
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• The Gobblerito's cult following brought Thanksgiving to the menu for 2 entire months

  23-09-2017 19:02
  Every year, fans of the Thanksgiving burrito await its return at Mad Mex restaurants in Pittsburgh, State College, Philadelphia, Erie and Columbus, Ohio. The massive burrito contains house-roasted turkey, black bean mashed potatoes, corn and traditional bread stuffing all wrapped into a tortilla, then slathered in turkey gravy and served with a side of cranberry sauce.
  
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• Man Charged After Search Warrant Leads To Drug Bust

  23-09-2017 18:48
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterELIZABETH, Pa. (KDKA) — Officers from the Elizabeth Borough K-9 Unit served a search warrant that led to a drug bust Friday in Elizabeth.
  Officers located six pounds of marijuana, 1.5 grams of cocaine, digital scales, and packaging material.
  Dixon has been charged with possession, possession with intent to deliver, and resisting arrest.
  (Photo Credit: Elizabeth Borough PD)
  
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• Woman shoots husband while he sleeps and kills him

  23-09-2017 18:35
  
  She then shoots herself and drives herself to the hospital
  
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• NFL commissioner, players’ union angrily denounce Trump

  23-09-2017 18:34
  
  The president said players who protest during the national anthem should be fired.
  
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• You will soon be able to order fast food to your door through Amazon

  23-09-2017 18:12
  
  The game will forever be changed.
  
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• Failing dam adds to powerless Puerto Rico's storm crisis

  23-09-2017 18:03
  
  "This storm crushed us from one end of the island to the other."
  
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• Woman Accused Of Shooting Sleeping Husband To Death

  23-09-2017 17:56
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterFAIRCHANCE, Pa. (AP) – A woman is facing charges in the death of her husband who authorities allege was shot as he slept in their Pennsylvania home.
  State police in Fayette County allege that 49-year-old Suzann Bricker “pointed a loaded firearm at her husband who was sleeping in their bed” and killed 51-year-old Steve Bricker with one shot from the .22-caliber pistol early Saturday.
  Police allege that the defendant then shot herself in the ches
  
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• Teens chant 'Make America straight again' during homecoming parade

  23-09-2017 17:45
  
  "What was supposed to be fun and joyous and celebratory and inclusive turned out to be ugly," a parent says.
  
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• Raw video: Anti-US rally draws thousands in North Korea

  23-09-2017 17:34
  
  The gathering after the U.S. slapped heavy sanctions on the nation and the countries' respective leaders traded insults.
  
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• Trump Tells NBA Star Curry That White House Visit Is Off

  23-09-2017 17:30
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSOMERSET, N.J. (AP) – President Donald Trump says if a basketball player doesn’t want to visit the White House to celebrate an NBA title, then don’t bother showing up.
  That’s Trump’s response on Twitter to star Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors – who’s made it clear he’s not interested in a traditional post-title White House visit.
  Curry told reporters on Friday: “I don’t want to go … my
  
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• Another 'horrible' quake rocks jittery Mexico

  23-09-2017 17:09
  
  It was an aftershock of the 8.1 quake that hit on Sept. 7 off the country’s southern coast.
  
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• Melania Trump to meet with Prince Harry, Canadian PM in 1st solo trip as first lady

  23-09-2017 16:59
  
  She is leading the U.S. delegation to an international sporting event for wounded service members.
  
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• Fayette County woman kills sleeping husband

  23-09-2017 16:50 via post-gazette.com
  A Fayette County woman killed her husband by shooting him in the chest while he was sleeping, and then shot herself, according to Pennsylvania state police.
  
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• Trump: NBA champion Warriors aren't welcome at the White House

  23-09-2017 16:39
  
  After Stephen Curry's recent criticism, the president withdrew the traditional invitation.
  
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• Bruised and cut, Meadville native survives hurricane: "I don't know why I didn't die"

  23-09-2017 16:24 via post-gazette.com
  A Meadville native and 1964 graduate of Conneaut Lake High School was among the thousands battered by hurricanes Irma and Maria in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  
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• Trump says NFL should fire players who kneel during anthem

  23-09-2017 16:08
  
  "That's a total disrespect of our heritage. That's a total disrespect of everything that we stand for."
  
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• What happened on 'The Price is Right' Friday had everyone in disbelief

  23-09-2017 15:45
  
  3 contestants went home with a total of $80,000 after 5 straight spins on the big wheel landed on $1.
  
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• Bears balance on branches to go apple picking in couple's backyard

  23-09-2017 15:27
  
  An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but not bears.
  
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• Exploring August Wilson's Pittsburgh

  23-09-2017 14:44
  The Original Oyster House in Pittsburgh, which playwright/poet August Wilson frequented. Photos by Tony Cenicola a New York Times As soon as you emerge from the Fort Pitt Tunnel in Pittsburgh, the city's impressive skyline appears, with the 44-story art deco Gulf Tower and the glassy, neo-Gothic PPG Place.
  
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• Young man with autism fulfills dream of being 'law man'

  23-09-2017 14:19
  
  He wanted to visit a sheriff's office but ended up getting sworn-in.
  
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• South Korea says earthquake in North Korea was natural, contradicting China

  23-09-2017 14:02
  
  The South's weather agency says the 3.0 magnitude quake was in the area of a recent nuclear test, but evidence doesn't point to an explosion.
  
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• Weekend Forecast: Warm and Dry

  23-09-2017 13:25
  
  Summer-like Warmth Continues
  
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• 'Part Pittsburghian' Katy Perry roars at elaborate PPG Paints Arena concert

  23-09-2017 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  There’s always a Pittsburgh connection.
  
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• Proponents of fuel pipeline reversal discuss benefits

  23-09-2017 12:32
  Bill Hollis, center, of Buckeye Partners, talks with Washington County Chamber of Commerce members following his remarks Friday at Southpointe Golf Club.
  
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• John Deere recalling 25,000 tractors due to faulty transmissions

  23-09-2017 11:27
  
  The model D105 lawn tractor are being recalled because the transmission can fail, posing a crash hazard.
  
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• Good Samaritan killed after trying to defend homeless man

  23-09-2017 10:59
  
  Video shows a suspected murderer in Florida just moments before police say he shot someone who was defending an elderly man.
  
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• Man mistakenly leads officers right to his drug paraphernalia

  23-09-2017 10:35
  
  He unknowingly let police in when he heard them at the door, police say
  
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• Man with history of stalking arrested after following, photographing woman while wearing mask, police say

  23-09-2017 10:23
  
  A man with a history of stalking women has been arrested after he followed a woman while wearing a mask and took pictures of her, her home and where she worked, according to police.
  
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• Police: Drunken driver goes wrong way on Interstate for 5 miles

  23-09-2017 09:43
  
  Police dash cam caught the driver heading south just as the driver narrowly missed hitting a tractor-trailer head-on.
  
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• Officer hits SUV with children inside at 70 m.p.h., investigators say

  23-09-2017 09:07
  
  The impact killed a six-year-old boy inside the SUV.
  
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• What happened on 'The Price is Right' Friday had everyone is disbelief

  23-09-2017 08:44
  
  3 contestants went home with a total of $80,000 after 5 straight spins on the big wheel landed on $1.
  
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