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• Police: Fire at Unity maintenance building was arson

  30-09-2017 23:04 via post-gazette.com
  Pennsylvania State Police said a fire at a maintenance building in Westmoreland County that caused millions of dollars in damage was set intentionally. 
  
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• Report: President Donald Trump To Appear At W.Va. Town Hall Meeting

  30-09-2017 23:03
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  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (KDKA) — President Donald Trump will reportedly make an appearance at a town hall meeting in Morgantown, W.Va., on Wednesday.
  CBS affiliate WDTV reports that Trump will sit down with Sean Hannity for a taping of his Fox News show.
  WDTV says the event is invitation only and will take place at the Metropolitan Theatre.
  Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom reported the news on his Facebook page Saturday afternoon.The president was in Hu
  
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• Soccer fans hurt at game in France after fence behind goal collapses

  30-09-2017 23:00
  
  At least 25 fans were injured, some seriously, when a barrier collapsed at a soccer game in France.
  
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• Puerto Rico governor: More needed, but feds have answered our calls

  30-09-2017 22:56
  
  Eleven days after Hurricane Maria rammed Puerto Rico, millions in the U.S. commonwealth remain without electricity and water, and have limited access to gas and cash.
  
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• Etna's Parker Street is now open to traffic

  30-09-2017 22:46
  
  The roadway has been closed from Washington to Koehler Street since February for water line repairs.
  
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• Report: Man Allegedly Threatens To Burn Down Teenage Girlfriend’s House, Kill Her Pets

  30-09-2017 22:33
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  SLIGO, Pa. (KDKA) — A Clarion man is facing charges after he allegedly attacked and threatened his teenage girlfriend earlier this week.
  The incident happened at a home on South Reidsburg Road around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
  Explore Clarion reports that 20-year-old Jacob Stephen Powell, of Clarion, allegedly punched his 17-year-old girlfriend in the face and threatened her with a knife.
  He then allegedly told his girlfriend and her mother he would burn down their
  
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• Friendship between fourth-grader, wounded warrior will make your heart melt

  30-09-2017 22:28
  
  “I feel like I really got a friend there,” Sgt. Zachary Stinson says. “For someone so young to just take the initiative and be so patriotic and understand what’s going on, it’s a great thing.”
  
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• Aliquippa Couple Accused Of Waterboarding 12-Year-Old Girl

  30-09-2017 22:14
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  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania couple is accused of having subjected a 12-year-old girl to waterboarding last spring as a form of punishment.
  The Beaver County Times reports that the girl told police and Beaver County children and youth services officials that she was dragged into the Aliquippa home’s basement in April, a wet towel was placed over her face and her chair was tilted backward as a bucket of cold water was poured onto her, prevent
  
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• Residents say monkeys on the loose in Ohio neighborhood

  30-09-2017 22:02
  
  Several residents recently said they've spotted the monkeys and at least one person took photos as proof.
  
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• I-79 crash slowing traffic between the Warrendale and Cranberry exits

  30-09-2017 21:53 via post-gazette.com
  A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 northbound Saturday afternoon slowed traffic between the Warrendale and Cranberry exits, the Pennsylvania State Police reports.
  
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• Browne’s 4 TD Passes Spark Pitt In 42-10 Rout Of Rice

  30-09-2017 21:47
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Browne returned at starting quarterback and threw four touchdown passes in Pittsburgh’s 42-10 rout of the Rice on Saturday.
  Pitt’s offense was rolling from the start, scoring on its first three possessions. Chawntez Moss and Jester Weah hauled in touchdown passes of 48 and 55 yards and Qadree Ollison added a 10-yard touchdown run.
  Browne, a redshirt senior transfer from Southern Cal, came out of training camp as Pittsburg
  
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• Victim of South Franklin shooting jailed on rarely used warrant

  30-09-2017 21:42
  The Observer-Reporter is excited to announce new digital offerings, including our new e-Edition apps, available for download in the iTunes & Google Play stores.
  
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• Brawl at local football game

  30-09-2017 21:34
  
  Players and others take to field in an apparent brawl during New Kensington vs Ellwood City football game
  
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• Couple allegedly waterboarded 12-year-old girl in basement as punishment

  30-09-2017 21:17
  
  A Pennsylvania couple faces charges of having subjected a 12-year-old girl to waterboarding last spring as a form of punishment
  
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• 'Your kids are worth it': Mom speaks out about viral car seat photo

  30-09-2017 20:36
  
  A mother's post of her destroyed car with two intact car seats is reminding parents of the importance of proper safety measures.
  
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• Plane makes emergency landing as passengers get shots of engine blowout

  30-09-2017 20:32
  
  Some passengers will be delayed on the trip from Paris to L.A., but they got some interesting photos.
  
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• Mother Of 4 Left Kids Alone At Home To Go To Europe

  30-09-2017 20:24
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterJohnstown, Iowa (KDKA) — Erin lee Macke is facing charges after she left her four children at home to take a trip to Europe.
  Macke was charged with four counts of child endangerment along with some other charges.
  The 30-year-old mother was released on bail Friday, but cannot see her children.
  CBS affiliate KCCI reports that Macke’s children are 12, 12, 7, and 6-years old.
  Macke left the children at home to go to Germany and when police contacted her
  
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• Fire captain given jail time in junior firefighter's death

  30-09-2017 20:00 via post-gazette.com
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A volunteer fire captain in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail for what a judge called “grossly negligent” conduct that resulted in the shooting death of a junior firefighter last year.
  
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• Tillerson says US has direct channels to talk to North Korea

  30-09-2017 19:40
  
  "Obviously it would help if North Korea would stop firing off missiles. That would calm things down a lot," the secretary of state said.
  
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• New Castle man fatally shot Friday

  30-09-2017 19:27 via post-gazette.com
  A New Castle man was fatally shot Friday night at his home.
  
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• Man Who Threatened Federal Agent Gets 3 Years

  30-09-2017 19:24
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) – A western New York man will spend more than three years behind bars for threatening in a voicemail to kill a U.S. Secret Service agent and his family.
  Court records show a federal judge Friday recommended Joshua Michael Furbeck receive drug abuse and mental health treatment while in prison.
  A criminal complaint says the 22-year-old Furbeck threatened to kill Senior Special Agent Christopher Secondo and his family in an expletive-laced
  
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• Shooting In New Castle Leaves 1 Dead

  30-09-2017 18:51
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNew Castle (KDKA) — New Castle City Police Department is investigating a homicide that happened Friday night.
  Officers were called to 901 Franklin Ave, after a man was reported to be shot. They arrived to find 22-year-old Dakota Olinger on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to the facial area.
  The homicide investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is asked to contact the New Castle City Police Department Criminal Investigative Division at 7
  
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• CDC: Person with undetectable HIV 'effectively no risk' of transmitting virus

  30-09-2017 18:48
  
  Studies among thousands of couples show HIV-positive people who are virally suppressed will not be a danger to transmit the virus to a HIV-negative partner.
  
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• Industrial building catches fire

  30-09-2017 18:38
  
  Firefighters knock it down quickly
  
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• A man is shot and killed in New Castle

  30-09-2017 18:23
  
  Search for suspect in shooting is underway
  
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• Construction Worker Killed On Interstate

  30-09-2017 18:06
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Police say a construction worker has been killed by an intoxicated driver along a Columbus interstate.
  Columbus police say 59-year-old Steve Cook, of Barnesville, was struck while standing in an Interstate 70 work zone early Saturday. Police say 30-year-old Edward Torres, of South Solon in Central Ohio, killed Cook after driving a Honda minivan through construction barrels blocking off three closed lanes.
  Cook was pronounced dead at a
  
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• Rugby player's excuse for missing game: Bitten by a lion

  30-09-2017 17:55
  
  His coach had little sympathy for the "pretty stupid" injury.
  
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• Tillerson wants to cool 'overheated' North Korea situation

  30-09-2017 17:49
  
  "Obviously it would help if North Korea would stop firing off missiles. That would calm things down a lot," the secretary of state said.
  
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• After North Korean skaters qualify for Winter Games, South Korea hopeful for participation

  30-09-2017 17:37
  
  The IOC is trying to calm concern about the Pyeongchang Games, but some nations are concerned over tensions on the peninsula.
  
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• Legal Pot Brings Government Jobs To California

  30-09-2017 17:29
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterLOS ANGELES (AP) – One of the things to blossom in California’s emerging marijuana industry isn’t green and leafy, it’s government jobs.
  Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California in 2018 and the state is on a hiring binge to help bring order to the new pot economy.
  Scientists. Tax collectors. Typists.Analysts. Lawyers.
  There could be nearly 500 new jobs by mid-2019.
  The swiftly expanding bureaucracy represents just one aspect
  
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• O.J. Simpson to focus on 'friends, family and golf' after release

  30-09-2017 17:22
  
  The 70-year-old parolee and controversial ex-NFL star is "not going to hide."
  
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• Time-lapse video shows Indonesian volcano erupting

  30-09-2017 16:52
  
  As Mount Sinabung spews ash into the sky, activity at Bali's Mount Agung has led to the evacuation of 130,000 people.
  
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• Woman Arrested After Killing Mother With Crossbow

  30-09-2017 16:43
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPALMERTON, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested in the death of her mother who police allege was killed with a crossbow after the two argued.
  Fifty-one-year-old Lisa Marie Caplan of Palmerton is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault in the death of 71-year-old Sandra Marie Barndt.
  State police in Carbon County said other relatives became concerned after not having any contact with the victim since Wednesday and asked police to
  
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• Boy, 3, Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself With Father’s Gun

  30-09-2017 16:20
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPARMA, Ohio (AP) – Police say the gun a 3-year-old Ohio boy used to accidentally shoot himself was found by the toddler in the console of his father’s van.
  The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office has identified the boy killed Thursday afternoon in the Cleveland suburb of Parma as Christian Hein, of Richfield. He died from a gunshot wound to the head.
  Parma police initially said the boy was 4 years old.
  Police say the toddler’s fathe
  
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• Police: Man wore wig, dress to try to deceive officers

  30-09-2017 15:22
  
  Authorities are concerned that the "odds are very slim" the 18-year-old man will see significant jail time for multiple firearms and traffic violations.
  
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• Trump blasts San Juan mayor's 'poor leadership,' people 'who want everything to be done for them'

  30-09-2017 14:51
  
  A feud is developing between the president and the mayor of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico's largest city.
  
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• Fall-like forecast for the weekend

  30-09-2017 14:42
  
  Cool & Comfortable Weekend
  
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• Wounded Warrior, 4th-grade girl strike up unlikely friendship

  30-09-2017 14:38
  
  A young girl has a new hero and a Marine Corps veteran has a new friend thanks to a bear hunt.
  
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• Ohio Couple Jailed For Keeping Dead Body In Home

  30-09-2017 14:24
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio couple charged criminally for keeping a Vietnam veteran’s decomposing body in their home for several months to steal his Social Security and veteran benefits have received six months in jail.
  The New Philadelphia Times Reporter reports 50-year-old Brian Sorohan and 46-year-old Stacy Sorohan, both of Wainwright, also received two years’ probation Thursday in Tuscarawas County.
  They pleaded no contest to gros
  
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• 2 children, 1 adult killed after SUV hits bear

  30-09-2017 13:41
  
  Four more people were hurt in the Colorado crash, some with life-threatening injuries, after all seven passengers were ejected from the SUV.
  
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• Trump Tweets Criticism Of San Juan Mayor Over Hurricane Maria Response Comments

  30-09-2017 13:03
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterBRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) – President Donald Trump lashed out at the mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital city in a war of words over recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria smashed into the U.S. territory.
  Trump is out with a series of tweets criticizing San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for criticizing the Trump administration’s hurricane response. The major has accused his administration of “killing us with the inefficiency.”
  The president i
  
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• Puerto Rico Desperate For Aid As Trump Praises Response To Hurricane

  30-09-2017 13:03
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON (AP) – The mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital city has angrily accused the Trump administration of inefficiency as the federal government continues to render aid to an island devastated by hurricane Maria.
  In Washington, President Donald Trump said Friday that the government is “fully engaged in the disaster and the response and recovery effort” and contended that it has been doing an “incredible job.”
  San Juan Mayor Ca
  
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• Physical education teacher accused of choking students with jump rope

  30-09-2017 09:25
  
  The sheriff's office said Friday that Peter Samhammer was arrested on four counts of felony child abuse.
  
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• 11 horses, 5 dogs, goat, duck seized; mother, daughter charged

  30-09-2017 08:28
  
  Deputies have charged a mother and daughter in connection to the seizure of 11 horses and other animals investigators said were left starving in deplorable conditions.
  
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• Mother accused of leaving kids, going to Europe released from jail

  30-09-2017 06:21
  
  A mother who left her children home alone to go on a trip to Germany has been released from jail.
  
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• Operation Football: Shady Side Academy at Keystone Oaks

  30-09-2017 05:44
  
  FINAL: Shadyside Academy 35, Keystone Oaks 28
  
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• Know The Score: Sept. 29, 2017

  30-09-2017 05:44
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — It doesn’t get any bigger than high school football in Western Pennsylvania.
  We’re committed to bringing you the best team coverage in the region.
  After the games, you can find all the latest scores right here! Also, check out our Games of the Week here!
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  PREP FOOTBALL
  Academy Park 28, Chichester 7
  Aliquippa 52, South Park 0
  FEATURED GAME: Allderdice 28, Dubois 27
   
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• Operation Football: Central Valley at Beaver Area

  30-09-2017 05:43
  
  FINAL: Beaver Area 24, Central Valley 22
  
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• Operation Football: Quaker Valley at Hopewell

  30-09-2017 05:42
  
  FINAL: Quaker Valley 40, Hopewell 10
  
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