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• President Trump’s Weekly Address 10/7/17

  07-10-2017 23:49
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON (KDKA) — Above you can watch President Donald Trump’s weekly address from the White House from Oct. 6, 2017.
  Rep. John Lewis, of Georgia, gave the Democratic Response, seen in the video below.
   
   
  
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• Nittany Lions remain perfect with conference win at Northwestern

  07-10-2017 23:35
  
  Nittany Lions remain perfect with conference win at Northwestern
  
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• Pitt falls to Syracuse, Max Browne injured in loss

  07-10-2017 23:30
  
  Pitt falls to Syracuse, Max Browne injured in loss
  
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• Hundreds of volunteers build memorial park to honor Las Vegas shooting victims

  07-10-2017 23:15
  
  "In times like this, we do need to come together as a community and show that's not going to stop us.."
  
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• McSorley, Barkley Lead Penn State Over Northwestern 31-7

  07-10-2017 23:14
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  EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Trace McSorley threw for 245 yards and a touchdown, Saquon Barkley ran for two scores in the second half, and No. 4 Penn State beat Northwestern 31-7 on Saturday.
  McSorley completed 25 of 34 passes. He threw a 10-yard touchdown to backup quarterback Tommy Stevens in the second quarter and added a 5-yard TD run in the fourth.
  Barkley scored on a 1-yard leap and 53-yard dash in the third quarter to make it 24-0. The Heisman Trophy cand
  
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• Pitt Falls To Syracuse 27-24, 1st Time In 5 Years

  07-10-2017 22:59
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  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Eric Dungey threw two touchdown passes and ran for another and the Orange defense stymied Pittsburgh’s offense on third down as Syracuse held on to beat Pitt 27-24 Saturday.
  Syracuse’s win was its first over the Panthers in five years and kept Syracuse’s bowl hopes alive. Pitt had won 11 of the last 12 in the series and was 4-0 against Syracuse since both teams joined the ACC.
  Pitt (2-4, 0-2) didn’t record its
  
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• Farm uses corn maze to share a special message with kids

  07-10-2017 22:51
  
  “I believe that the environment you’re in and what you’re exposed to can really teach people a message, and we do have a lot of school tours out here each year, so we just kind of like having kids read them and just get the message to them."
  
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• Man Killed, Children Injured In Head-On Crash In Indiana County

  07-10-2017 22:37
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  CHERRYHILL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A man was killed in a head-on crash in Indiana County on Friday night.
  It happened around 7:45 p.m. on Route 403 in Cherryhill Township.
  According to the Indiana County coroner’s office, 66-year-old Dennis Richard Mabon, of Marion Center, Pa., was driving southbound when he crossed over the centerline and crashed head-on into a pickup truck.
  A third vehicle was also involved in the crash.
  The coroner’s office says
  
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• Dog that can sniff out child porn has 'highly skilled nose' for crime

  07-10-2017 21:40
  
  A black Labrador retriever named Reptar is one of only approximately 50 dogs in the world with his particular abilities.
  
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• FBI begins removing belongings left after Las Vegas shooting

  07-10-2017 21:37
  
  Frustration is setting in for officials looking into gunman Stephen Paddock's life.
  
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• Pulaski Twp. Police Looking For Headstone Vandal

  07-10-2017 21:06
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPULASKI (KDKA) — The Pulaski Township Police Department is looking for someone who burned a headstone with flammable liquid.
  The vandalism occurred at Evergreen Cemetery.
  According to police, the edge of the woods by the cemetery also caught on fire due to the flammable liquid.
  (Photo Credit: Pulaski Township Police Department)
  The headstone was also defaced with orange spray paint.
  Police are considering reward for information leading to arrest of the ind
  
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• Hotel manager planned to use bedbugs to sabotage competitor, prosecutors say

  07-10-2017 20:58
  
  The Wisconsin man was planning to hire a homeless man to pull off his plan.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg to Send ‘Connectivity Team’ To Puerto Rico

  07-10-2017 20:39
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterFacebook once aimed to connect the world. Now it would be happy just to reconnect part of it – and Google and others hope to join it.
  In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged to send a “connectivity team” to help restore communications in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico.
  Google parent company Alphabet offered to float its Project Loon balloons over the island, bringing Wi-Fi service to hard-to-reach places.
  The Federal Com
  
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• Trump hits back against 'unfunny' late night shows

  07-10-2017 20:27
  
  The president suggested “more and more people” are clamoring for more coverage of Republicans.
  
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• Man Lived With ‘Mummified’ Bodies Of Relatives For A Year

  07-10-2017 20:08
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterMINNESOTA (AP) — A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year says he and could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities.
  Sixty-year-old Robert James Kuefler of White Bear Lake tells The Associated Press that he was “traumatized” by their deaths.
  White Bear Police Capt. Dale Hager says Kuefler was charged this past week with interference with a dead body or scene
  
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• Home, history and food converge for 'Hometown Homegrown' food expo

  07-10-2017 19:48 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh – specifically its Bloomfield neighborhood - means home, family and good food for Lynn Shane and Kim Maggio Schepner, both 56, both born and raised in Bloomfield, and both visitors to the Hometown-Homegrown food expo Saturday at the Sen. John Heinz History Center in the Strip District.
  
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• Rapper Nelly Arrested For Rape

  07-10-2017 19:38
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterAUBURN, Wash. (AP) – Police have arrested rapper Nelly after a woman said he raped her in a town outside Seattle, an accusation the Grammy winner’s attorney staunchly denies.
  Auburn police spokesman Commander Steve Stocker said officers arrested Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., early Saturday morning in his tour bus at a Walmart.
  Nelly is scheduled to perform in Ridgefield, Washington, on Saturday night.
  Nelly’s attorney, Scot
  
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• What you need to know about Hurricane Nate

  07-10-2017 19:23
  
  The latest storm to hit the US will have a wide impact on the eastern U.S.
  
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• Incredible time-lapse video: Hot air balloon festival lifts off

  07-10-2017 19:22
  
  The famed Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta got started Saturday.
  
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• Hurricane Nate strengthening, expected to be Category 2 at US landfall

  07-10-2017 19:18
  
  The storm should begin lashing the northern Gulf Coast late Saturday before making landfall near New Orleans.
  
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• London police: 11 injured after car drives into crowd; incident not terror-related

  07-10-2017 19:13
  
  None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
  
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• Basketball Legend Connie Hawkins Dies At 75

  07-10-2017 19:10
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPHOENIX (AP) – Basketball great Connie Hawkins has died at 75.
  The Hall of Famer’s death was announced in a statement Saturday by the Phoenix Suns, the team with which he spent his most productive NBA seasons. The Suns told The Associated Press they confirmed the death with his family.
  The 6-foot-8 Hawkins was a dazzling playground legend in New York City who rose to basketball’s heights. The Suns lauded his “unique combination of size, g
  
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• Police kill Fayette County man who they say refused to drop weapon

  07-10-2017 19:02 via post-gazette.com
  A Fayette County man was shot and killed by a Perryopolis police officer Friday evening after he threatened to harm himself and refused to drop a gun.
  
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• Rapper Nelly arrested after rape accusation

  07-10-2017 18:57
  
  Police have arrested rapper Nelly after a woman said he raped her in a town outside Seattle, an accusation the Grammy winner's attorney staunchly denies.
  
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• Man May Lose License After 10th Drunk Driving Conviction

  07-10-2017 18:32
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A judge says 10 drunken-driving convictions are enough to justify revoking a Maine motorist’s license for life.
  The judge said Friday he’d make the recommendation to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles as he sentenced Patrick Murphy, of Windham, to six years for his ninth and 10th convictions.
  Officials say the 53-year-old Murphy twice rammed a car in April and then a month later fell down drunk at a convenience store before sta
  
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• NBA hall of famer and Pittsburgh legend Connie Hawkins dies at 75

  07-10-2017 18:29 via post-gazette.com
  “The Hawk” was an all-too-fitting nickname for Cornelius “Connie” Hawkins, both as an abbreviation of his last name and an apt description of a man whose athleticism transcended human physiology to the point it seemed he could fly.
  
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• Connie Hawkins, pro basketball star, dies

  07-10-2017 18:29 via post-gazette.com
  Connie Hawkins, who led the Pittsburgh Pipers to the American Basketball Association championship in 1968 and was a four-time National Basketball Association all-star with the Phoenix Suns, died Friday. He was 75.
  
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• Hurricane Nate claims lives in Central America, heads for New Orleans

  07-10-2017 18:16
  
  Preparations for Hurricane Nate are being made along America’s south-eastern coast.
  
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• PREPARE NOW: Hurricane Nate Hours From U.S. Impact

  07-10-2017 18:15
  
  Meteorologist Orelon Sidney takes a look at the latest track as Hurricane Nate is making it's way toward the Gulf Coast.
  
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• Trump reaches out to Democrats in bid for ‘great’ health law

  07-10-2017 18:01
  
  Democrats are willing to hear his ideas, but scrapping the Obamacare is a nonstarter.
  
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• PHOTOS: Damage from Hurricane Nate

  07-10-2017 18:00
  
  Hurricane Nate formed this week in the Caribbean Sea. The storm took aim at Costa Rica as a tropical storm and is now headed toward the United States.
  
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• Hurricane Nate Makes Landfall Near Mouth Of Mississippi

  07-10-2017 17:23
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNEW ORLEANS (AP) – Hurricane Nate has made landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 mph.
  The National Hurricane Center said Saturday night that Nate is expected to make a second landfall along the coast of Mississippi on Saturday night and then pass over parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
  The storm has weakened slightly and is moving north a little slower at 20 mph. Evacuations have been ordered along
  
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• Hurricane Nate Expected To Hit Landfall As Category 2

  07-10-2017 17:23
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterNEW ORLEANS (AP) – Strengthening Hurricane Nate is now expected to be a Category 2 hurricane at landfall on the central Gulf Coast in coming hours.
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Nate’s top sustained winds have recently risen to 90 mph (150 kph) and the core is now about 180 miles (285 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
  As of 10 a.m. CDT Saturday, Nate was accelerating to 26 mph (43 kph) and headed north-n
  
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• EPA To Roll Back Restrictions On Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  07-10-2017 17:08
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterWASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration is seeking to ease restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
  The latest effort to roll back environmental policies of the Obama administration takes aim at the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s plan for slowing global warmth. It’s outlined in a copy of a 43-page document obtained by The Associated Press.
  The Environmental Protection Agency plans to declare that the Ob
  
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• 'Unaccompanied' Air Force vet gets the funeral he deserved

  07-10-2017 16:45
  
  "I never want to see a soldier or any service member buried without words being said over his grave."
  
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• Welfare Check Leads To Fatal Police Shooting

  07-10-2017 16:24
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPERRYOPOLIS (KDKA) — Police were called to check on Garett Judson Hoose last night after family members state he sent alarming text messages that eluded to him harming himself.
  When officers arrived at he 206 Constitution St. in Perryopolis, Hoose was in possession of a gun and authorities stated he refused the the officers commands to drop the gun.
  The officers stated they feared of death or serious bodily injury and exercised use of deadly force to stop
  
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• Police Fatally Shoot Perryopolis Man During Welfare Check

  07-10-2017 16:24
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPERRYOPOLIS (KDKA) — State police fatally shot a man who was threatening to harm himself and refused to put down his weapon at his Perryopolis home Friday night.
  Perryopolis Police were sent to a home on Constitution Street to check on the welfare of 47-year-old Garrett Hoose.
  Police say Hoose was sending text messages to his family threatening to harm himself.
  “[He was] having some mental problems, and his wife was trying to get him in the hospital,
  
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• Pa. Mayor’s Son Punches Her, Knocks Her To Ground

  07-10-2017 15:51
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterYORK, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say the son of a Pennsylvania mayor punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground, and kicked her several times in her back, head and face before a bystander intervened.
  The York Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/2wCCdLF) 30-year-old Brandon Anderson attacked York Mayor Kim Bracey last Saturday at her campaign headquarters. Authorities say he was arrested at the scene and charged with simple assault, a misdemeanor.
  Bracey r
  
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• Rainfall from Hurricane Nate could reach 100 million people

  07-10-2017 15:42
  
  Much of the eastern U.S. will be impacted by Nate in one way or another.
  
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• Search Underway For Missing Girl From Westmoreland County

  07-10-2017 15:35
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterMount Pleasant (KDKA) — Rivers Eden Dickman, 16, was reported missing as of 7:00 p.m. last night.
  She’s described as 5 feet 2 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes.
  She was last wearing a maroon or black shirt, blue jeans, and black boots.
  Authorities are currently searching in Mount Pleasant, Bullskin Township, and East Huntingdon Township.
  
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• Missing Girl Found Safe In Westmoreland County

  07-10-2017 15:35
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterMOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) — A teenager who was missing in Westmoreland County has been found safe.
  Rivers Eden Dickman, 16, was reported missing as of 7 p.m. last night.
  She was later found safe at an area Walmart.
  Further details have not been released.
  
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• One dead, five injured in Indiana County crash

  07-10-2017 15:30 via post-gazette.com
  One person was killed and five others injured in a three-vehicle crash Friday evening in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County.
  
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• Hurricane Nate intensifying over Gulf of Mexico on its push to US

  07-10-2017 15:21
  
  The storm should begin lashing the northern Gulf Coast late Saturday before making landfall near New Orleans.
  
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• One dead, five injured after violent crash in Indiana County

  07-10-2017 15:20
  
  A crash in Indiana County kills one driver and sends five others to the hospital, including three children.
  
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• Woman shot in Las Vegas suffering flashbacks and PTSD, mother says

  07-10-2017 15:03
  
  Shelby Perry's story, however, contains an act of heroism.
  
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• Warm Weekend, Wet Work Week Ahead

  07-10-2017 14:50
  
  Warm Weekend, Wet Work Week Ahead
  
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• Welcome to Vegas: Billboards ask for tips on gunman's motive

  07-10-2017 14:21
  
  “We still do not have a clear motive or reason why,” a frustrated official said. “We have looked at literally everything.”
  
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• Hurricane Nate moving rapidly over Gulf of Mexico on its way to US

  07-10-2017 11:07
  
  The storm is currently moving north-northwest at 22 mph, and is 345 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Winds speeds continue to be at 80 mph.
  
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• Parkersburg man looking at long road to recovery after lung transplant

  07-10-2017 09:47
  His mother, Carolyn Smith, said the transplant took place on Sept. 4 at UPMC, Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, and with complications his recovery will probably take longer than average.
  
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• Las Vegas pays tribute to hospital employees who worked during shooting

  07-10-2017 08:28
  
  Almost a week after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas, doctors, nurses and other hospital employees who worked that fateful Sunday night night were honored Friday.
  
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