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• Police: Man being evicted from West Homestead apartment kills elderly landlord

  24-03-2018 23:17 via post-gazette.com
  A man who was being evicted from his apartment killed his elderly landlord early Saturday in West Homestead, police said.
  
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• Students Lead The Way As Tens Of Thousands Attend Pittsburgh ‘March For Our Lives’

  24-03-2018 23:11
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Tens of thousands of people attended Pittsburgh’s March For Our Lives rally, one of several held across the country Saturday.
  It was one of the largest gatherings ever at the City-County Building. According to city officials, an estimated 30,000 people participated in the march.
  RELATED: Hundreds Of Thousands March For Gun Control In Rallies Across U.S.
  The March For Our Lives event was led by students demanding safer schools and
  
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• Hundreds Of Thousands March For Gun Control In Rallies Across U.S.

  24-03-2018 20:59
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned to action by student survivors of the Florida school shooting, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied in the nation’s capital and cities across America on Saturday to press for gun control in one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam era.
  “If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking,” David Hogg, a survivor who has emerged as one of the student leaders o
  
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• Man Charged With Homicide Of 83-Year-Old West Homestead Man

  24-03-2018 19:51
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  West Homestead (KDKA) — A man was arrested Saturday after police say he pushed an 83-year-old man down a flight of stairs in West Homestead.According to a release from Pittsburgh Police, Dominick Anacola, 57, was arrested for homicide after they say he pushed Walter Smith, 83, of West Homestead, down a flight of stairs at the 300 block of West 7th St.
  Police and paramedics were dispatched to the scene at 4:52 a.m. after 911 calls about an unconscious male
  
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• Landlord-Tenant Confrontation Leads To 83-Year-Old’s Violent Death

  24-03-2018 19:51
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  WEST HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — A man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly pushed his 83-year-old landlord down a flight of stairs in West Homestead.
  Fifty-seven-year-old Dominic Anicola is in the Allegheny County Jail charged with homicide. Police say he fatally beat his 83-year old landlord, Walter Smith.
  Allegheny County Police were called to Smith’s home at 321 West Seventh Avenue early Saturday morning, where Smith’s body was found at the bot
  
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• Suspect identified in death of West Homestead man, 87, who was struck and pushed down flight of stairs

  24-03-2018 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  An 83-year-old West Homestead man was killed early Saturday when he was struck on the head and pushed down a flight of stairs by an assailant who was subsequently arrested, Allegheny County homicide detectives reported.
  
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• Suspect identified in death of West Homestead man, 83, who was struck and pushed down flight of stairs

  24-03-2018 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  An 83-year-old West Homestead man was killed early Saturday when he was struck on the head and pushed down a flight of stairs by an assailant who was subsequently arrested, Allegheny County homicide detectives reported.
  
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• Elderly man killed in West Homestead

  24-03-2018 18:38 via post-gazette.com
  An 83-year-old West Homestead man was killed early Saturday when he was struck on the head and pushed down a flight of stairs by an assailant who was subsequently arrested, Allegheny County homicide detectives reported.
  
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• Suspect Arrested In South Side Slopes Shooting Homicide

  24-03-2018 18:22
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  South Side (KDKA) — A suspect is under arrest in the South Side Slopes shooting homicide death of Shawn Brandon.(Source: Pittsburgh Police)
  According to a release from Pittsburgh Police, Amasa Lamont Camp, 21, was arrested Friday. He faces homicide and firearms charges.Shawn Brandon was shot Monday, Mar 19, along Marengo Street and Esop Way. He was transported to the hospital where he later died.READ MORE: One Killed In South Side Slopes Shooting
  
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• Ambulance Catches Fire In Glenshaw

  24-03-2018 17:37
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  Glenshaw (KDKA) — An ambulance caught fire and was put out by fire crews Saturday in Glenshaw.
  The ambulance was going southbound on Route 8 at the intersection of Butler Plank Road.
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  There were no injuries reported from the fire.
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• Pittsburgh March for Our Lives takes place Downtown

  24-03-2018 16:59 via post-gazette.com
  The Pittsburgh March for Our Lives is winding down after more than 3,000 people gathered Downtown and marched to Market Square Saturday. 
  
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• First eaglet of 2018 arrives in Hays

  24-03-2018 15:26 via post-gazette.com
  Congratulations are in order—the Hays bald eagles welcomed their first eaglet of 2018 on Friday night, the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania announced.
  
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• Crews Responding To Residential Fire In Castle Shannon

  24-03-2018 15:16
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  Castle Shannon (KDKA) — Crews are responding to a residential fire in Castle Shannon.According to the Allegheny County Twitter page, the fire is a 3-alarm residential structure fire at the 100 block of Castle Road.
  There are no reported injuries at this time.
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• Crews Respond To Residential Fire In Castle Shannon

  24-03-2018 15:16
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  CASTLE SHANNON (KDKA) — Crews responded to a residential fire in Castle Shannon on Saturday.
  It happened in the 100 block of Castle Road.
  The fire started in a bedroom and appears to be accidental.
  Three adults and their pet safely escaped.
  
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• Florida Woman Killed In Westmoreland County Two Vehicle Accident

  24-03-2018 14:46
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  Hempfield Township (KDKA) — A Florida woman was killed during a two vehicle accident in Hempfield Township Friday.
  According to a release from Pennsylvania State Police, Randi Jo Clair, 53, of Lady Lake, Florida, was killed while traveling southbound near the 1300 block of Mount Pleasant Road at 4:53 p.m. in Westmoreland County when her 1998 Ford Windstar traveled off the roadway onto the east berm. When Clair attempted to return to her lane, the vehicle
  
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• Florida woman killed in two-vehicle accident in Hempfield

  24-03-2018 14:18 via post-gazette.com
  A Florida woman was killed Friday in a head-on collision in Hempfield.
  
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• NFL Players Encouraging Other Players To “Speak Up”

  24-03-2018 13:15
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  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Philadelphia Eagle Malcolm Jenkins says NFL players using their platform to discuss social injustice will encourage other athletes to get involved in issues affecting their communities.
  Jenkins and other members of the Players Coalition spoke Friday during an event at Harvard Law School. The Players Coalition is a group of NFL athletes advocating for changes to further social and racial equality.
  Jenkins said the Players Coalition
  
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• FBI Agent And 9/11 First Responder Dies Of Brain Cancer

  24-03-2018 12:04
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  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The FBI says one of its first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks has died of brain cancer linked to exposure to contaminants.
  Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow died Thursday at the age of 48.
  The agency said in a news release Friday that Morrow made the “ultimate sacrifice,” and her death has been classified as a line-of-duty death. She had been certified by the World Trade Center Health Program and the Sept
  
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• No Charges For Ohio Deputy That Shot News Photographer

  24-03-2018 11:43
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  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Investigators say no charges will be filed against an Ohio sheriff’s deputy who shot a news photographer setting up to photograph a traffic stop.
  “I’m Sorry, Brother” Ohio Officer Apologizes For Shooting News Photographer
  Clark County Deputy Jacob Shaw said he mistook photographer Andrew Grimm’s camera for a gun when he shot him twice, once in the side and once in the shoulder, last year in New Carlis
  
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• Late-Night Crash Closes Road In Ross Twp.

  24-03-2018 06:45
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  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police were called to a reported two-vehicle crash late Friday night in Ross Township.
  The accident happened on Thompson Run Road at Radcliff Drive.
  There’s no word yet on what caused the crash, but injuries were reported.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz)
  It also shut down Thompson Run Road at Babcock Boulevard and Vilsack Road into the early morning hours of Saturday while officials did an investigation and cle
  
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• Dyer: Long-term benefits of self-driving vehicles outstrip job loses

  24-03-2018 05:48
  A 2016 pilot model of an Uber self-driving car travels in Pittsburgh, Pa. An Uber vehicle was in autonomous mode, with an operator behind the wheel, when it hit a woman walking in the street in Tempe, Ariz.
  
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• Villanova 3s Shoot Down West Virginia Pressure 90-78

  24-03-2018 04:34
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  BOSTON (AP) – Villanova’s 3-point party rolled past the pressure of West Virginia to bring the Wildcats to the doorstep of another Final Four two seasons after winning a national championship.
  The top-seeded Wildcats continued their outside feast, downing the fifth-seeded Mountaineers 90-78 on Friday night to earn their second trip to the regional finals in three seasons.
  Jalen Brunson led Villanova with 27 points and Omari Spellman had 18 with eigh
  
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• Police Arrest 2, Confiscate Drugs, Guns, Money During Chartiers Twp. Raid

  24-03-2018 04:29
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  CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Two people were taken into custody during a drug bust at a home on Friday in Washington County.
  Police officers from local several police departments and members of the Washington County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force raided a home on on North Main Street in Chartiers Township.
  Vashaun Wright and Alyssa Adkins, both 28, were taken into custody.
  (Source: Washington County District Attorney’s Office)
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• Penguins Rally In Wild 3rd Period, But Fall To Devils 4-3 In OT

  24-03-2018 03:18
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Taylor Hall beat Matt Murray on a breakaway 27 seconds into overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.
  Hall was all alone when Nico Hischier found him with a long lead pass. Hall then slipped the puck between Murray’s legs for his 33rd goal of the season as New Jersey picked up two vital points in the race for one of the two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference.
  Hall a
  
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• President Trump Issuing Order To Ban Most Transgender Troops From Serving In Military

  24-03-2018 02:48
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  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump is issuing an order to ban transgender people from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances,” following up on his calls to ban transgender individuals from serving.
  The White House says retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” – those who may require substantial medical treatment – “presents considerable risk to military ef
  
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• Special Form Of Yoga Combats Wrinkles

  24-03-2018 02:32
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Yoga is known to be good for mind and body, but it’s also a natural way of combating wrinkles.Face Yoga may sound a little strange, but it’s a workout that requires no weights or workout equipment.Just a mirror and a mat.
  If you would like to learn more about Face Yoga, visit this link: https://www.skinfitgym.com/
  
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• Furry Tails: Riley, Amelia & Eli Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  24-03-2018 01:55
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________________________________________
  Riley
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