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• Wigle Whiskey To Host ‘Mindhunter’ Open Casting Call

  26-05-2018 23:31
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Live music, cocktails, food — and the possibility to be cast in a Netflix series!
  Wigle Whiskey Barrelhouse & Whiskey Garden will host an open casting call for the Netflix series “Mindhunter,” which is currently filming its second season in and around the Pittsburgh area.
  NEW YORK, NY – MAY 20:(L-R) Jonathan Groff, Anna Torv, Holt McCallany, and Cameron Britton of Mindhunter attend Day Two of the Vulture Fes
  
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• Panthers’ ACC Championship Run Ends With Loss To Louisville

  26-05-2018 23:10
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  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Devin Mann homered and drove in three runs, and Louisville advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game after beating Pittsburgh 5-2 on Saturday.
  Mann hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and had an RBI triple in the first, and Josh Stowers drove in his ninth run of the tournament to help the fifth-seeded Cardinals (43-16) reach their first ACC final. They will play the Florida State-Clemson winner Sunday in the championsh
  
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• RV crashes into building, injuring three in West End

  26-05-2018 22:54 via post-gazette.com
  Three people were injured and two pets were rescued Saturday afternoon when an RV lost control and crashed into a building in the West End. 
  
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• North Side Brewery Offers Support For Struggling Food Stand

  26-05-2018 22:45
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  NORTH SIDE (KDKA) — A North Side brewery is doing its part to try to help out a struggling food stand.
  Gus & YiaYia’s icy ball stand has been a North Side staple for decades, but a road closure near their spot in the park is affecting business this year.
  Allegheny City Brewing says they want to do what they can to help the stand out. 
  The brewery is offering a free 6 oz. pour of beer to anyone who shows a picture of themselves buying someth
  
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• 3 Injured When RV Plows Into Cars, Building; Pets Rescued From Wreckage

  26-05-2018 22:06
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  WEST END (KDKA) — Three people were injured and two pets were rescued when an RV crashed into a West End building Saturday afternoon.
  It happened along Greentree Road at Woodville Avenue just after 1 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Fletcher Rumbaugh)
  Police say an RV experienced a mechanical failure and went out of control, causing the vehicle to crash into at least two cars before it slammed into the side of a building.
  Two people, a dog and a c
  
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• White House Confirms Team Heading To Singapore To Prepare For Summit With North Korea

  26-05-2018 20:32
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  (CBS) – Amid continued uncertainty over whether or not a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in the coming weeks, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the White House is still sending a pre-advance team to Singapore to prepare.
  “The White House pre-advance team for Singapore will leave as scheduled in order to prepare should the summit take place,” Sanders said in a statement Satu
  
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• Pirates Activate Marte From DL, Option Osuna

  26-05-2018 19:43
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  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Pirates reinstated outfielder Starling Marte from the 10-day disabled list on Saturday.
  Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images
  Marte, who took batting practice before Friday’s game, has been on the DL since straining his right oblique on May 15.“Marte’s going through full-blown workout activity today,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle told KDKA news partner The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Friday. &
  
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• Lions Club Decorates Veterans’ Graves At Verona Cemetery

  26-05-2018 18:37
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  OAKMONT, Pa. (KDKA) – The Lions Club of Oakmont joined forces with community members to decorate the graves of veterans at the Verona Cemetery for Memorial Day weekend.
  Photo Credit: Jeff Roupe/KDKA
  The group, which was also joined by Riverview’s 1972 graduating class, purchased 600 geraniums for the event, which took place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday.
  Photo Credit: Jeff Roupe/KDKA
  Veterans buried in the cemetery go as far back as the civil war,
  
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• Abortion Rights Activists Earn Big Win In Ireland Referendum

  26-05-2018 17:44
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  DUBLIN, Ireland (CBS) — A leading campaigner for repealing Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortions said on Saturday it’s a “monumental day for women in Ireland” after voters appeared to have overwhelmingly backed liberalizing the country’s strict abortion laws. Orla O’Connor, co-director of the Together for Yes group, said Saturday: “This is about women taking their rightful place in Irish society, finally.&rdqu
  
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• Pittsburgh updates the city's searchable art and war memorials website

  26-05-2018 17:37 via post-gazette.com
  A little over a year ago, Yesica Guerra became the City Planning Department’s public art and civic design manager — a position that, until then, had been vacant for 18 months.
  
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• Pittsburgh police investigate shooting in Crafton Heights

  26-05-2018 17:21 via post-gazette.com
  A woman was shot in the head early Saturday morning in Crafton Heights, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Pittsburgh police investigate after woman shot in head in Crafton Heights

  26-05-2018 17:21 via post-gazette.com
  A woman was shot in the head early Saturday morning in Crafton Heights, Pittsburgh police said.
  
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• Former Steelers Ilkin, Wolfley Host Walk For Homeless Event

  26-05-2018 16:46
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  PITTSBURGH, Pa. (KDKA) – Former Pittsburgh Steelers players and current sportscasters Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley hosted the 16th annual Tunch & Wolf’s Walk for the Homeless to raise awareness and funds for the Light of Life Rescue Mission on Saturday.
  “In 1987, I walked through the doors of Light of Life Rescue Mission for the first time and I was just blown away by what I saw,” Ilkin said.“It’s been a big part of our
  
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• Woman Shot In Head In Crafton Heights

  26-05-2018 16:16
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  CRAFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. (KDKA) – A woman was shot in the head in a Pittsburgh neighborhood early Saturday morning.
  Police responded to a report of shots fired on the 900 block of Woodlow Street in Crafton Heights at around 12:15 a.m.Officers found a female with a gunshot wound to the head. The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, but she has since has been upgraded to stable condition.Witnesses said people were standing outside when a
  
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• Kennywood Offering BOGO Tickets For Sunday’s Blues and Rib Festival

  26-05-2018 15:49
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  WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) — People heading to Kennywood this Memorial Day weekend could get a great deal at the local theme park.
  Kennywood is offering a buy one, get one free deal for Sunday, the opening day of the two-day Blues and Rib Festival, when tickets are purchased online.Coming to Kennywood for our Ribs & Blues Festival? Bring a buddy for our BOGO day this Sunday only. Sample BBQ with a friend and catch the area's top blues performers!Buy tod
  
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• On behalf of a Grateful Nation – Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead on Memorial day

  26-05-2018 15:10 via post-gazette.com
  On behalf of a Grateful Nation – Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead on Memorial day.
  
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• Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead this Memorial Day weekend

  26-05-2018 15:10 via post-gazette.com
  On behalf of a Grateful Nation – Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead on Memorial day.
  
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• Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead on Memorial Day

  26-05-2018 15:10 via post-gazette.com
  On behalf of a Grateful Nation – Across the region, volunteers place flags to remember the dead on Memorial day.
  
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• Hero Teacher Who Confronted Indiana School Shooter Likely Saved Many Lives

  26-05-2018 15:02
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  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives.
  The shooter, who had asked to be dismissed from the class before returning with the guns, was arrested “extremely quickly” after the incident around 9 a.m. at Noblesville West Middle School, police Chief Ke
  
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• DNA Tests Underway To Determine What Wolf-Like Animal Is

  26-05-2018 14:11
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  DENTON, Mont. (AP) — A central Montana rancher shot a wolf-like animal after it was spotted in a pasture with livestock, but a closer look prompted state wildlife officials to take DNA samples to determine what type of animal it was.
  Photo Credit: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks via CBS News
  Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional spokesman Bruce Auchly said the animal’s front claws and canine teeth are too short and its ears are too tall in proportion t
  
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• ‘Sesame Street’ Sues Over Marketing Campaign for New Melissa McCarthy Movie

  26-05-2018 13:49
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  NEW YORK (AP) — The makers of “Sesame Street” are suing the promoter of a new Melissa McCarthy movie, saying it’s abusing the famed puppets’ sterling reputation to advertise the R-rated film.
  A judge Friday scheduled a hearing next week to consider a request for immediate relief by Sesame Workshop, which sued Thursday in federal court in Manhattan for unspecified damages and an order forcing the film to be marketed differently.
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• Former Head Of NAACP Facing Welfare Fraud Charges

  26-05-2018 12:56
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  (CNN) — Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who represented herself as black for years and once headed a local chapter of the NAACP in Washington state, is facing charges of welfare fraud.
  Dolezal made headlines in 2015 after her relatives revealed she was born white and had posed as black for years. At the time, she headed the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP and taught African-American studies.
  Dolezal was charged this week with theft by welfare fr
  
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• Grant boosts Oakland nonprofit's land trust

  26-05-2018 06:54 via post-gazette.com
  The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. has been awarded a $300,000 grant from McAuley Ministries to develop its nascent land trust in West Oakland.
  
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• Police Make Arrest In Connection With Woman’s Fatal Shooting In Homewood

  26-05-2018 06:25
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting in Homewood back in February.
  According to the criminal complaint, Desmond Lyons and the victim, 27-year-old Mia Green, allegedly plotted to rob a man at a house on Hamilton Avenue.
  (Photo Courtesy: STK Embrace Life/Facebook)
  Investigators say Green hit the man in the back of the head with a gun, but the victim grabbed it and shot her multiple times in the torso
  
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• Wilkinsburg man charged in robbery accomplice's death

  26-05-2018 06:18 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police have charged a Wilkinsburg man in the February death of a woman even though he wasn’t the one who fatally shot her. 
  
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• Hundreds Of Dollars Missing From 2 Wendy’s, Police Investigating

  26-05-2018 05:46
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are looking for suspects after thefts at two area Wendy’s fast food restaurants.
  One incident happened in Edgewood, and the other in Homestead.
  At the Wendy’s in Edgewood Towne Center on Friday afternoon, officials say one of the supervisors noticed a few hundred dollars missing from the cash drop box.Missing at the same time, the employee who was supposed to be manning the cash register.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• Beaver County River Regatta Canceled Due To Extensive Flood Damage

  26-05-2018 05:28
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  BRIDGEWATER (KDKA) — A regatta happens on the water, but too much water over the winter and spring has forced the regatta in Beaver County to be cancelled.
  Much of park that’s normally used for the festivities has been condemned thanks to flooding.
  Beautiful as the Beaver River is, parts of Bridgewater Riverfront Park are not so beautiful these days.
  The president of the Beaver County River Regatta says the damage is extensive.
  The flood waters tore
  
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• Musgrove Uses Arm, Bat To Beat Cards 8-1 In Pirates Debut

  26-05-2018 04:13
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Joe Musgrove came off the disabled list to win his Pirates debut with seven scoreless innings on the mound while also getting his first career hit and scoring the winning run as Pittsburgh beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 on Friday night.
  The right-hander singled to lead off the sixth inning, when the Pirates scored three times off John Gant to break a scoreless tie. Musgrove came home on Josh Harrison’s double to center field befo
  
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• Furry Tails: Al, Gigi & PJ Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  26-05-2018 03:07
  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!_____________________________________________________________________________________
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• Pa. Officials Asking For Public’s Help To Complete Memorial Honoring Vietnam Veterans

  26-05-2018 02:33
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As Memorial Day weekend gets underway, the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs needs help honoring some local Vietnam veterans.
  The Wall of Faces program tries to match a photo with the name of each Pennsylvanian on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
  They still need 30 photos to complete the list.
  Two of the names are veterans from Allegheny County: John E. Hughes, Jr. and Booker Smith Jr.
  Both were in the Marine Corps.
  
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• Woman, 88, Fights Back Against Man Trying To Steal Her Money

  26-05-2018 01:03
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  FORD CITY, Pa. (KDKA) – A man who tried to steal money from an 88-year-old woman got a big surprise, when she fought back.
  The woman, Juanita Carr, went after the guy, identified as 62-year-old James Gribble, punching him before he was arrested. Now her story is spreading far and wide.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Carr stopped at the Armstrong Associates Credit Union to withdraw $350 to pay her bills. The trouble began when she dropped the money outside.
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• As search warrants mount, police probe death threats, friends and lovers of slain Aliquippa teacher

  26-05-2018 00:56 via post-gazette.com
  The parents of slain Aliquippa teacher Rachael DelTondo told police she’d received death threats and said her former fiance and his associates had at times followed her around after their breakup, according to a search warrant filed as part of the ongoing homicide investigation.
  
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• ‘Repulsive’ Actions: Man Indicted For Groping Sleeping Woman On Flight Receives Sentence

  26-05-2018 00:36
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Mt. Lebanon resident Wei-Ming Shi was seen running from KDKA-TV’s camera after his initial court appearance in August of 2016. On Friday, he was seen holding up his backup in the passenger seat of the car his wife was driving after he was sentenced.
  Shi’s attorney Patrick Thomassey said he’s satisfied with what the judge handed down.
  “My client is 60 years old. He’s never been in trouble in his life. He wo
  
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• American CEOs Make, In 1 Day, What It Takes Average Workers To Earn In A Year

  26-05-2018 00:35
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the first time, Americans are learning how big the compensation disparity is between corporate CEOs and their average employee pay.
  “Some CEOs get paid an enormous pay package, and then the companies do not do very well,” University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School Prof. Jay Sukits told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Friday.
  Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Law, publicly held companies must disclose in their proxy statements
  
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• American CEOs Make, In 1 Day, What It Takes Average Worker To Earn In A Year

  26-05-2018 00:35
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For the first time, Americans are learning how big the compensation disparity is between corporate CEOs and their average employee pay.
  “Some CEOs get paid an enormous pay package, and then the companies do not do very well,” University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School Prof. Jay Sukits told KDKA money editor Jon Delano on Friday.
  Thanks to the Dodd-Frank Law, publicly held companies must disclose in their proxy statements
  
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• More Animals Removed From Chartiers Twp. House Of Filth, Couple Ordered Off Property

  26-05-2018 00:30
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  CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Animal control officers have seized more animals and are ordering a couple out of their Washington County home in order to tear it down due to the conditions inside and outside.
  Officials say this is not the first time they have removed animals from the home. This latest incident marks the fifth time in a dozen years that animal control officers have had to seize animals.
  William Moore, 69, and Marci Jo Klinzing, 49, live in th
  
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• Jewish federation cuts ties with Presbyterian seminary

  26-05-2018 00:26 via post-gazette.com
  The umbrella group for Pittsburgh’s Jewish community says it will stop “publicly partnering” with Pittsburgh Theological Seminary after the seminary hosted a Palestinian Christian speaker who the federation contends uses rhetoric that is “theologically loaded” with anti-Semitism in his criticism of Israel.
  
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• Senior Students Upset After School Musical’s Cancellation Makes Them Ineligible For Awards

  26-05-2018 00:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh CLO’s annual Gene Kelly Awards are Saturday night at the Benedum Center. Some students from Pittsburgh Obama Academy and their parents will be protesting.
  Their production of “Dreamgirls” was cancelled, so they could not be nominated for any awards. They are not protesting the Gene Kelly Awards itself, but rather the fact that the school’s cancellation of “Dreamgirls” made the students
  
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• Pirates Activate Musgrove To Start, Designate Kontos For Assignment

  26-05-2018 00:16
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  PITTSBURHG (KDKA) — One Pirates pitcher will make his season debut Friday after recovering from injury, while another is on his way out after failing to recover from a slow start.
  Right-hander Joe Musgrove was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list after rehabilitating from a shoulder injury he suffered in Spring Training. Musgrove will start on the mound tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals.
  “I can’t wait to watch him pitch,” said
  
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• Black bear sighted in Swissvale, Edgewood

  26-05-2018 00:04 via post-gazette.com
  Residents of Swissvale and Edgewood caught a glimpse of nature Thursday when a black bear cub apparently wandered into the vicinity.
  
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