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• Man Found Guilty In Fatal Amish Buggy Crash

  14-07-2018 23:57
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  SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) – A man who struck an Amish buggy from behind, killing a woman and injuring three of her family members, has been found guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide in Ohio.
  Court records show 43-year-old Steven Hunter pleaded no contest to charges Friday in western Ohio’s Shelby County.
  Shelby County Prosecutor Tim Sell told the Sidney Daily News that Hunter was drunk and high on marijuana when he drove his SUV into the buggy in April.
  
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• FDA Recalls Common Heart Drug Over Potential Cancer Risk

  14-07-2018 23:05
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  (CNN) — A recall of a common drug used to control blood pressure and help prevent heart failure was announced by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, a week after 22 other countries recalled it because the drug contains a chemical that poses a potential cancer risk.
  Valsartan is off patent and is used as a component of other generic medicines, but not all medicines containing the ingredient are involved, according to the FDA. The US recall inclu
  
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• Back-To-Back Homers In 1st Carry Pirates Past Brewers, 2-1

  14-07-2018 22:11
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and that was enough to push the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.
  Marte sent an 0-1 pitch from Chase Anderson (6-7) over the center field wall to put the Pirates ahead 1-0. It was his 12th homer this season and extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Polanco then drove Anderson&rsq
  
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• 'Nevertheless, we persist.' Elizabeth Warren backs unions during Pittsburgh stop at teachers' convention

  14-07-2018 21:53 via post-gazette.com
  U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren borrowed another person’s words to describe the state of affairs following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that stripped labor unions of the ability to collect mandatory dues.
  
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• Smoking In And Near Public Housing Will Be Banned At The End Of July

  14-07-2018 21:24
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  (CNN) — Smokers won’t be able to light up in or near public housing starting July 31.
  They’ll still be allowed to rent in the communities but will have to keep lit cigarettes, cigars and pipes at least 25 feet away from buildings. Electronic cigarettes will still be permitted.
  The policy was announced two years ago by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, but the agency gave the nation’s more than 3,300 local public housing au
  
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• Jaguar Kills Alpacas, Emu, Fox After Escaping Zoo Habitat

  14-07-2018 21:08
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  NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A jaguar escaped from its habitat at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans and killed six animals.
  The male jaguar escaped around 7:20 a.m. Saturday and was captured and returned to its night house after being sedated by a vet team nearly an hour later, after it had mauled four alpacas, one emu and one fox.
  No people were hurt.
  (Photo Credit: Susan Poag Photography/Audubon Zoo)
  News outlets report the zoo was closed Saturday and would reopen S
  
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• Thousands March Through Pittsburgh To Call For Public School Funding

  14-07-2018 20:39
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Crowds marched through Pittsburgh to call for public school funding after Saturday’s events at the American Federation of Teachers Convention.
  Thousands of union members and leaders have been attending the conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center this weekend, and they took to the streets around 4:30 p.m. to demand funding for public schools in the area and across the country.
  (Photo Credit: Amy Wadas/KDKA)
  They were
  
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• Sen. Elizabeth Warren Takes Stage At Teachers Union Conference

  14-07-2018 20:39
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, took the stage at the American Federation of Teachers Convention in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
  Thousands of union members and leaders have been attending the conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center this weekend.
  Warren took the stage around 2:30 p.m.
  Watch Warren’s full address —Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addressed th
  
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• Pirates Suspend Marketing Agreement With Papa John’s Following Racial Slur Controversy

  14-07-2018 20:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are among the many organizations severing ties with Papa John’s Pizza following reports that the company’s founder used racial slurs during a conference call.
  Brian Warecki, the Pirates vice president of communications and broadcasting, said Saturday that the Pirates have suspended their marketing agreement with Papa John’s.
  MIAMI, FL – JULY 11:In this photo illustration, a Papa John&rsquo
  
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• Defiant national union presidents gathered in Pittsburgh speak of unity following Janus ruling

  14-07-2018 20:20 via post-gazette.com
  One of them delivered a rousing, sermon-like call to action. Another cracked a series of jokes and performed an acoustic rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “Union Maid,” with the familiar line “I’m sticking to the union.” Another put the current hardships into the context of labor history and promised to organize more workers.
  
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• Closing Arguments To Be Made In Fayette County ‘Love Triangle’ Homicide Case

  14-07-2018 19:40
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  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Closing arguments are expected Monday in the trial of a man charged in a homicide that western Pennsylvania authorities say stemmed from a love triangle.
  The (Uniontown) Herald-Standard reports that 59-year-old Wiley Gambrel of Uniontown took the stand Friday in his own defense in the slaying of 45-year-old James Plance a year ago.
  (Photo Credit: Fayette County Prison)
  Investigators say the victim’s girlfriend said the suspect
  
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• Police Seek Identity Of Man Who Stole $1,900 Worth Of Cigarettes

  14-07-2018 19:32
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  HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — Police are trying to identify a man who stole almost $2,000 worth of cigarettes in Homestead.
  Homestead Borough Police say an unknown man stole $1,900 worth of cigarettes from the Giant Eagle on Waterfront Drive around 11:35 p.m. on July 4.
  (Photo Credit: Homestead Borough Police Department)
  The man was caught on surveillance footage.
  Anyone who is able to identify the man is asked to call Homestead Police at (412) 461-1340 ext 120.
  
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• 18-Year-Old Arrested After Police Find Loaded AK-47 In Car

  14-07-2018 19:04
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  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — An 18-year-old was arrested Friday after New Castle Police found a loaded AK-47 in his car.
  New Castle Police say an officer pulled over a car for a traffic stop near Lincoln Avenue and Mercer Street on Friday morning.
  As the car pulled over, two people got out and ran from the scene.
  The officer was able to detain the driver, identified as 18-year-old Nikko Bongivengo. According to police, the officer knew that Bongivengo didn’t
  
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• Pirates suspend marketing agreement with Papa John's after founder's comments

  14-07-2018 18:47 via post-gazette.com
  The Pirates have suspended their marketing agreement with Papa John’s Pizza, vice president of communications and broadcasting Brian Warecki said, after racially charged comments from its founder and former chairman were made public earlier this week. 
  
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• FBI Seeks Assistance In 1994 Unsolved Homicide Of Pa. Teen

  14-07-2018 18:30
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Federal Bureau of Investigations is asking the public for help in the unsolved homicide of a Pennsylvania teenager.
  Fourteen-year-old Sarah Boehm was last seen leaving her Rochester, Beaver County, home on July 14, 1994. Hunters found her body in Ohio about four months later, but her remains weren’t identified until 2003.
  Sarah Boehm (Photo Credit: FBI Pittsburgh Field Office)
  In August 1994, 17-year-old Kathryn Menendez was
  
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• Missing Vandergrift teen found safe by FBI

  14-07-2018 17:41 via post-gazette.com
  The FBI has found a missing Vandergrift teen.
  
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• Nancy Sinatra, First Wife Of Frank Sinatra, Dies At 101

  14-07-2018 17:11
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  (CNN) — Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra, died Friday at the age of 101, her daughter said.
  “My mother passed away peacefully tonight,” her daughter, the singer also named Nancy Sinatra, tweeted Friday night.
  “She was a blessing and the light of my life. Godspeed, Momma. Thank you for everything.”
  Her death comes two decades after her husband’s, who died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 8
  
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• Pennsylvania casinos begin preparing for online gambling, though local operators are mum about it

  14-07-2018 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  Three eastern Pennsylvania casinos have become the first to apply for $10 million state licenses to put their full range of gambling options online, and it will soon be clear whether the local Rivers Casino and Meadows Racetrack & Casino will do likewise.
  
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• Two women dead in head-on crash in Westmoreland County

  14-07-2018 06:02 via post-gazette.com
  Two women were killed Friday when their vehicles collided head-on on Route 711 near Donegal in Westmoreland County.
  
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• Pedal-Powered Party Boat Launches In Pittsburgh

  14-07-2018 05:51
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There’s a new way to get around Pittsburgh’s three rivers.
  The city’s first and only pedal-powered party boat launched from the North Shore on Friday evening.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “It’s something fun to do on the river before a Pirate game, before a concert, birthday parties,” Christine Killmeyer, of Pittsburgh Pedal Boats, said. “We go just to the bridges, around the Point, down here to Statio
  
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• Grand jury report could name 90 offenders in Pittsburgh diocese alone

  14-07-2018 05:34 via post-gazette.com
  HARRISBURG — A grand jury report detailing Catholic clergy sexual abuse in the state includes information about more than 90 “offenders,” and a court document released Friday strongly suggests that could be the number for the Pittsburgh diocese alone.
  
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• Fire Rips Through West Mifflin Apartment

  14-07-2018 05:28
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  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — The cause of a fire at a vacant apartment in West Mifflin is under investigation.
  The fire at Mon View Heights on Friday evening was contained to one unit, however, a neighboring unit suffered some water damage, according to the fire chief.
  “When we pulled up, we had an apartment well off. It started outside, rolled up into the roof. We had fire coming out three sides of the building,” West Mifflin Fire Chief Dave Martin
  
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• City housing fund should be put to use as soon as possible, advisory board says

  14-07-2018 05:15 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh's new Housing Opportunity Fund took another step toward aiding affordable housing projects Friday, when the 17-member advisory board met for the first time.
  
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• Police: 11-Week-Old Died From Lethal Combination Of Drugs In Breast Milk, Mother Charged

  14-07-2018 04:47
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  NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania mother has been charged after police say her 11-week-old baby died from a lethal combination of drugs transmitted through the woman’s breast milk.
  According to the Bucks County District Attorney’s office, 30-year-old Samantha Whitney Jones, of New Britain Township, was charged with criminal homicide Friday in connection to the death of her 11-week-old son earlier this year.
  (Photo Credit: Bucks
  
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• 2 Women Killed In Westmoreland Co. Crash

  14-07-2018 04:40
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  DONEGAL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Two women were killed in a car crash in Westmoreland County on Friday afternoon.
  The crash happened just before 3 p.m. on State Route 711 near Nedrow Road in Donegal Township.
  According to the coroner’s office, 47-year-old Shari L. Kohan, of Lower Yoder Township, was driving south on State Route 711 as a Subaru Outback was traveling north on the road. Seventy-five-year-old Gloria Randall, of Mount Pleasant Township, was a p
  
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• Bell’s 4 Hits Send Pirates Over Brewers 7-3

  14-07-2018 04:21
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Josh Bell tied a career with four hits, Gregory Polanco homered and both drove in two runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.
  The fourth-place Pirates have won five of their last six. First-place Milwaukee has lost four of five and its lead has been cut to a half-game over the Chicago Cubs.
  Nick Kingham (4-4) tied a career high with nine strikeouts and allowed three runs over 6 1/3
  
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• Trump nominates two to federal courts in Pennsylvania

  14-07-2018 03:43 via post-gazette.com
  President Donald Trump has nominated two men for federal district court judges in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Vandergrift Teen Found Safe After Going Missing In June

  14-07-2018 03:08
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Vandergrift teenager who has been missing for 17 days has been found safe.
  The FBI tweeted Friday night that they had located 15-year-old Lena Dixon.Update: Lena Dixon has been found safe by the #FBI. pic.twitter.com/S8l9qTEaS0
  — FBI Pittsburgh (@FBIPittsburgh) July 14, 2018
  Further details have not yet been released at this time.
  Dixon had been missing since June 26. Stefanie Grantham, Dixon’s mother, says she dropped Di
  
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• Endangered, Extinct-In-Wild Birds Have Newly Renovated Home At National Aviary

  14-07-2018 01:27
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Aviary is soaring to new heights.
  Thanks to a $1 million renovation, you don’t have to leave Allegheny County to visit a tropical rainforest.
  “We have new floors, we have new signage, we have new custom perches for the birds,” National Aviary executive director Cheryl Tracy said.
  Eighty-five birds from all over the world have a place to call home here in Pittsburgh. In fact, some can’t be found anyw
  
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• Police: Woman Driving With BAC Three Times The Legal Limit Plows Into Parked Cars

  14-07-2018 01:20
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  SOUTH SIDE (KDKA) — Police say a woman driving with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit plowed into several parked cars on the South Side, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
  Police say it happened around 2:15 a.m. Friday on Sarah Street.
  The South Side is a community of families, but it is also a neighborhood of many bars.
  According to the criminal complaint, 25-year-old Kelsey Finocchi was driving under the influence as she made her wa
  
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• Magee-Womens Hospital Pilot Program Aims To Help Most Innocent Victims Of Drug Addiction

  14-07-2018 00:33
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — They’re the most innocent victims of the opioid epidemic – babies born to addicted mothers.
  Now, something new has just opened in our area to give them a fighting chance. It’s the first of its kind in the entire country.
  Babies born withdrawing from opiates, due to drugs circulating in their systems from mom, can be a challenge.The baby may need to stay in the hospital for a week, but the mother goes home. The separat
  
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• Rescue efforts continue after vehicle plunges over cliff

  14-07-2018 00:17 via post-gazette.com
  Firefighters were working Friday afternoon to rescue a man who went over a cliff in his vehicle in Penn Hills.
  
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• Man and his dog rescued after vehicle plunges over cliff

  14-07-2018 00:17 via post-gazette.com
  After working for four hours, emergency personal rescued Timothy Hill of Penn Hills and his dog, Boss, after his vehicle went over a cliff in Penn Hills on Friday afternoon.
  
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• 20-year-old woman arrested in 2017 Lincoln-Lemington shooting

  14-07-2018 00:10 via post-gazette.com
  A 20-year-old woman was arrested Thursday in connection with a May 2017 robbery that left a Lincoln-Lemington resident shot in the chest, Pittsburgh police said. 
  
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