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• 75-Year-Old Dies After Competing In USA Triathlon Championships

  11-08-2018 23:47
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  CLEVELAND (AP/KDKA) – Authorities say a 75-year-old man competing in the swimming portion of the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships was found unconscious in Lake Erie and later died.
  USA Triathlon has confirmed the death of Oklahoma native Jim Hix on Saturday morning in Cleveland.
  “Our sport lost a member of its beloved community and we extend our heartfelt condolences to Jim’s wife, Ann, his family and friends,” USA Triathlo
  
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• Country’s Only American Girl Outlet Store Opens In Pa.

  11-08-2018 22:51
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  HERSHEY, Pa. (KDKA) — The only American Girl Outlet store in the country held its grand opening over the weekend.
  The store opened at the Tanger Outlets in Hershey, Pa., on Saturday.
  The outlet location will sell dolls and items from American Girl’s “Truly Me” line. The Doll Hair Salon and Ear Piercing will not be available at the outlet location.
  Huge crowds were expected at the opening, so the store planned to distribute tickets to cus
  
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• Fire From Burning Vehicle Spreads To Green Tree Bank

  11-08-2018 21:58
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  GREEN TREE (KDKA) — A Green Tree bank caught fire after flames from a burning vehicle spread to the building.
  It happened around 3 p.m. at the First Commonwealth Bank on Mansfield Avenue.
  (Photo Credit: Aidan Skowron)
  Allegheny County officials say a vehicle in the bank’s drive-thru caught fire, and the fire spread to the building.
  Video from Aidan Skowron shows flames from the front of the vehicle eventually engulfing the entire car. Smoke and flam
  
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• State Police Investigating Deadly Accident In Salem Twp.

  11-08-2018 20:57
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  SALEM, Pa. (KDKA) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a deadly accident in Westmoreland County on Friday.
  The accident killed a Greensburg man and injured two others in his vehicle.
  Police said Charles V. Hodgkins, 27, was fatally injured when his car was struck from behind by a pickup truck driven by Brian Keith Clemons of New Alexandria. Firefighters and EMS personnel had to free Hodgkins from the vehicle before he was transported to Forbes Ho
  
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• State Police Investigating Deadly Accident In Salem

  11-08-2018 20:57
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  SALEM, Pa. (KDKA) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a deadly accident in Westmoreland County on Friday.
  The accident killed a Greensburg man and injured two others in his vehicle.
  Police said Charles V. Hodgkins, 27, was fatally injured when his car was struck from behind by a pickup truck driven by Brian Keith Clemons of New Alexandria. Firefighters and EMS personnel had to free Hodgkins from the vehicle before he was transported to Forbes Ho
  
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• Neighborhood Walk Starts At Site Man Was Fatally Shot By Police In Homewood

  11-08-2018 20:23
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  HOMEWOOD, Pa. (KDKA) – The family of Mark Daniels, who was shot and killed by Pittsburgh Police Officer Gino Macioce in February in Homewood, hosted another protest on Saturday.
  Photo Credit: Gerome Williams/KDKA
  This after a rally led by Daniels’ family on Friday at the Allegheny County Courthouse.The family is upset after District Attorney Stephen Zappala called the shooting justified because Daniels fired at cops.The neighborhood walk started fro
  
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• Crews Build Temporary Bridge In 5 Hours In Sewickley Township

  11-08-2018 19:43
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  SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – Sewickley Township declared a disaster after more heavy rainfall on Friday night.
  Because of the rain, a small bridge over Oak Creek Drive in the Westmoreland County municipality was washed away, stranding about 20 homeowners. But thanks to the quick work of township workers, a temporary bridge was erected in about five hours.
  Photo Credit: Rob Hopson/KDKA
  Officials estimated that about four inches of rain fell in the area
  
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• Technology is the answer for coal problems, says DOE's Steve Winberg

  11-08-2018 18:50 via post-gazette.com
  This week, Mr. Winberg’s e-mails with DOE officials were made public, showing their efforts to stress the role of coal on the grid.
  
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• Jury Orders Monsanto To Pay $289 Million In Roundup Cancer Trial

  11-08-2018 18:19
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  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company’s popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease. The lawsuit brought by Dewayne Johnson was the first to go to trial among hundreds filed in state and federal courts saying Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which Monsanto denies.
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• Pittsburgh Military Children Receive Backpacks, Supplies From Operation Homefront

  11-08-2018 17:52
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  MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – Since 2008, Operation Homefront’s ‘Back-to-School Brigade’ has distributed more than 300,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to military children, and Saturday the organization was in the Pittsburgh area serving military families.
  Photo Credit: Gerome Williams/KDKA
  The group distributed 400 backpacks and necessary school supplies to pre-registered military children at the Pittsburgh Area Commissary on So
  
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• The week in photos: Aug. 3-10

  11-08-2018 17:32 via post-gazette.com
  The week in pictures in Pittsburgh, as seen through the eyes of our photojournalists
  
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• Man stabbed in Lawrenceville

  11-08-2018 17:28 via post-gazette.com
  Pittsburgh police said a man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the incident in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue.
  
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• Rep. Chris Collins Announces He Is Suspending Re-Election Campaign

  11-08-2018 17:08
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  (CBS) – Rep. Chris Collins, R-New York, announced Saturday morning that he is suspending his re-election campaign. Collins was indicted on charges on insider trading for allegedly using his knowledge as a board member of a biotechnology company to help his son make illicit stock trades.
  In a statement posted on Twitter, Collins said he decided it is in the best interest of constituents, the Republican Party and President Trump’s agenda to suspend hi
  
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• Twitter Suspends Accounts Ahead Of ‘Unite the Right’ rally

  11-08-2018 16:48
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  (CBS) — Twitter suspended the accounts associated with Proud Boys, a far-right group present at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and its founder, Gavin McInnes. The suspensions came ahead of the Unite the Right 2 rally expected to take place in Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
  A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the accounts had been suspended from Twitter and Periscope, and said it was for violating company policy “prohibiting violent ext
  
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• Greensburg man dies , two others injured in Salem crash

  11-08-2018 16:30 via post-gazette.com
  Charles V. Hodgkins, 27, died after his car was struck from behind by a pickup truck on Route 22 Friday morning.
  
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• McMurray Man Attempts To Take Loaded Gun Through Airport Security Checkpoint

  11-08-2018 15:48
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A local man going through security at Pittsburgh International Airport had a loaded gun in his carry-on bag.
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  Transportation Security Administration Officials stopped the McMurray, Pa., resident at the security checkpoint on Thursday with a .40 caliber gun loaded with seven bullets.
  Police took the gun and questioned the man, but it is unclear if he is facing any criminal charges.
  
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• Parkway East Drivers Should Expect Delays Due To Closures

  11-08-2018 14:35
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Drivers who use the Parkway East need to come up with a backup plan because of ramp closures due to road work through the weekend, PennDOT announced.
  The Parkway (I-376) is also down to one lane in areas due to bridge dam replacement work.
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  The Oakland exit to Forbes Avenue is open, however. PennDOT planned to start a pavement project there on Friday night, but that has been pushed back due to the weather.
  The work wa
  
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• Seattle Airline Employee Steals Plane, Takes Off, Crashes

  11-08-2018 13:11
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  SEATTLE (CBS) — A Horizon Air employee who worked on the ground stole a plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac), took off unauthorized and then later crashed late Friday, SeaTac airport said. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a suicidal male, age 29, was on board.
  The FBI said there was no indication so far that the incident was terrorism-related.An airline employee conducted an unauthorized takeoff without passengers at Se
  
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• McCutchen Homers As Giants Beat Buccos

  11-08-2018 12:43
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants finally got their offense going, and they needed it to survive another shaky performance from their bullpen.
  Buster Posey got four hits, Andrew McCutchen homered against his former team and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-10 on Friday night.
  Andrew McCutchen of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates on on Friday night. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty
  
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• Stream The PGA Championship

  11-08-2018 12:21
  The fourth major comes to you live from Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri.
  
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• Crash Shuts Down Route 910 In Pine Township

  11-08-2018 05:39
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  PINE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A crash shut down Route 910 in Pine Township late Friday night.
  The two-vehicle crash happened around 9:30 p.m. at Gibsonia Road and Karrington Drive.
  At least two people were transported to the hospital in unknown conditions.
  Gibsonia Road was shut down between Babcock Boulevard and South Montour Road.
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• ‘Fresh Fest’ Beer Festival To Celebrate Black-Owned Breweries

  11-08-2018 05:26
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh has no shortage of beer festivals, but Saturday will be what organizers say is America’s first black beer festival.
  “Fresh Fest” will be held Saturday afternoon at Nova Place on the North Side.
  The men behind it say the craft beer industry is dominated by white men, but they want to show the diversity in the business.
  Black-owned breweries from across the country will be in town offering tastings of their b
  
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• Flash Flooding Closes Roads, Causes Creeks To Overflow

  11-08-2018 05:13
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The heavy rain and thunderstorms that rumbled through western Pennsylvania late Friday afternoon left roads and basements flooded and resulted in flash flood warnings from the National Weather Service.
  In Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, a small bridge over Oak Creek Drive was washed away by torrents of water caused by the downpours.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Terry Stafford lives near the bridge, he said the rain came down in sheets
  
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• President Trump To Hold Rally In West Virginia

  11-08-2018 04:44
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  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – President Donald Trump’s campaign says his next Make America Great Again rally will be held in West Virginia.
  A statement from Trump’s campaign says the rally will be held Aug. 21 in Charleston. The campaign says Trump will urge residents to vote for Republican candidates in the midterm elections, including West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey who is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic Sen.
  
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• Man Who Wore Clown Make-Up During Fatal Stabbing Sentenced To Prison

  11-08-2018 04:07
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  DENVER (AP) – A man who was wearing claw-like gloves and clown-style makeup when he stabbed a man to death in Denver last year has been sentenced to 42 years in prison.
  Thirty-seven-year-old Christian Gulzow was sentenced Friday in Denver District Court on a second-degree murder conviction. He was found guilty by a jury in June.
  Prosecutors say Gulzow fatally stabbed 29-year-old Brian Lucero in the parking lot of a Denver restaurant in the early morning o
  
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• Young Baseball Stars From Across The Globe Gather In Pa. For World Series

  11-08-2018 03:03
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  WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — The best and brightest of baseball’s young stars are in Washington County for the next few days for the Dick’s Sporting Goods PONY League World Series.
  The PONY League is a nearly 70-year-old worldwide baseball league made up of 13- and 14-year-old players. Founded in Pennsylvania, the world series hosts 10 teams, including the home team from Washington.
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  Four of these teams traveled to the World Se
  
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• Commonwealth Court upholds sale of former Gladstone school building to community coalition

  11-08-2018 02:50 via post-gazette.com
  The court upheld the sale of the former Gladstone Middle School to a group that aims to turn it into a community center and affordable housing.
  
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• State Police Release Dash Cam Footage Of Shootout That Injured Trooper

  11-08-2018 02:44
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  PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP (CNN) – Police in Pennsylvania have released dramatic dash camera footage of a shootout from last year that seriously injured a state trooper.
  In November 2017, Trooper Ryan Sieple made what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop on Route 33 in Plainfield Township, Northampton County.
  Dash cam video shows Daniel Clary getting a ticket for speeding. As the trooper begins to pull away, Clary flags him down again.
  Trooper Sieple called
  
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• OneJet subject of lawsuit claiming it owes the region more flights

  11-08-2018 02:39 via post-gazette.com
  The airline is being “unjustly enriched” at the expense of the county’s airport authority, the lawsuit claims.
  
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• When It’s More Than Severe Allergies; Raising Awareness For ‘Most Common, Uncommon Disease’

  11-08-2018 02:33
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  DALLAS (CBS) – Emily Thomas remembers feeling ill from the time she was a little girl.
  “I couldn’t play sports. There were a lot of things I just couldn’t do because I kind of had the body of an 80-year-old woman,” she explains.
  Illnesses that might take others a few days or weeks to recover from, took Thomas much longer to get over.
  “When I was in sixth grade, I was out of school for six months with [mononucleosis]. Most peo
  
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• Geese Make Themselves At Home At Public Pool, Leaving Mess For Employees

  11-08-2018 01:59
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “This isn’t usual, is it?”
  That’s a classic line from Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “The Birds,” as feathered friends gather.
  So maybe it isn’t as bad as this.
  But dozens of Pittsburgh geese have decided to make the Sue Murray public swimming pool on the Northside their home.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “Every day we come in and there’s goose poop everywhere,” head lifeguard Juli
  
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• After four years, Pittsburgh Land Bank OKs first property

  11-08-2018 01:43 via post-gazette.com
  The board voted unanimously to accept a city-owned vacant parcel of land on Meadow Street in Larimer
  
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• Flood Damage Reported In Multiple Counties After Storms Move Through

  11-08-2018 01:21
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Reports of flood damage began to come in Friday afternoon as storms moved through the area.
  Parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties were under a flash flood warning for about four hours on Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service canceled all flash flood warnings in the area just after 7 p.m.
  A flash flood warning was still in effect, however, in part of Washington County until 7:30 p.m. Parts of Ohio and West Virginia were
  
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• Sinkhole In Tanger Outlets Parking Lot Swallows 6 Cars

  11-08-2018 01:12
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  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – Six cars are trapped by a sinkhole that’s opened up in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania outlet mall.
  WGAL-TV reported that the hole swallowed the vehicles at about 4:30 p.m. Friday at Tanger Outlets just east of Lancaster City.
  (Photo Credit: Katelyn Smith via Twitter)
  A woman tells the station she was inside one of the vehicles during the collapse, and described it like an earthquake. Bystanders helped her get out safely.
  WGA
  
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• Gov. Wolf: More Information Needed Before Legalizing Recreational Marijuana In Pa.

  11-08-2018 01:02
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says more information is needed before legalizing recreational marijuana in the state.
  With medical marijuana legalized, some in the state are considering legalizing recreational pot. Attorney General Josh Shapiro estimates it could mean annual state revenue of up to a half billion.
  Earlier this week, Wolf said Pennsylvania isn’t ready for legal weed, but he backed off slightly in the Strip District
  
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• Strong storms prompt flash flood warnings in region

  11-08-2018 00:59 via post-gazette.com
  The storms prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties.
  
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• PWSA: Demand for union labor doesn't hinge on proposal from Peoples Natural Gas

  11-08-2018 00:51 via post-gazette.com
  A labor group endorsed Peoples’ pitch for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. PWSA says it’s counting on more union labor regardless.
  
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• Allegheny County looks closer to home for jail mental health care amid long waits at state hospitals

  11-08-2018 00:45 via post-gazette.com
  Allegheny County wants to provide in-house mental health care to inmates at the jail who have been found incompetent to stand trial.
  
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• Church Pastor, Fire Marshal Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenage Boy

  11-08-2018 00:03
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  KITTANNING (KDKA) — A church pastor and a fire marshal in Armstrong County are accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy.
  State police say 55-year-old Mark Alan Feeney, of Applewold, Pa., and 60-year-old David John Croyle, of Kittanning, are facing statutory sexual assault charges.
  The two men allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy multiple times between April and September of 2016.
  Croyle is a church pastor, Kittanning newspaper publisher and
  
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