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• Brewers Rock Chris Archer, Bash Pirates 7-4

  26-08-2018 23:47
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  MILWAUKEE (AP) – Mike Moustakas and Manny Piña each hit a two-run homer in the third inning, Jonathan Schoop went deep in the seventh and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4 on Sunday.
  The Brewers rocked Chris Archer (4-7) for six runs and six hits in the third, when two missed catches in the outfield started the trouble for Pittsburgh.
  MILWAUKEE, WI – AUGUST 26:Chris Archer #24 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches in the first
  
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• Man Rushes Onstage At Beyonce, Jay-Z Concert

  26-08-2018 23:25
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  ATLANTA (AP) – Police say they are pursuing more charges against a man who rushed onstage during a Beyonce and Jay-Z concert in Atlanta.
  Atlanta Police officer Lisa Bender told The Associated Press that 26-year-old Anthony Charles Thomas Maxwell ran on stage, approached Jay-Z and made contact with him as the “On the Run II” concert was ending Saturday night. Police say Maxwell was quickly stopped by security people and backup dancers with the
  
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• 2 Corrections Officers Sickened At SCI Fayette In 1 Day

  26-08-2018 23:03
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  LA BELLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Two corrections officers were sickened in one day at SCI Fayette.
  Saturday morning, an officer’s face became flushed while performing fire, safety and security checks in a cell. The officer’s heart rate also became elevated.
  The officer responded after medical staff administered Narcan. The officer was then sent to a local hospital for treatment.
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  Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, another officer was esco
  
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• Multiple Fatalities Reported In Mass Shooting At Florida Video Game Tournament

  26-08-2018 21:52
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  (CNN) — Multiple people were killed in a mass shooting during a video game tournament at a shopping and dining complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said Sunday afternoon.
  Preliminary reports say four people were killed of the 11 people who were shot, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident.
  One suspect was dead, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter.
  The shooting occur
  
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• Harrison woman jailed; police say she left four young children, including infant, home alone

  26-08-2018 20:42 via post-gazette.com
  The sight of two of her children hanging from a broken second-story window prompted a call to police.
  
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• Missing 64-Year-Old Woman From Butler City Found

  26-08-2018 20:28
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  BUTLER CITY (KDKA) – The Butler City Police Department says a missing woman has been found.
  Police had been searching for 64-year-old Judith Blom, who was last seen walking with a Chihuahua.
  Just before 2:30 p.m., police said Blom had been found.
  
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• Missing 64-Year-Old Woman From Butler City

  26-08-2018 20:28
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  BUTLER CITY (KDKA) – The Butler City Police Department is searching for a 64-year-old woman.
  Police are looking for Judith Blom who was last seen walking a blonde Chihuahua.
  Blom is a white, 5 foot 8 inch, 200 pound female with short white hair, brown eyes and eyeglasses with the right lens missing. Blom was last seen wearing a maroon or burgandy t-shirt, black or dark blue shorts, black flip flops, and no socks.
  Id you see Judith Blom, please call 911.St
  
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• Average US Price Of Gas Drops 2 Cents Per Gallon To $2.91

  26-08-2018 20:18
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has dropped two cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.91.
  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says that’s more than 50 cents a gallon higher than at this time last year.
  Lundberg said Sunday it is likely that gas prices will continue to drop slightly. She says that’s because refiners have increased capacity and current demand is weak.
  The average p
  
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• The Last Full Moon Of The Summer Lights Up The Sky

  26-08-2018 20:07
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  (CNN) – Stargazers, get ready because Sunday night is the last time to see a full moon this summer.
  The August full moon, which reached it’s fullest stage early Sunday morning, will again be visible Sunday night. For New York City observers, for instance, the best time to see it will be 24 minutes after sunset, according to Space.com. This is the ninth full moon of the year.
  If it’s anything as it looked like in Japan, US residents are in for
  
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• Pocket Watch From Titanic Passenger Sold At Auction For Over $50,000

  26-08-2018 19:59
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  DALLAS (AP) – A pocket watch that was recovered from a passenger who died on the Titanic has sold at auction for $57,500.
  Photo Credit: (Heritage Auctions)
  Heritage Auctions says the watch, sold on Saturday, had been recovered from a 34-year-old passenger named Sinai Kantor. Kantor was a Russian immigrant who managed to get his wife, Miriam, to a lifeboat before he died in icy waters after the ship hit an iceberg.
  Kantor’s body was later pulled from
  
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• Police: Driver Damages Dump Truck Protecting Trump Motorcade

  26-08-2018 19:10
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  HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (AP) – Police say they’ve arrested a truck driver who threw a metal object at a dump truck protecting President Donald Trump’s motorcade during a recent Hamptons visit.
  State Police said Friday that 25-year-old Justin Velez faces a felony criminal mischief charge stemming from the Aug. 17 incident on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.
  They say more charges could be filed.
  Velez, of Brentwood, was issued an appearance ticket fo
  
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• Second state corrections officer was sickened by unknown substance but was able to complete his shift Sunday

  26-08-2018 18:53 via post-gazette.com
  The officer was sickened on Saturday then received hospital treatment. He was the second at the state prison in Fayette County.
  
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• Police Seek Public’s Help Finding 6-Year-Old Boy Missing Since Friday

  26-08-2018 18:53
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  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Police Department are asking the public for help finding 6-year-old Devante Hayward Jr.
  Devante was last seen by his mother on Friday at the Fresh Grocer at 1501 North Broad Street.
  Officials say that a man known to her as “Jay” was supposed to bring Devante back to the Fresh Grocer at 9 p.m. that same day.
  The child’s mother made several attempts to contact the man, but received no response. She not
  
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• 6-Year-Old Boy Missing Since Friday Found Safe

  26-08-2018 18:53
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  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a 6-year-old boy who went missing from a grocery store in North Philadelphia has been located safe and unharmed.
  Officials say Devante Hayward Jr. left the Fresh Grocer at 1501 N. Broad Street Friday with a man only known to his mother as “Jay.”
  “Jay” was supposed to bring Devante back to the Fresh Grocer at 9 p.m. Friday.
  The child’s mother made several attempts to contact the man, but receive
  
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• Pope apologizes for Catholic Church ‘crimes’ in Ireland

  26-08-2018 18:35
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  KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials regularly didn’t respond with compassion to the many abuses children and women suffered over the years and vowing to work for justice.
  Francis was interrupted by applause as he read the apology out loud at the start of Mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park.
  Hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, somb
  
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• California Man Arrested With 800 Pounds Of Stolen Lemons

  26-08-2018 18:27
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  THERMAL, Calif. (AP) – Talk about driving a lemon!
  Authorities say a man has been arrested in Southern California after deputies found about 800 pounds (363 kilograms) of stolen lemons inside his car.
  Riverside County sheriff’s officials say 69-year-old Dionicio Fierros was arrested Friday on suspicion of theft of agricultural products.
  Deputies were investigating recent farm thefts when they stopped Fierros’ car in Thermal on Friday morning.
  
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• Neil Simon, Broadway’s Master Of Comedy, Dies At 91

  26-08-2018 18:21
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  NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” ”Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91.
  Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, said Bill Evans, his longtime friend and the Shubert Organization director of med
  
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• Flush-and-boil water advisory lifted for Millvale residents

  26-08-2018 17:41 via post-gazette.com
  The flush-and-boil advisory for Millvale residents was lifted Sunday when no contamination was found after two rounds of water testing.
  
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• Study: Aspirin Does Not Help Avoid First Heart Attack Or Stroke

  26-08-2018 17:40
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  New studies find most people won’t benefit from taking daily low-dose aspirin or fish oil supplements to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
  Aspirin is recommended now for lowering the risk of a second heart attack, stroke or other heart problem in people who already have suffered one. The new research does not change that advice.
  Instead, it tested whether aspirin also could prevent a first heart attack or stroke in people with diabetes or with sever
  
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• Firefighter treated for heat exhaustion after responding to two-alarm fire in East Huntingdon

  26-08-2018 17:21 via post-gazette.com
  A firefighter was taken to a local hospital and treated for heat exhaustion after crews responded to a two-alarm fire in East Huntingdon.
  
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• Ohio Jail To Build New Wing For Prisoners With Substance Addictions

  26-08-2018 17:01
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  CINCINNATI (AP) – A jail in Cincinnati is adding 92 new beds to help treat inmates with substance addiction.
  The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the beds are part of two new jail wings at the Hamilton County Justice Center that are being retrofitted from existing space. The project is funded through a $2.5 million state capital grant.
  Officials say the wings will help alleviate jail crowding and expand addiction treatment programs for those with substance use
  
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• ISIS Leader In Afghanistan Killed In Airstrike, US Says

  26-08-2018 16:32
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  (CNN) — The head of ISIS in Afghanistan, Abu Sayed Orakzai, also known as Sad Arhabi, and 10 other ISIS fighters were killed Saturday night in an airstrike in Nangarhar province, according to provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani.
  The strike was carried out by Afghan and coalition forces after receiving intelligence from Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security, Khogyani said.
  US Forces-Afghanistan spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell c
  
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• McCain Requested Obama And George W. Bush Deliver Eulogies At Funeral

  26-08-2018 16:10
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  (CBS NEWS) – John McCain requested that former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush deliver eulogies at his funeral, CBS News has confirmed. McCain, who had been suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer, died Saturday at the age of 81 at home in Arizona.Former Vice President Joe Biden will speak at a separate service honoring the senator in Arizona.The details about funeral services are still unclear. In September 2017, McCain told Lesley S
  
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• Millvale Boil Water Advisory Lifted

  26-08-2018 15:41
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The precautionary flush and boil water advisory for the Borough of Millvale has been lifted after three days.
  The Pittsburgh Water and Sewage Authority said in a press release that after two rounds of water testing, there is no evidence of contamination.“The water in the impacted area is now safe to drink,” said the Pittsburgh Water and Sewage Authority.
  The water authority recommends that customers that have not used their
  
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• Man Dies After Losing Control Of Motorcycle

  26-08-2018 15:24
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  COAL CENTER, PA (KDKA) – A man is now dead after he lost control of his motorcycle on Saturday.
  John Robinson, 61, was travelling westbound on West Malden Drive in Coal Center when he lost control of his motorcycle at 6:11 p.m.Robinson was transported to Mon Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead.The cause of death and manner of death are still being investigated.
  
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• Chicago Fire Kills 8 People, Including 6 Kids, In A Home With No Smoke Detector

  26-08-2018 15:09
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  (CNN) — A fire tore through a 2nd-story Chicago home overnight, killing six children, two adults and a dog, the city’s fire commissioner said.
  “We have not had this in many, many, many years — this amount of fatalities and injuries in one location,” Commissioner José Santiago said Sunday morning.
  But if not for the quick actions of a nearby woman who smelled the fire, he said, the outcome could have been even more tragic.
  Th
  
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• State Police: Unknown Actors Stole Over $17,000 Of Cell Phones

  26-08-2018 14:55
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  SOMERSET (KDKA) – Pennsylvania State Police in Somerset are searching for suspects that stole several cell phones from an area Walmart.State police say that unknown actors entered the Somerset Township Walmart and stole multiple cell phones valued at $17,403. The theft occurred early Friday morning at 1:26 a.m.Police are unsure of how the suspects left the scene but are asking for anyone with information to contact state police.
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• Walt Disney World Workers Land Deal For $15 Minimum Wage

  26-08-2018 13:32
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  (CNN Money) — Disney reached a deal with unions that would hike the minimum wage for Walt Disney World Resort workers to $15 an hour by 2021, signaling an end to contract negotiations that have dragged on for nearly a year.
  The agreement, which covers thousands of park and resort employees, would increase starting wages by 50%. Workers would also get the $1,000 bonuses they were promised earlier this year.
  Marathon negotiations carried into the early morn
  
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• Protesters To Greet Pope In Dublin Amid Sex Abuse Scandal

  26-08-2018 13:24
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  (CNN) — As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate Mass with half a million faithful in Dublin on Sunday afternoon, thousands are expected to take to the streets in protest over clerical sexual abuse amid an intensifying outcry over Church-related scandals spanning the globe.
  It’s a very different reception — and a very different Ireland — to the last papal visit in 1979, when Pope John Paul II was greeted like a rock star in Phoenix Park by
  
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• The meal gap: Thousands of 'food insecure' families are forced to make tough decisions daily

  26-08-2018 06:11 via post-gazette.com
  Almost half of food-secure people in Allegheny County lack federal nutritional assistance — and that number could rise with the 2018 farm bill.
  
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• The meal gap: Thousands of families are forced to make tough decisions daily -- and go hungry

  26-08-2018 06:11 via post-gazette.com
  Almost half of food-secure people in Allegheny County lack federal nutritional assistance — and that number could rise with the 2018 farm bill.
  
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• For Woodland Hills, a new chapter and welcomed change for a troubled school district

  26-08-2018 06:08 via post-gazette.com
  “We're going to improve our interactions, we're going to improve our school climate, we're going to make learning interesting, interactive and fun.”
  
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• DA: Mother Was ‘Not Helpful’ In Interview About 17-Month-Old’s Death

  26-08-2018 05:56
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Jhenea Pratt, 23, was charged with criminal homicide and endangering the welfare of a child after a lethal amount of fentanyl was found in her 17-month-old daughter’s bloodstream.
  On April 5, Charlette Napper-Talley was found unconscious and not breathing with blood in her mouth at Pratt’s East Hills apartment. She died later in Children’s Hospital.
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  When police searched Pratt’s apartment for
  
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• Frazier’s 3-Run Homer Sends Pirates Past Brewers 9-1

  26-08-2018 04:46
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  MILWAUKEE (AP) – Adam Frazier hit a three-run homer and Jameson Taillon pitched six strong innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Saturday night.
  Frazier’s drive with one out in the eighth off reliever Taylor Williams give the Pirates a five-run cushion after Gregory Polanco broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single.
  MILWAUKEE, WI – AUGUST 25:Adam Frazier #26 and Colin Moran #19 of the Pittsburgh Pirates
  
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• Hershey Medical Center Warns Patients, Visitors Of Possible Measles Exposure

  26-08-2018 04:14
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  HERSHEY, Pa. (KDKA) — Patients and visitors at a Hershey, Pa., medical center may have been exposed to measles.
  Anyone who was in or around the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s emergency department check-in area between 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Aug. 18 may have been exposed to the measles virus. Any patients or visitors who arrived or left through the emergency department check-in area during that time were possibly exposed to th
  
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• Lawmakers Tweet Tributes To Senator John McCain

  26-08-2018 03:56
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  NEW YORK (CBS) – Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle took to Twitter on Saturday to pay tribute to the late Sen. John McCain.
  The longtime Republican leader and war hero died at the age of 81.
  “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years,” his office said in a stateme
  
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• One dead in Washington County motorcycle crash

  26-08-2018 03:49 via post-gazette.com
  The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. in the 400 block of West Malden Drive in Coal Center. 
  
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• Authorities identify man who died in Washington County motorcycle crash

  26-08-2018 03:49 via post-gazette.com
  The incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. in the 400 block of West Malden Drive in Coal Center. 
  
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• Senator John McCain Dies At 81

  26-08-2018 02:28
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  By Stephen Collinson, CNN
  (CNN/KDKA) — John McCain, Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate, has died at the age of 81.
  “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family,” his office said in a statement. “At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.”
  President Donald Trump tweeted his sy
  
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• Roethlisberger Throws TD In Cameo, Steelers Top Titans 16-6

  26-08-2018 01:19
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ben Roethlisberger made the most of his brief preseason cameo, throwing for 114 yards and a touchdown as the Pittsburgh Steelers had little trouble with the Tennessee Titans in a 16-6 victory on Saturday.
  New Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner didn’t let Roethlisberger’s lone scheduled exhibition appearance ahead of the Sept. 9 season opener at Cleveland go to waste. Roethlisberger completed 11 of 18 passes durin
  
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• Police investigate fatal shooting of 22-year-old in Wilkinsburg

  26-08-2018 00:26 via post-gazette.com
  Police responded shortly after 12:30 p.m. to the 1500 block of Swissvale Avenue for a report of a man shot at a home. 
  
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• Man Found Fatally Shot In Wilkinsburg

  26-08-2018 00:24
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  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — A man was found fatally shot in Wilkinsburg early Saturday morning.
  Someone called 911 just after 12:30 a.m. to report multiple shots had been fired and a man had been shot in a home in the 1500 block of Swissvale Avenue.
  When Wilkinsburg Police arrived on the scene, they found a 22-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not yet been identified.
  There is no information
  
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• Toddlers Found Sleeping In Mall Parking Lot, Parents Arrested

  26-08-2018 00:01
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  CERRITOS, Calif. (KDKA) — Two parents were arrested Friday after a concerned citizen found two toddlers sleeping in a mall parking lot.
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department says deputies patrolling the parking lot of a mall in Cerritos, Calif., were contacted by a concerned citizen who had found two young children.
  The 2-year-old and 3-year-old were sleeping in a stroller behind a parked vehicle.
  Authorities found the children’s parents
  
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