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• Baby Born On July 11 At 7:11, Weighing 7 Pounds, 11 Ounces

  13-07-2019 23:47
  (CNN) — 7-Eleven Day typically means free Slurpees for everyone, but this year’s celebration turned out more special than usual for one Missouri family.
  Rachel Langford of St. Louis gave birth to a baby girl on July 11 — yes, 7/11.
  That’s not all, baby J’Aime Brown was born at 7:11 pm, weighing seven pounds and 11 ounces.
  Langford, who also has a six-year-old son, told CNN she kept on seeing the numbers 7 and 11 during her pregnancy, but didn’t think it meant
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Rescue Woman During SWAT Incident In Brighton Heights

  13-07-2019 23:31
  BRIGHTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police rescued a woman and call in the SWAT team to arrest a man holding her hostage inside a North Side home today.
  This all unfolded in the city’s Brighton Heights section this afternoon. That’s where extraordinary measures were taken to get the woman to safety and arrest the man inside the home.Neighbors and police sources indicate the man inside the Brighton Heights home is known to police. When officers were called here for a report of
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Firefighter Facing Several Charges Following SWAT Situation

  13-07-2019 23:31
  BRIGHTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police Officers are being hailed as heroes for quickly rescuing a woman after she was assaulted and held against her will inside a North Side home today.
  Together with the City’s SWAT unit, police used a fire truck ladder to rescue the woman from a second story window.
  The woman was taken to the hospital for her injuries.
  The man charged with strangulation and unlawful restraint is also hospitalized.
  He is also a former City of Pittsburgh firefigh
  
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• ‘Love At First Bite:’ Primanti Bros. Marries 11 Couples In Strip District

  13-07-2019 22:55
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There may not be a more Pittsburgh way to get married than at Primanti Brothers.So for 11 couples, it was “Love At First Bite” at Primanti’s original location in the Strip District.Primanti’s offered an all-expenses-paid trip to anyone that decided to pop the question at any of their locations on Valentine’s Day 2019.Pittsburgh Penguins national anthem singer Jeff Jimerson and his band Airborne provided the entertainment, making it a true Y
  
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• Want fries on that wedding? 11 couples tie knot, courtesy of Primanti Bros.

  13-07-2019 22:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and local rock legend Donnie Iris were on hand for the iconic eatery’s publicity stunt in the Strip District.
  
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• Court Order Blocking Contraception Exemptions Upheld

  13-07-2019 21:24
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives.
  The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled Friday. It said that state plaintiffs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were likely to succeed in proving that appropriate procedures weren’t followed and the regulations weren’t authorized und
  
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• Largest Twinjet In The World Stops At Pittsburgh International Airport

  13-07-2019 20:53
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Boeing “Triple Seven” — the largest twinjet in the world — made a pit stop at the Pittsburgh International Airport.
  On Twitter, the airport showed a photo of the massive jet.We had a very large unexpected guest last night when this @qatarairways Boeing “Triple Seven” was diverted to PIT after taking off from @HIAQatar in Doha nearly 12 hours earlier. No, that’s not a toy fire truck. @Boeing 777s are HUGE – the largest tw
  
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• Ohio Driver In Critical Condition After Rear-Ending Hay Baler On The Highway

  13-07-2019 20:33
  SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a man was seriously hurt when he slammed his car into the back of a hay baler being towed with no tail lights.
  The crash happened early Saturday on U.S. 68 near Springfield. Authorities say 74-year-old Teddy Rice drove his 2013 Ford Expedition into the left rear of the baler and overturned. The Mechanicsburg man suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a Dayton hospital where he was reported to be in fair condition.
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• Bridgeville Police Throw Surprise Party For 11-Year-Old Who Loves Law Enforcement

  13-07-2019 19:51
  BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (KDKD) – The Bridgeville Police made an 11-year-old police fan very happy after surprising him with a mini surprise party at their department.
  On Facebook, Bridgeville Police Department said it had recently come to their attention that a Bridgeville resident, 11-year-old Evan, is a big police fan who wants to be an officer when he grows up.According to the post, Officer Itzel reached out to Evan’s family and invited him to the department.
  They say Evan had no idea wh
  
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• Police Search For Man After Lawrenceville Drug Bust

  13-07-2019 18:59
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police seized illegal guns, drugs, cash and drug packaging materials after executing a search warrant in Lawrenceville.
  Police say they recovered a Intratec Tec 22 pistol with a 30-round magazine, a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana, $5,475 in cash and drug packaging materials in a house believed to belong to Dorian Montgomery, 41.Montgomery reportedly has outstanding warrants and faces multiple drug related charges as well as fleeing and r
  
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• Cleveland Man Who Allegedly Shot Ex-Wife, Killed 2 Children By Burning Down Her House Pleads Not Guilty

  13-07-2019 18:02
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A Cleveland man accused of killing four people including his ex-girlfriend and their 6-year-old son has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder.
  A judge on Friday ordered 26-year-old Armond Johnson Sr. to be held on $5 million bail.
  Police say Johnson shot his ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Takeyra Collins, either late Monday or early Tuesday.
  Authorities say Johnson then set a fire in the woman’s house that killed his 6-year-old son and the boy’s 2-year-old sister
  
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• Cleveland Man Who Allegedly Shot Ex-Girlfriend, Killed 2 Children By Burning Down Her House Pleads Not Guilty

  13-07-2019 18:02
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A Cleveland man accused of killing four people including his ex-girlfriend and their 6-year-old son has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder.
  A judge on Friday ordered 26-year-old Armond Johnson Sr. to be held on $5 million bail.
  Police say Johnson shot his ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old Takeyra Collins, either late Monday or early Tuesday.
  Authorities say Johnson then set a fire in the woman’s house that killed his 6-year-old son and the boy’s 2-year-old sister
  
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• Fire, chlorine leak prompts shelter in place order

  13-07-2019 17:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities are once again asking residents to shelter in place due to a fire and chlorine gas leak at an abandoned industrial site.
  
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• Twin Pittsburgh Brothers Sentenced For Running Heroin, Fentanyl Ring

  13-07-2019 16:36
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two former Pittsburgh residents were sentenced for allegedly running a heroin and fentanyl ring.
  The twins, Greg Reed and Brad Reed, were sentenced to 13 years and 16 years respectively on drug related charges.
  According to the district attorney’s office, information presented in court showed that the Reed twins and others operated a family run heroin and fentanyl ring in Pittsburgh from 2014 to 2017.
  The evidence alleges the operation was ran out of a house on Ly
  
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• Shelter In Place Back Up After Chlorine Gas Leak In Beaver County

  13-07-2019 16:13
  BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — Residents in the Rochester area are again asked to close all windows and doors after a chlorine gas leak and fire rekindled in the area.Fire crews are back at the fire in Rochester after it rekindled. pic.twitter.com/CrCZTe5y4e
  — Chris Hoffman (@NewsmanChris) July 13, 2019
  The original shelter in place was lifted this morning, but is now back in place. Residents that live within a five mile radius of the Rochester Borough were asked to shelter in place, bu
  
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• Firefighters In Beaver County Fight Two Fires, Series Of Gas Leaks

  13-07-2019 16:13
  ROCHESTER, Pa. (KDKA) — Residents in the Rochester area were asked twice to close all windows and doors after a chlorine gas leak and fires in the area. Two shelter in places have been in effect in the Rochester area, but both have been lifted.
  According to Rochester Fire Chief Michael Mamone, Department of Environmental Protection crews left an abandoned building on Sycamore Street in Rochester around 6 Friday evening. Then around 9:00 p.m., they got calls of smoke.When they got there, th
  
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• Beaver County Sees 2 Shelter In Places After Chlorine Gas Leak, Series Of Fires

  13-07-2019 16:13
  BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) — Residents in the Rochester area were asked twice to close all windows and doors after a chlorine gas leak and fires in the area.
  WATCH: KDKA’s Chris Hoffman’s live report
  Two shelter in places have been in effect in the Rochester area, but both have been lifted.
  The original fire happened last night when a pool supply store went up in flames and began leaking chlorine gas. Beaver County 911 says the call came in around 9:00 p.m. near Beaver Valley Bo
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after Lawrenceville crash

  13-07-2019 15:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  A male driver was found with a faint pulse at Butler Street and McCandless Avenue and died while en route to a hospital.
  
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• Police: Iguana Thrown At Ohio Restaurant Manager Reunited With Rightful Owner

  13-07-2019 15:21
  PAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) – An iguana that a man allegedly used as a weapon has been reunited with its rightful owner.
  Painesville police say the iguana rejoined Jordan Piert and her family on Friday. The iguana had gotten away from the family last year while they were moving to Virginia.
  The lizard was in the news in April after a man was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and animal cruelty after pulling it from under his shirt and throwing the animal at a restaurant manager in north
  
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• The week's best reads: How Century III Mall made shopping out of slag, Peduto on Pittsburgh sports, and more

  13-07-2019 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  How Century III Mall made shopping out of slag. Bill Peduto Q&A on Pittsburgh sports. It's Stonewall time for the mentally ill. Here are the week’s best reads.
  
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• Motorcyclist Dies After Fatal Crash In Lawrenceville

  13-07-2019 14:54
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man is dead after a fatal motorcycle crash in Lawrenceville.
  Pittsburgh Police say they responded to the report of an accident at Butler Street and McCandless Avenue around 2 a.m. last night.The police say the first officer on scene found the motorcyclist with a faint pulse. They say he began chest compression before the EMS arrived.
  According to police, the driver was pronounced dead while he was being transported to UPMC Presbyterian.
  They say no other vehicles were
  
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• Police Ask For Help In Solving Downtown Bank Robbery

  13-07-2019 14:09
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man captured on camera while robbing the downtown Dollar Bank.
  The Pittsburgh Police say their Violent Crimes Unit is trying to identify the man captured in surveillance footage in connection to a June 26 Dollar Savings Bank robbery.They say the robbery happened on Smithfield Street around 2 p.m.
  He is described by police as a man in his late 40s and early 50s. In the footage, he is pictured wearing a tan suit,
  
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• Sinkhole Closes Road In Elizabeth Township

  13-07-2019 13:34
  ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – A sinkhole in Elizabeth Township has closed a road for an unknown amount of time.
  According to the Elizabeth Township Police Department’s Facebook page, Mansfield Road will close due to a sinkhole near the intersection of Boston Hollow Road.
  The police shared a photo on Facebook, showing a sinkhole taking up approximately half the road near the stop sign.The region saw heavy storms the past few days, causing landslides and other sinkholes. A sinkhole
  
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• Whiskey Rebellion Trail launches with a toast at Wigle in the Strip

  13-07-2019 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The attraction takes visitors to 75-plus cultural sites and craft distilleries from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia.
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Sunny, Dry Weekend Before Tropical Storm Barry Moves Inland

  13-07-2019 12:56
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s going to be a beautiful summer weekend in the ‘Burgh.
  Today’s weather will be a lot like it was yesterday — just a few degrees warmer with low humidity levels.
  Pittsburgh is waking up to temperatures in the high 50s and low 60s, which is much cooler than the weather we’ve had the past few days.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  There will be lots of sunshine today with a quiet radar.
  WEATHER LINKS:Current Conditions | School Delays & Closings |
  
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• One Woman Dies After House Fire In Beaver Falls

  13-07-2019 08:11
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — An older woman has died after a house fire in Beaver Falls.According to 911 Dispatch, the fire began late Friday night just after 11:15 p.m. at a home on 6th Avenue.The cause of the fire is still under investigation but the Chief of Police says there were oxygen tanks at the home.The woman was taken to a nearby medical center where she was pronounced dead.Stick with KDKA for any updates on this developing story.
  
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• Residents Asked To Shelter In Place Due To Chlorine Gas Leak In Beaver County

  13-07-2019 07:42
  BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. — Residents in the Rochester area are asked to close all windows and doors due to a fire and chlorine gas leak in the area.
  Beaver County 911 says the call came in around 9:00 p.m. near Beaver Valley Bowl on New York Avenue.
  Multiple crews along with a hazmat team are responding to the scene.
  Residents that live within a five mile radius of the Rochester Borough are asked to shelter in place.
  Crews are working to shut down Route 65 from Deleware Avenue to the East Roches
  
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• PennDOT Looking For Employees To Prepare For Winter

  13-07-2019 05:43
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — PennDOT is preparing for the cold, dark days of winter.Workers have been repairing equipment and stockpiling supplies since the last day snow fell.They are looking for more employees and are taking applications.Job fairs are also scheduled in Fayette, Westmoreland, Washington, and Greene counties later this month.
  More information can be found on PennDOT’s website.
  
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• Robinson Township Republican Committee chair resigns over Islamophobic Facebook posts

  13-07-2019 03:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  CAIR-Pittsburgh had called for Jack Cairns to step down “over a slew of violently Islamophobic and hate-filled posts about Muslims.”
  
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• Sinkhole In Rostraver Causing Traffic Restriction

  13-07-2019 03:09
  ROSTRAVER (KDKA) — Another sinkhole has opened up, this time in Rostraver Township.According to the Rostraver Central Fire Department, the sinkhole is located in the 1200 block of Fells Church Road.Traffic is down to one lane and PennDOT is responding to repair the hazard.
  
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• Lottery Gets Win In Pennsylvania Casino Gambling Lawsuit

  13-07-2019 02:19
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s casinos have lost a bid to shut down online lottery games that they say are too much like casino gambling, just days before the state’s first casinos launch their own online gambling portals.
  Friday’s decision in Commonwealth Court is a victory for the state lottery, although the casino owners’ 9-month-old lawsuit will continue.
  Lottery officials say the games are in accordance with the 2017 state law that authorized them, but t
  
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• Traffic pattern to change on I-79 in South Fayette next week

  13-07-2019 01:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  Southbound traffic will be shifted to the northbound lanes of Interstate 79 beginning Monday for Southern Beltway construction.
  
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• Two Transported To Trauma Centers After Crash on I-70

  13-07-2019 01:32
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two individuals were transported to trauma centers following an accident.
  The Rostraver Central Fire Department said it responded to the scene of a vehicle accident Friday on Interstate 70 east before Exit 46.
  The crash happened in the backup of an earlier car fire, authorities said.
  Two patients were transported by LifeFlight and STAT MedEvac to Pittsburgh trauma centers after firefighters set up a landing zone off Route 51 south, the department said.There is no update
  
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• Archer Strikes Out 10, But Pirates Fall 4-3 To Cubs

  13-07-2019 01:04
  CHICAGO (AP) – Jason Heyward hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two out in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs edged the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Friday in their first game after the All-Star break.
  Kris Bryant set up Heyward’s winning hit with a one-out walk off Jason Crick (3-5). The All-Star slugger advanced on Victor Caratini’s two-out walk and then hustled home from second on Heyward’s crisp opposite-field hit to left, sliding home just ahead of the tag attempt b
  
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• Carnegie man pleads guilty to federal drug charges stemming from high-speed chase

  13-07-2019 00:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  William Thompson, 36, will be sentenced Nov. 5 by Senior U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. 
  
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• AG Shapiro Critical Of Catholic Compensation Program And Arbitrary Deadline

  13-07-2019 00:39
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A July 31st deadline is quickly approaching for those abused by priests in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to apply for compensation from the diocese’s Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program.
  State Attorney General Josh Shapiro is critical of both the program and the arbitrary deadline.
  “I think it’s a false choice. It’s an artificial, phony deadline that the church has put forth,” Shapiro told KDKA’s Jon Delano in an
  
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• Flooding Cleanups Underway, PennDOT Developing New Highway Drainage Plans

  13-07-2019 00:29
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Many streets, homes, and roadways in Pittsburgh were filled with mud and water Thursday following another round of storms.Today, waters have receded, but plenty of damage has been left behind, especially in Sharpsburg.WATCH: Residents Clean Up Debris From Recent Floods
  Madison Marchand spent her day cleaning out the mud in her basement.“Pretty time consuming,” she said. “Not the best, not ideal, really concerned about the appliances.”
  She’s
  
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• Squirrel Hill resident named director of Tree of Life

  13-07-2019 00:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Barb Feige will lead the Squirrel hill synagogue as it recovers from Oct. 27th attack.
  
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• Du Bois man convicted in connection with Western Pa.'s largest embezzlement scheme

  13-07-2019 00:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A federal jury Friday found Gary Edward Mills, of Du Bois, guilty of three counts of filing false tax returns following a three-week trial.
  
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