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• New Treatment Showing Promise For People With Dry Eyes

  18-07-2019 23:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Millions of people have dry eyes, which can cause vision problems, irritation and pain.
  A lot of eye doctors prescribe things like drops to help, but there’s a new treatment that’s showing promise.It may be work-related – all the reading and looking at a computer all day might have something to do with it.
  Tim Wojton is a lawyer, and he has dry eyes.“There were times in this past year I would remove the contacts, and I’d be left with this a
  
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• County Police Apprehend Fugitive On Top 20 Wanted List

  18-07-2019 23:37
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Police apprehended a fugitive on the U.S. Marshall’s Pittsburgh Office Top 20 Wanted List.
  The Allegheny County Police announced Thursday that Martin Correll was apprehended on Tuesday at 315 Ohio Street in Clairton, Pa., after detectives watched him enter the residence.Officials responded, and Correll was taken into custody without incident.Correll was on the run since May 10, 2018, officials said. He is currently in Allegheny County Jail.The
  
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• Pennsylvania Gambling Revenues Reaches Record High

  18-07-2019 23:22
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Revenue from regulated gambling in Pennsylvania climbed to a new record high above $3.3 billion in the just-completed fiscal year.
  The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Thursday that revenue rose by nearly $60 million, or almost 2%, over the 2018 fiscal year.
  Slot machine play at the state’s 12 casinos grew by $26 million and newly legal sports betting and fantasy sports contests contributed another $43 million. Table games play shrank by $10 million.
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• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Eliminating 2 Additional Days Of Print

  18-07-2019 22:59
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is eliminating two days of print.
  Starting Sept. 30, the Post-Gazette will not print on Mondays and Wednesdays, the paper said in a statement.
  The statement said the paper, which is owned by Block Communications, is taking its next step in its digital transformation by eliminating two additional days of print.
  In August 2018, the Post-Gazette cut Tuesdays and Saturdays.More bad news: ⁦@PittsburghPG⁩ today has notified ⁦@mich
  
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• Funeral Arrangements For Officer Hall To Take Place Tuesday In Oakland

  18-07-2019 22:32
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Fallen Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officer Calvin Hall will have a funeral and burial with full honors accourted to a fallen officer Tuesday at Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland.
  The ceremony will be public, similar to the ceremony of the three Pittsburgh Police officers who died in Stanton Heights ten years ago.That was held at the Peterson Events Center and was attended by officers from around the country.The Public Safety Department has received hundreds
  
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• Governor Wolf Announces $136 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure

  18-07-2019 22:30
  HARRISBUGH, Pa. (KDKA) — Seventeen counties in Pennsylvania are part of an expansive water infrastructure investment.
  Governor Tom Wolfe announced Wednesday the investment of $136 million for 17 drinking water, wastewater, storm water and non-point source projects in 17 counties across the state.
  This project is all through the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority.
  “The approvals for these water quality infrastructure projects are an important component of our support for
  
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• The Need For Speed: First Trailer For Top Gun Sequel Is Out

  18-07-2019 22:18
  SAN DIEGO (AP) – Tom Cruise has made an unexpected flyby at San Diego Comic-Con to debut the first trailer for “Top Gun: Maverick.”
  The audience in the 8,000 seat room went wild for Cruise Thursday afternoon. He closed out what had been billed only as a panel for “Terminator: Dark Fate.”Cruise says all the flying in the trailer is real and that “Top Gun: Maverick” is a love letter to aviation. They worked with the Navy for the film, which is currently in
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Heat Advisory And Excessive Heat Warning Issued For Viewing Area

  18-07-2019 22:10
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Hot enough for ya?
  The answer is likely “yes.”
  The problem is that the temperatures are expected to rise even more.You couple even hotter temperatures with the humidity we have been experiencing, and it is going to be downright awful for the next few days.
  Heat Indicies, or what it feels like, will reach toward, and possibly exceed 100°!When you have a heat index of 100° to 104°, the National Weather Service issues a “Heat Advisory”.T
  
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• Family Of Fallen Officer Releases Public Statement

  18-07-2019 21:50
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The family of fallen Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officer Calvin Hall released a statement today.“We would like to thank all of the doctors, nurses, and staff at UPMC Presbyterian who were involved in Officer Hall’s care. You worked incredibly hard to try to save his life, and for that we will be forever grateful.
  We would like to thank all of officer Hall’s extended family — the men and women in blue. Your support, love, and kind words will be im
  
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• Median Work Planned For Ohio River Boulevard Friday Morning

  18-07-2019 21:37
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A short-term left-lane restriction will be in place from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in both directions on Ohio River Boulevard between the West End Bridge and Marshall Avenue ramp.Crews will be conducting median work, weather permitting.PennDOT is asking drivers to use caution while driving through this area and to be prepared for stopped traffic.
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Police Looking For Leads In Fatal Manchester Shooting

  18-07-2019 21:31
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A reward is being offered for information about deadly shooting in Pittsburgh two years ago.
  Mia White was killed in the city’s Manchester section in July of 2017.
  She was shot while sitting in a car with a friend.
  (Photo Credit: STK Embrace Life/Facebook)
  Police say they have very little evidence and need someone to come forward.
  Anyone with information is being asked to call Pittsburgh Crime Stoppers at 412-255-8477.
  Information could be worth up to $1,000.
  
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• Munhall drug dealer gets 23 years in prison for fentanyl deaths

  18-07-2019 21:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Justin McBride, along with his wife and cousins, was part of a drug-dealing gang that sold the heroin and fentanyl that killed two people.
  
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• Pony League World Series Begins In August At Lew Hays Pony Field

  18-07-2019 20:50
  WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — The 2019 schedule for the Pony League World Series has been released.
  The festivities begin Aug. 8 with FanFest at the DICK’S Sporting Goods in Washington, Pa.
  A home-run derby and fastest runner contest is Aug. 9, with the first two games of the world series beginning later in the day at Lew Hays Pony Field.
  A full schedule can be found here.
  
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• Clairton man, fingered as Mon Valley drug ringleader, gets 11 years in federal prison

  18-07-2019 20:29 via post-gazette.com
  
  Skyler Carter, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to drug distribution resulting in death, supplied the drugs that killed a man in Carrick in 2017.
  
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• Health Department Advises Coraopolis Residents To Watch For Strange-Acting Cat

  18-07-2019 20:19
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A strange-acting cat is on the loose in Coraopolis.
  The Allegheny County Health Department issued a warning Thursday about a strange-acting feral cat to residents that live near the 2400 block of State Avenue in Coraopolis.
  The cat is reported to have short hair — with mostly black fur — and a white mustache. The cat has no collar.
  In the release, the department reminded individuals to avoid stray animals, which can carry potential exposures to rabies.Any re
  
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• Fallen Pittsburgh Police Officer Was About To Graduate From Point Park University

  18-07-2019 20:18
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Flags are flying at half-staff at the Law Enforcement Officer’s Memorial on the North Shore, as the family of fallen Pittsburgh Police Officer Calvin Hall begins to make funeral and burial arrangements.
  New on Thursday, blue lights blanketed the City-County Building on Grant Street downtown, and purple and black bunting hung from above the entrance.
  Point Park University released Thursday that Officer Hall was a current student at the university and was just about
  
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• Flaugherty Run Road Closed In Moon Twp.

  18-07-2019 20:11
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA)– The Moon Township Police Department said drivers should avoid traveling on Flaugherty Run Road.
  The road was reportedly closed for scheduled maintenance between Becks Run Road and Shelbourne Drive on Wednesday, July 7, at 7 p.m.
  Flaugherty Run Road was supposed to reopen at 6 a.m. on Thursday, July 18, but there were unexpected issues that kept the road closed.It will continue to be closed until further notice.PennDOT will be posting any detours.
  
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• Wahlburgers Announces Opening Date For The Mall At Robinson Location

  18-07-2019 19:59
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Wahlburgers second location in the Pittsburgh area is ready to open its door.
  Wahlburgers announced in a press release its newest Pittsburgh-area location at The Mall at Robinson will open July 22 at 4 p.m.
  The restaurant and bar will feature outdoor seating and a fire pit. The 4,500-square-foot restaurant will be open daily for lunch and dinner.“The city of Pittsburgh has been so welcoming and wonderful to us. We’re beyond excited to be opening a second
  
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• Recycling Program For Electronic and Hazardous Waste In Pittsburgh

  18-07-2019 19:34
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– The City of Pittsburgh is sponsoring a drop-off program for electronics and household hazardous waste in the Strip District that is set to start July 24.
  This is the first program of its kind in the city since computers, TVs, and other electronics were banned from Pa. landfills back in 2010.
  Mayor William Peduto and the Pittsburgh City Council approved the new program last year.
  Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Environmental Services will partner with the Environmental Coord
  
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• Suspect In Pittsburgh Church Bomb Plot Indicted On Terrorism Charges

  18-07-2019 19:28
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The man suspected of plotting a bomb attack on a Pittsburgh church has been indicted on federal terrorism charges.
  Mustafa Alowemer, 21, is accused of planning to bomb the Legacy International Worship Center on the North Side.
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  U.S. Attorney Scott Brady says a federal grand jury has now returned a three-count indictment against Alowemer.
  The indictment charges him with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, and two cou
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Penguins Forward Ron Francis Named General Manager Of New Seattle NHL Franchise

  18-07-2019 19:28
  SEATTLE (KDKA) — Former Penguins great Ron Francis has a new NHL job, in a brand new NHL city.Francis has been named the first general manager for the Seattle NHL franchise that is set to take the ice for the 2021-22 season.“BREAKING: @RonFrancis10 will be the first GM in @NHLSeattle_ history!”BREAKING: @RonFrancis10 will be the first GM in @NHLSeattle_ history! pic.twitter.com/ndSxjMykbJ
  — NHL (@NHL) July 18, 2019Francis is a member of the Hockey Hall Of Fame and has spe
  
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• Monroeville woman to shed light on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln in first-person portrayal

  18-07-2019 19:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  Visitors can walk among Confederate troops and talk to Mary Todd Lincoln during a Living History Weekend in Laughlintown this weekend.
   
   
  
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• Federal grand jury indicts Syrian refugee in North Side bomb plot

  18-07-2019 19:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, of Northview Heights, is charged with providing material support to a terrorist group and other offenses.
  
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• 3 Under Investigation For Suspected Meth Lab In Indiana County

  18-07-2019 19:12
  SMICKSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Three suspects are under investigation for a methamphetamine laboratory at a house in Indiana County.The Pennsylvania State Police announced Thursday that three suspects are currently under investigation after officials found items consistent with manufacturing methamphetamine at 49 Hardship Dr. in South Mahoning Township.
  The search was conducted Monday at approximately 1:14 p.m. after police responded to the residence after receiving information about suspected m
  
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• Commonwealth Flags Ordered To Half-Staff In Honor Of North Belle Firefighter

  18-07-2019 19:11
  NORTH BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — The North Belle Vernon Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their own.
  According to the department’s Facebook page, firefighter Lt. Neil Cope, 46, died Tuesday morning after battling an overnight fire.
  (Source: Mon Valley Independent)
  Department officials say Cope went home following the fire. He talked to his wife before she left for the day, but when she returned home, she found him unresponsive.
  Officials tried to revive him, but they were uns
  
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• State Police: Man Dies After Car Explosion In Fayette County

  18-07-2019 19:01
  JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — State police say the man critically injured when a car exploded in Fayette County has died.
  The explosion happened Wednesday evening in Jefferson Township.
  Photo Credit: Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services
  According to Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services, it was a natural gas explosion.The victim was taken by medical helicopter to Uniontown Hospital, but state police say he later died from his injuries.
  His name is not yet being released.Just the shell
  
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• State casino revenue reaches record $3.3 billion a year

  18-07-2019 18:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  Sports wagers joined with slots and table games to set new record at casinos.
  
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• Peters council authorizes $10 million bond issue for Rolling Hills Park development

  18-07-2019 18:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The funds will be used for capital projects associated with Rolling Hills Park, including road and maintenance garage construction.
  
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• Work begins on garden at Northland Library

  18-07-2019 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  The Learning Garden will contain raised beds that could be changed with the seasons, walking paths and a covered pavilion and seating.
  
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• Book The Oscar Mayer Wienernobile On Airbnb

  18-07-2019 18:55
  CHICAGO (CNN/KDKA)– If you could eat a hotdog, would you also sleep inside one?
  There is a replica of the famous Oscar Mayer Windermobile that you can rent out and sleep in.In case you were dreaming of hot dogs all of yesterday, we dropped the perfect place for you to keep dreaming those delicious dreams. The @Wienermobile will be available for booking on July 24th through @Airbnb! https://t.co/wZEyAULdk5 pic.twitter.com/H4ixhRLEvk
  — Oscar Mayer (@oscarmayer) July 18, 2019The one-bed
  
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• Ross commissioners decide to fix McKnight Road sinkhole

  18-07-2019 18:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  A large sinkhole opened July 11 at the entrance to the Waldorf Park apartments after heavy rains.
  
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• Two injured when dump truck, car collide in Shaler

  18-07-2019 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  A crash between a car and a dump truck around 11 a.m. at William Flynn Highway and Burchfield Road injured one person.
  
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• One person taken to hospital after car goes over hillside in Shaler

  18-07-2019 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  A crash between a car and a dump truck around 11 a.m. at William Flynn Highway and Burchfield Road injured one person.
  
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• Judge sends drug dealer known as 'big homie' to prison for Virgin Islands-Pittsburgh heroin ring

  18-07-2019 18:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Victor Burnett of Oak Park, Mich. was sentenced to 12 years in a federal lockup as part of his guilty plea in February.
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Penguins Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury Grants Wish For Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor

  18-07-2019 18:38
  LAS VEGAS (KDKA) — Former Pittsburgh Penguins great Marc-Andre Fleury continues to make fans smile on and off the ice.Fleury teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and ESPN to grant a wish for a Las Vegas teenager who survived cancer.Doron Coldwell, who is 13 years old, began treatments for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2017. Now, his cancer is in remission, Fleury’s current team, the Vegas Golden Knights, made sure Coldwell had a day to remember with the organization.“#ICYMI:
  
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• New disc golf course illustrates growth of game

  18-07-2019 18:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  The popularity of disc golf has grown in recent years and there is now a new course in Cranberry for both experts and newcomers to the game.
  
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• Sharpsburg auctioning off Silky's Crows Nest site

  18-07-2019 18:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  The properties will be sold at public auction at 1 p.m. Monday, July 22, in borough council chambers on Main Street.
  
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• Bud Light Offering Free Beer To Area 51 Aliens

  18-07-2019 18:07
  NEVADA (CNN/KDKA) — The world is ready to finally see the secrets hidden inside Area 51. And if one of those secrets happens to be living aliens, well, we have good news — they’ll be greeted with free cans of Bud Light.
  Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Bud Light, initially posted on Twitter, “We’d like to be the first brand to formally announce that we will not be sponsoring the Area 51 raid.”
  However, the brand quickly backtracked off that alienating claim, sayin
  
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• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Fund Says Pittsburgh Downtown Safety ‘Declining’

  18-07-2019 17:54
  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) – A nonprofit arts organization is raising the alarm over what the chief executive calls a “declining level of public safety” in an area of downtown Pittsburgh that is being redeveloped.
  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has focused for decades on the economic and cultural development of a once-seedy 14-square-block section of the city’s downtown area.
  But our partner, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reports that CEO Kevin McMahon says in a letter to Mayor B
  
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• Cops Called On Boy Selling ‘Ice Cold Beer,’ Turns Out It Was A Marketing Ploy

  18-07-2019 17:48
  (CBS News) — Most kids are selling lemonade on hot summer days, but a boy from Utah had an even better idea — ice-cold beer. Root beer, that is.
  Seth Parker set up his “ICE COLD BEER” stand in front of a church in Brigham City, Utah. The kid had his neighborhood fooled, with the local police department receiving several calls from concerned neighbors Tuesday.
  When officers arrived to check on the Seth, it turned out he was just a savvy marketer. “Yep, he’s sel
  
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• Car Over The Hillside After Two-Vehicle Crash In Shaler

  18-07-2019 17:38
  SHALER (KDKA) — A car is over the hillside after a two-vehicle accident in Allegheny County.
  The Shaler Township Police Department confirmed a two-vehicle crash Thursday involving a dump truck and car at the intersection of William Flynn Highway and Burchfield Road in Shaler Township.
  A dump truck is on its side, and the car is over the hillside near the Allegheny Valley Railroad Track.
  (Photo Credit: Steve Willing/KDKA)
  The car hit the dump truck, and both vehicles went over the hillside,
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Beat The Heat With These Cooling Centers

  18-07-2019 17:25
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh will open cooling centers with the heat and humid weather approaching.
  An excessive heat watch is in effect for Pittsburgh and the surrounding area from noon Friday through Saturday evening.
  Air temperatures will reach into the mid-90s, both Friday and Saturday. The humidity will also be exceptionally high.
  A number of centers will serve as cooling centers.
  If you do not access to air conditioning or want to beat the heat, find the location of cooling centers
  
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• Kraft Heinz to give away free gold pickle pins at Picklesburgh

  18-07-2019 17:21 via post-gazette.com
  
  Kraft Heinz has produced a collectible gold pickle pin to be distributed at Picklesburgh July 26-28, Downtown. 
  
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• Penn State plans tuition freeze for second year in a row

  18-07-2019 17:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The tuition proposal would keep the base in-state rate on the main University Park campus at $17,416 for the upcoming school year.
  
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• Penn State approves tuition freeze for second year in a row

  18-07-2019 17:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  The tuition vote keeps the base in-state rate on the main University Park campus at $17,416 for the upcoming school year.
  
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• Kraft Heinz Celebrating 150 Years With Special-Edition Pickle Pin At Picklesburgh

  18-07-2019 17:17
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you’re headed to this year’s Picklesburgh celebration on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, you’ll have a chance to get your hands on a rare collector’s item.
  Kraft Heinz is marking its 150th anniversary with a special-edition golden pickle pin.
  (Source: Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership)
  The pins will be available at the Kraft Heinz booth under the giant pickle balloon on the bridge. They will be distributed for free and limited to one per person.
  On
  
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• ‘Manholes’ Replaced With ‘Maintenance Hole’ As California City Bans Gender Language

  18-07-2019 17:11
  (CNN) — Soon, there will be no more manholes in the city of Berkeley, California. There will also be no chairmen, no manpower, no policemen or policewomen.
  No, that doesn’t mean a whole city will be without committee leaders and law enforcement. It means that words that imply a gender preference will be removed from the city’s codes and replaced with gender-neutral terms, according a recently adopted ordinance.
  More from CBS San Francisco about the ordinance
  
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• Woman Gives Birth In Convenience Store Bathroom, Baby Dies At Hospital

  18-07-2019 16:32
  NEW CASTLE, Pa. (AP) — A baby who was born in a convenience store bathroom in western Pennsylvania has died.
  Emergency responders say they found the boy’s mother giving her son CPR in the women’s restroom at a Sheetz store in Lawrence County on Tuesday.
  Shenango Fire District Chief David Rishel tells the New Castle News the woman told responders she did not know she was pregnant. The mother and child were taken to a hospital, where the baby was pronounced dead.
  The coroner&rsqu
  
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• Hitchhiker Brewing Co.'s Nomad takes its beer on the road

  18-07-2019 16:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Brewery, with taprooms in Mt. Lebanon and Sharpsburg, fixed up a cool 1977 Citroen van to tap into farmers markets and community events.  
  
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• 2 Fights Break Out In North Braddock, Man Critically Injured In Shooting

  18-07-2019 16:23
  NORTH BRADDOCK (KDKA) — One man is in the hospital following two fights and a shooting in North Braddock.
  Police were first called to Electric Avenue just before midnight for reports of a shooting.According to Allegheny County Police, it all started when the victim and another man got into a fight. A second fight between two women broke out at the same time, and shots were fired.
  The 38-year-old victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Hi
  
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