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• Some Schools Turning To Detection Devices To Help Curb Vaping

  07-11-2019 23:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some school districts are installing new devices in hopes of curbing the growing vaping epidemic.
  According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, one in five high school students admits to using e-cigarettes.
  Students like Emma Bowland, of Ellwood City, began feeling pain in her lungs after vaping for one year.
  “It’s like popcorn, a lot of patchiness, and lungs were bleeding, and fluid in my lungs,” Bowland said.
  Vaping is quickly becoming a proble
  
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• PWSA: Private Utility Line Running Under 10th Street Near Sinkhole Was Improperly Capped

  07-11-2019 23:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The PWSA says a private utility water line running under 10th Street near the sinkhole downtown was improperly capped.
  It remains unclear if that line was leaking before the collapse and if that’s what caused the roadway to give way.
  (Photo Credit: NewsChopper 2/KDKA)
  Investigators on Thursday say it’s too difficult to determine and we may never know.
  While crews continue work underground, they also discovered some damage on Wednesday to a 48-inch storm sewe
  
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• Lawsuit claims that pro athletes who live outside Pittsburgh are illegally taxed at higher rate

  07-11-2019 23:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The complaint was filed against the city of Pittsburgh by the three professional sports players associations, as well as three athletes. 
  
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• Study: Pittsburgh Bike Lanes Blocked Up To 50 Percent Of The Time

  07-11-2019 23:23
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cars are blocking bike lanes up to 50 percent of the time, according to a study done by Bike Pittsburgh.
  Bike Pittsburgh, an organization that advocates for bikers, says they used a team of nearly 70 volunteers to record 123 reports of drivers blocking bike lanes over a time period of 6 hours.
  Their data doesn’t represent the whole city, but rather four lanes Bike Pittsburgh says are notoriously and illegally used as parking spots.
  Out of all the violations, Bike
  
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• 2 Local Ice Skating Rinks To Open This Week

  07-11-2019 23:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — You’ll soon no longer have to wait to go ice skating in the Pittsburgh area.
  The Allegheny County Parks Department announced Thursday that the North Park and South Park ice rinks will open on Friday.
  The ice skating season will run through March.
  Friday’s ice skating begins at 4:30 p.m.
  More information on the ice rinks can be found here.
  
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• Recruit Drops 176 Pounds To Achieve Dream Of Becoming A Police Officer

  07-11-2019 22:53
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (CBS Local) — A Virginia man has finally achieved his goal to work in law enforcement, but only after he made some major life changes.
  Romar Lyle says he weighed a little over 400 pounds at his heaviest.
  “I got a degree in investigative forensics and it was just so hard to find jobs and figure out what I wanted to be,” he told CBS affiliate WTVR.
  Lyle was introduced to CrossFit while in graduate school. Combined with a healthier diet, he dropped more than 100 poun
  
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• ‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles On The Show’s Series Finale: ‘It’s Been A Majority Of My Adult Life’

  07-11-2019 22:40
  
  Supernatural returns tonight with a brand-new episode as the show draws closer to its series finale. After 15 years the Winchester brothers story will be all wrapped up and the actors who played them will close a chapter that has spanned most of their adult lives.
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss spoke to Jensen Ackles ahead of tonight’s episode to discuss his run on the show and what’s to come.
  MW: Hey Jensen, how’re you doing buddy?
  JA: Doing well, Matt!
  MW: Supernatural, now in
  
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• Witnesses testify about New Kensington officer's fatal injuries and a pair of jeans

  07-11-2019 22:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  On the fourth day of trial for Rahmael Sal Holt, a detective said two bullets pierced Officer Brian Shaw’s left shoulder.
  
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• Detective testifies about slain New Kensington officer's fatal injuries

  07-11-2019 22:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  On the fourth day of trial for Rahmael Sal Holt, a detective said two bullets pierced Officer Brian Shaw’s left shoulder.
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Lake Effect Snow Showers And Cooler Temps Come To The Region

  07-11-2019 22:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– The cold air is consuming the area, and some parts are seeing a mix of rain and snow.
  This will briefly change to snow for some, but accumulations will be hard to come by because the ground is just too warm — at least for now.
  Temperatures will plummet overnight, meaning any untreated or wet surfaces will likely freeze by morning, when temperatures dip into the mid-20s.
  The cold air will stick through Friday, where highs will likely remain about 20 degrees below av
  
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• 71-Year-Old Woman In Critical Condition After Being Struck By Truck In Lawrenceville

  07-11-2019 22:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A 71-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a truck in Lawrenceville.
  Pittsburgh Police say they responded to reports of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle at the intersection of 51st and Butler streets just before 2 p.m. Thursday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Timothy Lawson)
  They say first responders arrived to find a 71-year-old woman lying unconscious in the street.
  Police report the driver of the vehicle that had hit her stayed on the scen
  
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• North Carolina Man Wanted As Accomplice To Homicide Arrested In Pittsburgh

  07-11-2019 21:54
  
  SHERADEN (KDKA) — A man wanted in North Carolina as an accomplice to a homicide was arrested in Pittsburgh.
  The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that 24-year-old Rahmir Williams was staying at a residence in the 1500 block of Evanston Street in Sheraden.
  He was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday night around 7:30 p.m.
  (Photo Credit: Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office)
  Warrants were issued for Williams’ arrest after 27-year-old Donald Watli
  
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• Woman Dead After Being Hit By Truck, Dragged For Miles In West Virginia

  07-11-2019 21:34
  
  WHEELING, W.Va. (AP/KDKA) – Authorities in West Virginia say a woman has died after being hit by a truck then dragged under another vehicle for miles.
  Wheeling Police Department spokesman Philip Stahl says officers received a report on the initial crash around 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Warwood Ave. near Route 2.Pedestrian Fatality Under Investigation pic.twitter.com/yoOR05Ipb9
  — Wheeling, WV Police (@WheelingPolice) November 7, 2019He says the first driver told police he thought he hit s
  
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• City council begins discussion on property sales — with lots of no-shows

  07-11-2019 21:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh has around 140,000 real estate parcels within its borders, of which roughly 14,000 are owned by the city.
  
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• Testimony corroborated, contradicted in priest's trial

  07-11-2019 21:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Hugh Lang expected to take stand in his own defense on Friday
  
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• Friend said priest's accuser told him years earlier of assault

  07-11-2019 21:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Witness said friend had him drive to a Catholic church and threatened to kill priest he accuses of abuse
  
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• Pittsburgh Police: Man Arrested In 24-Hour Domestic Violence ‘Crime Spree’

  07-11-2019 21:18
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A 23-year-old man was arrested in what Pittsburgh Police are calling a 24-hour violent crime spree.Police say 23-year-old Devin Montgomery was arrested just before 5:15 a.m. Thursday on the 300 block of Birmingham Avenue in Carrick.
  Montgomery is accused of a “string of attacks” on his family members and intimate partners, as well as several other crimes, in both Pittsburgh and Mt. Oliver.
  (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  He’s facing several charges, i
  
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• ‘My Character Gets More Complicated Every Episode’: Katja Herbers On CBS’s ‘EVIL’

  07-11-2019 21:06
  
  (CBS Local)– It’s Thursday and that means a new episode of “EVIL” is coming to CBS.
  The drama from Robert & Michelle King boasts a cast of Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Michael Emerson, and Aasif Mandvi and it has quickly become one of the most interesting shows on television this fall. The series has already been green lit for a second season and this experience has been a wild one for Herbers. While American audiences know Herbers for her darker roles on shows li
  
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• Wilkinsburg Police Look For Missing, Endangered 64-Year-Old William Franklin

  07-11-2019 20:57
  
  WILKINSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are looking for a missing 64-year-old Wilkinsburg man whose family believes he could be endangered.
  Wilkinsburg Police say they’re looking for William Franklin, a 64-year-old man who they say left his house on Wood Street Wednesday morning and hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
  (Photo Credit: Wilkinsburg Police Department)
  When people call his cell phone, police say a woman answers and claims she found the phone at a Dollar General in Wilkins
  
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• Wilkinsburg Police Locate Previously Missing, Endangered 64-Year-Old William Franklin

  07-11-2019 20:57
  
  WILKINSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – Officials have located a previously missing 64-year-old Wilkinsburg man whose family believed he could have been endangered.
  Wilkinsburg Police said William Franklin has been located.
  No other information was released.
  (Photo Credit: Wilkinsburg Police Department)
  
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• Focus Turns To Pair Of Levi’s Jeans In Rahmael Holt Trial, Jury Also Sees Crime Scene Photos

  07-11-2019 20:52
  
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — The man accused of fatally shooting a New Kensington Police officer during a traffic stop in 2017 is back at the Westmoreland County Courthouse today as his capital murder trial continues.
  Day 4 of the Rahmael Holt trial included both more testimony and the jury seeing dozens of photos of the crime scene from the night of Officer Brian Shaw’s murder.The jury just saw crime scene photographs from Officer Brian Shaw’s murder for the first time, including the s
  
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• ‘Rams Coming Off Bye, Believe They Beat Steelers’ CBS New York’s Otis Livingston On Steelers-Rams Matchup

  07-11-2019 20:41
  
  Pittsburgh, PA (CBSLA)- It has been an up-and-down season for the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers, a pair of teams considered to be potential Super Bowl contenders within their respective conferences entering the season.
  For the Rams, a three-game winning streak to open the year was followed immediately by a three-game losing streak. They have won two games since against two of the league’s worst teams in the Falcons and Bengals. At 5-3, the Rams watch the division get further out
  
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• Ohio Mother Arrested After 3-Month-Old Daughter Hospitalized With 0.359 Percent BAC

  07-11-2019 20:27
  
  SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (KDKA) – After a 3-month-old child was found with a 0.359 percent blood alcohol content, an Ohio woman is facing felony child abuse charges.
  CBS affiliate WTKR says 32-year-old Davonna Reed was arrested on multiple charges, including felony child abuse.
  Springfield Township Police say Reed’s baby daughter was taken to the hospital late October after she became sick.
  They report doctors determined the child’s blood alcohol content was 0.359 percent.
  Sp
  
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• Scientists Discover First New HIV Strain In Nearly Two Decades

  07-11-2019 20:01
  
  (CNN) — For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV.
  The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes to blame for the global HIV pandemic, according to Abbott Laboratories, which conducted the research along with the University of Missouri, Kansas City. The findings were published Wednesday in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
  HIV has several different subtypes or strains, and like other vi
  
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• Export packaging firm's former controller pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $200K

  07-11-2019 20:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Victoria Mazur, 52, of Plum will be sentenced in federal court in March for stealing money from Gateway Packaging Corp.
  
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• Kidsburgh: Parent Entrepreneurs

  07-11-2019 20:00
  
  Yuling Behr, with Kidsburgh, stops by the Pittsburgh Today Live studio to talk about parents who became entrepreneurs.
  
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• Market Square Restaurant Hit With Consumer Alert After Roaches, Other Violations Found

  07-11-2019 19:48
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A consumer alert has been issued for a Mexican restaurant in Market Square.
  The Allegheny County Health Department hit Las Velas in Market Square with a consumer alert after multiple health code violations were found, including roaches.
  According to the food safety assessment report, the restaurant wasn’t properly cooling hot food and wasn’t holding reheated meat at a high enough temperature.
  The report also says fish, steak and shrimp were being stored at t
  
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• Man Accused Of Urinating On Meat Products In Attempt To Extort Food Manufacturer

  07-11-2019 19:31
  MARTINSVILLE, Va. (CBS Local) — Two men have been indicted on charges that one of them urinated on meat products at a Virginia food plant while the other made a video of it that was used in an attempt to extort money.
  Maurice V. Howard, 50, allegedly urinated on smoked sausage used in ready-to-eat meat snacks and on a door and doorjamb inside a Monogram Food Solutions manufacturing plant in Martinsville in February, according to court documents.
  Another man, Devin Stockton, 29, is accused
  
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• Former Allegheny County Detective Pleads Guilty To Overdose Death Of Teenage Niece

  07-11-2019 19:29
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– An ex-Allegheny County Detective has pleaded guilty to the overdose of a teen.
  Our partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette say Daniel Bondi pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of children after his 15-year-old niece overdosed in his home on July 27, 2017.
  Authorities found Isabelle Bondi in Daniel’s Beechview home with a syringe and a stamp bag that matched the ones found in his bedroom.
  Bondi worked for the Allegheny County Police Department from 2006 to 201
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins Rule Out Defenseman Kris Letang Against New York Islanders

  07-11-2019 19:24
  NEW YORK (KDKA) — The Penguins will be without one of their top defensemen when they take on one of the NHL’s hottest teams.According to reports, Head Coach Mike Sullivan has ruled out Kris Letang against the New York Islanders when they play at the Barclays Center Thursday night.“Kris Letang is out tonight. Coach Mike Sullivan isn’t sure about Saturday.”Kris Letang is out tonight. Coach Mike Sullivan isn’t sure about Saturday.
  — Matt Vensel (@mattvensel
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools Employee In Crisis Prompts Temporary Lockdown At Allderdice, Concord

  07-11-2019 19:16
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Pittsburgh Public Schools employee experiencing a crisis prompted a temporary lockdown at Allderdice and Concord Thursday morning.
  A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Schools says one of their employees was undergoing some type of crisis. They were neither specifically assigned to Taylor Allderdice High School or Concord Elementary School, but she says the employee was expected to arrive at either school.
  When the employee arrived at Concord in Carrick, help was prov
  
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• ‘Slow Down’: Road Crews Preparing For Pittsburgh’s First Snow Of The Season

  07-11-2019 19:06
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the first snow of the season headed into the Pittsburgh area, PennDOT and other road crews across the region are thinking about winter preparedness.
  Right now, PennDOT says they have all of their 133 plow truck operators out.
  WATCH: PennDOT Winter Preparedness News Conference — 
  They prepare as much as they can in advance. Much of their equipment and salt supplies are organized in the summer.
  KDKA has learned PennDOT currently has more than 29,000 tons o
  
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• Study: Escalating Millennial Health Problems Could Spell Trouble For U.S. Economy

  07-11-2019 18:59
  (CBS Local) — The health of millennials is deteriorating more rapidly than the generation before them and that could have a crippling effect on the economy, according to a report published Wednesday.
  The study by Moody’s Analytics using data from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Index paints a dismal picture of how the 2007-09 economic recession affected millennials’ health.
  Millennials, born from 1981 to 1996, suffer from higher rates of physical ailments, such as hypertensio
  
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• Uniontown Walmart To Sell Beer, Wine For The First Time in Pa.

  07-11-2019 18:46
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) – A Fayette County Walmart is now selling beer and wine for the first time ever in Pennsylvania.Starting Thursday, customers can now purchase beer and wine at the Walmart in Uniontown.
  The Beer and Wine Cafe will feature a renovated space at the front of the store. The grand opening will happen at 1 p.m. today with a formal ribbon cutting.Walmart says the cafe will be open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. and
  
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• ‘No More Making Money Off My Blood And Sweat’ Antonio Brown Officially Done With NFL After Social Media Blowup

  07-11-2019 18:34
  MIAMI (KDKA) — It’s looks as though the door is officially closed on Antonio Brown’s NFL career.The disgruntled superstar wide receiver posted multiple times on social media Thursday that he is done with the league, citing that he is tired of the NFL making money off his blood and sweat, and that the league is racist.WARNING: Content posted contains strong language.“No more control of my name and body clear my name I am done with it!,” Brown said on his latest Insta
  
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• Hours After Saying He Is Done With The League, Antonio Brown Vows To Return To NFL

  07-11-2019 18:34
  
  MIAMI (KDKA) — Antonio Brown is vowing to return to the NFL hours after saying that he is done with the league.
  The disgruntled superstar wide receiver posted multiple times on social media early Thursday that he is done with the league, citing that he is tired of the NFL making money off his blood and sweat, and that the league is racist.
  WARNING: Content posted contains strong language.“No more control of my name and body clear my name I am done with it!,” Brown said on his l
  
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• Ex-Allegheny County narcotics detective cuts plea deal in teen niece's OD death

  07-11-2019 18:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Daniel Bondi pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of children in the 2017 fentanyl-overdose death of Isabelle Bondi, 15, in Beechview.
  
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• Munch tries out five new Pittsburgh taco spots

  07-11-2019 18:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  We’re into November already and it’s worth asking: have you had your 13.67 tacos yet this year?
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins Set To Honor Veterans With Celebration Against The Chicago Blackhawks

  07-11-2019 18:14
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Penguins have plenty of themed nights throughout the season, and the Veteran’s Day Celebration is one of the most notable.The Pens host the Chicago Blackhawks Saturday, November 9th at 7:00 p.m. and the game is filled with special events to salute the veterans in attendance.“The Penguins are honored to salute our military veterans with a special Veterans Day celebration at Saturday’s game.”The Penguins are honored to salute our military veter
  
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• 3 Teens Accused Of Violently Assaulting, Robbing Man With Intellectual Disability In Brookline

  07-11-2019 18:11
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Three teens are accused of violently assaulting and robbing a man with an intellectual disability in Brookline.Pittsburgh Police say a detective was investigating a robbery that happened on Oct. 26 just before 1 a.m. in front of the Moonlite Cafe on the 500 block of Brookline Boulevard.According to the criminal complaint, Moonlite Cafe’s surveillance footage showed the victim, a 38-year-old man, standing in front of the restaurant when three younger males approach
  
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• Post Office Releases Important Holiday Shipping Dates

  07-11-2019 18:02
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The holidays are right around the corner.
  If you’re looking to ship a gift through the Post Office, there are some dates you need to be aware of so it arrives by Christmas.
  To send a package first class, you’ll want to have it in the mail by Dec. 20.
  If you want to send it priority, the deadline is Dec. 23; and if you’d like to send it for ground shipping, the deadline is Dec. 14.
  As expected, the quicker you need to ship your package, the more expensi
  
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• Eyeglass company, nonprofit, help Cornell students to see better

  07-11-2019 17:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Fitz Frames uses 3D printing to craft custom-make eyeglass frames for elementary students at Cornell School District.
  
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• Bethel Park Zoning Hearing Board OKs gas station convenience store at Cool Springs

  07-11-2019 17:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Critics of the project contended that rezoning the property to commercial amounted to spot zoning.
  
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• Ukulele lovers finding the right chords

  07-11-2019 17:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Steel City Ukulele group in vanguard of renewed interest in ukulele music 
  
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• FDA: Mill Stream Corp. Recalls Salmon For Potential Botulism Contamination

  07-11-2019 17:47
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Another voluntary recall could pose potential health risks for this salmon product.
  Mill Stream Corp. says its Cold Smoke Salmon could have Clostridium botulinum that can be deadly.
  Botulism is a fatal food poisoning that can cause dizziness, double vision, and trouble swallowing.
  The recall does not affect Pennsylvania, but it does affect Ohio and Virginia.Consumers are warned not to use the product if it was stored in the refrigerator after thawing– even if it lo
  
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• State Police Investigating Death Of Premature Infant In Indiana Co., Drugs Seized From House

  07-11-2019 17:20
  CREEKSIDE, Pa. (KDKA) — Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of a premature infant who died in a house in Indiana County.
  State police were called to the home on Arch Street in Creekside Borough around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.
  According to state police, EMS crews attempted to resuscitate the newborn, but the baby boy died at the scene.
  Police say the boy’s mother told them the child was born inside the home earlier in the evening.
  State troopers also seized drug paraphe
  
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• Mr. McFeely Kicks Off Annual Mister Rogers’ Sweater Drive At The Children’s Museum

  07-11-2019 16:56
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s once again the season of giving, and in that spirit, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is holding their annual Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive.
  The drive begins today at the North Side museum.
  WATCH LIVE: Sweater Drive Kicks Off — 
  Mr. McFeely is officially kicking it off with students from Pittsburgh Public Schools.
  The public can drop off new or gently used sweaters of all sizes in the museum’s lobby now through Dec.
  
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• Erie Man Found Guilty Of Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend, Faces Life Term

  07-11-2019 16:53
  MILLCREEK, Pa. (AP) – A man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend amid an impending breakup has been convicted of murder.
  James Gilbert was also convicted Wednesday of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and possession of an instrument of crime by a jury that deliberated for about 90 minutes. The murder count carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
  Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Gilbert purposely killed 20-year-old Marinda Matasowski at her mother’s
  
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• Judge Delays Jerry Sandusky’s Resentencing On Child Sex Abuse Conviction

  07-11-2019 16:30
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky‘s resentencing on a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction is being delayed another two weeks.
  Judge Maureen Skerda on Thursday pushed the hearing back to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the county courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.
  Skerda acted after Sandusky’s defense lawyer and prosecutors filed a joint request. They said they need a little more time to prepare for argument about Sandusky’
  
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• Ohio Governor Signs ‘Tyler’s Law,’ Measure Strengthening Amusement Ride Safety

  07-11-2019 16:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a measure aimed at strengthening Ohio’s amusement ride safety program.
  The bill signed by the Republican governor on Wednesday seeks to strengthen safety inspection standards, define qualifications for ride inspectors and outline ride owner responsibilities, among other things. It also will provide for a professional engineer on the state panel that makes recommendations to Ohio’s agriculture director about safety matters involv
  
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