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• City Of Pittsburgh Gets $4M In Transportation Funds From State

  22-04-2021 23:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh has a wish list of projects to help revitalize its neighborhoods. But it always comes down to how to pay for it.
  Now they can turn some of those dream projects into reality thanks to $4 million in transportation funds from the state.
  For decades, they’ve been talking about renovating and developing the new Granada Theatre on Centre Avenue. But it’s sat idle and deteriorated. Now there’s money on the table for this project and many more.The n
  
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• Around The Table: Party Leaders Looking Ahead To 2024

  22-04-2021 23:44
  
  KDKA's Stacy Smith and a group of political experts go Around The Table
  
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• Aliquippa Secures $2 Million Grant To Replace Hundreds Of Lead Service Lines, Improve Quality Of Drinking Water

  22-04-2021 23:36
  
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — Big money in the form of million-dollar grants will soon hit local neighborhoods, with the goal of getting the lead out of drinking water.
  KDKA’s Meghan Schiller learned the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa just secured a $2 million grant to replace lead service lines, helping hundreds of homeowners.
  Jane Flara just opened her independent water test results.
  “Your lead test results indicate that the lead was detected at a low level,” Flara re
  
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• Peduto pushes plan to make Pittsburgh carbon-neutral by 2050

  22-04-2021 23:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Executive order mandates changes to city policies and procedures aimed at reducing emissions of climate changing green house gases
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins Forward Kasperi Kapanen Activated Off Injured Reserve

  22-04-2021 23:12
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated Kasperi Kapanen off of injured reserve.The forward missed the last 13 games after he was injured on March 24 against Buffalo.
  Looks like Kasperi Kapanen will play tonight….activated off Injured reserve..#NJvsPIT
  — Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) April 22, 2021Forward Anthony Angello has been re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
  The Pens face off against the Devils tonight, with puck drop at
  
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• Bat In Pitcairn Tests Positive For Rabies After Biting At Least 1 Child

  22-04-2021 23:01
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITCAIRN, Pa. (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department says a bat tested positive for rabies in Pitcairn.
  A neighbor captured the bat on Monday near Second Street and Center Avenue.
  At least one child was bitten by the bat, and the Allegheny County Health Department says several children may have handled the bat.
  If you think your family was exposed, you should contact the Health Department.
  This is the second animal to test positive for rabies this year in Al
  
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• Earth Day: A Look Back At The First Event

  22-04-2021 22:42
  
  (CBS New York) — The first Earth Day happened 51 years ago. In 1970, Richard Nixon was president. The country was embroiled in the Vietnam War, made all the more intense by the ongoing Cold War with the Soviet Union. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings to win Super Bowl IV. Smoking ads were still allowed on TV. Gas cost $.36 per gallon.
  Over two-thirds of all Americans alive today had yet to be born.
  CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite described that first Earth Day as &ld
  
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• Uniontown Church One Of The Few Still Helping Community Deal With Food Insecurity

  22-04-2021 22:31
  
  By: KDKA’s Briana Smith
  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — A church in Uniontown continues to feed a community grappling with food insecurity.
  Fresh Fire Church held its monthly food giveaway Thursday. It’s one of the few mass distribution events left in Fayette County while the need continues to increase.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  The line of cars wrapped around the street as hundreds waited to pick up food at the Fayette County church this morning. Organizers hope people leave with more than just
  
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• Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ke’Bryan Hayes Hurts Wrist; Todd Frazier Called Up

  22-04-2021 21:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes has aggravated his left wrist injury while taking batting practice, delaying his potential return to the majors.
  Manager Derek Shelton declined to put a timetable on how much longer Hayes could be out.
  The Pirates promoted two-time All-Star Todd Frazier from the team’s alternate site to provide depth at both corner infield spots.
  Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Thursday that Hayes tweaked th
  
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• Cheron Shelton, Acquitted In Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting, Sentenced To 8 Years On Firearm Charge

  22-04-2021 21:22
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Cheron Shelton, the man acquitted in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting, will spend 8 years behind bars on his conviction of a firearm charge.
  Shelton was sentenced to 8 years in prison in federal court, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced Thursday.
  (Source: Allegheny County)
  According to information presented to the court, a search warrant executed at Shelton’s mom’s home in connection with the Wilkinsburg mass
  
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• Pittsburgh CLO Partners With Steelers To Celebrate 75th Season With Open Air Performances At Heinz Field

  22-04-2021 21:21
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This summer, the lights over Heinz Field will become the lights of Broadway.
  No, none of the Steelers will be doing musical theater, but the team has partnered with Pittsburgh CLO for a first-of-its-kind collaboration called, “Summer Under The Stars.” It will mark the CLO’s 75th anniversary.The Pittsburgh CLO cannot host their celebrations in the Benedum Center due to continuing state COVID-19 gathering guidelines.
  Instead, they&
  
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• Free Yoga Classes Return To Market Square In May

  22-04-2021 20:57
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Free yoga classes are returning to Market Square next month.
  The popular Yoga in the Square series kicks off May 2. It’ll happen twice weekly through Oct. 13 this year, weather permitting.
  There will be a “brunch edition” Sunday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. and a “happy hour de-stress edition” Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
  The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership says safety protocols are a priority, with mask r
  
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• Authorities Believe Remains Found In Lancaster County Are Those Of Amish Teen Linda Stoltzfoos

  22-04-2021 20:14
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP/KDKA) — Authorities strongly believe that remains found a day earlier in a grave along railroad tracks in southern Pennsylvania are those of a young Amish woman who disappeared last summer, a county prosecutor said Thursday.
  Police say on Wednesday, the tenth month anniversary of Linda Stoltzfoos‘ disappearance, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office was called to a rural area in the eastern part of the county where human remains were discovered.
  Lancaster Cou
  
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• Police: Beaver County Trooper Arrested For Trying To Withdraw Friend’s Traffic Citation

  22-04-2021 19:48
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) – A state trooper in Beaver County was charged for allegedly trying to withdraw a friend’s traffic citation.State Police say Trooper Trask Alexander was charged Thursday with crimes related to tampering with evidence.He’s accused of trying to withdraw a traffic citation another trooper had issued to one of his friends in November of last year.Police say Alexander enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in November of 2014. He’s
  
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• Michael Keaton Partners With Green Tech Company To Bring Plant To Pittsburgh

  22-04-2021 19:04
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Michael Keaton is partnering with a green tech company to bring a manufacturing plant and hundreds of jobs to his hometown.Nexii Building Solution says Keaton will have an ownership stake and active role in the upcoming Pittsburgh plant slated to open in the summer of next year.Nexii says the plant will be built entirely from its sustainable concrete alternative.It will be developed by Trinity Sustainable Solutions, a new entity made up of Keaton,
  
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• Superior Court Upholds Prison Sentence For Monroeville Mall Shooter Tarod Thornhill

  22-04-2021 18:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A superior court has upheld the sentencing of a man convicted in a shooting inside the Monroeville Mall back in 2015.
  Tarod Thornhill was convicted of opening fire inside the Macy’s department store.
  He was targeting one man, who he shot three times. But in the process, he also shot two other people who were shopping with their young child. All three survived.
  Thornhill was sentenced up to 30 years in prison, but he appealed that sentence saying it was too harsh g
  
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• Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto Commits Pittsburgh To Carbon Neutrality By 2050

  22-04-2021 18:20
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto issued an executive order committing the city to become carbon neutral by 2050.
  Mayor Peduto’s office says the centerpiece of the Earth Day executive order is the city joining the ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Network, which is an agreement by communities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and avoidance to a net-zero emission level by 2050 at the latest.
  “Climate change is a global issue
  
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• Mayor Bill Peduto Commits Pittsburgh To Carbon Neutrality By 2050

  22-04-2021 18:20
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto issued an executive order committing the city to become carbon neutral by 2050.
  Mayor Peduto’s office says the centerpiece of the Earth Day executive order is the city joining the ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Network, which is an agreement by communities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and avoidance to a net-zero emission level by 2050 at the latest.
  “Climate change is a global issue
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 4,192 New Cases, 52 Additional Deaths

  22-04-2021 18:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 4,192 new Coronavirus cases and 52 additional deaths.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,122,662 cases and 25,879 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
  The Health Department says the statewide percent positivity for the week of April 9-15 stood at 9.6%.
  There are 2,842 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19 and 579 patients are in ICUs.
  The state says 7,571,893 v
  
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• COVID-19 Latest: How long do vaccines last? Should we be allowed to go maskless outdoors?

  22-04-2021 17:24 via post-gazette.com
  
   
   
   
  
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• COVID-19 Latest: Allegheny cases fall below 300; U.S. unemployment falls, too

  22-04-2021 17:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  And why are employees working in state prisons not being vaccinated?
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 299 New Cases, Bringing Countywide Total To 95K

  22-04-2021 17:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 299 new Coronavirus cases and one additional death.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 227 are confirmed and 72 are probable cases.
  The Health Department says new cases range in age from three months to 93 years with a median age of 28 years. The person who died was in their 80s.There have been 6,556 total hospitalizations and 95,140 total coronavirus cases in Allegheny Count
  
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• Pine Richland School District Says ‘Absolutely No Truth’ To Allegations A Student Is Being Used As A Scapegoat

  22-04-2021 16:10
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – After the attorney for a family of a student in the Pine Richland School District said their child was being used as a “scapegoat” for the decision to not renew the contract of former head football coach Eric Kasperowicz, the district released a statement.
  “In response to recent media inquiries, there is absolutely no truth to allegations that the Pine-Richland School District, its School Board, staff or anyone acting on its beha
  
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• NFL Safety Malcolm Jenkins Opening 1,000 Savings Accounts For Students

  22-04-2021 16:00
  
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — NFL safety Malcolm Jenkins, who’s played for the New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles, is taking on a new challenge. Jenkins is teaching children how to build wealth.
  Jenkins and his foundation, The Malcolm Jenkins Foundation, will open 1,000 savings accounts for students in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Louisiana.
  The initial deposit is $40.
  Jenkins told CBS Eyewitness News in Philadelphia that he is teaming up with Goalsetter to help eliminate the r
  
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• I-80 Reopens After Multi-Vehicle Crash

  22-04-2021 15:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  EMLENTON, Pa. (KDKA) – A crash shut down all lanes in both directions on I-80 in Emlenton Thursday morning.
  According to PennDOT, the highway was “closed for an extended period of time.”
  However, officials say all lanes and sides have now reopened.
  Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• Detours In Effect Due To Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-80

  22-04-2021 15:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  EMLENTON, Pa. (KDKA) – A crash has shut down all lanes in both directions on I-80 in Emlenton.According to PennDOT, the highway will be “closed for an extended period of time.”Due to the closure, westbound traffic is being diverted off of I-80 and down into Emlenton and back on the highway at Exit 42.A detour is in place eastbound for traffic from Exit 29: Barkeyville onto Route 8 to Route 322 and back onto I-80 at Exit 60: Shippenville.Stay With KDKA.com
  
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• Cheesesteaks, French Fries To Power Philadelphia? New Partnership Turning Restaurant Grease Into Green Energy

  22-04-2021 15:30
  
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS Philly) — Cheesesteaks and French fries to power Philadelphia? That’s just what’s happening thanks to a new partnership that’s turning restaurant grease into green energy.
  While this dirty liquid may not look like the future of clean energy, gallons of it are heating cities across America, including Philadelphia, from Two Liberty to Thomas Jefferson University.
  “The term waste may be antiquated,” Lifecycle Renewables CEO Rory Gaunt said.What
  
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• New Study Shows Negative Toll Police Killings Has On Mental Health Of Black Americans

  22-04-2021 15:00
  
  MIAMI (CBSMiami) – As the nation reacts to the conviction of Derek Chauvin, a new study from a group of U.S. researchers shows the significant negative toll police killings of Black Americans has on the mental health of other Black Americans.
  “Weeks where we have two or more incidents of these high-profile acts of racial violence, Black Americans report a higher number of poor mental health days,” said David Curtis, an assistant professor of family and consumer studies at the U
  
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• PTL Links: April 22, 2021

  22-04-2021 14:58
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Magazine
  Take Your Child To Work Day Guide
  Pour Moi Skin Care
  Noble EnvironmentalPTL Weekend Guide:Arcade Comedy Theater/Oasis
  Dollar Bank Drive-In Movie Night
  April Ghoul’s Monster RamaPittsburgh Today Live On Social Media:Facebook
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• Rep. Conor Lamb To Serve As Vice Chair Of The Subcommittee On Aviation

  22-04-2021 14:41
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WASHINGTON (KDKA) – It was announced on Wednesday that Congressman Conor Lamb will serve as the Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation.The announcement was made by the Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Rep. Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from Oregon and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation, a Democrat from Washington.The subcommittee has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation including safety, infrastructure, and international issu
  
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• Authorities In Texas Find Over $4 Million Worth Of Meth In Shipment Of Cucumber Pickles

  22-04-2021 14:00
  
  PHARR, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Over $4 million worth of methamphetamine was found in a shipment of cucumber pickles being hauled into Texas from Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.
  The agency said the cargo was seized at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on April 17, 2021.
  Border Patrol officers were asked to further examine a tractor-trailer that was carrying a commercial shipment of the produce. Authorities found 114 packages of meth that weighed around 217 pound
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: More Sunshine Today Following A Cold Morning

  22-04-2021 13:27
  
  By: Ron Smiley
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Hello, just a couple of housekeeping items to talk about from yesterday’s wild weather day.
  The final snow total for Pittsburgh (falling) will stand at 1.8”.
  We also set a record but not due to the amount of snow.The record that fell comes from the fact it was the coldest high temperature on record for the day.
  WEATHER LINKS:Current Conditions | School Delays & Closings | Local Radar | Weather App | Photos
  We only hit 40 degrees for our hi
  
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• Daunte Wright’s Girlfriend Alayna Albrecht-Payton Suffered Broken Jaw During Police Encounter, Mother Says

  22-04-2021 13:00
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Daunte Wright’s girlfriend, Alayna Albrecht-Payton, who was in the car earlier this month when a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot her boyfriend, suffered a fractured jaw during the police encounter, her family says.
  Albrecht-Payton’s mother, Danielle Albrecht, says her daughter’s jaw was broken and required surgery following the encounter on April 11, which she described as a “brutal attack.” Danielle Albrecht created a GoFundMe
  
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• Combating Social Media Misinformation: Knowing Fact From Fiction

  22-04-2021 11:36
  
  By: John Shumway
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Social Media has become a vital part of our daily lives. A portal to entertainment, a connection to friends, a vital source of information.But mixed into that barrage is also disinformation or misinformation.
  Something far-fetched is easy to dismiss, but often the misinformation is intentionally made to look legit.“Inherently we want to be right,” says Robert Morris University Communications Professor Anthony Moretti. “You know we want
  
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• The 'Soil Sisters' are growing a future in their grandparents' neighborhood

  22-04-2021 10:54 via post-gazette.com
  
  Raynise and TaRay Kelly — aka the “Soil Sisters” — are growing future plants, future food and their own future.
  
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• Shady Side Academy Hosting COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic

  22-04-2021 10:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Shady Side Academy and Rite Aid are teaming up to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday, April 24 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.The clinic will take place in the Curry Gymnasium on the Shady Side Academy Senior School on 423 Fox Chapel Road.Rite Aid pharmacists will be on hand to administer the Pfizer vaccine to patients 16-years-old and older.Appointments are required and walk-ins are not being accepted.Those appointments must be made by
  
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• Vitafusion Recalling Several Gummy Vitamins Due To Possible Metallic Materials

  22-04-2021 10:13
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  EWING, N.J. (KDKA) – Vitafusion is recalling several of its gummy varieties after the parent company, Church & Dwight Co., Inc., says at least two customers found metallic mesh in the gummies.The products in question were sold between November 2020 and April 2021.They include Kid’s Melatonin, Fiber Well, Sleep Well, and Multivites.Bottles with certain lot codes and expiration dates are included in the recall.The full list of products and lot codes can be fo
  
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• Aramark Hosting Job Fair At PNC Park

  22-04-2021 09:44
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Aramark is looking to hire several positions for jobs open at PNC Park this summer.
  A job fair will be hosted on Thursday, April 22, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.Aramark is looking to hire food service supervisors, cashiers, catering workers, cooks, serves, and suite and club level runners and dishwashers.Interested candidates will meet with hiring managers at the park and could be hired on the spot.Candidates are able to apply in advance by foll
  
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• Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Says We Could Take Masks Off In ‘A Month Or Two’

  22-04-2021 09:12
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald on Wednesday predicted that the end is in sight.“So let’s keep getting vaccinated, let’s keep those numbers down, keep protecting each other, and hopefully, we’re a month or two away from taking the masks off and getting back to normal,” he said during the Allegheny County Health Department’s weekly COVID-19 update.According to Fitzgerald, 57% of adults in Allegheny Cou
  
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• Pittsburgh Department Of Mobility And Infrastructure Testing Robot Delivery Service

  22-04-2021 08:53
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The new way of delivering packages could be coming to Pittsburgh.
  According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is testing a program where robots are making deliveries in Bloomfield.The department says it chose Bloomfield for the project because of the neighborhood’s diversity and its wide sidewalks for the robots to make deliveries.
  
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• ‘A League Of Their Own’ Television Series To Use Pittsburgh As Filming Location

  22-04-2021 08:42
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Now coming to the plate: “Hollywood East” better known as Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh has been chosen as a shooting location for the upcoming “A League Of Their Own” television series.Abbi Jacobson, Darcy Carden, and Chante Adams are all slated to star in the new streaming series.Amazon is reimagining the baseball movie classic as a television series they will host on Amazon Prime.In the meantime, the Pittsburgh Film Office is lo
  
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• Three Brothers From Pittsburgh Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Steal Firearms From Federal Licensees

  22-04-2021 08:24
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Three brothers from the Pittsburgh area pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States after it was learned they attempted to steal guns from a federal firearm licensee.Jerwahn Atkins, Jerquay Atkins, And Jamir Atkins each pleaded guilty in front of a U.S. District Judge earlier this month.According to evidence presented to the court, on May 30, 2020, the brothers had used a crowbar to attempt to enter the
  
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• Benjamin Fleming, Man Accused Of Manslaughter, May Leave Hawaii Before Trial

  22-04-2021 08:11
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A Pittsburgh man charged with manslaughter in the death of a friend he was vacationing within Hawaii will be allowed to return to the U.S. mainland before his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  Benjamin Fleming, released on a $250,000 bond, must return to the Big Island for hearings in June and two weeks before his Aug. 3 trial date, 3rd Circuit Court Judge Robert D.S. Kim ruled.
  Fleming and two friends he’s known since attending Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
  
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• Antonio Brown Settles Assault Lawsuit With Former Trainer

  22-04-2021 07:51
  
  FLORIDA (AP) – NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has settled a civil lawsuit by former trainer Britney Taylor, who accused Brown of sexually assaulting her.
  Taylor filed the lawsuit in 2019, and lawyers for her and Brown released statements Wednesday revealing the agreement.
  “Antonio and Britney have been friends over a decade. Several years ago they almost became business partners. Recently, they were involved in aggressive litigation. Having reflected on their relationship, both feel
  
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• Tigers Take Second Game Of Doubleheader, Beat Pirates 5-2

  22-04-2021 07:43
  
  DETROIT (AP) – Tyler Anderson’s five strong innings helped Pittsburgh move to 8-9 with a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, but Detroit rallied for a 5-2 win in the nightcap.
  Pittsburgh has won five of its last eight games after a 1-6 start. The Pirates and Tigers were playing a doubleheader because Tuesday night’s game was postponed on a snowy day in the Detroit area.
  There was still a white dusting on top of the bushes bey
  
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• Pittsburgh Spiritual Leaders Meeting With Police To Discuss Issues In Community

  22-04-2021 05:49
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local leaders are trying to repair the relationship between police and the communities they serve.Addressing recurring police violence across the U.S. has become increasingly challenging for religious leaders, including, Rev. Dr. Vincent K. Campbell, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
  “What do we do with that anger? Do we allow it to cause us to self-destruct? Or do we use that anger to fuel action?” said Campbell.
  While Derek Chauvin was found gu
  
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• Family’s Attorney Says Pine-Richland Officials Used Child As Scapegoat For Football Coaching Staff Losing Jobs

  22-04-2021 05:22
  
  PINE-RICHLAND, Pa. (KDKA) — A family in the Pine-Richland School District says their child is being used as a scapegoat for the football coaching staff losing their jobs.
  Joel Sansone, the lawyer for the family of a student who was allegedly hazed and bullied at the high school, says none of it had anything to do with the football team. The student says school administrators are lying and hazing never happened on the team.
  Sansone told KDKA’s Bryant Reed that the student was a member
  
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• Man In Serious But Stable Condition After Shooting In Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill Neighborhood

  22-04-2021 04:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood.
  Police say a man was shot in the stomach and leg just after 8 p.m. on Rhine Street on Wednesday.
  He was taken to a local hospital via private vehicle and is in serious but stable condition, law enforcement says.Stay with KDKA for more on this developing story.
  
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• Pittsburgh man may leave Hawaii before manslaughter trial

  22-04-2021 03:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  Benjamin Fleming, released on $250,000 bond, must return to the Big Island for hearings in June and two weeks before his Aug. 3 trial date.
  
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• Columbus Police Chief Answers Questions After Deadly Shooting Of Ma’Kiah Bryant

  22-04-2021 03:32
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The second-guessing of a Columbus police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl Tuesday as she swung a knife toward another girl began just seconds after the last shot, as bystanders demanded to know why the officer had fired his gun. It continued on social media as observers questioned why a stun gun wasn’t used, why the officer didn’t try to shoot the girl in the leg instead, or why he didn’t try to otherwise disarm her.
  Interim Columbus Po
  
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