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• State Rep. Dan Frankel Proposes Changes At State Level To Curb Gun Violence

  03-06-2021 23:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Homicide detectives are busy in the city and county after multiple shooting deaths in just the last few weeks.Lawmakers said gun violence is at an all-time high and are proposing changes at the state level.Representative Dan Frankel in Allegheny County is proposing two new pieces of legislation. Essentially if it passes, the ability to make changes to gun laws would be in the hands of local leaders.
  Right now, preemption laws and gun reform is controlled by the state. F
  
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• Nevada Man Admits To Driving To West Mifflin To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old Girl

  03-06-2021 22:47
  
  WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) – A Nevada man accused of stalking a 15-year-old girl on social media for more than a year and driving to her home in West Mifflin to have sex with her has pleaded guilty.
  Thirty-one-year-old Renad Bautista pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of travel with intent to engage.
  (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  According to a criminal complaint, police say Bautista started stalking the girl when she was 13 in August of 2018.
  Police say he was “constantly
  
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• Nevada Man Admits To Driving To West Mifflin For Sex With 15-Year-Old Girl

  03-06-2021 22:47
  
  WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (KDKA) – A Nevada man accused of stalking a 15-year-old girl on social media for more than a year and driving to her home in West Mifflin to have sex with her has pleaded guilty.
  Thirty-one-year-old Renad Bautista pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of travel with intent to engage.
  (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  According to a criminal complaint, police say Bautista started stalking the girl when she was 13 in August of 2018.
  Police say he was “constantly
  
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• Vanessa Bryant Blasts Nike After Mambacita Shoes Surface Online, In Buyer’s Hands

  03-06-2021 22:36
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Vanessa Bryant wants answers from Nike after a shoe she worked on with the company to honor her late daughter, Gianna Bryant, appears to already be in the hands of some buyers.
  In a statement posted to Instagram, Bryant says she worked with Nike on a shoe that was going to be called the “Mambacita,” an exclusive black-and-white colorway based on Nike’s Kobe Bryant’s Black Mamba line. The shoes bear a gold 2 for the number she wore on her jersey
  
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• Millie’s Launches Literary Incentive To Give Free Ice Cream To Readers

  03-06-2021 22:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Millie’s is launching a literary incentive to give free ice cream to people who read this summer.
  Millie’s says it’s teaming up with the Allegheny County Library Association, the Carnegie Library and Shaler Library for the program.To participate, you can get a bookmark from any Millie’s location, participating libraries or White Whale Books. Record five reads on the bookmark, get it validated, then bring it to Millie’
  
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• Fire Investigators: Electrical System Failure Caused Gulf Tower Blaze

  03-06-2021 21:47
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire’s Investigation Unit says it has determined the cause of last month’s fire at the Gulf Tower downtown.
  According to investigators, the basement fire that sent smoke plumes from the top of the skyscraper was caused by a “failure of the secondary phase” of the structure’s electrical system.
  They add that Duquesne Light Company’s infrastructure had nothing to do with sparking it.The Fi
  
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• Audio Cut In Speech On Black People’s Role In Memorial Day

  03-06-2021 21:45
  
  HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how freed Black slaves had honored fallen soldiers soon after the Civil War.
  Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter said he included the story in his speech because he wanted to share the history of how Memorial Day originated.
  But organizers of the ceremony in Hudson, Ohio, said that part of the speech was not relevant to the program’s
  
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• ‘It Was Divine Intervention’: NY Mother Judy Tedesco Survives 3 Brain Aneurysms — Discovered By Accident

  03-06-2021 21:28
  
  BAY SHORE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – It’s a remarkable story of survival: A mother of teenage triplets had three brain aneurysms. Thanks to state-of-the-art surgery, her life was saved.
  “It was divine intervention is what it was,” said Judith Tedesco of Yaphank. Tedesco, a mother of 17-year-old triplets, accidentally discovered she was in acute medical danger.
  “I woke up on New Year’s Day and I noticed a little pain on the side of my nose,” she said.
  
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• Man Facing Indecent Exposure Charges After Allegedly Stalking Girl In Westmoreland Mall Parking Lot

  03-06-2021 21:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – A man is facing charges for allegedly following a girl while she was walking into and out of work and touching himself in the Westmoreland Mall parking lot.Police say 60-year-old William Gressman commented on the 16-year-old’s body as she was going to work around 2:30 Tuesday. As she was walking out of the Macy’s a little before 7 p.m., police say Gressman started following her to her car while touching himself.Police say the girl
  
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• ‘It Was Like Snooki Never Left’: Vinny Guadagnino & Angelina Pivarnick On MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’

  03-06-2021 20:30
  
  (CBS Local)– “The Jersey Shore” has been a phenomenon ever since it first came on the air in 2009 and the crew is still going strong in 2021 with a brand new season of “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” premiering tonight on MTV.
  Vinny, Angelina, JWoww, Deena, The Situation and Pauly D head to the Poconos for a winter vacation and all of their friends, kids and significant others make the trip as well. The gang even gets a little surprise visit from their old frien
  
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• Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Tops 30,000 Passengers For First Time Since 2015

  03-06-2021 20:26
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  LATROBE, Pa. (KDKA) – The Arnold Palmer Regional Airport says in May it saw the most passengers not just since the start of the pandemic but since 2015.More than 31,500 people passed through the terminal in May. That’s compared to almost 2,000 last May. The airport hasn’t topped 30,000 passengers since 2015.Westmoreland County Airport Authority Executive Director Gabe Monzo says the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in the spike of passenger numbers, with p
  
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• ‘Miracle Drug’ Will Stay In Production, Extending Minnesota Toddler’s Life

  03-06-2021 20:17
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnetonka toddler and her family got the incredible news that the “miracle drug” keeping her alive won’t be discontinued after all.
  CBS Minnesota shared Emma Peterka’s story in March. She has Niemann-Pick Type C, a progressive neuro-degenerative disorder that the Peterkas liken to Alzheimer’s, ALS and Parkinson’s — all rolled into one. Mitch Peterka, Emma’s father, says there are about 500 cases in the world. He a
  
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• Allison Tolman & Nick Frost On Why Women Kill Season 2: ‘It’s A Great Summer Watch’

  03-06-2021 20:14
  
  (CBS Local)- Thursday marks the premiere of Season 2 of the Paramount+ series Why Women Kill and an all-new cast brings a new story from the mind of creator Marc Cherry to life. This season of the series takes viewers back to 1949 where Allison Tolman’s Alma, a housewife hoping for a spot in her local garden club and to see her daughter get married has her life upended when she learns of her husband Bertram’s (Nick Frost) secret hobby.
  The first two episodes of the new season, &ldquo
  
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• 2 Injured In Crash Involving Port Authority Bus, Funeral Procession

  03-06-2021 20:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two people were injured after a crash involving a car that witnesses say was part of a funeral procession and a Port Authority bus in Homewood.
  Crews were on the scene of the crash on Frankstown Avenue Thursday afternoon.
  (Photo: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)
  After the crash, one person was trapped. Two were injured.
  Photos from the scene show a black sedan with a shattered window, one of its side mirrors lying on the ground.
  There’s no w
  
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• 2 Injured In Crash Involving Port Authority Bus, Car

  03-06-2021 20:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two people were injured after a crash involving a car and a Port Authority bus in Homewood.
  Crews were on the scene of the crash on Frankstown Avenue Thursday afternoon.(Photo: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)
  After the crash, one person was trapped. Two were injured.Photos from the scene show a black sedan with a shattered window, one of its side mirrors lying on the ground.
  There’s no word on what led to the crash yet.
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• Public comments over Pa state university mergers begins today, but is the State System listening?

  03-06-2021 18:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  APSCUF, the faculty union, is holding its first forum at 6 p.m., but the State System isn't saying how those comments will be treated.
  
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• Duquesne University To Require COVID-19 Vaccines For All Students

  03-06-2021 18:36
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Duquesne University says the COVID-19 vaccine will be required for any students who want to participate in campus life next semester.The university says it already requires students to be vaccinated for a wide range of diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella and tetanus. Now it’s adding COVID-19 to that list.There’s a process outlined in the student handbook for students who want exceptions from vaccine requirements, the university
  
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• Police: Serial Killer Edward Surrat, Who Admitted to 6 Pennsylvania Murders, Spoke Of Others

  03-06-2021 18:19
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Florida inmate who admitted he killed six people in Pennsylvania in the 1970s also discussed five to seven other slayings in the state, and police in those areas have been alerted, an investigator said Thursday.
  Trooper Max DeLuca obtained those details in March from Edward A. Surratt about cases that are not under the state police’s jurisdiction, so he has since contacted those other departments, he said.
  Surratt, serving life at a state prison in Raiford, F
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 33 New Cases, No Additional Deaths

  03-06-2021 18:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 33 new Coronavirus cases and no additional deaths.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 25 are confirmed and eight are probable cases.
  The Health Department says new cases range in age from one year to 68 years with a median age of 39 years.
  There have been 7,175 total hospitalizations and 101,411 total coronavirus cases in Allegheny County since the pandemic started.
  The count
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Dept. Reports 656 New Cases, 36 Additional Deaths

  03-06-2021 18:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 656 new Coronavirus cases and 36 additional deaths.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,204,099 cases and 27,295 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
  There are 929 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, and 229 patients are in ICUs.
  The state says 10,678,935 total vaccine doses have been administered and 4,757,919 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 54.6% of Pe
  
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• Floyd Mayweather Vs. Logan Paul ‘Bragging Rights’ Pay-Per-View: How To Watch, Stream

  03-06-2021 16:37
  
  (CBS Local)- Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. steps back into the ring this weekend for an exhibition match against Youtube star Logan Paul, and Showtime Sports has you covered for all of the action. The card, dubbed “Bragging Rights”, is headlined by the veteran Mayweather and Paul but also features undercard bouts for former NFL star Chad Johnson, super welterweight Jarrett Hurd and light heavyweight Badou Jack.
  The rules for the Mayweather vs. Paul fight were announced by
  
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• Kidsburgh: Family-Friendly Events In June

  03-06-2021 16:33
  
  Kidsburgh Ambassador Yu-Ling Behr has a list of local family-friendly events your kids will love in the month of June!
  
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• ‘Snooki Is The Frosting To Our Cake’: Jenni Farley & Deena Nicole Cortese On MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore Family Vacation’

  03-06-2021 16:30
  
  (CBS Local)– “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” is back on MTV this Thursday, June 3 and one of the show’s biggest stars is making her return. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is back and the gang is headed to the Poconos with their friends, families and kids.The fam is back for one unshoregettable vacation! The party's officially here when #JSFamilyVacation returns Jerzday, June 3rd on @MTV.pic.twitter.com/PzaqaYYCiF
  — Jersey Shore (@JerseyShore) May 11, 2021Me
  
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• Home tweet home: Concrete birdhouses are part of new public art on Allegheny River

  03-06-2021 16:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  “Invisible Ecologies,” a new public artwork made of 42 birdhouses, is being installed on the Downtown side of the Allegheny River. 
  
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• Birdhouses are part of new public art on Allegheny River

  03-06-2021 16:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  “Invisible Ecologies,” a new public artwork made of 42 birdhouses, is being installed on the Downtown side of the Allegheny River. 
  
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• West Virginia Expands Prizes For COVID-19 Vaccinations, Including Hunting Rifles And Cash

  03-06-2021 16:05
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (KDKA) – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s office announced they are expanding the state’s vaccination lottery to include several prizes including hunting rifles.During a Tuesday briefing, Justice announced those vaccinated would be entered to win hunting rifles, a $1.588 million grand prize, a $588,00 second-place prize, full scholarships to any higher education institution in West Virginia, custom trucks, weekend vacations at state parks, and lifetime hun
  
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• Bill would force Pa. to post online how its lawmakers spend millions in tax dollars each year

  03-06-2021 16:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The bipartisan measure comes in response to an ongoing investigation by Spotlight PA and The Caucus into how taxpayers shell out millions each year for perks but are largely unaware of that spending.
  
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• PTL Links: June 3, 2021

  03-06-2021 15:26
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Rent The Chicken
  Rent The Chicken on Facebook
  Pittsburgh Magazine
  Kidsburgh
  More Kidsburgh Reports
  Next Pittsburgh
  Feed The Kids
  Canine CompanionsPTL Weekend Guide:Kennywood Bites & Pints Food and Drink Festival
  Jurassic Quest
  Pittsburgh Earth Day: Go Green at Market Square Festival
  Pittsburgh Musical Theater
  Three Rivers Arts Festival
  Pittsburgh Pride FestivitiesPittsburgh Today Live On Social Media:Facebook
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• Steelers Broadcaster Tunch Ilkin Announces Retirement From The Broadcast Booth

  03-06-2021 15:12
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Tunch Ilkin has announced that he will be retiring as a broadcaster to focus on his treatment as he battles ALS.“I have had 37 years in the NFL, with 14 as a player and the last 23 in broadcasting as the color analyst on the Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network, and I’ve decided to retire,” said Ilkin in a statement.
  In October 2020, Ilkin revealed that a month earlier he had been diagnosed with ALS.“I was diagnosed with ALS i
  
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• ‘It Was Wonderful Jumping Into 1949’: Jordane Christie On Paramount+’s ‘Why Women Kill’

  03-06-2021 15:10
  
  (CBS Local)– Need a new show to binge? Season two of “Why Women Kill” is now streaming on ViacomCBS’ Paramount+. The series starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu and Kirby Howell-Baptiste is a dark comedic drama that follows three women living in three different decades and how each woman deals with infidelity in her marriage.
  CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith caught up with actor Jordane Christie to discuss his experience on the show, what it was like to play the characte
  
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• Critter Concerns: Protecting Your Home From Unwanted Visitors

  03-06-2021 12:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Darting in and out without prediction chipmunks and mice are having a field day. It is their time of year and they are surfacing in familiar spaces to the chagrin of homeowners.
  “Chipmunks will eat seeds, but they’ll also eat different types of insects. Occasionally, newly hatched birds and fresh grass, stems,” says Russ Rusiski of Complete Pest Control Services.
  While Disney’s Chip and Dale branded chipmunks with a cuddly cute image the fact is
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Marginal Risk For Severe Weather On Thursday

  03-06-2021 12:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Good morning, the storm prediction center has pointed us in the marginal risk area for storms today.A marginal risk is the lowest risk level issued daily and in the simplest of terms means that severe weather is generally not expected but cannot be ruled out.
  Here’s what you need to know:Storm chances are low for the day with isolated to scattered rain chances through the day.
  Severe storm chances should be confined to a window of around 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
  
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• Covestro ‘think tank’ to address how recycled food waste, fashion and mattresses make up circular economy

  03-06-2021 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Covestro will host the virtual event June 8 to help educate businesses and individuals about sustainable practices and policies. 
   
  
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• Tractor Trailer Crash Takes Down Wires On Interstate 70

  03-06-2021 11:58
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) – A tractor-trailer crash has shut down Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County.The crash happened near exit 57 into New Stanton.As of 6:40 a.m., the westbound lanes have fully reopened and there is a lane closure in place eastbound.The closure is between Exit 54, Madison, and Exit 57, New Stanton.The truck could be seen on an embankment off of the highway.It is unknown what caused the accident or if there are any injuries.Stay With KDKA.com F
  
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• Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts Down Interstate 70 Near New Stanton

  03-06-2021 11:58
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) – A tractor-trailer crash has shut down Interstate 70 in Westmoreland County.The crash happened near exit 57 into New Stanton.As of this morning, both east and westbound lanes are closed.The closure is between Exit 54, Madison and Exit 57, New Stanton.We have sent a crew to the scene are working to get more details.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• One Pittsburgh nonprofit owner gives another a day to remember

  03-06-2021 11:50 via post-gazette.com
  
  Rachel Antin gave Kate Crawford and her family a shared experience they’ll cherish forever.
  
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• Beaver County author rising with new Titanic novel and upcoming film 'Unsinkable'

  03-06-2021 11:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Her latest novel, “The Girl on the Carpathia,” became available in both digital form and hard copy today.
  
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• Allegheny National Forest grows over 500 acres with land transfer

  03-06-2021 11:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  Land transfer from the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to ANF will protect views along Wild and Scenic Clarion River corridor.
  
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• Woman Shot Multiple Times In The Legs In The Central North Side

  03-06-2021 11:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It was another night of violence in Pittsburgh and this time it was in the Central North Side.One woman was injured after she was shot multiple times in her legs while inside her vehicle.Pittsburgh Public Safety says the shooting took place just before 1:00 a.m. in the 1700 block of Belleau Drive.Gunshots rang out near a playground by the Allegheny Dwellings housing development.No children were injured but the woman was taken to the hospital in stable condition.Public S
  
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• Allegiant Now Offering Direct Flights To Florida And Virginia From Pittsburgh International Airport

  03-06-2021 10:21
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you’re looking for a quick summer getaway, you’ll have a couple of new options beginning today.Allegiant has added non-stop, direct flights that begin at Pittsburgh International Airport that will go to Key West, Florida, and Norfolk, Virginia.“We are excited to offer Pittsburgh residents Allegiant’s brand of convenient, nonstop service to two new cities,” said Drew Wells, senior vice president of revenue and plann
  
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• Woman Taken Into Custody In Connection To Stabbing In Beechview

  03-06-2021 09:55
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BEECHVIEW (KDKA) – A woman was taken into custody on Wednesday night and is being questioned in connection with a stabbing at a home.Police say a man was stabbed at a house on Beechview Avenue in Beechview.
  The man was stabbed just under his arm.He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
  
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• West Mifflin Elementary School Installs Book Vending Machine

  03-06-2021 09:46
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) – A vending machine that dispenses books has been installed at Clara Barton Elementary School in West Mifflin.Kelly Gomolak-Bandik, a second-grade teacher, secured the funding for the machine through “Donors Choose.”She says kids nominated as students of the month will be the first group to receive a golden coin to get a book from the machine.
  
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• Pennsylvania Republican Lawmakers Backing Plan To End Expanded Unemployment Benefits

  03-06-2021 09:29
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – As businesses struggle to hire people, some state lawmakers are backing a plan that they say will push more people to go back to work.The bill proposed would end the extra $300 per week from the federal government, along with pandemic unemployment assistance.Republican state lawmakers in Harrisburg say the extra benefits are disincentivizing people from looking for work.
  Democrats disagree, saying businesses should pay more and offer sick leave.Th
  
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• Sam’s Club Announces They Are Bringing Back Free Samples

  03-06-2021 09:13
  
  By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business(CNN) — Sam’s Club is the latest warehouse chain to bring back food samples, joining rival Costco in returning to a pre-pandemic shopping staple.
  Beginning this week the company is relaunching its sampling and demo program, called “Taste & Tips,” across its roughly 600 US locations. The perk was discontinued in March 2020 as the pandemic hit America.
  It won’t be exactly like pre-pandemic times, however. For now, at least, “T
  
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• Baldwin-Whitehall Teachers Create Assistive Technology To Help Student

  03-06-2021 09:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BALDWIN (KDKA) – The teachers in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District have done it once again.This time around, they’ve created a special “bubble machine.”Carly Lutz and Rachel Thiros invented a switch toy that will allow little Sam to paint.Sam has a neurological condition that impacts his motor skills and his teachers have been working on next-level assistive technology that will allow him to interact and play.Carly says Sam will get to play with
  
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• Ohio Football Player Says Coaches Forced Him To Eat Pork Despite His Religious Beliefs

  03-06-2021 08:47
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — An attorney for an Ohio high school football player who says coaches forced him to eat pork in violation of his religious beliefs for missing a voluntary workout has announced plans to sue the school district.
  Canton McKinley head football coach Marcus Wattley and seven assistant coaches were suspended last week by the Canton City School District after the 17-year-old reported what happened to him on May 24, The Canton Repository reported.
  Attorney Ed Gilbert said Tuesd
  
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• Charleston Police Plan To Use Fewer Lethal Weapons

  03-06-2021 08:36
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After two officers shot and wounded a Black man who authorities said was wielding a knife in April, the police chief of West Virginia’s capital city has outlined how his department will improve de-escalation tactics and use fewer lethal weapons.
  Charleston Police Chief James “Tyke” Hunt shared an action plan in a letter sent to Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin on Tuesday, news outlets reported. Goodwin had requested the report from the department a few da
  
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• Nine Men Accused In West Virginia Of Participating In Romance And Other Online Scams

  03-06-2021 08:27
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Nine men have been accused in West Virginia of participating in romance and other online scams that defrauded at least 200 people of more than $2.5 million, prosecutors said.
  Grand jury indictments in federal court in Charleston charged the men with mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and receipt of stolen property. All nine men have been apprehended, prosecutors said in a news release Tuesday.
  Two of the defendants lived in Huntington and Martinsburg, and two
  
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• Plum Mayoral Candidate Shawn Marcellino Remembered As Someone Who Was ‘There For Everybody At The Drop Of A Hat’

  03-06-2021 05:33
  
  PLUM, Pa. (KDKA) – Plum mayoral candidate Shawn Marcellino died suddenly after collapsing during a softball game Tuesday night.
  “To know Shawn was to love Shawn. I honestly don’t know anyone who did not love him,” said Michael Devine, Marcellino’s longtime friend and Plum school board president.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Devine said Marcellino started feeling chest pains while playing in the game and he eventually collapsed. Marcellino’s family said the 40-year-old
  
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• Eric Mobley, Former University Of Pittsburgh Basketball Player, Dies At 51

  03-06-2021 04:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Former Pitt center Eric Mobley died at the age of 51.
  RIPpic.twitter.com/fBKb4lUpcV
  — Pitt Basketball (@Pitt_MBB) June 3, 2021The Pitt men’s basketball team confirmed the news on Wednesday in a tweet. Mobley played three seasons at Pitt, appearing in 50 games from 1991 to 1994.He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 1994 NBA Draft. He played three seasons in the NBA.
  Mobley’s cause of death has not yet bee
  
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