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• Ohio House Republicans Debate Anti-Vaccination Bill Again

  24-08-2021 23:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of a Republican-backed bill that would prohibit employers from requiring workers to receive vaccinations descended on the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday as lawmakers heard a single additional day of testimony on the closely watched proposal.
  While speakers before the GOP-controlled House Health Committee were evenly divided between those for and against the measure, supporters far outnumbered them on the Statehouse grounds.
  Hundreds rallied outside
  
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• Tradition Of Using Llamas To Carry Supplies For Leadville 100 Ultra Marathon In Colorado Continues

  24-08-2021 23:20
  
  LEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) — The Leadville 100 ultra marathon went off this weekend — with runners getting help from some four-legged friends. The race starts at over 10,000 feet and only goes up from there! The competitors need supplies to keep them going and they count on llamas to deliver them.
  (credit: CBS)
  For more than three decades, a herd of llamas has hauled supplies to the aid station at the top of Hope Pass — at 12,600 feet.
  The aid station offers tired racers food, can
  
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• Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Rob Local Gun Stores With His Brothers

  24-08-2021 22:44
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A man will spend 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to rob local gun stores with his brothers.
  Twenty-four-year-old Jerwahn Atkins was sentenced Tuesday.Atkins and his brothers Jamir and Jerquay pleaded guilty to using a crowbar to break into Allegheny Arms and Gunworks last year. They triggered a burglar alarm and took off.
  Jerwahn and Jamir then drove to the National Armory in Moon Township and tried to crowbar their way in there, once a
  
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• Where Do COVID Vaccine Mandates Stand?

  24-08-2021 22:23
  
  (CBS Baltimore) — The COVID pandemic seemed to be nearing an end a few months ago. Case numbers were falling, and vaccination numbers were rising. Mask mandates were easing, and people were returning to offices. The economy was picking up. It’s since become evident that the pandemic was entering a new phase. The Delta variant has COVID case numbers climbing in parts of the country once again. Similar to the pandemic’s early days, certain regions are running out of beds in their
  
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• FBI Testing Powder Found Inside Suspicious Package Sent To Squirrel Hill South School

  24-08-2021 22:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The FBI is trying to figure out what was inside a suspicious package sent to a school in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill South neighborhood.Pittsburgh Police say the Bomb Squad, HAZMAT and the Spill Truck responded to the Community Day School in the 6400 block of Forward Avenue Tuesday morning.
  An unknown white powder was inside the package, police say, which was delivered by mail a day earlier from an address outside of the country.No one report
  
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• Man Kills 5-Year-Old Daughter And His Wife In Suspected Double Murder-Suicide, Officials Say

  24-08-2021 21:37
  
  MINK SHOALS, W.Va. (AP) — The alleged suspect in an apparent double murder-suicide at a West Virginia home had been arrested earlier this year on a domestic violence charge, officials said.
  The man was identified as Donald “DJ” Thomas, 29, of Charleston, who was found with a gun believed to have been used in the incident next to him, news outlets reported, citing a statement Tuesday from the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. His wife, Alicia Thomas, 24, of Charleston, and
  
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• DEP Issues Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Multiple Local Counties

  24-08-2021 20:54
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone Wednesday.The DEP says mostly sunny skies mixed with light winds and high temperatures in the 90s will likely contribute to 8-hour average concentrations of ozone that are in the Code Orange range.In our area, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland and Indiana counties are impacted.
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• RADical Days 2021 Schedule Released

  24-08-2021 20:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The schedule for RADical Days 2021 has been released.
  The longstanding tradition of free events and activities in Allegheny County will take place from Sept. 9 to Oct. 10. RADical Days started in 2002 as a way to say thank you to taxpayers.
  This year’s lineup has nearly 60 free events, programs and activities. You can get all the details here.
  
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• Pittsburgh Picks Out 2021 Christmas Tree

  24-08-2021 20:14
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s still August and pumpkin spice season has barely just begun, but the City of Pittsburgh is already thinking about Christmas.The Public Works’ Forestry Division introduced its official 2021 Christmas Tree on Twitter Monday.
  It’s beginning to look a lot like…
  Our Forestry Division is happy to introduce #Pittsburgh to its official 2021 Christmas Tree!
  This 45-foot tall blue spruce will be donated by Mr. Chris Fuga &
  
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• Man Shot, Killed By Police After Allegedly Stabbing Butler Officer

  24-08-2021 19:37
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — A man was shot and killed after police say he stabbed a Butler officer multiple times with a knife on Tuesday.
  According to State Police, Butler City Police received a 911 call about a man who was acting erratically and jumping in and out of traffic on the 300 block of West Jefferson Street just before 7 a.m.#DEVELOPING Officers still on the scene in Butler after a police officer was stabbed and the suspect was fatally shot. PSP say that officer
  
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• Elizabeth Police Seek Suspect Who Vandalized Church, Businesses

  24-08-2021 19:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  ELIZABETH, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are trying to identify a vandal accused of spraying graffiti onto multiple local businesses and a church.
  Police say the suspect was caught on camera late last Friday tagging the back of Stewart Equipment on Fifth Street. He also allegedly tagged several other businesses and a church in West Elizabeth and Elizabeth borough.(Photos: Elizabeth Police)
  At the time of the crime, he was wearing shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops.Police are ask
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 2,795 New Cases, 22 Additional Deaths

  24-08-2021 18:27
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 2,795 new coronavirus cases and 22 additional deaths.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,272,350 cases and 28,098 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
  There are 1,498 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19, and 410 patients are in ICUs.
  The state says 12,038,733 total vaccine doses have been administered, and 5,892,115 people are fully vaccinated. So far, 65.1%
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Health Department Reports 263 New Cases

  24-08-2021 18:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 263 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 186 are confirmed and 77 are probable cases.
  There have been 7,516 total hospitalizations and 107,734 total coronavirus cases in Allegheny County since the pandemic started.
  The county-wide death toll stands at 2,050.
  More information on the Coronavirus pandemic:CDC Coronavirus Information
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• Pennsylvania Redistricting Panel To Count Inmates In Home Towns

  24-08-2021 17:43
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons will be counted in their home districts and not where their prisons are located after a divided vote Tuesday by the five-member panel redrawing legislative district maps this year.
  The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission voted 3-2 for the policy change that was introduced by House Minority Leader Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia.
  “We cannot wait another 10 years. The time to correct this injustice is now,&rd
  
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• Pennsylvania Redistricting Panel Considers Where To Count State Prisoners

  24-08-2021 17:43
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The former university head and four Pennsylvania legislative leaders drawing new General Assembly district lines will take up the thorny issue Tuesday of whether to count state prisoners in their home districts instead of where their prisons are.
  The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission’s agenda includes a Democrat-backed resolution that would change the current practice so that state inmates would be counted where they last lived in the state.
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• ‘We Kicked It Up A Notch & Lit It On Fire’: Heléne Yorke On Season 2 Of ‘The Other Two’ & Working With Molly Shannon

  24-08-2021 17:15
  
  (CBS Local)– Heléne Yorke has found success on the big stage of Broadway and in TV shows such as “Graves,” “The Good Fight” and “Masters of Sex” and she’ll be back on TV this week with the return of her comedy series “The Other Two.” Season two will stream on HBO Max after airing on Comedy Central in 2019. The show is created by Comedy Central Productions and tells the story of two siblings named Cary and Brooke who are searching
  
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• US Could Have COVID-19 ‘Under Control’ By Spring 2022 If Enough People Get Vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci Says

  24-08-2021 17:08
  
  (CNN/KDKA) — Dr. Anthony Fauci urged the public to get vaccinated and said if the “overwhelming majority” of the population does so the U.S. could have the pandemic “under control” by spring of 2022.
  “We hope we’ll be there … but there’s no guarantee because it’s up to us,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the President’s chief medical adviser, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper
  
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• State police say Butler officer, after being stabbed, fatally shoots suspect

  24-08-2021 16:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police shot and killed a man in Butler on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed an officer, Pennsylvania state police said.
  
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• State police: Butler officer, after being stabbed, fatally shot suspect

  24-08-2021 16:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police shot and killed a man in Butler on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed an officer, Pennsylvania state police said.
  
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• Police in Butler shoot man dead after he stabbed officer, state troopers say

  24-08-2021 16:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police shot and killed a man in Butler on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed an officer, Pennsylvania state police said.
  
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• Tesla Owners Say Their Cars Increasingly Targeted for Break-Ins

  24-08-2021 16:40
  
  SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – Bay Area Tesla owner clubs are reminding new and longtime drivers to take measures to reduce their chances of becoming a victim of break-ins, which they said have started to rise as pandemic restrictions ease.
  “I felt like it got better during shelter-in-place, during the pandemic. And now that things are reopening and somewhat more normal, there’s been an uptick again,” said Kristine Boncato, of Tesla Owners of East Bay.
  Charles, co-owner of Primer Au
  
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• Pa. State Police: Man Shot, Killed By Police After Stabbing Butler Police Officer

  24-08-2021 14:37
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — A man was shot and killed by a police officer in Butler after stabbing an officer with a knife.
  According to Pa. State Police, Butler City Police received a 911 call regarding a man who was acting erratically and jumping in and out of traffic.
  When officers arrived at the scene along West Jefferson Street in Butler, they encountered the man.**Officer involved shooting in Butler City**
  On-camera interviews will be provided today at 10:30am at the
  
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• Man Shot, Killed By Police After Stabbing Butler Officer

  24-08-2021 14:37
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — A man was shot and killed after police say he stabbed a Butler officer multiple times with a knife on Tuesday.
  According to State Police, Butler City Police received a 911 call about a man who was acting erratically and jumping in and out of traffic on the 300 block of West Jefferson Street just before 7 a.m.#DEVELOPING Officers still on the scene in Butler after a police officer was stabbed and the suspect was fatally shot. PSP say that officer
  
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• PTL Links: Aug. 24, 2021

  24-08-2021 13:14
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:The Gateway Clipper
  Giant Eagle Cooking Corner
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• Baby Rhino Calf Born At The Wilds

  24-08-2021 13:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  CUMBERLAND, Oh. (KDKA) — A baby rhino calf was born last week at The Wilds in Ohio.
  The safari park announced the birth of the calf on Monday, saying that greater one-horned rhino calves usually weight more than 100 pounds when they are born and gain a few pounds every day.
  The mother, Sanya, is caring for the female calf, according to The Wilds.
  (Photo Credit: Grahm S. Jones, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
  The newborn rhino calf is the ninth to be born at the Wilds.
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Heat, Humidity To Continue Tuesday

  24-08-2021 11:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The heat is just getting started and we are staying above average all week long!
  We have another morning with patchy fog with clear skies and calm wind.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  Once the sunshine comes out and we get temperatures near mid 70s, any fog will lift. It looks dry and sunny today as warm air aloft should keep a cap on convection.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  We should make it at or near 90 and it’s expected to feel in the mid 90s. It&r
  
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• Bethel Park School District Orders Masks Mandatory For The First Semester As Students Return To Class

  24-08-2021 10:44
  
  BETHEL PARK (KDKA) — It’s back to masks for students in the Bethel Park School District.
  Following a late-night meeting, the message on masks came down just hours before students were set to return to the classroom.
  Up until Monday night’s meeting, wearing a mask was going to be optional in the district. But then, the board voted to make masks mandatory for now, which was met with support and sharp criticism from parents.
  The school board originally met to vote on a different a
  
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• Man In Critical Condition After Being Shot Multiple Times In Hill District

  24-08-2021 10:33
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left a man in critical condition.
  According to police, officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Webster Avenue following a Shotspotter alert just after 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
  When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man who had been shot multiple times.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Dan Vojtko)
  Paramedics took the man to a local hospital. He was last listed in critic
  
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• Former Steeler Brett Keisel Names Calf ‘Nunny’ After Hall Of Fame Scout Bill Nunn

  24-08-2021 10:05
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Earlier this month, former Steelers scout Bill Nunn was inducted into the Pro Football of Fame. Now, another former Steeler has named a calf on his farm in his honor.
  Former Steelers defensive end and two-time Super Bowl champion Brett Keisel, who grew up on his family’s 1,000 acre ranch, has turned from football to farming. Keisel has a farm located outside of Pittsburgh and a lot of the animals are named after Steelers legends an
  
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• Local Kids Set Up Shop, Sell Lemonade In Squirrel Hill

  24-08-2021 09:34
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the weather across Western Pennsylvania being hot and humid, if you can’t beat the heat at the pool, how about a cold glass of lemonade?
  Some kids in Squirrel Hill set up shop on Monday with a lemonade stand of their own.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Shaw’s Sugar Shack opened for business on Monday afternoon along Beacon Street.
  A few people stopped by, buying lemonade, limeade, and water.
  
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• Members From Pennsylvania-Task Force 1 Providing Assistance Following Tropical Depression Henri

  24-08-2021 09:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sixteen member’s of Pennsylvania-Task Force 1 are now in Connecticut to help assist with rescue efforts.
  Henri was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm and then to a tropical depression, and there are concerns of more flooding across the Northeast.
  The Pa. Task Force is made up of 28 members who deploy to disaster situations across the country.
  The team is sponsored by the Philadelphia Fire Department.
  
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• Teachers Union Ratifies 4-Year Contract, Agrees On Start Date For Pittsburgh Public School Classes To Begin

  24-08-2021 09:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh’s teachers union has given the green light for the new school calendar.
  88% of the union’s members voted to ratify a new, 4-year contract on Monday.
  The new contract includes an agreement with the district to change start times and have bus drivers take on more routes.
  The Pittsburgh Public Schools system had to make adjustments due to a driver shortage.
  “The superintendent and his team were adamant that they need to g
  
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• Five WPIAL Championship Football Games Set To Be Held At Heinz Field In November

  24-08-2021 08:46
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — High school football championship titles in Western Pennsylvania will once again be up for grabs at Heinz Field.
  According to KDKA’s news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the WPIAL will be playing five championship games this season at Heinz Field over a 2-day period.
  “Right now, it’s definite we will be playing two days at Heinz,” WPIAL Executive Director Amy Scheuneman told the Post-Gazette. “Our board had a
  
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• Seneca Valley School District To Require Masks While Butler County Is In ‘Substantial’ Or ‘High’ COVID-19 Spread

  24-08-2021 05:39
  
  SENECA VALLEY (KDKA) — The Seneca Valley School District will require students to wear masks as long as Butler County has “high” or “substantial” COVID-19 spread.
  The decision came down during Monday’s school board meeting, which featured a divided and raucous crowd.“They need to see facial expressions, they need to understand what is happening here,” another speaker said. “We are creating learning disabilities every day.”The topic of m
  
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• Nearly 100 Dogs Rescued From Fayette County Home, Several Found Dead

  24-08-2021 04:21
  
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — Nearly 100 dogs were rescued from a home in Fayette County.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Cross Your Paws Rescue says 99 dogs were rescued from a hoarding situation in Uniontown on Monday. The dogs are now being taken care of by the rescue organization.“After a full day of respirators and assistance from authorities, we have all of the dogs out of this hell they had been living in for far too long,” Cross Your Paws Rescue said in a Facebook post.Neighbors alerted
  
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• Pittsburgh Woman Injured After Apartment Ceiling Collapses

  24-08-2021 04:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A North Side woman’s living room is now covered in dust and chunks of plaster.The woman invited KDKA’s Meghan Schiller into her apartment because she said her ceiling collapsed after complaining about it for more than a year.
  Francine Williams said hot sausage on the stove saved her life.“If God wouldn’t have made me raise my head up, that’s what would have hit me in my damn head,” Williams said.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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• Nearly 100 Dogs Rescued From Fayette County Home

  24-08-2021 03:54
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — Nearly 100 dogs were rescued from a home in Fayette County.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Cross Your Paws Rescue says 99 dogs were rescued from a hoarding situation in Uniontown on Monday. The dogs are now being taken care of by the rescue organization.“After a full day of respirators and assistance from authorities, we have all of the dogs out of this hell they had been living in for far too long,” Cross Your Paws Rescue said in a Facebook
  
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• Bethel Park school board sharply criticized by parents after changing course, requiring masks in school

  24-08-2021 03:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  In a heated school board meeting Monday night, the Bethel Park School District voted to reverse course and require everyone to wear masks inside.
  
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• Bethel Park school board called 'Nazis' for changing course, requiring masks in school

  24-08-2021 03:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  In a heated school board meeting Monday night, the Bethel Park School District voted to reverse course and require everyone to wear masks inside.
  
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• Gov. Tom Wolf Orders Commonwealth Flag To Be Flown At Half-Staff In Honor Of Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone

  24-08-2021 03:04
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Governor Tom Wolf has ordered the commonwealth flag on all state facilities to fly at half-staff in honor of Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone.
  Vittone died Saturday after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 61-year-old had been the district attorney since 2012, when he was elected to the office of district attorney after 12 years of serving as the assistant district attorney.
  The commonwealth flag will fly at half-staff un
  
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• Penn State Will Not Require Proof Of Vaccination Or Negative COVID-19 Test At Beaver Stadium

  24-08-2021 01:52
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (KDKA) — As Penn State looks to bring back 100,000 screaming fans to Beaver Stadium, few restrictions will be in place.
  The university announced it will not require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.You also do not need a mask in the outdoor areas of the stadium, but you must wear a mask if you are inside.
  
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• Pedestrian And Motorcyclist Injured After Crash In Pittsburgh

  24-08-2021 01:21
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Public Safety says a pedestrian and a motorcyclist were taken to the hospital after a crash.
  Officials say the collision happened Monday on Fifth Avenue. The road is closed between South Aiken and Wilkins avenues.ALERT:
  Fifth Avenue between S.Aiken and Wilkins Ave. is closed for a motorcycle/pedestrian collision.
  One female patient has been transported to the hospital in critical condition.
  The motorcycle rider was transported to the ho
  
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• Top Republican In Pa. Senate Says Election ‘Investigation’ Hearings Will Begin This Week

  24-08-2021 01:01
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top Republican in Pennsylvania’s Senate said Monday that hearings will begin this week as he committed to carrying out a “full forensic investigation” of the state’s 2020 presidential election.
  Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-Centre, said he has communicated with former President Donald Trump, whose baseless claims about election fraud have propelled loyalists to pursue audits, reviews or other examinations of ballots and votin
  
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• West Virginia University Health System, State’s Largest Private Employer, Issues Worker Vaccine Mandate

  24-08-2021 00:43
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest private employer, announced Monday that it will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Oct. 31 as COVID-19 cases continue to grow exponentially statewide.
  The mandate applies to workers at all of the WVU Health System’s hospitals and clinics in West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and staff working remotely at home or onsite. The health
  
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• Doctors Say It Is Safe To Get Flu Shot And COVID-19 Booster Shot Around Same Time

  24-08-2021 00:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We’ve been hearing about them for months, and it’s finally time for COVID-19 booster shots.
  Doctors recommend getting the booster eight months after the second shot, and for many – that falls smack dab in flu shot season.
  KDKA’s Meghan Schiller asked the experts what people need to know about mixing the two.
  “I think ideally it might be two shots this year, but to get them both at the same time would certainly be efficient,” said Dr.
  
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