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Point Park University will move students into Wyndham Grand Hotel because of influx of...

Point Park University has run out of dorm rooms for its incoming freshman class. Today, families are learning that their students will be living here at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh, several blocks away from campus, with just one week’s notice until their move-in date.
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Tropical Storm Erin expected to impact Pittsburgh area weather

There’s a lot of heat still to come in the next five days, but a pattern change may be on the horizon.
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One year later, questions remain about Highland Detention at Shuman

The Shuman Juvenile Detention Center reopened last summer with the promise of taking serious juvenile offenders off the street.
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Attempted homicide charge filed against man accused of breaking into house, shooting at person

A man is facing charges after police said he broke into a house and shot at a person in Penn Hills.
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Person injured in motorcycle crash in East Liberty

A person was injured in a motorcycle crash in East Liberty.
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U.S. Steel Clairton plant under scrutiny after deadly blast

U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works is under fresh scrutiny after an explosion killed two workers this week. The big picture: Once a defining part of the Pittsburgh region's economy, the nearly 400-acre facility is increasingly criticized for its environmental impacts and past safety incidents. Catch up quick: The...
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Woman from Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania causes single-vehicle crash in the city of Pittsburgh

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light) (Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh report that a woman from Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania caused a single-vehicle crash in the city of Pittsburgh yesterday. Twenty-one-year-old Garylen Chapman was driving on Exit 74 of I-376 Westbound going west. The speed of...
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Driver faces DUI, but not homicide charges in Natrona girl’s death

Police said a Harrison man drank 12 beers before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck and killed an 11-year-old girl in Natrona last summer. Allegheny County police on Wednesday charged Jeffrey Glowatski, 65, with three counts of DUI and two counts of careless driving in connection with a crash that...
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Missing 77-year-old man last seen in July found dead

A missing man who was last seen in July has been found dead.
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Special report finds ShotSpotter system improves response times in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh first implemented the technology in 2014, then expanded it four years later so it now covers a third of the city. The system uses sensors to detect and locate gunfire, then alerts first responders.

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