A child fell off a wooden roller coaster at an amusement park in Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon. It happened around 12:20 p.m. at the Idlewild Park and Soak Zone in Ligonier, PA, about and hour southeast of Pittsburg. The boy was on the coaster with his brother when he fell. He was conscious when he was airlifted to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. He...

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane returned to the defense table and a former boyfriend who became her top deputy to the witness stand as Kane's perjury case resumed this morning. Government witness Adrian King is in for more cross-examination from Kane's lawyers. He and Kane dated in law school and years later he became her top deputy. Kane is accused of leaking secret grand jury...

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The federal government has charged a former NFL player with allegedly defrauding investors out of more than $10 million. Merrill Robertson Jr. was arrested on Wednesday on criminal charges related to fraud, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Securities and Exchange Commission also announced a civil case against Robertson. They say he and a...

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An unidentified man using suction cups attempted to scale Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, New York City, this afternoon. The man began his ascent of the 58-story building from a publically accessible sub roof garden around 4:00 pm. During the climb he avoided NYPD, FDNY, and Emergency Services workers who opened up ventilation grates, broke through windows, and lowered window washing...

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A man and a little girl are recovering after they were both shot, about six hours apart and just a half a block away from each other in East Germantown. Police are looking for the gunmen and a possible connection. The six year old girl was seriously injured when she was hit by a stray bullet while playing in front of her home about 7pm Tuesday. Chief Inspector Scott Small said the girl was shot...

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Philadelphia Police are investigating after they say a 6-year-old girl was shot on Tuesday night. Officials say the incident took place on the 6300 block of N. Woodstock St. Police say the girl suffered a gunshot wound under her left arm. Police arrived on the scene shortly before 7:00 p.m. Authorities say the girl was taken to Einstein Hospital and was listed in critical condition. Her injuries...

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Children's television pioneer W. Carter Merrier, better known as Captain Noah, passed away today at the age of 90. Merbreier and his wife Patricia created and hosted the long running children's show "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark" on Channel 6 from 1967 to 1994. Merbreier was an ordained Lutheran minister and former Philadelphia police chaplain and started the show as a religious...

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Jefferson and Kennedy Health moved closer to consummating their proposed marriage this morning with the signing of an agreement to merge the two health systems. The organizations made the original announcement in January and still require state and regulatory approval. They plan to expand their existing partnerships in cancer care and neurosciences.

The brother of the man shot in...

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A young girl is dead after a car crash in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. It happened around 7:15 p.m. Monday at North 2nd and West York Streets. Police say a 3-year-old girl was in the car with her 43-year-old mother when the accident occurred. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the crash or how many vehicles were involved.

Police say a young boy who was found...

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Philadelphia Sheriff's Department officials say that the sergeant injured in an elevator failure last week at the courthouse is paralyzed from the waist down. 48-year-old Sergeant Paul Owens remains in critical condition and is in an induced coma. On Thursday, Owens was riding in an employee elevator at the Criminal Justice Center when it malfunctioned and crashed through the ceiling of...

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