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  • Officials Orlando man shot by FBI was about to sign Boston murder confession

    A 27-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed by an FBI agent was being questioned in a triple-murder that may have involved one of the Boston bombing suspects, Orlando TV station WFTV has learned.Ibragim Todashev, who was shot and killed at a condominium complex, was "about to sign a statement" admitting to a role, along with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in ...

  • Surveillance photos of armed bank robber released

    Investigators have released surveillance photos of a man they say robbed a Bentleyville bank Wednesday morning at gunpoint.Authorities said the man robbed the PNC Bank on Wilson Road about 10 a.m.The man is described as being in his 20s or 30s, standing about 5 feet 10 inches tall and a thin to medium build. He has a beard and a moustache, and was wearing a baseball cap, hooded sweatshirt and ...

  • Search warrants yield several arrests stolen gun heroin

    Authorities in Washington County arrested several people Wednesday while executing drug-related search warrants.Washington County District Attorney Eugene Vittone said Avery Turner, 22, was arrested at the Ramada Inn Washington while in possession of 184 stamp bags of heroin and a stolen gun.Police said Turner was charged with possession with intent to deliver heroin and a violation of the ...

  • Police Searching For Washington Co. Bank Robbery Suspect

    BENTLEYVILLE (KDKA) - Police are investigating after an armed man robbed a bank in Washington County Wednesday morning. According to police, the incident happened at the PNC Bank in the 100-block of Wilson Road in Bentleyville just before 10 a.m. A man with a gun walked into the bank wearing a baseball cap with a hooded-sweatshirt and jeans. He is described as being in his 20s or 30s and being ...

  • Bomb Threats Prompt Evacuations At 2 Washington Co. Schools

    WASHINGTON (KDKA) - Two Washington County high schools were evacuated Wednesday morning because of bomb threats. According to emergency dispatchers, both the Bentworth and California High Schools were been evacuated around 11 a.m. Students at Bentworth were sent to the Elementary Center and will be sent home early. Bomb-sniffing dogs are going through the cars in the parking lot. Also going ...


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  • BNY Mellon adds wealth manager jobs

    The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. on Wednesday said it plans to increase its wealth management sales force by 50 percent in the U.S., adding as many as 100 new positions over the next two years. That includes Pittsburgh, but were not prepared now to say how many positions will be added here, said Susan Rivers, BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK) global head of wealth management corporate communications. Our ...

  • Revenue is big challenge for law firms

    Delivering value to clients didn't rank high on a survey of some bigger larger firms, according to a new study. Safety in numbers isnt necessarily the equation for law firm growth. Some 56 percent of law firm leaders nationwide believe headcount is a requirement for their continued success but 36 percent disagree, according to an Altman Weil survey. Asked about net change in lawyer headcount ...

  • Authorities in Washington Co. busy investigating 2 bomb threats bank robbery

    Police said students at Bentworth High School were sent home Wednesday because of a bomb threat.Authorities said a threat was called into the school Wednesday morning and arrangements were made to send students home early.The school is currently shut down as emergency crews investigate.California High School was also evacuated Wednesday morning because of a bomb threat, police said.California ...

  • Investigators say man robbed same liquor store he failed at in 2004

    Police said a Monongahela man who didn't succeed in robbing a liquor store in 2004 should have thought twice about trying again to rob the same store earlier this month.Richard Heinzelman, 48, is jailed on charges he robbed the same Charleroi state store he spent two to four years in prison for robbing nearly nine years ago.Authorities said Heinzelman was one of two men who robbed the store ...

  • Basements scarce in tornado-prone Okla. city

    It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most ...

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