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Melinda Handler holds an umbrella over her mom, Anne Handler, of Squirrel Hill, yesterday during a rally outside UMPC Braddock. About 200 residents, patients and political leaders gathered to protest the closing of the hospital.

Braddock hospital's closure protested

Standing in ponchos and under a canopy of umbrellas, a few hundred people gathered in the rain in front of UPMC Braddock yesterday to decry UPMC's decision to shutter the hospital there, hoping their messages -- conveyed over a crackly portable speaker -- would sway the medical giant to change its mind about closing the facility. (Today)

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Wilkinsburg denies rezoning for adult offender program

The proposal would have allowed a correctional organization to house more than 100 adult ex-offenders in a Penn Avenue building that currently houses a program for adolescent females. (Today)

One dead in crash on Route 286 in Westmoreland

A man was killed in one-car crash this morning on Route 286 in Westmoreland County. (Today)

Hundreds rally to keep UPMC Braddock open

A few hundred people gathered in front of UPMC Braddock this afternoon to rally the medical giant to keep the hospital open. (Yesterday)

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A woman's body was found in a wooded area of East Hills yesterday afternoon, police said. (Yesterday)

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