Holidays Can Be Good Time To Try New Activities For Families Living With Autism
The holiday season is a time for fun family traditions. If you are a family living with autism, it's also a great time to start some new traditions.
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The holiday season is a time for fun family traditions. If you are a family living with autism, it's also a great time to start some new traditions.
The camera rolls at the sixth annual Joey Travolta Film Camp for kids and adults with autism at Winchester Thurston School in Shadyside.
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Joey Travolta, the older brother of John Travolta, has been around the film industry for decades. He is an actor, producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in films alongside Eddie Murphy and Sylvester Stallone. Travolta, founder and creative director for "Inclusion Films," is in Pittsburgh for the next two weeks with his film camp that is for youth with Autism. Joey joined the KDKA Morning News to talk about the camp.
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The Penn State Nittany Lions will head to Yankee Stadium to play in the 2025 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl, according to multiple reports.
For the fifth year, KDKA's team PTL has partnered with Charlie Batch's Batch-A-Toys to collect toy donations for children this Christmas.
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Veterans are outraged after learning about damage done to gravesites at a cemetery in Fayette County.
Artificial intelligence is watching where people park in Pittsburgh.
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A CDC vaccine panel voted to stop recommending the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.
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A little boy from Delaware County is getting his once-in-a-lifetime wish, just in time for the holidays.
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Western Pennsylvania has historically been a hotbed for producing talent that succeeds in the NFL.
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FIFA released the World Cup schedule on Saturday that will feature 104 matches spread across 11 cities in the United States, with three in Mexico and two in Canada.
Members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh voted last week to end their three-year-long walkout.
Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio.
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The U.S. Department of Energy says it's loaning $1 billion to help finance the restart of the nuclear power plant on Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island.
A new Barnes & Noble is coming to Pittsburgh.
Vanessa Hudgens and former Pittsburgh Pirates player Cole Tucker welcomed their second child.
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Fans of Jeff Goldblum are seeing double.
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Stay on top of local weather with First Alert Meteorologist Trey Fulbright's forecast!
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The 44th annual KDKA-TV Turkey Fund will help our neighbors in need have a nice meal for Thanksgiving.
West Virginia scored a late touchdown to tie the game and then beat Pitt in overtime to win the 108th Backyard Brawl.
