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Bullet narrowly misses officerHARRISON CITY — Police say an officer wasn’t hurt when a bullet fired through a wall pierced his uniform while authorities were responding to a domestic dispute between a man and woman in Western Pennsylvania.Penn Township Police Chief John Otto said the gunfire broke out just after 7:15 p.m. Wednesday as officers were knocking on the front door of a home. He says a man inside fired a shot that went through an exterior wall and pierced the officer’s uniform, but didn’t hit him.The man, who was not identified, was arrested.

‘Dance Moms’ star’s sentencing delayedPITTSBURGH — The federal court sentencing for “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller has been postponed from Oct. 11 to Dec. 2.Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh and Miller’s attorney asked to delay the sentence until after a federal appeals court decides a similar bankruptcy fraud case that could impact her sentencing.Miller has pleaded guilty to trying to hide $775,000 worth of income from the Lifetime network reality show and spinoff projects during her Chapter 11 bankruptcy and violating another law by bringing more than $10,000 worth of Australian currency into the country in 2014.

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