Federal court in Pittsburgh closed early today in advance of the snowstorm forecast for the region.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Grant Street, Downtown, shut down at noon. The building remained open and some employees stayed to work, but the courts and the clerks' office closed.

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