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• White nationalist rally, violence rock Virginia city; 1 dead

  12-08-2017 23:21 via wivb.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.
  The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade: the governor declared a state of emergency, police dressed in riot gear ordered people out and heli
  
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• New York Politicians react to Charlottesville protests

  12-08-2017 23:05 via wivb.com
  (WIVB)- Governor Cuomo released a statement early Saturday evening following protests in Charlottesville, VA.
  “I and my fellow New Yorkers reject the hateful and ugly ‎rhetoric and violence taking place in Charlottesville last night and into today. We condemn the language of white supremacy and ugly racist hate speech and stand appalled at the violence that has resulted in injury and death. There are not many sides to the violence of last night and today – these actions and
  
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• Movie filming in Buffalo seeks background extras

  12-08-2017 22:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Academy Award winning producers are filming a movie in Buffalo and you could be an extra in it!
  A casting notice went out for background extras to be in a film titled “The True Adventures of Wolfboy”. The notice states that the film is an “unconventional coming-of-age tale about a young outsider who runs away from home.”
  Union and non-union talent requested. If interested, you can send headshots, contact, and resume to wolfboybackgroundcasting@g
  
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• Kan Jam world championship help in North Tonawanda

  12-08-2017 20:29 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) —The world Kan Jam world championship was today at Gratwick Hose Fire Company in North Tonawanda.
  Harry Holtzclaw told News 4, “I’ve never really heard of the area, so no I wouldn’t be here without Kan Jam.”
  The Kan Jam World Championship tournament brought teams from all around the United States, Canada, and Europe to North Tonawanda Saturday afternoon. One team came all the way from Virginia Beach and didn’t let the rainy we
  
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• Kan Jam world championship held in North Tonawanda

  12-08-2017 20:29 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) —The world Kan Jam world championship was today at Gratwick Hose Fire Company in North Tonawanda.
  Harry Holtzclaw told News 4, “I’ve never really heard of the area, so no I wouldn’t be here without Kan Jam.”
  The Kan Jam World Championship tournament brought teams from all around the United States, Canada, and Europe to North Tonawanda Saturday afternoon. One team came all the way from Virginia Beach and didn’t let the rainy we
  
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• WNY MMA fighters head to competition in Upstate New York this month

  12-08-2017 19:46 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three Buffalo fighters will be featured in Bellator, MMA’s first fight in Upstate New York this month.
  This competition is the first of its kind here in New York since Governor Cuomo made MMA fighting legal here. Nyal West,11,  is one of the younger fighters at Western New York MMA.He said, “I want to train as hard as I can, I want to push myself to my top level.”
  On Friday, Aug. 25, Mike Taylor, TJ Sumler and Billy Windrum will appear at
  
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• Virginia governor declares state of emergency in response to white nationalist rally

  12-08-2017 18:38 via wivb.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city’s downtown.Rally supporters and counter-protesters screamed, chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning.
  Men dressed in militia uniforms were carrying shields and openly carrying long guns. Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler planned what he called a “pro-white&rdquo
  
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• Virginia city rocked by white nationalist protests; 1 arrest

  12-08-2017 18:38 via wivb.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white supremacist rally in downtown Charlottesville Saturday afternoon, ratcheting up the tension in an increasingly chaotic confrontation in this usually quiet college town.
  It is unclear how many were injured; an Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately after the car careened into the line of several hundred people.
  Matt Korbon,
  
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• UPDATE: Man struck by gunfire on Timon Street in fair condition

  12-08-2017 04:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police tell us a man in his 30s, struck by gunfire yesterday afternoon is in fair condition at ECMC.
  Investigators say it happened on the 200 block of Timon Street.
  Buffalo Police are still investigating the shooting.
  
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• Man struck by gunfire on Timon Street

  12-08-2017 04:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man in his 30s was struck by gunfire today on Timon Street.
  The man was taken to ECMC with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• Bridesmaids ditch bouquets for rescue pups at Buffalo wedding

  12-08-2017 04:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Instead of bouquets, bridesmaids in Ken and Katie’s Friday wedding carried a slightly more cuddly accessory.
  Each of the bridesmaids carried a dog at the Hotel Henry wedding, as part of an effort to raise awareness about rescuing and adopting dogs.
  “If 150 people had to look at me and pay attention to me, I was going to make sure to get my message of how important rescue is,” Katie said.
  The new bride works with Educatable Rescue, a group that tries
  
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• Three local groups team up to save kitten in sewer

  12-08-2017 04:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three area groups teamed up to save a kitten that fell into a sewer on Genesee Street Tuesday.
  The SPCA of Erie County worked with the Buffalo Sewer Authority to rescue the tiny kitten. One rescuer even donned a garbage bag to try to save her.
  PHOTO/SPCAThey eventually saved the kitten using a humane trap from Buffalo Animal Control.
  The kitten is expected to make a full recovery.
   
  
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• A cruise ship banned late-night revelry because of pirates

  12-08-2017 04:34 via wivb.com
  (CNN)It was all fun and games for the nearly 2,000 passengers that set sail on the Sea Princess from Sydney on the first leg of cruise of a 104-day cruise. But that all changed when the captain delivered some ominous news.For 10 days, there was “a dusk-til-dawn ban on any fun on deck” as the ship traveled through the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and Suez Canal.The reason, according to travel writer and Sea Princess passenger Carolyne Jasinski? Pirates.  So inste
  
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• Bills fans weigh in on trading Watkins to the Rams

  12-08-2017 04:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Many Bills fans woke up Friday morning to hear shocking news.
  The Bills traded wide receiver and fan favorite Sammy Watkins to the Los Angeles Rams. The trade comes less than 24 hours after Watkins played in the first preseason game of the year.
  “I was surprised, very surprised, I was sad at first, I love him,” said Ashley Bauer, Bills fan.
  “I thought it was actually a pretty fair trade so I was excited about it,” said Brad Hopkins, Bills fan.
  
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• Judge in groping case tosses DJ’s suit against Taylor Swift

  12-08-2017 02:17 via wivb.com
  DENVER (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out a Denver radio host’s case against Taylor Swift in a trial that delved into their dueling lawsuits over whether he groped her during a backstage meet-and-greet and whether she and her team ruined his career.
  U.S. District Judge William Martinez determined that the pop star could not be held liable because David Mueller failed to prove that she personally set out to have him fired after the 2013 photo op before a concert. His identical allegat
  
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• Western New Yorkers among first in nation receiving recently approved ALS drug

  12-08-2017 00:57 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) —  Time ticks by for Ben Cambria as the bag filled with Radicava slowly drips through the IV pumping into his veins, filling his 20-year-old body with the newest ALS treatment.
  “It’s been a long journey but I’ve been strong,” said Ben Cambria, 20, who has been living with ALS, better known as Lou Gherig’s disease, for just over a year.
  The rising college junior began showing symptoms like being off balance and struggling to compl
  
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• French band Phoenix coming to Buffalo for 103.3’s “Hrvst Fest”

  12-08-2017 00:41 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – French rock band Phoenix is coming to Buffalo for 103.3 The Edge’s inaugural “Hrvst Festival”.
  The event will also feature five other bans, which will be announced over the next week.
  The festival will take place Oct. 14 at the Cumulus Festival Grounds, 50 James E. Casey.
  Tickets go on sale today at ticketfly.com, 103.3 The Edge, and the After Dark Box Office at 630 Elmwood Ave. For more info, click here. 
  
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• DWI arrests decreasing following first month of ridesharing

  12-08-2017 00:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fewer people are winding up in handcuffs after a night out drinking as both police and the district attorney are reporting seeing a drop in cases.
  “There aren’t as many DWI arrests and that’s fantastic news,” said Trooper Jim O’Callaghan with the New York State Police.
  The trooper says they usually see an increase month to month during the summer, which is seen in the 2016 numbers —  in June 2016, there were 93 DWI arrest
  
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