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• PHOTOS: Sunday evening sunset

  06-12-2015 23:26 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Viewers from all over Western New York shared their photos of the sunset Sunday evening.
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• Bills thunder over Texans in 30-21 victory

  06-12-2015 22:02 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the Buffalo Bills prepared to go head on versus one of the strongest defensive teams in the league, they pulled their helmets on, checked their pads and went to war.
  At stake for the Bills as they faced off with JJ Watt and the Texans were the final strands of playoffs hopes and the pride of finishing a season with a positive record.
  Heading into the game, the Texans defense only allowed 35 points in a four-game winning streak, but the Bills looked to put an
  
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• Jimmy Carter says latest brain scan shows no cancer

  06-12-2015 21:24 via wivb.com
  
   ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer, more than three months after he began treatment for four melanoma tumors.
  “My most recent MRI brain scan did not reveal any signs of the original cancer spots nor any new ones,”Carter said in a statement.
  The two-sentence statement followed reports that he had shared the good news with a Sunday school class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Ge
  
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• Community donates thousands to rebuild long-time soul food restaurant

  06-12-2015 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A historic Buffalo restaurant destroyed by fire is getting help from the “city of good neighbors.”  A kitchen fire destroyed Gigi’s Soul Food Restaurant on East Ferry Street.
  Various donations came in following the fire. True Bethel Baptist Church presented a check for $17 thousand dollars.Gigi’s Owner, Blondine Harvin was overcome with emotion as she is handed a big check. She promises to bring the restaurant back. The soul fo
  
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• Michigan students ascend 5-story Singing Christmas Tree

  06-12-2015 19:10 via wivb.com
  
  MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — It’s not that an oversized tree adorned with ornaments is uncommon as a student choir sings carols in the days leading up to Christmas. It’s more that the towering steel tree is decorated with garland, twinkling lights … and hundreds of teenagers.The Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree combines the usual elements into an unusual show that will draw thousands of spectators this weekend. The 67-foot-tall tree features 25,000 lights, 5,0
  
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• PHOTOS: Polar Plunge 2015

  06-12-2015 19:01 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Nearly 1,000 participants took part in the 9th annual Polar Plunge at Woodlawn Beach Saturday. $145,000 has been raised to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-style sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
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• UK police probe ‘terrorist’ knife attack at London station

  06-12-2015 14:39 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Counter-terrorism police in Britain are investigating a stabbing at a London Underground station in which a suspect injured two people with a knife and reportedly said “This is for Syria.”Police arrested a man believed to be 29 years-old late Saturday and said they are treating the attack at east London’s Leytonstone subway station as a “terrorist incident.” They declined to say whether they are looking for other suspects, saying probes are
  
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• Obama to give address after California shootings

  06-12-2015 04:56 via wivb.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – The White House says President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday about the steps the government is taking to keeping people safe after the attack this past week in California.
  Obama will provide an update on the San Bernadino attack that killed 14 and wounded 21 and will also discuss the broader threat of terrorism. He will talk about the nature of the threat, how it has evolved, and how he plans to defe
  
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• Dozens protest for clean water

  06-12-2015 04:56 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of concerned residents marched outside of the old Bethlehem Steel Mill, looking to bring about change for their community and the environment.
  “For 100 years nobody cared about Lackawanna,” John Nowak, co-founder  “Politicians don’t care. The DEC didn’t care. it takes a lot of work to get them to start caring again.”
  Nowak and others from the area formed an organization called Citizens United for a Clean Lackawa
  
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• Police: Man seriously hurt in shooting

  06-12-2015 02:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man is in serious condition after a shooting in Buffalo.
  Police tell News 4 the shooting happened around 6:30 pm in the 300 block of Potomac Avenue.
  One man was hurt in the shooting. His injuries are serious.
  The man is being treated at Buffalo General.
  
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• Police: Man dies in shooting

  06-12-2015 02:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A man has died after having been shot on Buffalo’s west side.
  Police tell News 4 the shooting happened around 6:30 pm in the 300 block of Potomac Avenue.
  Police are currently investigating the incident.
  We’ll update this story as new information becomes available.
  
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• Man dies in Potomac Ave. shooting

  06-12-2015 02:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – 19 year-old Jaquan Sullivan died after being shot on Saturday evening on Buffalo’s West Side.
  Police tell News 4 the shooting happened around 6:30 pm in the 300 block of Potomac Ave.
  Police are currently investigating the incident.
   
  
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• UK police say stabbing treated as ‘terrorist incident’

  06-12-2015 02:17 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Scotland Yard says a stabbing incident at a London Underground station is being treated as “terrorist incident.”
  The London police counterterror command says in a statement late Saturday that it is investigating the incident at Leytonstone Underground station in east London.
  Authorities were called to the station at around 7 p.m. to investigate reports of “a number of people” stabbed. One person sustained serious injuries.
  One person wa
  
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• Hundreds jump into Lake Erie for a good cause

  06-12-2015 01:24 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- A great reason to be freezing, more than 1,300 people braved a cold Lake Erie Saturday morning to raise money for Special Olympics New York.
  This is the organization’s third largest polar plunge in the state. Participants jumped in from Woodlawn Beach.
  About 50 volunteer cold water rescue divers and 12 ambulances were on site to keep everyone safe.
  This was the ninth year of the event and it may have be the most unusual, with no snow on the ground.
  “I was a
  
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