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• Yahoo to slash roughly 30 workers from Lockport workforce

  19-02-2016 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Despite growth in the western New York job market, officials confirmed Friday Yahoo will be slashing its local workforce.
  Yahoo, which employs just over 200 employees at its Lockport call center, confirmed it will need to slash employees at the call center to support initiatives in the company which will allow for new employment opportunities in other areas of the nation.
  The slash, which is expected to be about 15 percent of its workforce, isn’t expected
  
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• Man accused of sexually abusing 3 children in Niagara County

  19-02-2016 18:46 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara Falls man has been accused of sexually abusing three children younger than 11 in Niagara County.
  Charles Bass, Sr., 43, faces two counts of 1st degree felony criminal sexual act. New York State Police say the alleged incidents occurred in Niagara Falls and North Tonawanda.
  Bass was jailed in Niagara County without bail following arraignment.
  
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• Buffalo State student dies, alleged hazing investigation underway

  19-02-2016 18:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 21-year-old senior at Buffalo State College died Thursday night Buffalo General Medical Center.
  Bradley Doyley played for the men’s basketball team during his first 2.5 years at the school.A Brooklyn native, he was a business major set to graduate in Spring.
  School officials say they are investigating an alleged off-campus hazing incident involving Doyley and Alpha Phi Alpha.
  The campus chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was suspended by Buffalo State and the fr
  
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• Roswell patients feel the warmth from Sabres fans

  19-02-2016 17:58 via wivb.com
  
  (BUFFALO, N.Y.) – Heads and hearts will be warmer at Roswell Park Cancer Institute this winter, thanks to the Buffalo Sabres and some of their fans.
  Ten-year-old Emmett Jakubowski from South Buffalo has been playing hockey for four years.
  “I played for the Regals. Now, I play well, before this, I played for the Cazenovia Chiefs,” he told News 4.
  “This” is leukemia. Emmett was diagnosed last fall, but he just had a bone marrow transplant, and things are looking up.
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• Child battling cancer to go on dream trip to Daytona 500

  19-02-2016 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Twelve-year-old Howell Brown couldn’t wait to tackle the games at Dave and Buster’s.
  “I just want to win a lot of tickets, I don’t care,” joked Howell.
  Playing games is fun, but all the bells and whistles and lights can’t compete with Howell’s first love.
  “My whole life I’ve been a NASCAR fan,” explained Howell.
  And thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation, Howell will see his dream of being at the Daytona 500 b
  
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• Mom of deaf teen says police officer saved her suicidal daughter

  19-02-2016 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The mother of a deaf teen says a North Carolina police officer saved her daughter’s life after he used sign language to help talk her off a bridge.
  Maria Daley says she was “terrified and didn’t know what to do” as her daughter was standing on a bridge over Interstate 40 Tuesday afternoon.
  She says she’s grateful for the officer who used sign language to communicate with her 16-year-old daughter until she came down off the bridge.
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• Police: Man caught fishtailing while drunk in fire hall parking lot

  19-02-2016 17:02 via wivb.com
  
  ALEXANDER, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say an Alden man faces a charge of DWI after attempting to spin in circles while driving in a parking lot.
  State Troopers say Alden resident Keith Michels, 38, was driving drunk and fishtailing in the parking lot of the Alexander Fire Department on Route 98 on Wednesday.
  After investigating the alleged incident, Troopers say Michel’s vehicle had an expired inspection sticker, leading to another charge against him for having an unins
  
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• ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee passes away at 89

  19-02-2016 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  (WKRG) — Famed author of “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Harper Lee, has passed away at the age of 89.
  Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for her book, “To Kill A Mockingbird”.
  Lee returned to the headlines last year when her new novel, “Go Set a Watchman”.
  
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• Erie Co. SPCA announces next Executive Director

  19-02-2016 15:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County SPCA has announced a new Executive Director to take over after Barbara Carr leaves on March 18.
  Gary Willoughby, II will be taking over for Carr, who announced her retirement after leading the organization for more than 23 years in November.
  “I’m incredibly sad over leaving an organization and a staff that I love so much, but I also am feeling a great deal of excitement,” Carr says. “I can’t wait to see the next
  
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• Officials: US warplanes strike IS facility in Libya

  19-02-2016 14:58 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American warplanes struck multiple targets in Libya overnight, hitting an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader, U.S. defense officials said Friday.
  One official described the strikes as being carried out “against an ISIL training camp” and said the attack near Sabratha, Libya, not far from the Tunisian border, “likely killed ISIL operative Noureddine Chouchane,” who is believed to be a Tunisian.
  The U.S. officials spoke on grou
  
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• Court of appeals delays officer’s trial in Freddie Gray case

  19-02-2016 14:55 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s highest court has agreed to take up a key issue in the trials for the Baltimore officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, postponing trial proceedings until it can make a ruling.
  The state’s Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that it would take up the issue of whether one of the officers, William Porter, whose October trial ended in a mistrial, could be forced to testify against the other officers even though he is awaiting retrial. The issue
  
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• Big tech companies are joining Apple in its encryption fight

  19-02-2016 14:54 via wivb.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech industry is starting to line up with Apple in its fight against the federal government over the encryption it uses to keep iPhones secure.
  Earlier this week, a U.S. magistrate ordered Apple to help investigators break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters. Apple has until next Tuesday to challenge that ruling, setting the stage for a legal clash that could determine whether tech companies or government authorities get the final say on
  
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• Tickets announced for Miranda Lambert at Darien Lake

  19-02-2016 13:39 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — In addition to a January announcement for Darien Lake’s Country Megaticket, tickets being sold solely for Miranda Lambert’s June 23 show have been announced.
  Single tickets for the show, which will also feature Kip Moore and Brothers Osborne, range from $30.50 to $65.25. Lawn four-packs can be purchased for $89 plus fees.
  They will go on sale Friday, February 26 at 10 a.m.
  
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• Hydraulic leak forces plow to stay put Friday morning

  19-02-2016 13:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A City of Buffalo plow was set to remain at Military and Grant Road until crews could get it towed.
  Hazmat crews were there around midnight cleaning up a hydraulic leak.
  Buffalo Fire crews said nearly 15 gallons spilled into the roads, but none of it ran off into the drains.
  Crews used “kitty litter” to soak up the spill.
  
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• Driver facing charges after car crashes, flips on West Seneca lawn

  19-02-2016 11:45 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A car that crashed onto a lawn and flipped over closed a section of Harlem Road in West Seneca early Friday morning.
  The homeowner says the vehicle hit the building and left extensive damage, especially to the home’s foundation. In addition, power to the house and another nearby property was knocked out.
  One person was ejected from the vehicle and taken to a nearby hospital with a head injury.
  Authorities say speed and alcohol were likely factors
  
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• Local father killed after rescuing child from Buffalo fire; 1 other dead, 3 children injured

  19-02-2016 11:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A father of three was killed after saving his 9-year-old child from a burning building Friday morning.
  The two-alarm house fire happened at Litchfield and Humber Avenues in Buffalo.
  The three children were all injured during the fire. The nine-year-old was taken to ECMC after suffering severe burns to 90 percent of their body. A four-year-old and a two-year-old were taken to Women and Children’s Hospital. The four-year-old is being
  
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• Calling it a career: when sports-related injuries become too serious to keep playing

  19-02-2016 06:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For Mackenzie Loesing, it all started when she was five.
  “As soon as I could walk I was pretty much participating in sports,” said Loesing, who grew up outside of Cincinnati.
  She has three older brothers, one of whom plays basketball in Europe, so, without question, the Ohio native took to that quite quickly. She picked up a ball in kindergarten and never looked back – playing AAU and at high school before signing a letter of intent to play Div
  
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• Buffalo Zoo hosts first ever ‘Arctic White Out’ fundraiser

  19-02-2016 04:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A blizzard overtook the Buffalo Convention Center on Thursday night as the Buffalo Zoo hosted its first ever “Arctic White Out” fundraiser.
  An auction, zoo-themed food with drinks and visits from some of WNY’s favorite animals turned the convention center into a winter festival to benefit the Buffalo Zoo’s operational fund.
  “In the winter, this is very important to us because it keeps the heat on for our animals and it buys the groc
  
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• Despite growing millennial trend, Buffalo ranks low on list of cities for young families

  19-02-2016 03:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Although much of Buffalo is experiencing a resurgence, with millennials flocking back to the city to take advantage of low housing prices and a booming job market, young families may not feel at home in the Queen City.
  According to a study by Apartment List, Buffalo ranked in the bottom 20 cities in a study involving the 474 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. Weighed in the study were safety, housing cost, school quality and child friendliness.
  Although Buff
  
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• Police: Swerving driver stopped, charged with felony DWI on I-190

  19-02-2016 03:16 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N.Y. (WIVB) — As police tracked a dangerous driver onto the I-190, they say they stopped him only to learn he drove under the influence.
  Officers say they stopped Germaine V. Brown, 36, for swerving, and quickly realized he drove under the influence during a subsequent interview. Police say they found a suboxone strip in a bag, and they arrested Brown thereafter.
  In subsequent testing at a local hospital, both blood and drug recognition expert testing, they say they l
  
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• ‘A Day without Latinos’ protest draws thousands of Latinos to Wisc. capitol

  19-02-2016 02:35 via wivb.com
  
  MADISON, WISC. (WBAY) — Madison Police estimate 14,000 protesters gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol for “A Day Without Latinos and Immigrants”
  Wisconsin’s Latino community left their jobs, businesses and schools for the day to fight two bills in the Wisconsin Legislature they say discriminate against immigrants.
  One bill would ban local governments from issuing local photo ID cards which immigrants could use to get public assistance benefits, vote, get a j
  
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• NC man catfished by ‘woman’, beaten at hotel, taken to hospital by wife

  19-02-2016 02:30 via wivb.com
  
  FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. (WNCN) – A man who thought he was meeting a female at a Fuquay-Varina hotel after chatting with on her on Facebook says he was assaulted by two men at the meet-up location.
  Documents show that officers with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department were called to the Comfort Inn at 7616 Purfoy Road in Fuquay-Varina on Feb. 13 in reference to a break-in and assault.
  The victim complained to officers that he had been kicked and punched. Documents showed the victim complained of
  
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• Experts evaluate how much confidence to put in fitness trackers

  19-02-2016 02:27 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — They come in waist clips, wristbands, watches, and even apps. As technology advances, it seems activity trackers can measure everything we do, right down to how fast our hearts are beating.
  It’s a fad that has swept the nation, measuring your physical fitness throughout the day with every move you make and every step you take. But does it really matter?
  “It’s got a log on my phone of everything I’ve done since I bought it and
  
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• Trump not afraid to spar in war of words with Pope Francis

  19-02-2016 02:20 via wivb.com
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he wants to address illegal immigration only by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  Trump fired back ferociously, saying it was “disgraceful” for a religious leader to question a person’s faith.
  The rare back-and-forth between pontiff and presidential candidate was the latest astonishin
  
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• Cyber attack on LA hospital offers a scary lesson to computer users

  19-02-2016 02:13 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – A cyber security specialist at the University at Buffalo warns the attack on a Los Angeles hospital, this week, raises a lot of questions about Internet security. The hospital had to hand over almost $17,000 after hackers took the computer network hostage.
  The weapon used in the attack was a frightening type of malicious code called ransomware–that can infect an entire computer network, and anything connected to it. While it is a form of extortion, many expert
  
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• Roswell Park’s doctors net $7 million in research funding

  19-02-2016 01:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Highly experienced teams at Roswell Park have won just under $7 million in research grants to further progress in cancer treatments.
  Officials at the Institute say the majority of the awards come from the National Cancer Institute, which supports new research. At Roswell Park, the National Cancer Institute is earmarking funds for photodynamic therapy, a treatment developed at the Institute.
  The $4.2 million awarded by the National Cancer Institute will be broken
  
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• Expo Market adds more variety to Main Street

  19-02-2016 00:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The historic Market Arcade Complex downtown has a new tenant, several actually, which opened Thursday morning.
  The food hall is modeled after a similar market in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, which touts a variety of eateries, gathering places and local businesses.
  Located on the newly opened section of Main Street across from Shea’s, Expo Market features restaurants that have long since been established in the Buffalo area.
  That includes Bobby Al
  
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• Millions in federal funds could help Erie County fight heroin, opiates

  19-02-2016 00:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Over the past several months, an increasing stream of people have been walking through the doors of Horizon Health Services downtown. In many ways — as services providers say — it’s the beginning of their tomorrow.
  More than 400 people since 2014 never got the chance for their tomorrow. They’re among the dead from heroin and other opiates in Erie County, which has become not only the epicenter for dope deaths in Western New York, but it’
  
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