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• Health officials warn: “Zika is “scarier” than we originally thought”

  12-04-2016 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A major warning from U.S. health officials about the Zika virus. They’re saying it’s “scarier” than originally thought, and they do not have enough money to fight the spread of the virus in the U.S.
  As summer approaches, and mosquitoes come out in full force, there is a worry more than ever now. Experts say mosquito control efforts and vaccine research may not be able to catch up with the spread of the disease. CDC lea
  
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• 18-year-old wants to challenge Carl Paladino for Park District seat

  12-04-2016 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “If nobody else is going to take a stand if the adults are too afraid to stand up I want to bring some adult behavior to this district,”said Austin Harig.
  Eighteen year old Austin Harig is a senior at Hutchinson-Central Technical High School who’s on a mission.
  “I went through these Buffalo Public schools and I lived with these kids for several years of my life and I endured the same things they did and so that’s the perspective I bring
  
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• Ted Cruz to speak at UB’s Cornell Theatre

  12-04-2016 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first Republican presidential candidate to visit Buffalo will do so on Thursday at 11 a.m.
  Local representation for Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign says he will be at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, speaking in front of a crowd of at least a few hundred people.
  The senator’s stump stop is slated to be significantly smaller than previous stops by both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
   
  
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• Man crashes vehicle after being shot by gunfire

  12-04-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers responded to the scene of a crash on Tuesday afternoon to treat a gunshot victim.
  Buffalo Police rushed to the 100 Block of Wick Street, where they say a man was struck by gunfire while driving. Soon after being struck, the driver crashed his vehicle.
  First responders rushed the man to the Erie County Medical Center with serious injuries. A young child who was in the vehicle at the time of the crash also suffered injuries. That child was brought to Wome
  
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• Nearly 40,000 Verizon workers to strike starting Wednesday

  12-04-2016 22:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Workers across the east cost may soon find themselves picketing one of the largest companies in the U.S.
  Officials with the CWA Union say nearly 40,000 employees will walk off the job Wednesday if an agreement isn’t reached after 10 months of bargaining with the major communications corporation.
  The dispute is over issues like healthcare, offshoring jobs, wage and benefits improvements and job security for workers.
  A strike would reach across a handful of
  
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• National Weather Service to ease up on caps lock in forecasts

  12-04-2016 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED ITS FORECASTS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. But in the age of social media that’s considered yelling, so next month federal meteorologists are lowering their voices and their letters — except in dire emergencies.
  Weather service spokeswoman Susan Buchanan said the agency started using all capital letters in 1849 forecasts because of the telegraph. Twenty years ago, the agency tried phasing out the prac
  
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• Blue Jays and Bisons agree to extend affiliation

  12-04-2016 22:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For at least two more years, the Bisons will have ties with their northern neighbors in the Toronto Blue Jays.
  A new extension to the team’s affiliation agreement will keep the Triple-A team as the Blue Jays affiliate through the 2018 season.
  Bisons leadership considers the partnership a success, saying in three seasons, the 219 games the team has won is more in a three-year stretch than in nearly a decade.
  “We are appreciative of the dynamic in Buff
  
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• House Speaker Ryan rules out presidential bid

  12-04-2016 21:44 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is definitively ruling out a bid for president this year, telling the GOP, “Count me out.”
  In a statement at the Republican National Committee, Ryan said if the party can’t choose a nominee on the first ballot, the eventual choice should only be a candidate who participated in the primaries.
  Ryan has faced persistent speculation that he could emerge as the GOP nominee from a contested Republican convention.
  The Wisconsin Republica
  
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• Police search for missing Buffalo teen

  12-04-2016 21:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers are on the hunt for a missing teen who was last seen in the area of the 300 block of Auburn this past weekend.
  Buffalo Police say 16-year-old Nuradin Hassan is roughly 5’4″ tall and has a thin build, brown eyes, black hair and dark skin. It’s not known what area he may be in.
  Officers say anybody with information is asked to immediately call 911.
  
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• Huge weekend raid nets drugs, guns and cash in Buffalo

  12-04-2016 19:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A string of raids executed across Buffalo over the weekend led police to seize guns, drugs and cash whilst making multiple arrests.
  Buffalo Police’s Narcotics Squad raided homes on Riley Street, Rother Avenue and Warren Avenue on Saturday and Sunday. Officers say in three raids, they made six arrests.
  Police said the raids “may have put a dent in the illegal drug trade on the city’s east side.”
  The squad began on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.&nbs
  
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• 11-year-old bicyclist killed in accident with pickup truck

  12-04-2016 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  ASHFORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — An 11-year-old child died Monday afternoon after the driver of a pickup truck slammed into the young boy on his bicycle.
  Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Deputies say the driver, who hasn’t been charged with a crime, collided with the child, who rode his bike on Gooseneck Road in Ashford at about 5:15 p.m.
  Once first responders hit the scene, they rushed the child to the Bertrum-Chaffee Hospital, where officials say a doctor pronounced him dead.
  The Catt
  
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• UB’s new branding emphasizes its “Buffalo” identity

  12-04-2016 17:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The University at Buffalo has launched a new branding campaign that reclaims its “Buffalo” identity.
  The change will be reflected immediately in athletic logos that will drop the New York logo in favor of Buffalo.
  UB’s President Satish K. Tripathi announced the new branding in an email to the university community explaining its new “Here is How” campaign.
  “This branding effort is focused on telling our UB story to the world &m
  
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• Thurgood Marshall movie to be shot in Buffalo

  12-04-2016 17:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  A movie described as a courtroom thriller about the life of Thurgood Marshall will be shot in Buffalo.
  Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the biopic will be primarily shot at the Dillon Courthouse in Niagara Square, right in the heart of downtown Buffalo.
  The movie focuses a young Marshall prior to becoming the first African American to sit on the American Supreme Court.
  “Thurgood Marshall was a giant of the civil rights movement and the hosting this fi
  
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• Drug Drop Off event aims to help environment, prevent abuse

  12-04-2016 17:34 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Erie County’s Department of Health and Department of Environmental Planning are teaming up with area agencies Tuesday to help local residents get rid of their unwanted or expired medications and syringes.
  A drive-through Drug Drop Off is being offered at the Erie County Fire Training Academy, 3359 Broadway, Cheektowaga, through 5 p.m. Tuesday. A region wide Drop Off event with several drop off sites will be offered at the end of April.
  Since the Drug Drop O
  
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• Amigone crematory case set to be back in court

  12-04-2016 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Amigone Funeral Home’s fight to reopen its crematory in a town of Tonawanda neighborhood is set to move forward Tuesday with a hearing in state Supreme Court.
  The crematory has been closed for about four years. It was shut down amid pressure from the state Attorney General and the DEC, as well as complaints from neighbors about the smell, fumes, and ash that came out of the smokestack.
  Amigone attempted to reopen its crematory operations a couple years ago, a
  
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• 30 in 30: Leonard Floyd

  12-04-2016 05:41 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- It took Georgia’s Leonard Floyd 4.6 seconds to get NFL scouts to pay attention at the combine. The outside linebacker displayed his great speed during the 40-yard dash in February. Floyd is widely considered to be one of the most athletic players in the draft, but there are concerns with his size. Floyd is 6-foot-6 and 244 pounds, he’s built more like a wide receiver than a linebacker. The projected first round pick finished last season with a team-h
  
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• Sanders fires up crowd of thousands during stop in Buffalo

  12-04-2016 04:37 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “We need a political revolution.”
  These were the words of Bernie Sanders to thousands of people who waited outside in seemingly endless rain to hear the Democratic Presidential candidate speak in Buffalo Monday night.
  Lines and crowds of people stretched far across the University at Buffalo, all of which led to the Amherst campus’ Alumni Arena, where the 74-year-old U.S. Senator representing Vermont was scheduled to speak at 7 p.
  
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• Sanders fires up a crowd of thousands during Buffalo stop

  12-04-2016 04:37 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — “We need a political revolution.”
  These were the words of Bernie Sanders to thousands of people who waited outside in seemingly endless rain to hear the Democratic Presidential candidate speak in Buffalo Monday night.
  Lines and crowds of people stretched far across the University at Buffalo, all of which led to the Amherst campus’ Alumni Arena, where the 74-year-old U.S. Senator representing Vermont was scheduled to speak at 7 p.
  
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• State judge to decide future of long idled crematory

  12-04-2016 01:20 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A court case that could determine whether a crematory in the Town of Tonawanda can re-open goes before a state judge, Tuesday afternoon.
  The crematory is owned and operated by Amigone Funeral Home, and neighbors have been fighting against the facility for years.
  Neighbors gathered with a contingent of elected officials at a home on Werkley Road, adjacent to the crematory, calling on a state judge to keep the crematory closed.
  Amigone officials shut the operation d
  
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• Murray, Bylsma field end-of-season Sabres questions

  12-04-2016 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres general manager Tim Murray has been around the block enough times to know how this works.
  “We say ‘our goal is to make the playoffs’ every year,” he told reporters at the Sabres’ season-ending press conference. “We have to say that. So our goal is to make the playoffs.”
  This time around, there is a new addendum to that statement.
  “Next year, it may be a realistic goal.”
  The Sabres played to a 94-point
  
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