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• Thurgood Marshall biopic to bring in millions for the Queen City

  20-04-2016 23:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A Thurgood Marshall biopic will begin filming in the Queen City in May.
  “Marshall” focuses on a legal case that proved vital to the civil rights movement. It tells the story of a young Thurgood Marshall, before he became the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  Most of the filming will be done downtown in Buffalo’s Niagara Square, and at the Dillon Courthouse.
  Crew members say the state’s kickbacks for the film industry
  
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• WNY lawmakers demand “permanent solution” for West Seneca children’s psychiatric center

  20-04-2016 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) —  After a brutal attack by a Buffalo Psychiatric Center patient on a teenage girl at a nearby home in Buffalo, lawmakers and local leaders are coming to demand a permanent solution for the Western New York Children’s Psychiatric Center in West Seneca. Lawmakers say the recent attack on the Buffalo teenager highlights the need for a safe mental health care facility just for children.
  New York State Assemblyman Michael Kearns and Senator Tim Kennedy
  
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• Buffalo benefit hopes to raise money for baby with rare, fatal disorder

  20-04-2016 23:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Western New York family needs your help. Their 10-month-old William Reynolds is fighting a rare disease. Reynolds has been diagnosed with a fatal disorder called Pearsons Syndrome.
  This disease is a bone marrow failure disorder that also affects the pancreas, heart, eyes, ears and brain. Half of the children diagnosed with Pearson Syndrome die before the age of three.
  It’s so rare, there are only 100 reported cases of Pearson syndrome in the last 40
  
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• 72nd Street project complete, Niagara Falls City Council and Water Board at odds over who will pay

  20-04-2016 23:16 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews spent months installing a new water main on 72nd street in 2015 after frozen pipes left residents without water for two straight winters. The project came with a hefty price tag but now the city council and water board are at odds as to who should foot the bill.
  The work is done, but the project’s tab of nearly $1 million is still on the table.
  “I think the water board should definitely pay for all the work and I think they should reimburse th
  
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• Over 1,000 voters file complaints, spark investigation into NY primary

  20-04-2016 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A high voter turnout in the New York primary on Tuesday night may have highlighted issues and inconsistencies in the primary voting process.
  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who set up a hotline for voters experiencing issues at the polls, said on Wednesday his office received over 1,000 complaints detailing inconsistencies at the polls.
  The high number of complaints is a record, dwarfing the paltry 150 total complaints filed during the 2012 general election.
  
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• Niagara Falls third home ownership auction bids total $143,000

  20-04-2016 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some vacant properties in Niagara Falls are getting a facelift. It’s part of an effort to reform tax foreclosure options and attract new homeowners.
  This is the third year city officials in Niagara Falls have hosted a home ownership auction, and it’s the largest one to date.
  Seventeen total properties were successfully bid on last week for a total of $143,000. In 2014 the city started the auction with three houses, and in 2015 that number grew to 9.
  
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• Doug Whaley addresses Bills’ needs prior to NFL Draft

  20-04-2016 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Bills General Manager Doug Whaley met with the media Wednesday afternoon, along with Director of Player Personnel Jim Monos and Director of College Scouting Kelvin Fisher, to address the team’s mindset heading into the NFL Draft.
  According to Whaley, the Bills, who currently have the 19th pick in the first round, are not looking at one specific position to fill their early round needs.
  “The team’s priority is to get a great pl
  
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• Police: Buffalo child seriously injured after darting into street

  20-04-2016 22:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers say a serious crash involving an SUV and a young child appears to be an accident.
  First responders rushed to south Buffalo’s Southside Parkway and Mesmer Avenue where a young child was injured when he was struck by a car.
  Medics rushed the child to Women and Children’s Hospital and said his injuries appeared to be serious in nature.
  Investigation afterwards revealed to police the child likely darted into the street.
  Officers are continuing t
  
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• Prosecutor: Theft, burglary kingpin sentenced in U.S. court

  20-04-2016 22:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A ringleader who led a group that burglarized an elderly comic book collector’s home, leading to the man’s death, will head to prison for two decades.
  U.S. Attorney William Hochul announced on Wednesday Rico Vendetti, who pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating the fatal burglary.
  The burglary, organized to deprive 78-year-old Homer Marciniak who lived alone of his valuable comic book collectio
  
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• Hamburg man wanted on out-of-state charges arrested on WNY road

  20-04-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man wanted on drug charges in Kansas was taken down in western New York.
  Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies say they stopped Brian Kress on Route 219 on Tuesday due to aggressive driving for following a vehicle too closely.
  While investigating and interviewing Kress, police say they learned he had outstanding warrants in Kansas for marijuana, meth and heroin. As they took him into custody, investigation turned up a small amount of pot in his vehicle.
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• United flight delayed in NY when passenger utters ‘bomb’

  20-04-2016 21:45 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A United Airlines flight has been delayed at a New York airport after a male passenger uttered the word “bomb.”
  Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says another passenger alerted the flight crew at Albany International Airport, and the man was taken into custody Wednesday morning.
  The pilot requested a search of the aircraft, which was bound for Newark, New Jersey. All passengers were evacuated and everything was unloaded from the plane while K-9 units searche
  
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• Starpoint used zero snow days, will not need to extend school year

  20-04-2016 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local school will release their students in mid June as a result of using no snow days this year.
  Starpoint Central School District will not require students to attend school past June 17, as they took no snow days during the winter of 2015-2016.
  The warm winter helped out local businesses, schools and governments, saving money on salt, road work and avoiding an impact on travel.
  
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• Buffalo man charged after alleged beating of five-pound dog

  20-04-2016 19:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N. Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty after local officials say he brutally beat a small dog, injuring it severely.
  Erie County SPCA Animal Cruelty Investigator and NYS Peace Officer Christina Vitello placed the charge against Santiago Morales, an acquaintance of the animal’s owner.
  The injured dog, a 20-month-old, five pound chihuahua mix named Susie was surrendered to authorities one day after the 
  
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• Treasury official says Harriet Tubman will go on $20 bill

  20-04-2016 19:29 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Treasury official says Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100 years.
  The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of Lew’s official announcement, says that the 19th century abolitionist and leader of the Underground Railroad, would replace the portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president.
  The announcement is expected to provide details on ot
  
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• Passenger on small plane that crashed in central NY dies

  20-04-2016 18:05 via wivb.com
  
  WESTMORELAND, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 76-year-old passenger on a small plane that crashed shortly after take-off in central New York has died.
  The Oneida County Sheriff’s office says James Kasperski of Rome died in a hospital on Tuesday night. He suffered burns and other injuries when a small plane crashed in Westmoreland on Monday night, shortly after taking off from a small airstrip.
  The pilot and another passenger also were injured. Residents near the crash aided the victims
  
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• Wednesday Narcan training class aims to prevent opioid-related deaths

  20-04-2016 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Various local services are coming together to help put on a naloxone training class in the Town of Tonawanda.
  After previously holding a class on Saturday, members of the Erie County Health Department, Horizon Health Services, Evergreen Health Services and police in Buffalo and the Town of Tonawanda are holding another class on the night of Wednesday, April 20.
  The two-hour class will teach participants how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a
  
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• 3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis

  20-04-2016 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and several other felony and misdemeanor counts related to the Michigan city’s lead-tainted water crisis.
  The charges — the first levied in a probe that is expected to broaden — were filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor and stem from an investigation by the Michigan attorney gener
  
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• FBI looking to capture man accused of 2 WNY bank robberies

  20-04-2016 17:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A transient accused of robbing two western New York banks in October is at large.
  The FBI is searching for Michael J. Keitz, 46, a native of Massachusetts.
  Keitz is accused of stealing from the M&T Bank on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst on October 2. During this incident, authorities say Keitz handed a note to a teller threatening that he would detonate a bomb if he did not receive money, which he demanded.
  Keitz then left the bank with an undi
  
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• Aquarium’s penguins prepare to meet the public

  20-04-2016 16:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  The penguins at the Aquarium of Niagara are preparing to meet the public this weekend. Visitors will experience encounters, crafts, and experiments during the annual “Penguin Days” event on Saturday and Sunday, April 23rd and 24th.
  The Aquarium of Niagara has a colony of seven Humboldt penguins, a threatened species that originates in Chile and Peru. Next fall, the aquarium hopes to begin construction on a new, larger exhibit for the penguins.
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• Plans for inmate pheasant brooding program approved for Erie Co. Correctional Facility

  20-04-2016 16:34 via wivb.com
  
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is trying to better rehabilitate inmates at the county jail with a new pheasant brooding program.
  Plans for the program were recently approved by the New York State Commission of Corrections after they were created over the Winter season.
  The plan is to provide select inmates from the Service Action Corps with 1,000 day-old pheasant chicks that they would be responsible for taking care of until the birds are old eno
  
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• Springville to go 2 hours without power Sunday morning

  20-04-2016 16:06 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you live in Springville and your power goes out on Sunday morning, don’t be alarmed.
  The Village Electrical Department will perform a scheduled power outage that morning from 4-6 a.m. The outage will affect Springville electrical customers.
  The department is doing this in order to make repairs in the village.
  
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• Hunter Hayes, Lee Brice to perform at Erie County Fair

  20-04-2016 15:50 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two stars of country music have been announced as performers at the Erie County Fair this year.
  Hunter Hayes and Lee Brice will sing at the fair one day after another in August.
  Hayes will perform on Sunday, August 14 and Brice on Monday, August 15. Both concerts start at 7:30 p.m.
  Tickets for both shows will go on sale Friday, April 29 at 9 a.m. Tickets for Hayes are $40 for reserved track seats and $30 for grandstand general admission. Reserved track seats for Bric
  
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• Erie, Chautauqua Co. deputies to monitor bus routes for dangerous drivers Thursday

  20-04-2016 15:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In an effort to protect the lives of school bus-riding children, local authorities will implement the third part of an April safe driving initiative.
  Deputies with the Erie and Chautauqua County Sheriffs’ Offices will once again take part in Operation Safe Stop on Thursday, April 21.
  During this time, the Erie office will utilize 18 marked and unmarked vehicles to patrol bus routes and make sure children can travel safely between their bus and their h
  
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• University professor mauled by a brown bear while teaching

  20-04-2016 14:50 via wivb.com
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students and teaching assistants have arrived back in Juneau from a remote mountaineering class that was cut short when one of their professors was mauled by a brown bear.
  They said Tuesday night that they were tired and not yet ready to talk about Forest Wagner, 35, who was teaching the class on Mount Emmerich near Haines when he was attacked by the brown bear sow on Monday. The mountain is near Kicking Horse River in Alaska’s panhandle.
  A student hiked into ce
  
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• Boy flying back to South America after life-changing surgery

  20-04-2016 14:31 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A South American toddler is headed home after receiving a life-changing surgery in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  Seventeen-month-old Diraj Lackan underwent cleft lip, cleft palate surgery at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital less than two months ago.
  The toddler has been staying with Roxanne Bareman, of Grandville, and her family the whole time.
  The host family connected through Bareman’s daughter Andrea Czyzewicz.
  Czyzewicz is a dental hygi
  
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• Tennessee lawmakers to vote on override of Bible bill veto

  20-04-2016 14:27 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee lawmakers are scheduled to vote Wednesday on an effort to override Gov. Bill Haslam’s veto of a bill seeking to make the Bible the state’s official book.
  The Republican governor last week turned back the bill over constitutional concerns and because of the measure “trivializes” what he considers a sacred text.
  Sponsors argued that the measure seeks to honor the economic and historical impact of the Bible in Tennessee history, rather
  
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• Study: Dyson hand dryers spread 1300 times more germs than paper towels

  20-04-2016 14:22 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (WTNH) – Hand dryers are used to quickly dry your hands after washing away the germs, but a new study says hand dryers actually are spreading 1,300 times more germs than paper towels.
  According to the AJC, The University of Westminster researchers conducted an experiment where they dipped their hands in water that had a harmless virus and dried them using different techniques.
  Researchers dried their hands with jet air hand dryer, Dyson Airblade and a standard warm air hand dryer or
  
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• Pregnant Tennessee woman loses baby while fleeing gang shooting

  20-04-2016 14:15 via wivb.com
  
  KNOXVILLE (WATE) – A pregnant Knoxville woman ended up losing her baby as she fled for her and her 3-year-old son’s life while shots were being fired at Danny Mayfield Park in Mechanicsville, Tennessee Saturday night.
  Regge Leatherwood, seven months pregnant at the time, was at a gathering at the park when a shooting erupted between people at the party and two cars. Jajuan Latham, 12, was shot in the head and killed. Police later said the shooting was gang related.
  “I heard lik
  
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• Jennifer Aniston is People’s Most Beautiful Woman

  20-04-2016 14:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — She’ll be there for you. People Magazine has named Jennifer Aniston its “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” of 2016.
  The 47-year-old actress graces the cover of People’s 27th annual “World’s Most Beautiful” double issue.
  “I thought, ‘Oh my God,'” Aniston tells People in this week’s cover story upon hearing the news. “There was this sort of very excited, teenage-y kind of moment.”
  The actress
  
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• Officials: 3 to be charged in Flint water crisis

  20-04-2016 13:52 via wivb.com
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP/WOOD) — Michigan’s attorney general will announce criminal charges Wednesday against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.
  The charges — the first levied in a probe expected to continue — will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supe
  
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• Mouth bacteria could signal increased risk for pancreatic cancer

  20-04-2016 13:31 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — A mouth bacteria known as P. Gingivalis could signal an increased risk for pancreatic cancer.
  Researchers at New York University found men and women who have the bacteria showed a 59 percent higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
  Doctors say the finding could lead to earlier detection tools.
  
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• Local school employee accused of child porn possession

  20-04-2016 12:59 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A maintenance technician at Iroquois Central School District is facing accusations of child porn possession by authorities this month.
  Federal prosecutors say they seized two computers containing child pornography from the Elma home of Kevin Waczkowski, 31.
  If convicted of the charges, Waczkowski could spend up to 20 years in prison and be fined $250,000.
  
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• Sheriff: Sleepy couple busted with meth lab after children alert neighbor

  20-04-2016 12:43 via wivb.com
  
  NEWFANE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Members of the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office say they busted a meth lab in Niagara County Tuesday afternoon.
  Deputies say two children living in a trailer on Ridge Road in Newfane went to a neighbor’s home and told them that they could not wake up their parents.
  The neighbor proceeded to call authorities, leading to a welfare check by a Sheriff’s deputy and a New York State Trooper.
  After they arrived, law enforcement offi
  
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• Trump, Clinton win big in NY, push closer to nominations

  20-04-2016 11:51 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to resounding victories in Tuesday’s New York primary, with Trump bouncing back convincingly from a difficult stretch in his Republican campaign and Clinton pushing tantalizingly close to locking up the Democratic nomination.
  “The race for the nomination is in the home stretch, and victory is in sight,” Clinton declared to cheering supporters.
  MORE | Complete New York Primary coverage.
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• Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors finds falsified fuel mileage tests

  20-04-2016 11:25 via wivb.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Wednesday says it found evidence its employees intentionally falsified fuel mileage test data for several models of vehicles.
  The Tokyo-based automaker said Wednesday that the inaccurate tests involved 157,000 of its own-brand eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, and 468,000 Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Motor Co.
  The problem was found after Nissan pointed out inconsistencies in data, the company said. Mitsubishiconducted an interna
  
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• Behind the scenes at the Erie County Board of Elections

  20-04-2016 06:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Dozens of extra staff members were called into the Erie County Board of Elections Tuesday, to help tally Primary Day voting results.
  Phones started ringing of the hook just minutes after the polls closed at 9 p.m.
  Staff members in charge of manning the phone banks filled out yellow data entry forms for each voting district; those forms are then brought to staff who enter them into a computer for tabulation.
  Ballot inspectors from each precinct provide the Board of
  
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• Erie County GOP celebrates Trump victory in New York

  20-04-2016 06:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N,Y. (WIVB) –  Erie County Republicans had a low key celebration at headquarters Tuesday night. Donald Trump claimed victory Primary night. The fact that it was unanimous one minute after the polls closed, comes as no surprise to supporters.
  They say now it’s time to turn to the delegates. Local leaders say for Trump, every delegate counts. If he gets the majority of the vote in each individual district, he will take all of that districts delega
  
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• 30 in 30: Scobby Wright

  20-04-2016 06:10 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-   The man with an unforgettable nickname had an unforgettable 2014 season at Arizona. Scoobie Wright was the Pac-12 defensive player of the year and ranked inside the top five players in the country with 163 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 14 sacks and six forced fumbles. The Wildcats linebacker was a one-man wrecking crew. He won the Nagurski trophy, the Lombardi award and the Bednarik award. Last season was a much different story. Scooby played just three g
  
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• After strong win in NY, local Clinton campaign sets sights on next primaries

  20-04-2016 06:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — By the time Hillary Clinton was declared the winner in New York, Erie County’s Democratic headquarters had a full slate of local campaign volunteers, politicians and supporters ready to hear her victory speech.
  The Seneca Street office erupted as Sec. Clinton talked about a variety of topics, including pay equality, jobs and how personal the Empire State win was to her campaign.
  We are thrilled at this result, statewide and locally,” said Democratic Party
  
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• Doctor on lingering cold season: ‘It’s been a long year’

  20-04-2016 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you work in an office, chances are it’s a lot like ours: filled with people sniffing, sneezing and coughing.
  “It’s awful. It’s the cold that never ends,” said 24 Hour News 8 anchor/reporter Heather Walker.It’s been four weeks and counting since she came down with her cold. She’s been sipping warm honey water, keeping the tissue close at hand and waiting for relief.
  “You can hear it in my voice. No longer [do I
  
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• Donald Trump likely to challenge delegate selection rules

  20-04-2016 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (AP) — Donald Trump is again signaling that he plans to challenge the Republican National Committee to change delegate selection rules.
  Trump says: “Nobody should take delegates and claim victory unless they get those delegates with voters and voting. And that’s what’s going to happen.”
  Republican rival Ted Cruz has won fewer contests and has been allotted fewer delegates, but has outmaneuvered Trump in organizing state-by-state.
  The strategy has allow
  
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• Prosecutors reject Jared Fogle’s claims in sentence appeal

  20-04-2016 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Federal prosecutors are rejecting claims by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle that his 15-year prison sentence was improper.
  In a brief filed Tuesday with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, federal prosecutors argued that Fogle’s attempts to appeal his prison sentence should be rejected.
  Fogle, who was sentenced in November 2015 to more than 15 years in prison on child pornography charges, claims a federal judge erred in his sentencing by relying too heavily
  
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• Clinton to seal New York primary, distances herself from Sanders

  20-04-2016 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Democratic front-runner has added a feather to her cap, sealing the New York primary in her favor.
  Hillary Clinton stationed herself in New York City on Tuesday evening to learn whether or not she would secure enough votes to best her Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders, who had won nine of the last 10 caucuses and primaries.
  Clinton put an end to that, securing New York state and padding her lead over Sanders, who had closed the delegate gap considerably.
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• Trump secures NY after leading polls by large margin

  20-04-2016 03:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A hotel and real estate mogul will officially clinch the Republican vote in New York State.
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  Donald Trump secured the vote of Republicans in New York State by stumping across the state, missing no major city. During a stop in Buffalo, he hit his major points, guaranteeing he would build a wall and bring jobs back to Buffalo.
  Those same loft goals he detailed in every city helped secure him cheers and votes, as he would
  
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• Live Stream: Watch candidates speak in New York City

  20-04-2016 02:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump stationed themselves in New York City.
  News 4 will stream speeches from campaigns here. APP USERS | Click here to watch.
  
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• Southtowns bridge to close Monday, go out with a blast

  20-04-2016 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  CONCORD, N.Y. (WIVB) – The old Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek is considered a lifeline for local businesses in Springville, which are concentrated along the former state road, now known as Cascade Road.
  But the 60-year-old bridge has outlived its usefulness, and in recent years, structural defects have led to temporary closures.
  Now the New York State Department of Transportation has come up with a plan to replace the old bridge in the next 18 months, and folks in the Southtowns
  
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• Summer music lineup announced for Seneca casinos

  20-04-2016 01:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Joining the growing list of venues offering concerts in the summer of 2016 is the Seneca Resorts and Casinos group.
  Officials announced what they called a hot lineup of stars and singers to take the stage in the coming warm months at the Seneca Allegany and Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino properties.
  The lineup is as follows:
  Smokey Robinson on June 11 at 8 p.m. at the Seneca Niagara Events Center.
  The Lalas Burlesque on June 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. at the Seneca N
  
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• UB student to travel to Ecuador to assess earthquake damages

  20-04-2016 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rescue crews have arrived in Ecuador to help find survivors before time runs out. Officials said an earthquake that struck Saturday, killed over 400 people and injured more than 2,500.
  An Ecuador native and a University at Buffalo student is now traveling to the country this weekend.
  Enrique Morales is currently studying earthquake engineering at the university. He’s traveling to the country where most of his family still lives to evaluate structural damages wh
  
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• UB student to travel to Ecuador to asses earthquake damages

  20-04-2016 00:40 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rescue crews have arrived in Ecuador to help find survivors before time runs out. Officials said an earthquake that struck Saturday, killed over 400 people and injured more than 2,500.
  An Ecuador native and a University at Buffalo student is now traveling to the country this weekend.
  Enrique Morales is currently studying earthquake engineering at the university. He’s traveling to the country where most of his family still lives to evaluate structural damages wh
  
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• Studies show eating fast food can mess with your hormones

  20-04-2016 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –– We know fast food can taste good, but isn’t always good for us. Anew study says eating it can even mess with your hormones.
  What you may not know, is how drive-thru burgers and Lean Cuisine’s can expose you to a hormone disrupting chemical.
  A new report by the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives found that people who ate fast food had higher levels of phthalates which is usually found in plastics and cleaning materials.
  Researchers said th
  
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