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• Sager family seeks justice in his death

  11-05-2016 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —State Supreme Court Justice James Dillon reserved decision Tuesday on who should be sued in a civil suit filed by the family of William Sager.
  Two years have gone by since Sager was shoved down a flight of stairs inside Molly’s Pub in North Buffalo. He died months later.
  The family wants someone to be held financially responsible.
  Two years to the day since Sager was shoved down that flight of stairs, nine attorneys stood before Dillon to argue why their cl
  
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• First Niagara Center to be renamed following Key Bank merger

  11-05-2016 23:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s only professional sports arena in the city limits will likely go by a different name soon as Key Bank prepares to assume control of the company in a pending merger.
  Officials at a major press conference detailed the future of First Niagara’s major holdings after a merger that will likely be approved happens around the fall. Although officials say approvals will be required, they say they look forward to a 2016-2017 Buffalo Sabres season in
  
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• Water Worries: Your questions answered

  11-05-2016 23:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When is the last time you stopped to think about what’s really coming out of your faucet? How good is your water?
  Sure, the crisis in Flint raised real concerns, but most Western New Yorkers don’t question what comes out of their tap. We either drink our tap water, or we shell out big bucks to buy bottled.
  News 4 Investigates went in-depth in February, even testing water samples for lead.
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• Local TSA officials push travelers to use pre-check

  11-05-2016 23:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Short staffing within the TSA has sparked outrage around the country.
  The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is even considering hiring outside security if wait times don’t improve; Seattle and Atlanta are considering the same option.
  Here in Buffalo, officials told News 4 staffing is down, but that about 16 new agents are expected in the next few months.
  During the peak travel season, and with fewer airline seats due to mergers, local officials are encour
  
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• Lancaster business offers free 24/7 hotline for new moms

  11-05-2016 23:14 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Having your first baby is a big transition and new moms often have a lot of questions. A local business is giving 24/7 support for new moms.
  At Baby’s New Beginnings answering questions is a specialty. New moms or expecting moms call anytime of night or day.
  “I’ve gotten calls at 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning or on Christmas Eve, I was in here twice on Mother’s Day because when you need something you need it.” said Polly Thoman,
  
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• Elderly man hit by stray bullet in east side shooting

  11-05-2016 23:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bystander is recovering after a shooting in Buffalo’s east side left a 78-year-old with a gunshot wound.
  Police say they rushed to the scene of shots fired at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Brown Street just before 12 p.m. At the scene, they found an elderly man suffering from a gunshot wound in the leg.
  Officers say the shooting likely happened a distance away at Genesee Street and Jefferson, but traveled a few hundred feet to strike the elder
  
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• Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter mentally incompetent

  11-05-2016 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man who acknowledged killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic is mentally incompetent to continue with his criminal case, a judge ruled Wednesday.
  The decision by Judge Gilbert Martinez puts the case against Robert Dear, 57, on hold until his mental competency can be restored through treatment. He will be sent to the state psychiatric hospital, and his mental health will be reviewed in August.
  As he was led out of the courtroom
  
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• A new buzz in honey production across NYS

  11-05-2016 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  COWLESVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — When it comes to honey, New York State is the leader of the North East. Compared to last year, production increased by 9%, with more than 3.6 million pounds produced this year. This is because the bees stayed busy all year. Normally they take some time off, but thanks to the mild weather, the owner of Wee Bee Honey, Mark Almeter says his little helpers were more productive.
  “Honey production increased last year towards the fall. The early part of last
  
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• 7 arrested in cocaine crackdown in Hamburg

  11-05-2016 22:09 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A team of police working together to crack drug dealing in Hamburg announced Wednesday a major drug bust involving seven suspects.
  Police say they arrested a group of people, four who lived in a single Long Avenue home in the Village of Hamburg. Officers say they made a total of 12 undercover purchases of cocaine from those they arrested.
  Officers say 25-year-old Aaron Carroll, 25-year-old Nicholas Hubble, 25-year-old Joshua Taylor and 24-year-old Kelly Hosken e
  
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• Tourism season has begun in WNY

  11-05-2016 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tourism season in Western New York is off to a good start. Explore Buffalo, a non-profit organization that takes visitors on tours of historic neighborhoods and buildings all over the region, is already breaking attendance records. One of the more popular tours takes place at the Fontana Boathouse, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure that was constructed on the Black Rock Channel of the Niagara River in 2007.
  The building, which boasts spectacular views of the Ni
  
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• Dry erase motivation: Teachers get personal to pump up kids

  11-05-2016 18:01 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – Standardized tests can be intimidating, discouraging, and even boring. But, one teacher in Woodbury, New Jersey is finding a way to make test-taking personal. And, her messages of support are spreading across the globe.
  Chandni Langford at Evergreen Avenue Elementary decided to motivate her fifth grade students using some special messages. Before PARRC tests, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, Mrs. Langford used dry erase marke
  
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• Melania Trump: Model wife, mystery life

  11-05-2016 17:52 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Melania Trump’s campaign couture and signature squint have become fixtures over the last year, standing demurely behind her husband, Donald Trump, as he claims primary victories and sets electoral wildfires.
  Aside from her past profession – modeling – not much is widely known about Mrs. Trump.
  It’s somewhat of an anomaly in a year where the two parties’ front-runners, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, have near universal name and f
  
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• New “No Excuses” campaign aims to curb underage drinking

  11-05-2016 17:47 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The next time you head to the check out counter at your local liquor store, you may notice new signs aimed at curbing underage drinking in New York State.
  State and local leaders came together at Midnight Liquors Wednesday morning to launch the new “No Excuses” campaign in our area. It’s meant to send a strong message that underage drinking or any attempt to purchase alcohol underage will not be tolerated.
  The campaign is the result of a partnersh
  
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• “Trump’s Wall” game charting high on iTunes app store

  11-05-2016 17:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Trumptastic app is taking over smartphones everywhere.
  A parody game about The Donald is a huge hit, climbing to number five on the list of most downloaded in the iTunes app store.
  The objective of “Trump’s Wall” is to build a wall as high as you can.
  In the game, players do not build a border between the United States and Mexico. Instead, a wall is built in front of a building that looks like the White House with Trump’s name plastered
  
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• Binghamton mom accused of drinking beer in Arby’s drive-thru with toddler

  11-05-2016 17:12 via wivb.com
  
  CHENANGO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Binghamton woman is facing a felony charge after New York State Police said she drove drunk in a drive-thru with her toddler.
  On Monday evening, State Police received a complaint about Rebecca Shoemaker, 30, as witnesses claimed she was drinking a beer while going through a Broome County Arby’s drive-thru.
  Further investigation revealed that Shoemaker was driving drunk, and that her two-year-old child was in the car’s back seat
  
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• Former SC officer indicted on federal charges in Walter Scott shooting

  11-05-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A white former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist who was running away now faces federal civil rights charges.
  An indictment unsealed Wednesday shows that Michael Slager is charged with violating Walter Scott’s civil rights. He’s also charged with obstruction of justice and unlawful use of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
  Slager faces state murder charges in the April 2015 shooti
  
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• NY attorney general offers help getting health coverage

  11-05-2016 16:00 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general says people denied insurance coverage for addiction treatment and mental illness should contact his office for help.
  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the state’s 2006 mental health parity law requires insurers to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders at least equal to their coverage for other health conditions.
  He says state insurance law also requires coverage consistent with the 2008
  
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• Financial problems lead to salary freeze for Ken-Ton UFSD Superintendent

  11-05-2016 15:40 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Union Free School District Superintendent Dawn F. Mirand will not see her pay increase in the next school year.
  The school district agreed to freeze the Superintendent’s salary following the closure of the Huntley power plant in the Town of Tonawanda. The closure resulted in the loss of $3 million in revenue for the district.
  “I have elected for the salary freeze for 2016-17 given the District’s financial climate,&rdqu
  
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• Bills’ Bruce Smith to have jersey number retired at 2016 home opener

  11-05-2016 15:04 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Pro Football Hall of Famer and Buffalo Bills Wall of Famer Bruce Smith will have his team jersey retired at the Bills’ home opener against the New York Jets in September. He is the second Bills player to have his jersey number retired, after Jim Kelly’s (12) was retired in 2001.
  Smith, a defensive end who wore number 78, spent 15 of his 19 years in the NFL playing for the Bills, joining them in 1985 as the number one overall NFL Draft pick.
  
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• 9-year-old cancer survivor rings the Victory Bell at Roswell

  11-05-2016 14:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  There is a bell that hangs on a plaque in the lobby of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. It’s called the Victory Bell and the message reads:
  “Ring this bell three times well
  Its toll to clearly say
  “My treatment’s done
  this course is run
  and I am on my way!”
  Luke Gworek is 9 years old, and he waited 810 days to ring that bell.
  “The bell symbolizes an ending, and a new beginning. It’s joy, making people aware that
  
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• Payless removes toddler shoes from store shelves after catching fire

  11-05-2016 14:18 via wivb.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (WIVB) — After a Texas toddler’s shoes caught fire over the weekend, lighting up an SUV, Payless has decided to pull the shoes from their store shelves.
  This week, News 4 tore the shoes up and took a look inside of them.
  The shoes contain lithium battery-powered lights.
  Other products like hoverboards have caught fire due to larger versions of these batteries.
  This is the first time it has been heard of in a pair of shoes. Due to the fire, Payless will no longer s
  
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• Niagara County power outage closes 3 Lockport schools

  11-05-2016 13:41 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — An outage in Niagara County briefly left more than 2,800 people without power and closed three Lockport schools Wednesday morning.
  Emmet Belknap Intermediate, Roy B. Kelley Elementary and Lockport High Schools are all closed due to the outage. All other Lockport schools remained open.
  The power was restored by NYSEG more than an hour after it went out.
  Following the Niagara County outage, around 59 Erie County customers lost power. It has yet to be re
  
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• Shooting kills 1, injures another during Tuesday night vigil

  11-05-2016 12:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As people gathered on Krupp St. Tuesday night to remember the victim of a Sunday shooting, gunfire rang out again during the vigil.
  A 21-year-old Buffalo man was killed and a 33-year-old Buffalo man was injured in the east side shooting.
  The man that people were gathered to honor Tuesday night, Miguel Richardson, 47, had been shot by Daryl Rollins, 25, in a retaliatory act. Rollins was angered when no one did anything following his brother’s
  
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• Political leaders seek candidates to run for Assemblywoman Wozniak’s seat

  11-05-2016 05:44 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)- An assemblywoman from Cheektowaga will not run for re-election. Angela Wozniak made the announcement Tuesday.
  Party leaders called it “an anomaly” when Assemblywoman Wozniak won the 143rd District Assembly seat in 2014. A Republican hadn’t represented the district in decades.
  But her exit follows a very similar pattern as her predecessor.
  “In all of my time in politics, from the local, county, state, and federal level, I can never remember a
  
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• Suicide rates up among women, but down for black men

  11-05-2016 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Suicide rates in the United State are on the rise and they have been since 1999. The CDC reported that men die by suicide more often than women, but there’s a surge for women with a 45 percent increase and a 16 percent increase for men.The number of suicides increased among all racial groups, except for black males. In 2014, 13 people out of every 100,000 took their own lives compared with 10.5 in 1999, according to the CDC.Officials say the growing number of o
  
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• NY’s AG announces help line for addicts, those in need of mental help

  11-05-2016 04:24 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — In a move to help those in need receive medical care they need, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is establishing a line to help connect patients with treatment.
  The action takes aim at medical insurers which turn away patients in need of help with the goal of ensuring necessary medical care is provided, which is a legal obligation.
  Specifically, Schneiderman said he’s taking aim at families with members who are suffering from substance abuse, like dr
  
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• Another healthcare provider drops Gosy, leaves patients with more questions

  11-05-2016 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – On Monday employees at Dr. Eugene Gosy and Associates are expected to return to work. This, as three of the region’s top healthcare providers drop or suspend Gosy from their coverage network.
  This leaves Gosy’s thousands of patients, and employees, without answers. Independent Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Univera Health of Western New York have all cut cords from Gosy’s office.
  This means if his office opens back up, those patients
  
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• Trump wins West Virginia, Nebraska; Sanders wins WV Democrats

  11-05-2016 03:50 via wivb.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders added another state to his tally against Hillary Clinton with a win in West Virginia on Tuesday — a victory that will do little to slow the former secretary of state’s steady march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
  Meanwhile, Republican Donald Trump also won there and in Nebraska, a week after he cleared the field of his remaining rivals. They were not victories likely to heal the party’s wounds
  
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• New York Lottery says man has won $1 million for a 2nd time

  11-05-2016 03:45 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A man has beaten the odds by winning $1 million in the New York Lottery for a second time.
  Lottery officials will be revealing the $1 million winner Wednesday on Long Island. They say the same Suffolk County man won $1 million in 2012.
  The check presentation will be made at a gas station and convenience store in West Babylon.
  Repeat winners are rare, but not unheard of, in New York and other places.
   
  
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• Amber Alert issued for Tennessee 9-year-old; photos released of suspect

  11-05-2016 03:25 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  TENNESSEE (MEDIA GENERAL) — An AMBER Alert was issued for 9-year-old Carlie Trent of Rogersville, Tennessee, on May 4, 2016. Officers have released a host of pictures to aid in the search.
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• Staples, Office Depot scrap merger after judge blocks deal

  11-05-2016 03:17 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Staples and Office Depot said Tuesday they are scrapping their planned $6.3 billion merger after a federal judge blocked the deal, saying the government had made the case that the combination would likely hurt competition in office supplies.
  The Federal Trade Commission had sought to block the merger of the last two national office-supply chains. It contended the deal would allow the combined company to dictate the price of supplies, especially for corporate customers tha
  
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• Economic engine driving frustration in Buffalo’s Fruit Belt

  11-05-2016 03:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The centerpiece of Buffalo’s economic revival is becoming a pain for its neighbors trying to park on their own streets, and visitors coming to see loved ones, like Rev. Robert Harris, “Yes, it is hard to come over and visit your senior family members.”
  Hundreds of new workers have been hired at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and they are taking advantage of free street parking just a few blocks away in the Fruit Belt.
  Rev. Harris had to park o
  
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• 4 stabbed in separate attacks at Massachusetts mall and home

  11-05-2016 03:10 via wivb.com
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — Four people have been stabbed in two separate attacks at a shopping mall and a home in Massachusetts.
  State police say a suspect stabbed two people at a home in Taunton on Tuesday, then crashed a car through the front of a Macy’s store at the Silver City Galleria and stabbed two other people at the mall. Two victims have died.
  Authorities say an off-duty law enforcement officer fatally shot the suspect.
  Witnesses reported a chaotic scene.
  Officials say the suspe
  
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• Warrant: Minnesota doctor saw Prince, prescribed drugs

  11-05-2016 02:27 via wivb.com
  
  CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota doctor saw Prince twice in the month before his death, including the day before he died, and prescribed him medication, according to contents of a search warrant that were revealed Tuesday even as authorities revisited the musician’s estate.
  Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on April 7 and April 20, and he prescribed “medications and prescriptions” for the musician, according to the warrant, which was filed Thursday in Hennep
  
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