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• Chase nets man wanted in connection to Anchor Bar shooting

  24-05-2016 23:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Law enforcement are remaining tight lipped on the investigation into Friday’s fatal shooting at one of Buffalo’s most iconic spots, in the Anchor Bar.
  But more information has come to light about the progress of the investigation, after a car and foot chase Monday night that may have netted a key witness in the case.
  The chase started just before 11 p.m. in Niagara Falls, when a driver wanted in connection to felony domestic violence charges, was spotted
  
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• Man leaves phone at bar, gets busted for child porn possession

  24-05-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) — A forgotten cell phone is to blame for a lengthy investigation into child porn possession against a Blasdell man, police say.
  Officers say Bryan Mackinnon, 39, left his phone at a local bar in August of 2015, and police eventually discovered child pornography on it, prompting a lengthy investigation.
  Blasdell Village Police partnered with Cheektowaga Police and the Erie County District Attorney’s Office to help further the investigation along, leading to
  
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• Smartphone use shortening human attention span, according to study

  24-05-2016 23:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —  According to researchers, smartphones are taking a toll on your attention span. An expert says it’s because humans are bombarded with various types of information that are available at anytime.
  Reporter question: “How many times do you think you check your cell phone?”
  “Probably well over 50 definitely I’m on it all the time,” said Samantha Dipalma of Kenmore.
  “Hundreds,” said Jonathan Slingerland of Buffalo.
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• Crackdown finds 16 stores in Erie County peddling booze to minors

  24-05-2016 22:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A recent sting operation on clerks expected to sell alcohol only to people of legal age found 80 percent of stores in compliance, however that left 16 stores facing charges.
  Out of 70 stores in which New York State Liquor Authority officials conducted sting operations with underage actors, 56 declined to sell the underage representative alcohol. Clerks in the other 16 are facing serious charges related to selling alcohol to minors.
  Officials say the following st
  
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• Williamsville business makes capes, helps kids around the world feel like super heroes

  24-05-2016 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local business is helping kids around the world feel like super heroes. The couple who owns it reaches thousands of people from their home in Williamsville.
  Alyssa and Brian Wolfe started “Pip and Bean” in 2009 when they lived in Indiana. It initially began as a way to get Brian through grad school but quickly turned into a successful business.
  The couple creates a line of personalized capes for kids, adults, and even dogs. They make up to 4,000 c
  
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• Air Quality Advisory issued for WNY, most of NYS

  24-05-2016 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Air quality in western New York, and much of the rest of New York State, is expected to be poor on Wednesday through much of the day.
  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officials issued an Ozone advisory, saying pollutants are expected to exceed an Air Quality Index value of 100, potentially threatening the health of more vulnerable New Yorkers.
  Officials say heat will cause the formation of ground-level ozone, which creates photochemical sm
  
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• No scoops for you: Bills media policy has many restrictions

  24-05-2016 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have unveiled a wide-ranging policy restricting media from reporting on who threw an interception during practice or what someone might overhear during a post-practice team huddle.
  The policy went into effect Tuesday when reporters began arriving at the Bills facility for the team’s first week of voluntary minicamps.
  Under the heading, “Practice Reporting,” the Bills are barring media from mentioning personnel groupings, includi
  
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• Teen pleads guilty to role in fatal Tonawanda boat crash

  24-05-2016 21:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A teen named in a fatal boating crash in the Town of Tonawanda admitted to his role as the driver at the time of a 16-year-old’s death.
  Police have been prosecuting 18-year-old Gregory Green, of North Tonawanda, along with 51-year-old Timothy Wisniewski, since the June 11 accident that left 16-year-old Avery Gardner, a Lockport native, dead.
  Prosecutors say Green, who was 17-years-old at the time, steered the boat at a high speed in Ellicott Creek with a b
  
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• Medical Aid in Dying Act moves forward in Assembly

  24-05-2016 21:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act took a big step forward Monday.
  The Assembly’s Health Committee gave the bill the green light. It’s next stop is the Assembly Codes Committee.
  The measure would allow adults with terminal illnesses to obtain life-ending drugs from a doctor.
  The act is sponsored by Assembly Member Amy Paulin and Senator Diane Savino; it’s the result of the merging of two separate aid-in-dying bills.
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• NYSCOPBA pushing for more staffing in state prisons

  24-05-2016 20:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Jim Ambrose doesn’t remember much from November 3, 2011.
  “He got his hands around my neck and he chocked me until I passed out,” he recalled.
  Ambrose was working as a Corrections Officer at Orleans Correctional when a 17-year-old inmate assaulted him.
  He suffered a concussion and a serious neck injury, which has caused him to be on long-term disability.
  “The department has actually taken some steps to make things safer for the job itself, but th
  
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• 7 alleged heroin, crack cocaine dealers busted amid undercover operations

  24-05-2016 18:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office worked alongside police in Hamburg and Buffalo to arrest seven people accused of dealing drugs.
  “We cannot let up in this fight to stop the heroin epidemic that continues to grow every day,” says Acting Erie County DA Michael Flaherty. “Our office is steadfast in our commitment to prosecute these poison peddlers to the fullest extent of the law.”
  On Tuesday, prosecutors announced the names of th
  
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• Obama’s Hiroshima trip parachutes him into history disputes

  24-05-2016 14:18 via wivb.com
  
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — By visiting Hiroshima, Barack Obama parachutes himself into a seemingly endless dispute among key U.S. allies and trading partners over World War II. In Tokyo’s decades-long tug-of-war over history with its neighbors China and South Korea, it’s the American president who could end up losing.
  Many in China and South Korea feel that Japan got what it deserved when U.S. atomic bombs detonated in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and in Nagasaki three days later. The
  
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• Drunk boaters a concern as holiday approaches

  24-05-2016 14:12 via wivb.com
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As drivers hit the road and boaters hit the water this holiday weekend, authorities are reminding people to not drink and drive.
  The Highway Patrol and other agencies will launch an initiative Tuesday morning in Wrightsville Beach to get the word out about impaired driving and boating.
  Currently, agencies can only charge an impaired boater with a misdemeanor.
  A new bill, unanimously passed by the state House last week, would create felony charges in cases involving d
  
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• Study says violence has increased since LEGO introduced weapons in sets

  24-05-2016 14:03 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ZEALAND (WIVB) — One of your child’s favorite toys may be more violent than it seems.
  A new study claims violence has increased significantly since LEGO first introduced weapons decades ago.
  This study comes from a university in New Zealand where researchers looked at instances of swords, lances and axes in Legos between 1978 and 2014.
  They found in 2014 that nearly 30 percent of LEGO sets had weapons in them. Compare that with only 5 percent 30 years ago. The rese
  
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• The Tragically Hip singer diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at 52

  24-05-2016 13:07 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO, Canada (WIVB) — Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip has announced that singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer.
  The band released a statement on their website, saying Downie, 52, was diagnosed with the disease in December.
  Despite this, The Tragically Hip are not cancelling their planned tour dates. The band’s statement says they plan to tour this Summer.
  Read the statement here:
  Hello friends.
  We have some very tough news to share with you today, and we wish it
  
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• Buffalo man’s witty letter to American Airlines saves him $200

  24-05-2016 12:06 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Alex Hamberger loves being an uncle to his niece Mia, but he doesn’t love that she lives all the way in Kansas City.
  “She just makes the best faces, and she’s really easy going,” he recently told News 4. “She was born last September, and then I was back out there in November. Then she was home for Christmas so I have seen her three times.”
  The fourth time was supposed to be in March, when Alex planned a weekend trip to see h
  
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• Multi-force police chase across Niagara County ends in Wheatfield crash

  24-05-2016 11:54 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police say a vehicle chase that started in Niagara Falls ended with a crash in the Town of Wheatfield Tuesday morning.
  After a man was pulled over by police in the city sometime before 5:30 a.m., he proceeded to drive off, sparking a chase through nearby towns.
  Niagara Falls Police followed the driver and his passenger for a distance, eventually being joined by Town of Niagara Police. The police forces stopped after the driver began to go too fast for them to
  
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• Forensic official: EgyptAir 804 human remains suggest blast

  24-05-2016 11:38 via wivb.com
  
  CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian forensics official says human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board that may have brought down the aircraft.
  The official is part of the Egyptian investigative team and has personally examined the remains at a Cairo morgue. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he isn’t authorized to release the information.
  He says all 80 pieces brought to Cairo so far are small and that “there i
  
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• Right-to-die bill clears NY legislative hurdle

  24-05-2016 11:27 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A bill that would authorize people with terminal illnesses to request life-ending drugs from a physician has cleared a hurdle in New York’s state Legislature.
  The proposal would require two physicians to certify the patient’s illness is terminal. Physicians could refuse to agree to the request for any reason.
  The Assembly’s Health Committee passed the bill Monday. It faces significant challenges in the full Legislature, but advocates hailed the committ
  
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• Suspect in custody following police chase on Grand Island

  24-05-2016 05:32 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A suspect is in custody following a chase that prompted a shelter in place on Grand Island Monday night.
  Police say the chase began in Niagara Falls and the suspect was located on Grand Island, where residents were asked to stay indoors for a brief period of time.
  The shelter in place has since been lifted. News 4 will update with more information as soon as it is available.
   
  
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• Sources: Grand Island police chase suspect may have connection to Anchor Bar shooting

  24-05-2016 05:32 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A male suspect is in custody following a chase that prompted a shelter in place on Grand Island Monday night.
  Members of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office say police began to chase the suspect in Niagara Falls.
  His vehicle was last seen exiting I-190 onto Long Road before authorities lost track of it.
  As police continued to search for the vehicle, a citizen report led them to find it crashed at Stony Point and Whitehaven Rd. in Grand Isl
  
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• Hundreds scramble to find apartments after unexpected eviction notice

  24-05-2016 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of low-income families will be forced to move out of their apartments come October 1. Wth only a five month notice, many tenants are concerned they won’t find a place to live.
  Monday, Norstar Development USA, L.P. held a meeting to update residents on their living situation.
  172 families will be forced to move out of their Shoreline Apartments, but for the past five years, residents were told they would never be displaced as Norstar would demolish thei
  
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• St. Columban Center to be sold by Buffalo Diocese

  24-05-2016 04:23 via wivb.com
  
  DERBY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A multi-million dollar manse in Derby will hit the market after receiving approval from the Buffalo Diocese’s Bishop Richard Malone.
  Malone said now is the time to put the manse, which is valued at $1.9 million, on the market. Located on the shores of Lake Erie, the manse has been a popular event and retreat spot for the church for years.
  Built in 1914, the home originally served as a summer residence for the Hans Schmidt Family. The 27,000 square foot prope
  
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• Gun store owner stops suspicious sale, prompts arrest of local man

  24-05-2016 04:15 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — A gun store owner in Orleans County prevented a suspicious gun purchase, leading to a Friday arrest.
  Police say a gun store owner alerted authorities to the suspicious actions of a local man after he was denied a gun purchase for refusing to fill out a required background check form. Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputies say John Klotzbach asked a female third party to buy a shotgun for him after he was turned away. The straw purchase was uncover
  
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• 5 dead after skydiving tour plane crashes in Hawaii

  24-05-2016 03:26 via wivb.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Five people died after a skydiving tour plane crashed and caught fire in Hawaii, one of two plane crashes reported Monday in the islands.
  It happened about 9:30 a.m. on the island of Kauai, the county fire department said. The pilot, two skydive instructors and two tandem jumpers were believed to be on the plane.
  Four of them were pronounced dead at the crash site, just outside Port Allen Airport. One man was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  
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• Head of TSA security operations removed from position

  24-05-2016 03:05 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee said Monday that the head of security operations at the Transportation Security Administration has been replaced.
  “Kelly Hoggan has been removed from his position as head of security at TSA,” the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform posted on Twitter.
  Meanwhile, The Associated Press obtained a memo sent from TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger that does not mention Hoggan but names an acting replacement.
  “Darby LaJoye will s
  
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• ATV fleets offer unique perspective for park patrolling units

  24-05-2016 01:31 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — As the warm weather arrives, you may see ATVs riding around county parks — and the officers say they’re becoming imperative for safety reasons. Each year, thousands of people explore the land, traveling the dense trails throughout Erie County.
  “Heavily wooded areas, old logging trails that they county used have not been traveled very well except by ATV,” said Deputy Tim Dusza.
  The county has four off-roading vehicles, all obtained th
  
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• Mother fights to get justice for her lead poisoned children

  24-05-2016 01:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Megan Galaszka-Miller’s three-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with elevated lead levels in her blood which might explain the behavior issues she is also exhibiting. Lead is toxic, and among its symptoms are developmental delays and irritability.
  Authorities believe Dymenique Wellington’s condition stems from lead remediation that took place in the apartment building, on High Street, where her family was living when the landlord was remodeling an ups
  
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• Lawsuit against state, county & city comes nearly 1 year after 198 crash

  24-05-2016 01:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Sugorovskiy family has taken legal action nearly a year after a tragic crash in Delaware Park.
  On May 30, 2015, in a matter of seconds, the Sugorovskiy family suffered an unimaginable tragedy when a car went off the 198 and hit the family walking in Delaware Park.
  Five year old Stephanie Sugorovskiy suffered a head injury and two broken legs. Her three year old brother Maksym died from his injuries.
  News 4 chose not to identify the driver since charges were never f
  
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• Bomb threats ring out across U.S., UK

  24-05-2016 01:19 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — Dozens of schools across a number of states were locked down on Monday as a rash of curiously similar threats were phoned in to schools.
  Authorities in Utah, Wisconsin, California, New Hampshire, Colorado, Minnesota and other northeastern states confirmed they locked dozens of schools down and aided in evacuations of others after receiving similar phone calls. The same calls were reported across the United Kingdom.
  None of the threats were found to be credible on Mon
  
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• Sex education curriculum could become consistent statewide

  24-05-2016 01:12 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — School subjects like math and English have statewide guidelines; sex education, doesn’t. At least, right now it doesn’t. That could change soon as the New York State Assembly has a pending bill which change sex education curriculum across the state making it consistent for all kids.
  “I think it’s an important issue – as a parent, grandparent – that we have our students knowledgeable so they can protect themselves,” said
  
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• Investigation continues in fatal Batavia house fire

  24-05-2016 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is working with the Batavia Fire Department to determine the cause of a house fire that claimed the lives of two little boys.
  Just before 10 Friday night, the upstairs tenant of the home on State Street Road in Batavia reported seeing smoke.
  According to fire crews, they tried to go in save anyone inside, but couldn’t fight through the smoke and flames.
  “We were getting information from neighbors that there was possibili
  
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• Crews kick off first day of filming “Marshall” at Niagara Falls library

  24-05-2016 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Filming is now underway in Western New York on the new movie, “Marshall.” The movie is based on the life of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Crews have taken over the Lasalle Library in Niagara Falls.
  It’s a growing trend, movies being shot here in Western New York. From “The Natural” to Ninja Turtles 2 shot just last year. There is a tax incentive for crews to set up shop here. But this time it is
  
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• Facebook posts show conflict for Anchor Bar shooting victim

  24-05-2016 00:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three days after a line cook was shot and killed in what police described as a targeted attack at one of Buffalo’s most iconic places, it was business as usual for unknowing customers. But employees looked visibly shaken in the wake of the death of the father of three.
  Freddie Dizon had been at work for a short time Friday, before police said someone walked into the restaurant’s kitchen from the rear, fired several shots and ran off.
  The targeted attack a
  
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