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• New dress code sparks backlash at local high school

  08-06-2016 23:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A new dress code policy at da Vinci High School has several Buffalo parents outraged.
  A mandatory meeting Tuesday night informed parents of the new policy, which is already published in the 2016-2017 da Vinci student handbook.
  “We were never contacted. They’re required to, required to get input from parent-student organizations, so that we have input. They didn’t do any of that,” said Roger Newsham, who was escorted out of Tuesday’s meetin
  
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• Students benefit from district-wide STEM education in Niagara Falls

  08-06-2016 23:23 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — LaSalle Prep 7th graders spent the morning working on the next phase of a STEM project. It involved scale models of a home they made out of papers and straws.
  “Now they’re working in their science classes to determine the energy efficiency of their home, how well does it retain heat, how can they improve it’s ability to retain heat and they’re working to insulate that home right now,” said Ronni McGrath, STEM Coordinator K-8 of the
  
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• Williamsville WWII Veteran has sights set on the skies through Honor Flight Buffalo

  08-06-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Honor Flight Buffalo had flown more than five hundred veterans to Washington, D.C. before it dissolved earlier this year. Now the organization is back. It has reformed with the help of the Albany branch.
  Honor Flight Buffalo will escort 44 World War II veterans to the memorial.  One of them is Mort Korn from Williamsville who served in the Navy at age 17.
  He said, “I can’t stand old people.” Korn turns 93 Thursday.&nbs
  
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• Convicted sex offender arrested for second time in months

  08-06-2016 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A previously convicted sex offender is back behind bars after police say he violated conditions of his release.
  Officers arrested 39-year-old Eric Hartman, of Gainesville, for accessing he internet via a cellphone, police say. Hartman saw release in May after he had been arrested in April on charges of contacting, then having a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old. Part of his release required him to notify police when accessing the internet and disclose
  
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• Kail Street fire prompts Buffalo Common Council members to question Rural/Metro

  08-06-2016 22:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When Buffalo firefighters didn’t receive needed response from a requested Rural/Metro ambulance, they seized an opportunity to flag down a Twin City ambulance that coincidentally happened to be in the area. That’s prompting a new inquiry by the Buffalo Common Council.
  Firefighters rushed to the scene of a Kail Street fire on Tuesday, successfully removing a man and his dog from a smoking home. Common Council members say that pleased the homeowner, bu
  
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• Teen arrested with shotgun following armed robbery of Dollar General

  08-06-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers investigating an armed robbery at a Dollar General on the 300 block of West Ferry say they arrested a teen with a firearm soon after investigation began.
  Police say a 16-year-old robbed the store Tuesday with a shotgun just after 1:30 p.m., making off with money from the heist in a taxi used as a getaway vehicle. Buffalo Police officers say they used surveillance cameras to track the suspect as he fled, eventually stopping him on Wyoming Avenue.
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• Gunmen open fire in Tel Aviv, 3 dead, several wounded

  08-06-2016 22:02 via wivb.com
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Two gunmen opened fire in central Tel Aviv Wednesday night, killing three people and wounding at least five others, Israel police said.
  Spokeswoman Luba Samri said there were reports of shooting in two locations close to the popular open-air Sharona market.
  Another spokeswoman, Meirav Lapidot, said initial reports show there were “at least two terrorists.” She says both were “neutralized,” which can mean either killed or detained. Samri said one of
  
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• New cryosauna opens in Buffalo

  08-06-2016 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- BuffaloCryo recently opened its doors downtown.
  The silver cylinder looks like muscle therapy of the future, but no, it won’t stop aging or let you travel through time.
  “Athletes like Lebron James and Sidney Crosby have made this extremely popular in the athletic world, but what it actually was designed for was Rheumatoid Arthritis,”said BuffaloCryo co-founder Pat Connors.
  Cryotherapy got started in Europe, and is slowly making it’s way to
  
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• NY Gov. Cuomo wants new limits on secret campaign funds

  08-06-2016 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wants to stop independent political organizations from hijacking elections by improperly coordinating with candidates.
  The Democratic governor on Wednesday announced a legal opinion and legislation that he says will address problems caused by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
  That ruling prohibits restrictions on independent political spending, allowing wealthy donors, organizations or candidates themselves to create inde
  
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• Room of pot goes up in smoke in fire at home on High Street

  08-06-2016 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  WALWORTH, N.Y. (AP) — A roomful of marijuana has gone up in smoke during a fire at a house on High Street in a New York town.
  The Wayne County sheriff’s office says firefighters were called to the house in Walworth shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday. They found smoke coming from a locked office upstairs.
  Once the fire was out, investigators found 40 to 50 potted marijuana plants under grow lights in the room. The sheriff’s office says the fire is believed to have been sparked by an e
  
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• Lockport man admits to threatening to kill Pres. Obama

  08-06-2016 20:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 19-year-old from Lockport is looking at up to five years in jail after admitting he threatened to kill President Barack Obama.
  Back in September, Jared Brown called Lockport Police and said that he would kill the President. In a later interview with Secret Service agents, Brown was asked what he would do if Obama was in the room. Authorities said his response was that he would shoot the President, referring to him with a racist slur.
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• Amherst man receives prison sentence for stealing from mother-in-law

  08-06-2016 19:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Amherst man will spend the next three to six years in prison for stealing from his mother-in-law’s bank account, after he was previously convicted of stealing from the same woman.
  Judge Thomas Franczyk handed down the prison sentence for David Scheifla in Erie County Court Wednesday morning.
  Scheifla pleaded guilty in May to ten counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument and ten counts of Petit Larceny, after prosecutors say he stole his 83-year-ol
  
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• FBI offers $25k reward in Brittanee Drexel disappearance

  08-06-2016 19:02 via wivb.com
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (WBTW) – The Federal Bureau of Investigations held a press conference in McCllelanville, South Carolina at 1 p.m Wednesday to discuss the latest developments on the young Rochester-area woman who went missing while on Spring Break in Myrtle Beach.
  Brittanee Drexel was reported missing seven years ago on Ocean Boulevard. Drexel left her home in Chili, NY during the spring of 2009 without her parents’ consent and traveled with a group of teen
  
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• Mom, deputy, store clerk stop man from kidnapping 13-year-old

  08-06-2016 18:02 via wivb.com
  
  HERNANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A store clerk, a mother, and a quick-thinking deputy are being credited with saving a girl from a potential abduction in Florida.
  Deputies responded to a Dollar General store at 11: 42 a.m. on Tuesday after receiving a 911 call about something happening inside the store.
  The initial call indicated the caller heard screaming, but dispatchers then learned that an attempted child abduction was in process.
  The Dollar General at 2560 N Trucks Ave. in Hernando. Citrus Co.
  
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• School bus driver accused of endangering child

  08-06-2016 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bus driver for the Chautauqua Lake School District is accused of endangering the welfare of a child after an alleged incident from April.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office was not specific, but they said Edward Farnsworth, 58, “engaged in actions” that constituted a crime during an afternoon bus run in the town of Chautauqua.
  Farnsworth, a Dewittville resident, was given a court appearance ticket for a later date.
  
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• Buffalo man jailed in Cattaraugus County on felony drug charge

  08-06-2016 17:21 via wivb.com
  
  SALAMANCA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was jailed without bail following a traffic stop in Salamanca.
  The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office worked with the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task to arrest Ronald Mitchell, 34, on Tuesday morning.
  Authorities say he had cocaine and a large amount of cash in his possession while driving on Gravel Pit Rd. Mitchell was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance.
  Following a court appearance in Great Valley, he was
  
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• Maria Sharapova suspended for 2 years for doping

  08-06-2016 17:08 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Maria Sharapova was suspended for two years Wednesday for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open.
  The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Federation in early March, when she announced at a news conference in Los Angeles that she failed a doping test in January.
  Sharapova said then she was not aware that the World Anti-Doping Agency had barred athletes from using meldonium, also known as mildronate, as of Jan. 1.
  
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• Authorities offer reward for information on man related to alleged Mystic St. incidents

  08-06-2016 16:47 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local law enforcement officers are looking for a man they say violated an order of protection twice on Mystic St.
  Marvin Dones is wanted on two outstanding warrants stemming from alleged incidents from October and November. Authorities are offering up to $1,000 for information leading to his capture.
  Anyone with information on Dones’ whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 867-6161.
  
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• NY workers’ union approves 1-year contract with 2% raise

  08-06-2016 16:00 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The New York State Public Employees Federation says its members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a one-year agreement with the state while negotiations continue for a longer-term contract.
  According to the union, that means members will get a 2 percent retroactive raise before the end of summer.
  It represents more than 54,500 professional, scientific and technical employees of the state and other public and private employers.
  The contract covers those who work at s
  
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• Former Tenn. firefighter accused of stealing pain medication from sick residents

  08-06-2016 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  WHITE HOUSE, Tenn. (WKRN) – He checked on sick patients, offering to take their blood pressure, but now a former firefighter stands accused of stealing those patients’ pain medicine.
  Michael Ray Bogle Jr, 33, of Hendersonville, Tennessee was charged with two counts of theft under $500, one count of official misconduct, and two counts of simple possession.
  Several White House residents accused the firefighter of stealing pain medicine from their homes.
  Resident Willis B
  
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• More testing recommended as syphilis cases surge

  08-06-2016 15:47 via wivb.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) – As the number of syphilis cases in the U.S. continues to grow, it is now recommended that more people get screened for the disease.
  The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its recommendation Tuesday in the Journal of American Medicine.
  The USPSTF now recommends more screening for syphilis in people who are at increased risk for infection.
  Men who have sex with other men and men and women living with HIV are considered to be most at risk for syphilis, accordi
  
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• Woman admits to taking drugs before striking car, signs in City of Tonawanda

  08-06-2016 15:32 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — It was vehicle debris that led police in the City of Tonawanda to 65-year-old Donna Hettinger — a woman accused of causing loads of driving-related damage while high on drugs.
  On Tuesday afternoon, police say the Tonawanda woman was driving on Delaware St. when she crashed into another vehicle, but kept going.
  The driver of the vehicle that was struck began to follow Hettinger, who proceeded to drive on the sidewalk and knock down four city signs, police
  
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• Employees put out fire in Cheektowaga factory

  08-06-2016 14:58 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Four workers came together to douse a fire that started at a Cheektowaga sheet metal facility.
  The Wednesday morning fire began when something went wrong with what Cheektowaga Police referred to as a “laser machine.” Aluminum and carbon caught fire, creating a hazmat situation.
  Police briefly closed off Cayuga Rd. from Maryvale Dr. to Cleveland Dr. as fire crews rushed to the scene.
  Although, when crews arrived, the fire was already out.
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• Family devastated after dog killed with bow and arrow

  08-06-2016 13:59 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis family is devastated after someone used a bow and arrow to shoot and kill their dog.
  This happened Monday morning about 9 o’clock in their east Indianapolis neighborhood.
  Now the family is trying to figure out who did it.
  The family is trying to get justice for Yogi, their 11-year-old Beagle.
  They’re offering a $50 reward for anyone with viable information on who committed this crime.
  Monday felt like a nightmare for the Reneau family.
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• Axl Rose demands Google take down unflattering pictures

  08-06-2016 13:44 via wivb.com
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Axl Rose is demanding Google take down several unflattering images of him that have been used as part of an internet meme mocking his physical appearance.
  Harvard University’s Lumen Database lists at least 11 requests made on behalf of the Guns n’ Roses frontman citing copyright violations since May 31. The requests center on the “Fat Axl Rose” meme. One of the images Rose wants taken down includes the message, “Remember the 80s? H
  
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• Indiana firefighter talks about fireworks safety after losing his eye

  08-06-2016 13:14 via wivb.com
  
  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — An Indiana firefighter is warning people to be careful while lighting fireworks this summer after an accident last year left him with one eye.
  “I wish I’d been paying more attention,” said Curtis Shidler thinking back to last Fourth of July when he accidentally put a firework inside a tube already loaded with one.
  “As soon as it hit me in the cheek, I knew I was in trouble,” said Shilder. “Everything went black, even my
  
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• Clinton seizes historic primary win

  08-06-2016 13:07 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Powered by a solid triumph in California, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her yearlong battle for the heart of the Democratic party, seizing her place in history and setting out on the difficult task of fusing a fractured party to confront Donald Trump.
  Clinton cruised to easy victories in four of the six state contests on Tuesday. With each win she further solidified Sen. Bernie Sanders’ defeat and dashed his already slim chances of using the last night of state
  
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• Hundreds of donated books for prisoners stolen

  08-06-2016 13:03 via wivb.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On East 12th Street sits an old night club turned into a gathering spot for neighbors and non-profits.
  Next to the front door of Space 12 is a large, weathered wooden box covered in old white paint where anyone can donate books. When Dan Murphy went to unload it Monday morning, he noticed someone beat him to it. Four to 500 hardbacks and paperbacks were gone.
  “It’s an extremely big hit,” said Murphy. “That is about a weeks worth of don
  
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• Sanders ‘disappointed’ and ‘upset’ at news of Clinton’s win

  08-06-2016 12:49 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he was “really disappointed” and “upset” that The Associated Press declared rival Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic nominee on the eve of primary elections in six states, adding a somewhat muted voice to the outrage expressed by many of his supporters.
  In an interview, Sanders expressed concern that the news of Clinton’s victory came the night before “the largest primary” and that it was based
  
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• Couples in Britain have 40 percent less sex than in 1990

  08-06-2016 12:28 via wivb.com
  
  CAMBRIDGE, England (WIVB) — A new study from Cambridge University says couples in Britain are having 40 percent less sex than they did 20 years ago. Cambridge professor David Spiegelhalter claims you can blame this on addictive shows.
  Researchers have warned us before that using devices like iPads too much could mean we’re less bored, and less likely to have sex.
  Spiegelhalter is calling out streaming services like Netflix and HBO GO for adding to the problem. He claims the mass
  
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• BPS district leaders considering stopping plastic surgery coverage for teachers

  08-06-2016 12:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Should the Buffalo Public School district, and by extension, taxpayers, continue to pick up the full tab for teachers to have cosmetic surgery? That’s the question the school board is set to take up at its meeting Wednesday evening.
  Right now, coverage for plastic surgery is included as part of a self-insured rider in the contract with the teachers union. With one insurance option, teachers pay no co-pay for everything from Botox injections to breast implants.
  
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• Babies born late may become smarter than those born at full term

  08-06-2016 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  FLORIDA (WIVB) — A new study says children born at 41 weeks may become smarter than those born at full term, which would be 39 or 40 weeks.
  The later babies scored better overall on tests in Florida than the full term kids.
  This information comes from records for nearly 1.5 million children in Florida. They were all single births born between 37 and 41 weeks. The later birth babies showed higher cognitive functioning in elementary and middle school.
  However, there was also a slightly
  
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• Local activists rally in Albany in support climate change bill

  08-06-2016 05:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– The New York State Senate is considering an aggressive climate change bill that would require a transition to renewable energy. Local activists, who went to Albany last week to rally in support of the law, told News 4 action is long overdue.
  “It’s not political, it’s people,” said Lucy Velez, who went to Albany.
  She supports the Climate and Community Protection Act because she said it will improve the quality of life for people living on t
  
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• Trump turns to object of his ridicule: a teleprompter

  08-06-2016 05:03 via wivb.com
  
  BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. (AP) — Donald Trump routinely mocks his rivals for using teleprompters, but the presumptive Republican presidential nominee relied on the much-maligned political crutch Tuesday night for his closely watched speech at the end of the Republican primary calendar.
  A pair of teleprompters flanked the podium at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban New York City, and the celebrity businessman appeared to be reading from them as he delivered a speech that featured far le
  
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• Historic buildings to be turned into lofts on Niagara Street

  08-06-2016 05:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Redevelopment of Buffalo’s crumbling infrastructure will take a turn to historic buildings on Niagara Street.
  Officials unveiled on Tuesday plans for a group of structures, including a pre-Civil War era structure constructed in 1854. Leaders say the old nature of the buildings will pose challenges as they attempt to turn the structures into high-end lofts.
  Funding for the project comes from a $21 million Niagara Street Streetscape project, which is an init
  
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• Clinton lays claim to Democratic Party nomination

  08-06-2016 04:41 via wivb.com
  
  BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton laid claim to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and with it, a piece of history Tuesday night, as she became the first woman to lead a major party’s bid for the White House.
  Speaking in Brooklyn, New York, on a night where she won the New Jersey primary, Clinton told supporters that they were witnessing a historical moment.“Thanks to you we’ve reached a milestone. First time in our nation’s history that a woma
  
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• NY union ratifies 1-year contract agreement

  08-06-2016 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the New York State Public Employees Federation have ratified a one-year contract that includes a 2 percent salary increase retroactive to April 1, 2015.
  The union representing 53,000 state workers, including professional, scientific and technical employees, said Tuesday that 97 percent voted to ratify the agreement.
  The union released a statement calling it a “positive start” as it continues to negotiate for a longer-term pact.
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• Suspect escapes after officer-involved shooting

  08-06-2016 03:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A suspect is on the loose after police say he pulled a gun on a Buffalo Police Officer.
  Police say they’re investigating an evening altercation just after 5:15 p.m. on the 1,000 block of East Ferry between an officer and a suspect.
  While investigating, police say a chase broke out, leading the suspect to draw a gun on an officer. Buffalo Police say the officer responded by drawing her weapon and firing in return.
  In the exchange of bullets, nobody suf
  
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• Hillary claims victory as Sanders looks to sway superdelegates; Trump surges forward

  08-06-2016 03:18 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party and then immediately taking aim at Republican Donald Trump.
  “Tonight’s victory is not about one person,” Clinton said. “It belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible.”
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• Clinton, Trump win NJ primary; voting underway in Calif.

  08-06-2016 03:18 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Already the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton sailed to victory in Tuesday’s primary in New Jersey, one of six states voting across the country. Rival Bernie Sanders hoped a strong showing in California, the night’s biggest prize, would raise doubts about Clinton’s historic achievement and spur superdelegate to rally around him instead.
  Donald Trump won New Jersey’s Republican primary, capping an otherwise difficult day for the presu
  
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• Multiple bicyclists killed in hit-and-run with at least 9 victims in Michigan

  08-06-2016 01:43 via wivb.com
  
  COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Multiple bicyclists have been killed in a hit-and-run north of Kalamazoo.
  At least nine victims were involved Tuesday evening, some of whom may be children, according to Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas. It’s not yet clear how many of those victims were killed and whether any of the people killed are children.
  A driver struck the bicyclists and then fled on foot, Matyas said. The driver has since been arrested.
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• 5 bicyclists dead after crash north of Kalamazoo

  08-06-2016 01:43 via wivb.com
  
  COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Five bicyclists were killed and four more were hurt Tuesday evening when they were hit by a pickup truck north of Kalamazoo.
  Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo says it is treating two of the victims. It did not release any further details about those patients Tuesday night. Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo says it is also treating two patients. One was listed in critical condition and the other in fair condition Tuesday night.
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• Moviegoers offer ‘biting’ commentary on Elmwood Regal Cinemas

  08-06-2016 01:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The clothes Shalanda Favors and her family wore to Regal Cinemas, last week, are packed into plastic bags and kept outside their house on the back deck. They don’t want to take any chances bedbugs might get inside.
  While the family was watching “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, Shalanda and her 3-year-old son were getting bitten by bedbugs, forcing the family of 6 to leave the show and shed their clothes before going in the house.
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• Moviegoers: Elmwood Regal Cinemas leaves families with bedbug bites

  08-06-2016 01:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The clothes Shalanda Favors and her family wore to Regal Cinemas, last week, are packed into plastic bags and kept outside their house on the back deck. They don’t want to take any chances bedbugs might get inside.
  While the family was watching “Alice Through the Looking Glass”, Shalanda and her 3-year-old son were getting bitten by bedbugs, forcing the family of six to leave the show and shed their clothes before going in the house.
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• Series of thefts lead police to search for suspect caught on camera

  08-06-2016 01:19 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Caught on camera in multiple locations is a white man for whom Amherst Police are on the hunt.
  Officers say the white man is bald with a dark brown or black beard and has been seen on security footage in several stores before thefts take place.
  Anybody with information that may lead to an arrest is encouraged to call (716) 562-8477.
  
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• Parents beware: Police targeting underage grad parties

  08-06-2016 00:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst police were called late Friday to a home on Transit Road on a complaint of party of teens drinking alcohol, a practical rite of passage for many as the spring turns to summer.
  It’s a common occurrence this time of year, authorities said, as western New York students make the jump from high school to college.
  “It’s very exciting to have your child graduate from high school or college. The weather’s nice, it’s what we do,” sa
  
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• Advocacy leaders, students react to Stanford sexual assault case; say sentencing is too lenient

  08-06-2016 00:04 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – A former star athlete at Stanford  University is now in prison, convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus. Brock Turner could have gone to prison for 14 years. Instead he will spend just six months in the county jail.
  His victim is anonymous, but her emotional 12-page statement is having a real impact on women sexually assaulted on campus.
  University at Buffalo Student Ashley Gormandy said, “What he did was detrimental
  
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