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• CBS’ Bob Schieffer says GOP is headed for “identity crisis” during News 4 appearance

  18-07-2016 23:54 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WIVB) — Covering his 24th convention, CBS’ Bob Schieffer appeared on News 4 during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday.
  Schieffer spoke with News 4’s Nalina Shapiro to discuss what he referred to as a party going for an “identity crisis” — the GOP.
  Schieffer offered commentary on the convention’s opening day, going on to call presumptive nominee Donald Trump, “not your typical Republican.” With this, Schieffer
  
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd cancels Tuesday Artpark show

  18-07-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — One of the members of legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd is dealing with a medical issue, leading the band to cancel their Tuesday, July 19 appearance at Artpark.
  Artpark released a statement on the band’s cancellation Monday:
  “Lynyrd Skynyrd’s performance at Artpark in Lewiston, NY on July 19th has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule the show in the near future. Founding member and guitar player, Gary Rossington, is seeking do
  
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• Niagara Falls on track to see another record breaking summer for tourism numbers

  18-07-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — “The Visitor Center is one of the first places people see we’re right across the street from one of the city parking lots so a lot of these visitors when they get here this is the first place that they stop,” said Andrea Czopp, Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation Communications Manager.
  More tourists hit the Visitor Center during summer 2015 than ever before. So far this summer is shaping up the same. Compared to June of 2015, visitors
  
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• Melania Trump is speaking at the Republican National Convention Monday

  18-07-2016 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, is expected to take the stage Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
  For much of the campaign, she has been quiet. However, political analysts expect her to share stories about her husband Monday.
  If Donald Trump is elected in November, what type of first lady would she be?
  “She would be one of the introverted types. We know that she has a very low profile publicly,” Katherine Ellison, a
  
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• Tumult at GOP convention over effort to stop Trump

  18-07-2016 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Republicans cast Donald Trump as the right man for turbulent times as they opened their presidential convention Monday against a backdrop of unsettling summer violence and persistent discontent within their own party.
  The glue keeping Republicans together was disdain for Hillary Clinton. Convention speakers planned to relentlessly paint the presumptive Democratic nominee as entrenched in a system that fails to keep Americans safe.
  While safety and security was the focus of
  
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• Hamburg PD looking for alleged Walmart thief

  18-07-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police In Hamburg are looking for a man they say stole from Walmart.
  It is not clear what the suspect is accused of stealing, but his actions can be seen in surveillance footage here.
  Anyone with information on the suspect’s identity is asked to call Det. Thomas Boyer at 648-5118 (ext. 2608) or the confidential police tip line at 648-5111 (ext. 2847.)
  
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• Box cutter attacker to spend 6 years in jail

  18-07-2016 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The former Buffalo State student many know as the “box cutter attacker” has been sentenced to six years in jail with three years of post-release supervision.
  In 12 minutes, Yonkers resident Mohamad Kaba was convicted of attacking another student with a box cutter, slashing him five times.
  The incident happened in September outside of a student apartment complex after Kaba and 23-year-old Tyrell Ganey were engaged in a fight days e
  
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• Grand Island man accused of threatening to kill Erie County deputy

  18-07-2016 21:22 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Grand Island man is in hot water with the law after Erie County Sheriff’s deputies say he threatened to kill an officer.
  Authorities say that Sammy Abdellatif, 22, called dispatchers just after 1 a.m. Monday, threatening to kill a specific deputy.
  In Abdellatif’s alleged own words, deputies said that he threatened to “murder his a** straight up” during the next time he saw the officer.
  According to deputies, Abdellatif wa
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Republican National Convention in Cleveland

  18-07-2016 20:38 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WIVB) — Watch the Republican National Convention speakers live.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the live stream.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Secret document lifts Iran nuke constraints

  18-07-2016 20:30 via wivb.com
  
  VIENNA (AP) — A document obtained by The Associated Press shows that key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will ease in slightly more than a decade, halving the time Tehran would need to build a bomb.
  The document is the only secret text linked to last year’s agreement between Iran and six foreign powers. It says that after a period between 11 to 13 years, Iran can replace its 5,060 inefficient centrifuges with up to 3,500 advanced machines.
  Since those are five times as e
  
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• Three people shot in drive-by shooting on Carl Street

  18-07-2016 20:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) – Buffalo Police report that two men and a woman walked into ECMC just before one o’clock this morning.
  Investigators say there shot in an apparent drive-by shooting on Carl Street near Northland Avenue.
  The 35-year old man 38-year old woman from Buffalo are in fair condition at ECMC.
  A 39-year old man from Cheektowaga was treated and released.
  If you have any information call police at 847-2255.
  
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• Boaters rescued near brink of the Falls

  18-07-2016 18:52 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two people were rescued from a disabled motor boat that was adrift near the brink of Niagara Falls.
  The U.S. Coast Guard says Monday that its Buffalo station was notified by one of the boaters around 11 p.m. Sunday that their 18-foot boat hit a reef and was adrift near Goat Island, which lies between the American and Canadian falls.
  The Coast Guard told the boaters to anchor. But the boat kept drifting until officials at the nearby hydropower plan
  
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• Bill aims to prevent spread of more invasive species in NY waterways

  18-07-2016 18:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New invasive species are being discovered in New York’s waterways, threatening the sport fishing industry, our food, and the health of our ecosystems, but a new bill being introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to prevent more problems in the future.
  U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined Rep. Brian Higgins, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, as well as leaders from Citizens Campaign for the Environment and Buffalo Niagara River Keeper, to announce her plans to int
  
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• Buffalo Zoo welcomes two sea lions

  18-07-2016 17:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, NY (WIVB)-  The babies keep coming at the Buffalo Zoo.  The newest arrivals are a pair of California sea lions.
  The pair of female sea lions was rescued along the California coast this past Spring.
  Conservationists have noticed a high mortality rate among the creatures and have rescued many stranded sea lion pups and yearlings. They point to a lack of prey in close proximity to the sea lion colonies, forcing mothers to go further out to find food.
  The sea lion pups, Jesse and
  
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• WNY Delegates take on increased influence at RNC

  18-07-2016 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND, OH (WIVB) — Carl Paladino has a way of making his presence known. The Republican National Convention will be no exception. “I’m very open minded. I’m a battler. That’s all. They’ll know I’m there,” Paladino told News 4.
  He was one of the first people to get on board with Trump a year ago. Paladino traveled with him as chairman of the state campaign.
  “We have a lot to say. I think the primary effort that we did in New York, Donald T
  
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• RNC Day 1: What to expect

  18-07-2016 14:42 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) –The Donald Trump campaign says that during this week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland it wants “America to understand who Donald Trump the man is, not just Donald Trump the candidate.”
  But the first act today will likely underline how divisive Trump has been.
  Trump’s opponents want to change a rule that requires delegates to vote for the candidate to whom they were committed after state primaries and caucuses.
  Trump plans to making an ea
  
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• Police forum to be held Monday evening

  18-07-2016 10:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As the investigations into recent shootings of police officers continue, so do conversations across the country about the role of police in our communities.
  Monday evening, the Western New York Peace Center is planning to hold a forum called Speak Out for Ethical Peace Officers to allow community members to have their voices heard.
  The goal, according to organizers, is create a public forum for a conversation concerning the moral and ethical grounds of policing in ou
  
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• Local teen trapped in Turkey finally on his way home

  18-07-2016 04:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local family is at ease now that their 17-year-old son is no longer locked inside a hotel room in Turkey.
  Kenmore West High School student, Kaizen, was supposed to have a layover in Istanbul the same day as Turkey’s failed military coup. Instead, his plane was diverted to Trabzon, Turkey.
  Saturday night, hotel staff finally shuttled Kaizen and other passengers to the Trabzon airport and flew them to Istanbul.
  Kaizen spent the next 12 hours standing in line in
  
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• Police identify gunman in deadly Baton Rouge shooting

  18-07-2016 03:17 via wivb.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, LA (WIVB) — Police in Louisiana have identified the man they say shot at a group of police officers this morning in Baton Rouge, LA. Police say 29-year-old Gavin Long killed two Baton Rouge police officers and a sheriff’s deputy.
  Police responded to a 911 call in Baton Rouge this morning. They became involved in a shooting outside a gas station about a mile from the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters.
  Police say Long is a former Marine from Kansas City, Missouri.
  
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• Baton Rouge police killer: A former Marine from Kansas City

  18-07-2016 03:17 via wivb.com
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The man who killed two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy in Baton Rouge was a former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq and had no known ties to any extremist groups.Gavin Eugene Long, a black man whose last known address was in Kansas City, Missouri, carried out the attack Sunday on his 29th birthday. Police say he was seeking out law enforcement and ambushed them, wounding three other officers before he was killed in the latest in a string of
  
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• Actress Loretta Swit returns to Cheektowaga for the Pulaski Day Parade

  18-07-2016 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Hundreds of Western New Yorkers, clad in red and white, gathered in Cheektowaga to celebrate their Polish heritage.
  The annual Pulaski Day Parade took over Harlem Road Sunday afternoon.
  Actress Loretta Swit was named a Grand Marshal for the second year in a row.
  Swit, known for her roll as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on ‘M*A*S*H‘,’ could be seen waving at parade goers.
  The actress told News 4 she has made special connections i
  
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• Canalfest duckrace is back on, given temporary permission by state gaming board

  18-07-2016 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Canalfest starts Saturday, but one popular attraction was almost canceled. The annual duckrace was in deep “water” after it was discovered that it violated state gaming laws. But now, the race is back on.
  Andrea Gray, Events and Volunteer Manager at Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, said, “And then when we got news that we were going to be granted permission, and we were going to be granted a temporary gaming license to hold the event
  
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• Four people flown to hospital after truck crash

  18-07-2016 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  CATTARAUGUS RESERVATION, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Four people were flown by Mercy Flight to the hospital after a crash on the Cattaraugus Reservation.
  A pickup truck carrying seven people crashed on Versailles Plank Road at around 7:45 a.m. Sunday morning.
  All seven people involved are in their teens and 20’s.
  Four people were thrown out of the truck. One person is in serious condition at ECMC.
  
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