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• Police investigate fatal shooting on Norfolk

  18-09-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Buffalo police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
  Police responded to the scene in the 300 block of Norfolk Ave and located a 32 year-old Buffalo man deceased at the scene.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847 – 2255.
   
  
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• Norfolk Ave. shooting victim identified

  18-09-2016 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Buffalo police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
  Police responded to the scene in the 300 block of Norfolk Ave and located Nigel Fisher, 32, of Buffalo, deceased at the scene.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847 – 2255.
  
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• Village of Williamsville Deputy Mayor arrested, charged with DWI

  18-09-2016 17:57 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Deputy Mayor of the Village of Williamsville is facing DWI charges.
  Mayor Brian Kulpa confirms Chris Duquin was arrested and charged with DWI Friday night. He said the details of the arrest are unclear and he has little information in regards to the incident in question. He said he has not spoken with Duquin as of Sunday morning.
  In a phone call, Mayor Kulpa said, “We have to let everything play its course and find out what the scenario was. We n
  
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• Investigation underway into NYC explosion that injured 29

  18-09-2016 15:57 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood and injured 29 people, and a suspicious device discovered blocks away was safely removed early Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio ruled out any terror connections but called the blast an “intentional act.”
  “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said. “We have no credible and specific threat at this moment.”
  De Blasio tried to calm any fears among nervous New
  
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• Governor: No apparent link between NY blast, overseas terror

  18-09-2016 15:57 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that an explosion that rocked a crowded Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people, doesn’t appear to be linked to international terrorism, and he vowed that authorities would find and prosecute whoever was responsible.
  He noted that 1,000 additional law enforcement officers were being deployed after the Saturday night blast in Chelsea, a primarily residential neighborhood on Manhattan’s west side that’s known for its ar
  
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• Authorities call NYC explosion a bombing, say motive unknown

  18-09-2016 15:57 via wivb.com
  
   NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators scrambled Sunday to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood, scouring shrapnel, forensic traces and surveillance video for any link to an unexploded pressure-cooker device found just blocks away.
  Hours after the Saturday night blast that injured 29 people in Manhattan, there seemed to be more questions than answers. All the injured had been released from the hospital by Sunday afternoon.
  “We just know there was
  
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• Flooding in Allegany County Sunday morning

  18-09-2016 09:54 via wivb.com
  
  BELMONT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Overnight flooding has led to water-logged streets and at least one rescue in Allegany County.
  Two people trapped in a camper along County Road 20 had to be pulled to safety, according to a dispatcher who spoke with News 4.
  Several roads have been flooded and been partially closed, including State Route 305, Genesee Street, Main Street and Orchard Street in Cuba.People living along Orchard Street had to be evacuated.
  People were advised to evacuate on Main Street in
  
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• Buffalo-Niagara Int’l Airport holds massive training exercise

  18-09-2016 06:02 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of first responders and volunteers took part in a massive full scale emergency training exercise. The scenario: a plane with more than 80 people on board, skidded off the runway and hit a piece of equipment. Dozens of firetrucks, police cars, and ambulances responded to the exercise on Saturday night.
  The volunteers were loaded onto a Boeing 727 donated by FedEx. The plane is set up for training exercises like this one. Once the training begins, the simu
  
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• Manhattan explosion leaves 29 hurt; 2nd device probed

  18-09-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities removed a suspicious device that was discovered just blocks away. Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an “intentional act,” but said there was no terrorist connection.
  “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. “We have no credible and specific threat at this m
  
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• FDNY: 25 hurt in apparent explosion in Chelsea neighborhood

  18-09-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police and firefighters are at the scene of an apparent explosion in New York City, and authorities say 25 people suffered minor injuries.
  Police spokesman J. Peter Donald said on Twitter that the explosion happened at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday on West 23rd Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. He says several people were taken to hospitals with injuries. The Fire Department tweeted that none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
  No detail about the extent of
  
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• 29 injured in explosion in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood

  18-09-2016 03:04 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated. Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an “intentional act,” but said there was no terrorist connection.
  “Tonight, New York City experienced a very bad incident,” de Blasio said at a news conference near the scene in Chelsea. “We have no credible and specific threat at this moment. &ldq
  
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• Hamburg starts transition to new playground

  18-09-2016 02:10 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- Out with the old and in with the new. A wooden playground in Hamburg won’t be around much longer.
  Town leaders are raising $450,000 to renovate the playground.
  A farewell event was held Saturday to celebrate the old playground and make way for the new one.
  The town has raised $402,000 towards the goal. Construction will start as soon as they raise the rest of the money.
  
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• Habitat for Humanity Buffalo hands over keys to 285th home

  18-09-2016 01:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A family of eight from Somalia is now the proud owner of a Habitat for Humanity home. A crowd gathered for a dedication ceremony on Saturday afternoon.
  It’s the 285th home the organization has sold to a partner family.
   
  The family had to put in 500 hours of sweat equity helping Habitat for Humanity volunteers on the Marilla St. home.
  The six children also had to get good grades in school. The Niagara Frontier Reading Council presented the children with
  
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