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• Hurricane Matthew slams Haiti, takes aim at US East Coast

  05-10-2016 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  PETIT-GOAVE, Haiti (AP) — Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s southwestern tip with howling, 145 mph winds Tuesday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris. At least ninedeaths were blamed on the storm during its week-long march across the Caribbean.
  The storm — at one point the most powerful hurricane in the region in nearly a decade — unloaded heavy rain as it swirled on toward Cuba and t
  
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• Hamburg brothers with Down Syndrome reaching new goals

  05-10-2016 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB)- Elijah and Gabriel Coffee are your typical kindergartners.
  They both have Down Syndrome, but their adoptive parents Kristen and David Coffee told News 4 they’re like all five-years-old boys; rambunctious, silly, and sometimes hard to control.
  “They’ve really started to understand what it means to be social and what it means to interact with their peers,” Kristen said.
  The Coffee boys had a rough start in life, both needing heart surgery as infan
  
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• US Attorney William Hochul to step down at end of October

  05-10-2016 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A well-known name in New York law has announced he will be stepping down near the end of the month.
  U.S. Attorney William Hochul will end his 30-year career in the Department of Justice on October 28.
  “While the threat to Americans and Western New Yorkers has changed over the decades of my service, it has been my experience that certain fundamental truths have remained constant,” Hochul said. “First, the commitment of law enforcement to pr
  
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• Buffalo based company 1 of 16 finalists for 43North business competition

  05-10-2016 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The 43North business competition is giving 16 entrepreneurs from around the world a shot at a million dollars. A local company called Abcombi Sciences is one of the finalists.
  At the University at Buffalo’s North campus, a lot of work is done in the Biochemical Engineering lab.
  “We are a drug discovery company that is positioning technology to develop new and better vaccines and anti infectives,” said Charles Jones, Abcombi Biosciences CEO.
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• Suspected bank robber captured shortly after incident on Broadway

  05-10-2016 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police have taken a suspected bank robber into custody after an incident Wednesday afternoon.
  Officers say the M&T Bank on the 900 block of Broadway was robbed just before 2 p.m.
  The person accused of robbing the bank was captured shortly after fleeing the bank.
  Charges have not yet been announced.
  
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• Broadway bank robbery suspect identified as Lockport teen

  05-10-2016 23:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police have taken a suspected bank robber into custody after an incident Wednesday afternoon.
  Officers say the M&T Bank on the 900 block of Broadway was robbed just before 2 p.m.
  The person accused of robbing the bank, 16-year-old Ajay Butcher, was captured shortly after fleeing the bank.
  The Lockport teen was charged with robbery and grand larceny.
  Some of the money he was accused of stealing has been recovered.
  
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• People can access telebehavioral health services online for mental wellness

  05-10-2016 22:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Traditionally seeing a therapist or a psychiatrist involved physically leaving your home and meeting with someone in person. But now talking with a professional is as easy as pressing a button on your computer.
  Through a website called inpathy.com, people can access mental and behavioral health care online through a video chat. It’s been shown to be clinically effective for things like therapy, counseling, medication management and psychiatrist assessment. It w
  
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• Disoriented, elderly driver slams through brick wall at Delta Sonic

  05-10-2016 21:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Delta Sonic on Main St. will have some cleanup work to do after a disoriented elderly woman drove through a brick wall there.
  At 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, a Buffalo woman backed into a parked vehicle at the car wash, causing that vehicle to hit another one.
  The elderly woman then went forward and through the wall. She was taken to Buffalo General Hospital with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
  No charges have been filed in relation to the incide
  
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• Niagara County man sentenced for international drug scheme after months on the run

  05-10-2016 21:16 via wivb.com
  
  RIDGEWAY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara County man convicted of obtaining and distributing drugs from China has been sentenced to 200 months in prison.
  Between October 2011 and December 2012, authorities say Allen Young, 40, worked with Peter Viera to obtain and distribute methylone. Viera was later sentenced to 70 months in prison.
  On December 13, 2012, members of the Orleans County Major Felony Task Force tried to search Young and his car.
  Young quickly sped off before crashing the car in the
  
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• How long can people live? New study suggests there’s a limit

  05-10-2016 20:53 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just how long can people live?
  New research suggests there may be a limit to our life span — one that’s hard to extend without some sort of breakthrough that fixes all age-related problems.
  The record for the world’s oldest person is 122 years and the odds of shattering that record are slim, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the journal Nature.“It seems extremely difficult if not impossible to break through that ceiling due to the co
  
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• Illegal alien tied to international criminal gang arrested in Lancaster

  05-10-2016 19:23 via wivb.com
  
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities say an illegal alien affiliated with an international criminal gang was found and arrested in Lancaster.
  On September 30, Lancaster police called for U.S. Border Patrol Agents to help them after locating 30-year-old Savier Ayala.
  Ayala, who was convicted of DWI in North Carolina six years ago, was removed from the country after his conviction. While he was living there, officials say he joined Mara Salvatrucha, a gang also known as MS-13.
  Authorities wh
  
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• Local officials reveal new One Buffalo library cards

  05-10-2016 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A new Buffalo-centric library card has been established to help give locals a better feeling of community.
  Pegula Sports and Entertainment, along with Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, revealed two new One Buffalo Community Library Cards. One is for adults, while the other is for children.
  Here are the designs:
  In an announcement, the Library System wrote, “Today’s libraries are more than just books. They a
  
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• Clark St. home catches fire Wednesday morning

  05-10-2016 18:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fire in Buffalo’s Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood is under investigation.
  Neighbors say a house on Clark St. was on fire around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.
  Damage to the home is estimated at $60,000.
  
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• Drug take-back event happening at locations in Cattaraugus County

  05-10-2016 18:24 via wivb.com
  
  OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office is working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to hold their semiannual National Pill Take Back event.
  The event will take place on October 22.
  Locals can bring in their prescription and non-prescription medication, as well as syringes, for disposal.
  The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations:
  Cattaraugus County Building at 1 Leo Moss Drive, Olean
  Salamanca City Fire Station at 225 Wildwood St.,
  
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• Springville man with warrants in Pennsylvania, Florida locally accused of drug possession

  05-10-2016 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Sheriff’s deputies in Springville arrested a man with warrants in Florida and Pennsylvania Tuesday night.
  Around 9:40 p.m., deputies stopped and investigated 34-year-old Nathan Wikman on W. Main St.
  Wikman, a Springville resident, had allegedly been driving with two suspensions on his license, and was wanted in the aforementioned states.
  He was accused of violating an order of protection in Florida, and forgery in Pennsylvania.
  Althoug
  
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• Hiring for the holidays: Outlets holding a job expo to fill dozens of positions

  05-10-2016 18:00 via wivb.com
  
   
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA are hiring.
  “We work all year long just for this season.,” said John Doran, the property manager at the Fashion Outlets. “We enjoy it.  I’s a fun time to be at the shopping center.; retailers love it.”
  Doran says retailers love visitors and the outlets have a lot of them; between 5 and 6 million people shop at the outlets each year; many of whom are international. The
  
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• West Seneca school holds potluck dinner for community learning English

  05-10-2016 17:43 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The students at West Seneca East had the great opportunity to learn just how diverse their community is.
  The middle school hosted their annual English as a New Language potluck dinner Tuesday night.
  The district-wide event brings various cultures of people, all learning English, together.
  Students, their families and staff broke bread and learned about the diversity in the West Seneca district.
  “A lot of our students are immigrants or refugees from cou
  
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• Amtrak delays after Bronx freight derailment; no injuries

  05-10-2016 17:22 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a freight train derailment in the Bronx has been causing Amtrak delays between New York and Connecticut.
  The Fire Department of New York says no injuries are reported. Authorities say several freight cars went off the tracks at around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
  Amtrak Acela Express and Northeast Regional services were temporarily suspended between New York City and New Rochelle, New York.
  
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• Fireball seen over WNY, nearby states overnight

  05-10-2016 17:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The American Meteor Society says 280 reports of a fireball in the Great Lakes region came to them on Tuesday night.
  Reports came in from various states, including New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, but most of them came from Ontario around 10:35 p.m.
  The fireball could have been a meteor. Take a look at the picture above and see for yourself.
  
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• Son finds mom passed out from alleged overdose after school

  05-10-2016 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  ALEXANDER, N.Y. (WIVB) — A mother accused of passing out from a heroin overdose has been charged after her son found her after school.
  On Tuesday afternoon, the son of Jill Hanlin, 39, walked into his Alexander home and located his mother there. She was taken to UMMC after this.
  Hanlin was the only adult home at the time, so she was responsible for taking care of her son. Because she had passed out from an alleged overdose, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office charged her wi
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s Office to test out body cameras

  05-10-2016 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Road patrol deputies with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office plan to test out body cameras.
  The first Field Test & Evaluation period will occur in mid-November and is expected to last two months. They will test one manufacturer’s cameras during this time.
  After this, they will conduct another evaluation with another manufacturer’s cameras.
  These periods are only tests though, as the Sheriff’s Office still needs to find funding to pay for cam
  
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• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill announce joint tour, concert in Buffalo

  05-10-2016 16:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — During Tuesday night’s surprise performance in Nashville, Tim McGraw and wife of 20 years, Faith Hill announced they will be touring together again. One of their stops will be in Buffalo.
  The country singers will play in 65 cities on Soul2Soul The World Tour 2017. The upcoming tour will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Soul2Soul II tour, which was the highest-grossing country music tour in history.
  This will also be the first time Faith Hill has toure
  
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• Steady Pence gets wide praise, but Kaine lands jabs on Trump

  05-10-2016 15:30 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Pence won bipartisan plaudits for a calm and collected performance in the vice presidential debate. But Democrat Tim Kaine was claiming mission accomplished for forcing his opponent to confront —or not — Donald Trump’s long list of provocative remarks.
  Pressed by Kaine to defend his running mate throughout the 90-minute debate Tuesday, Pence mostly dodged, sidestepped or let the moment pass by. He vouched for the billionaire&rsq
  
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• Buffalo International Film Festival kicks off Friday, ‘The Runner’ short film to make North American premiere

  05-10-2016 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo International Film Festival will be kicking off Friday night at North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue. That’s where a short film called ‘The Runner’ will be making it’s North American premiere. It was shot here in the Queen City two years ago.
  Los Angeles Director and native Buffalonian Justin Berardi has returned back home to promote the film. ‘The Runner’ has been shown at film festivals all over the world. It’s a
  
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• Travelers brace for headaches as Hurricane Matthew moves North

  05-10-2016 11:25 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – During the busy morning hours at Buffalo Niagara International airport Wednesday, all flights were departing on time. But, that situation could change quickly as Hurricane Matthew moves North.
  The storm is expected to brush Florida as early as Thursday. It’s already caused severe damage in the Caribbean, and is responsible for at least seven deaths.
  Up the U.S. coast, states are preparing for the worst. Several have declared states of emergency, and million
  
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• Officials want feasibility study on new event center in Niagara Falls, NY

  05-10-2016 04:57 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders in Niagara Falls want to build a new convention and event center downtown. The center would be much larger than the current one on Old Falls Street. Officials say they’re currently waiting for the state to sign off on a feasibility study.
  New York State Asemblyman John Ceretto said, “Once they approve it, which I hope is soon, it will go to the power proceed board and they will allocate the funding and our estimate is, we are talking about $
  
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• FACT CHECK: Claims in the VP debate

  05-10-2016 04:44 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Not all the claims in the vice presidential debate stand up to scrutiny. A look at some of them and how they compare with the facts:
  REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE: “The fact that under this past administration, we’ve almost doubled the national debt is atrocious…. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want more of the same.”
  THE FACTS: As a share of the total U.S. economy, the national debt has gone up 35 percent; not a doubling.
  Still, the debt has ballooned to
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Claims in the VP debate

  05-10-2016 04:44 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Not all the claims in the vice presidential debate stand up to scrutiny. A look at some of them and how they compare with the facts:
  REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE: “The fact that under this past administration, we’ve almost doubled the national debt is atrocious…. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want more of the same.”
  THE FACTS: As a share of the total U.S. economy, the national debt has gone up 35 percent; not a doubling.
  Still, the debt has ballooned to
  
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• CPAs: Trump tax filings show business acumen

  05-10-2016 04:43 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — So far, the biggest October surprise of the presidential campaign was delivered to The New York Times in September.
  Published over the weekend, The Times reported Trump claimed to the IRS a business loss of more than $915.7 million.
  That big of a hit means Trump could have shielded himself from paying Federal income taxes for decades, according to The Times.
  Although Trump may have avoided taxes, he’s not avoiding the issue.
  “I have brilliantly used
  
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• Buffalo natives prepare for Hurricane Matthew in parts of Florida

  05-10-2016 04:20 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some western New York natives are preparing for the worst in south Florida.
  “I spent three or four hours this morning with a tool saw cutting tree limbs off around my utility lines and at this point all we can do is just stock up on some supplies for the next couple of days,” said Vic Baker, Buffalo native living inFlorida.
  Hurricane Matthew is expected to hit Florida and the Carolina’s. Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina are in a sta
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Lockport motorcycle crash

  05-10-2016 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crash investigators are on the scene of a fatal crash in Niagara County.
  The crash happened on the 5700 block of Stone Road Tuesday night. Niagara County Sheriff Jim Votour says a pedestrian was struck by a motorcycle. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased and the operator of the motorcycle was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
  Stone Road near Sunset Road will be closed until around midnight while the crash is investigated.
  It is unclear what cau
  
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• Authorities identify pedestrian killed in Lockport motorcycle crash

  05-10-2016 04:19 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crash investigators were at the scene of a fatal crash in Niagara County.
  The crash happened on the 5700 block of Stone Road Tuesday night. Niagara County Sheriff Jim Votour says a pedestrian, Lockport resident Walter White, 80, was struck by a motorcycle while walking near the center of the road’s eastbound lane.
  White was pronounced deceased and the operator of the motorcycle was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
  Stone Road near Sunse
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Vice Presidential debate

  05-10-2016 02:43 via wivb.com
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (WIVB) — Tim Kaine (D) and Mike Pence (R) will face off in Tuesday night’s Vice Presidential debate. Watch the event live in the video above.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the debate.
  
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• VP Debate: Not-so-lofty expectations ahead of single debate

  05-10-2016 02:39 via wivb.com
  
  FARMVILLE, VA. (MEDIA GENERAL) – The sole Vice Presidential candidates debate will get underway Tuesday evening, but there’s little expectation the audience will be as large as the first debate between Presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, held last week at Hofstra Unveristy in Hampstead, N.Y.
  Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) will spend 90 minutes on stage at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., discussing at least 10 differe
  
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• Chefs compete to create healthy school lunches for Buffalo Farm to School Chef Challenge

  05-10-2016 00:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Four local chefs competed to create healthy lunch meals for students as part of the first Buffalo Farm to School Chef Challenge.
  All of the chefs had to create a school lunch using ground beef and root vegetables according to USDA guidelines.
  A panel of judges ranked the school lunches based on calorie content, sodium, and fat- and there’s a maximum of 650 calories!  Judges also tasted the dishes and presentation. They also ranked how easy it would be
  
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• Council member Wingo continues silent protest

  05-10-2016 00:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- No Pledge of Allegiance for Buffalo Common Council member Ulysees Wingo.
  For the second time, the Masten District leader stood fist in the air, taking a stand against police killings of unarmed black men.
  The first time he stood in silent protest was following the death of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police in Tulsa.
  “Institutionalized racism is real. No one else, if you’re not black, has to live a black life and deal with
  
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