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• Niagara Falls inks deal with Amtrak for new Transportation Center

  09-11-2016 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, NY (WIVB) – Mayor Paul Dyster announced that the City of Niagara Falls was able to come to terms with Amtrak on a lease deal for space at the new Niagara Falls Transportation Center.
  The new Falls station is the first new rail station to open in the state in more than a decade.
  As part of the agreement, Amtrak will be leasing 29,360 square feet, or 63% of the 46,430 square foot, two-story station within the Niagara Falls Intermodal Transportation Center.
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• Buffalo students react to Donald Trump’s historic presidential win

  09-11-2016 23:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “In the morning I was actually kind of mad because I wanted Hillary to be President,” said Zion Ortiz, 6th grader.
  “I think Hillary Clinton should’ve won,” said Torrionna Bailey, 4th grader.
  “I was really disappointed because I was really hoping for a woman President this year,” said Brianna Dukes, 8th grader.
  Some students at the Buffalo United Charter School were not happy and even emotional about Trump’s win as newly
  
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• Frontier school district puts emergency plans in place in light of Lackawanna Fire

  09-11-2016 22:49 via wivb.com
  
  LAKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Frontier School District is just a few miles away from the fire. Both district leaders and parents worried the smoke would send dangerous chemicals into school buildings.
  District leaders tell us parents were calling their offices to make sure their kids were okay as the steel plant site burned just a few miles away.  The Environmental Protection Agency was brought in to measure air quality in the area.But until those results came back, the
  
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• Albion police looking for missing teen girl

  09-11-2016 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — Albion Police are looking for help finding a missing teenage girl.
  Victoria Ryan, 15, was last seen around 11:30 p.m. Saturday when she left 111 W. Academy St. in the village.
  She is white, 4’11” and 120 lbs. Ryan has green eyes and dark brown hair.
  When last seen, she was wearing dark blue jeans, black sneakers, and either a blue zip-up fleece or red hoodie with “RYAN” on the back. Ryan also has a blue Nike drawstring bag with yellow writing.
  
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• Meet the new first lady: Who is Melania Trump?

  09-11-2016 22:21 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (MEDIA GENERAL) — Melania Trump will become first lady when her husband, President-elect Donald Trump, takes office in January.
  Here are some facts about the Slovenian born beauty:
  She’s 46 years old
  Melania was born on April 26, 1970 in Yugoslavia, making her 46 years old and 24 years younger than her husband. She’ll celebrate her 47th birthday in the White House.
  She’s been a U.S. citizen for 10 years
  Melania became a permanent resident of the United States in
  
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• Here’s Donald Trump’s plan for the first 100 days in office

  09-11-2016 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEWS10) – Now that Donald Trump is the president-elect for the United States, what is his plan for his first 100 days in office?
  In October, Trump released a “100-day action plan to Make America Great Again.” The campaign said this was “his contract between myself and the American voter – and begins with restoring honesty and accountability, and bringing change to Washington.”
  Here are some highlights of his plan:
  Donald Trump’s 100 Day Plan
  
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• Drugmakers soar, gun companies sink: Stocks react to Trump

  09-11-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  Donald Trump’s upset victory over Hillary Clinton caught many investors off guard. While it didn’t cause a broad market decline as many had feared, it did send some stocks sharply higher and others sharply lower. Here’s how some industries shook out as investors try to anticipate how Trump’s talk on the campaign trail might translate into policies that affect U.S. companies.
  WINNERS:
  —Drugmakers. Pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefits managers rose sharply o
  
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• Grandmother gets 12 years in failed murder-for-hire plot

  09-11-2016 22:00 via wivb.com
  
  CULPEPER, Va. (AP) — A Virginia grandmother will serve 12 years in state prison for putting a hit on relatives after losing custody of her grandson.
  The Culpeper Star-Exponent reports that a county judge on Monday sentenced 45-year-old Tammy Smith Kelly of Stevensburg. She pleaded guilty in August to four counts of solicitation to commit murder.
  Authorities said Kelly lost custody of her grandson last fall and attempted to arrange the killing of his maternal grandparents and their two
  
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• Stunned Mexico ponders new relationship with US

  09-11-2016 21:56 via wivb.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hours after the United States elected Donald Trump to be its next president, Mexico began carefully laying the groundwork for a relationship with a new leader who campaigned against its citizens and threatened to wreak havoc with its economy.
  President Enrique Pena Nieto sent a series of messages from his official Twitter account Wednesday morning, congratulating not Trump himself but the American electorate, and said he was ready to work with Trump to advance the countr
  
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• MLB to destroy, not donate, Indians championship gear

  09-11-2016 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Clothing and other items celebrating a 2016 Cleveland Indians World Series championship that never happened will be destroyed instead of donated to those in need.
  Championship merchandise is produced for both teams when a major title is on the line so items can be immediately sold to the winning team’s fans. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Indians in the Series last week.
  ESPN and The Huffington Post report Major League Baseball is asking retailers to give back Indians
  
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• Martin Shkreli debuts secret Wu-Tang album after Trump win

  09-11-2016 20:27 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday has prompted embattled pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli (SHKREL’-ee) to publicly debut some songs off the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album he bought for $2 million last year.
  Shkreli promised last month to release “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” if the Republican took the White House. He made good on the plan early Wednesday by playing snippets of the album during a live Periscope video posted on Tw
  
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• Falling demand leads to layoffs for 2,000 GM auto workers

  09-11-2016 19:28 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Falling demand for cars is forcing  General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers indefinitely at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michigan starting in January.
  The company says it will suspend the third shifts at factories in Lordstown, Ohio, near Cleveland, and in Lansing, Michigan, because customers are shifting from cars to SUVs and trucks.
  About 1,250 workers will be furloughed at the Lordstown plant, which makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact car. Another 840
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: Major fire at former Bethlehem Steel site

  09-11-2016 19:18 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Viewers from around WNY sent News 4 photos of their view of the multiple alarm fire at the former Bethlehem Steel site Wednesday morning.
  Smartphone and App users: Tap here to view gallery.
   
  
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• Obama says he’s heartened by Trump’s call for unity

  09-11-2016 19:08 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Conceding Hillary Clinton’s staggering defeat, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he was heartened by Donald Trump’s call for unity after his stunning victory and “we are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country.”
  Watch his speech in the video above.
  Obama spoke to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in a post-election ritual meant to signal the peaceful transition of power from one president to the next.
  
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• The day after: Clinton says US owes Trump ‘chance to lead’

  09-11-2016 18:53 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after Donald Trump, against all odds, won election as America’s 45th president, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday lamented that the nation proved to be “more divided than we thought” but urged supporters: “We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”
  Watch her speech in the video above.
  Standing before a crowd of crestfallen campaign aides and backers, Clinton said, “This is painful and it will be for a long time.”
  Trump’
  
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• Stretch of Rt. 5 closed as crews battle major fire burning at former Bethlehem Steel site

  09-11-2016 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Outbound from Buffalo, Route 5 is closed after Tifft St. and the inbound lane is closed at Lake until further notice as crews battle a large fire burning at the former Bethlehem Steel site. More than 200 firefighters and emergency personnel have responded. Erie County officials, the DEC and EPA are assisting with the fire investigation.
  A shelter in place is in effect for people around the site, including Lackawanna and Athol Springs.The Bethelehem Steel
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Updates on major fire burning at former Bethlehem Steel site

  09-11-2016 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews have closed Route 5 from Mile Strip to Ridge Roads as they battle a large fire burning at the former Bethlehem Steel site. More than 200 firefighters and emergency personnel have responded. Erie County officials, the DEC and EPA are assisting with the fire investigation.
  APP USERS | Watch a live conference with Buffalo’s Fire Commissioner here.
  A shelter in place is in effect for people around the site, including Lackawanna, Hamburg and Athol Springs.T
  
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• Breaking News: Major fire burning in Lackawanna

  09-11-2016 14:30 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews have closed Route 5 from Mile Strip to Ridge Roads as they battle a large fire burning at the former Bethlehem Steel site.
  Our crew at the scene reports huge plumes of black smoke continue pouring out building. It is visible for miles. Several dozen hazmat crews are inside the building that we are told is now a storage facility. It’s unclear what was inside.
  The roof collapsed around 8:30 this morning. Neighbors reported hearing explosions before
  
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• Niagara Falls chocolatier bringing a piece of WNY to an inaugural event

  09-11-2016 12:00 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Now that Donald Trump has been elected as America’s 45th president, he will be sworn in in January.
  A chocolatier from Niagara Falls is going to bring a piece of Western New York to an inaugural event.
  Mary Ann Hess says this all started after she got a surprising phone call four years ago. “I never knew any of these people and they found me in my basement. I got a phone call from Beverly Fray from the New York State Society of Washington D.C. and I
  
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• Trump claims astounding victory as America’s 45th president

  09-11-2016 09:03 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House.
  His triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House and threatens to u
  
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• Orchard Park police looking for missing teen

  09-11-2016 08:26 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Orchard Park are looking for a missing teenager.
  Dillon Brown, 15, lives on Abbott Rd. near Milestrip. He was last seen at the Newton Abbott Fire Hall around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
  Police say Brown went for a hike and was supposed to be home by 4 p.m., but never showed up.
  He is described as 5’8″, between 175-185 lbs, and having red hair.
  When he left his house, police say he was wearing flip flops, black shorts with a red stripe down the sid
  
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• Orchard Park police locate missing teen

  09-11-2016 08:26 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Orchard Park have located a missing teenager.
  Dillon Brown, 15, lives on Abbott Rd. near Milestrip. He was last seen at the Newton Abbott Fire Hall around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday before police located him.
  Police announced he was found safe early Wednesday morning.
   
  
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• Flynn wins race for Erie County District Attorney

  09-11-2016 07:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The race for Erie County District Attorney went back and forth throughout Tuesday night.
  In the end, John Flynn (D) beat Joe Treanor (R) for the spot.
  Flynn defeated Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty Jr. in the Democratic Primary this past September.
  See his speech in the video above.
  
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• Morinello unseats Ceretto in state assembly race

  09-11-2016 07:25 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Niagara Falls has a new state assembly member for the 145th district. In a contentious race, retired judge Angelo Morinello unseated incumbent John Ceretto. Morinello took 54 percent of the votes.
  Morinello was surrounded by friends and family when the results came in. He said he was overwhelmed and winning felt surreal to him
  “I kind of feel like I did right before my first major battle in Vietnam. I worked hard, I campaigned 326 days, I attended over 22
  
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• Prison sentence in home invasion death of comic collector

  09-11-2016 07:14 via wivb.com
  
  MEDINA, N.Y. (AP) — A former carnival worker has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a home invasion burglary that was blamed for the death of a comic book collector.
  Acting U.S. Attorney James Kennedy says 47-year-old Albert Parsons of Rochester was one of three people who burglarized the Medina home of 78-year-old Homer Marciniak.
  The victim was tied up and robbed of his comic book collection, along with cash and coins. He died of a heart attack a short time later.
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• “Robust” voter turnout in Erie County on Election Night

  09-11-2016 06:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- When Election Day began, Erie County Board of Elections officials expected a 70 percent voter turnout, similar to the turnout in 2012.
  As the day went on, that projection changed as more and more Western New York voters hit the polls.
  News 4 spoke to several voters in the suburbs Tuesday afternoon.
  Snyder resident Laura Stauffiger voted for Republican Donald Trump.
  “I’m a conservative and his values match what mind do. I’m a small business owner,” sh
  
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• California OKs recreational pot; executions back in Nebraska

  09-11-2016 06:36 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — California and Massachusetts voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the campaign to allow pot nationwide. Seven more states also voted on marijuana measures, while others voted on gun control and capital punishment.
  In Nebraska, voters reinstated the death penalty, reversing the Legislature’s decision last year to repeal capital punishment. Nebraska has not executed an inmate since 1997; 10 men currently sit on death row.
  Colorado
  
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• Asia shares, Dow futures sink as Trump leads in vote count

  09-11-2016 06:30 via wivb.com
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares have shed early gains, tumbling Wednesday as Donald Trump gained the lead in the electoral vote count in the presidential election. Dow and S&P futures also plunged. Earlier, investors had appeared persuaded that Hillary Clinton, seen as a more stable choice, would prevail.
  KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.2 percent to 16,788.90 and the S&P ASX/200 in Australia slipped 2.3 percent to 5,136.50. South Korea’s Kospi skidded 2.
  
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• Long lines, machine snags, but major voting problems scant

  09-11-2016 06:16 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters around the country faced long lines, occasional broken machines and some hot tempers Tuesday, but as the polls closed from one coast to the other, there were no signs of the large-scale fraud, intimidation or hacking some had feared.
  The scattered problems mostly involved the sort of glitches that arise in every election, including discrepancies in the voter rolls, with no indications of any snags big enough to meaningfully alter the vote count.
  “The biggest
  
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• Moving to Canada? Good luck, their immigration website just crashed

  09-11-2016 05:42 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — As election results were rolling in around 10 p.m. ET and a Trump victory seemed imminent, many Americans took the the internet to start making other plans–to move to Canada, that is.
  So many, in fact that Canada’s immigration website crashed.
  For many on social media, the irony was not lost.Hi America
  Moving to Canada is not a consolation prize. It is a privilege.
  — Alice Moran (@Alice_Moran) November 9, 2016Don't move to Canada. Go to law school and le
  
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• Schumer wins re-election to Senate, in line to replace Reid

  09-11-2016 03:08 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three-term Democratic New York U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has won re-election, easily fending off a challenge from a little-known and poorly funded Republican New York City lawyer.
  Schumer is in line to succeed retiring Nevada Sen. Harry Reid as leader of Senate Democrats next year. With Tuesday’s victory he’s poised to become majority leader if Democrats retake the Senate.
  Schumer was first elected to Congress in 1980 and hasn’t faced a serious ch
  
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• 2 dead, including gunman, in shooting near California polls

  09-11-2016 02:43 via wivb.com
  
  AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — A gunman with an assault rifle killed a man and critically wounded two women Tuesday in a California neighborhood near two polling sites that were shut down before the attacker was found dead inside a nearby home, authorities said.
  One polling place was reopened hours after a gunbattle involving the gunman and Azusa police.
  The shooting “had nothing to do with the ballot or voting,” Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. John Corina said. “It just hap
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured in shooting near California voting site

  09-11-2016 02:43 via wivb.com
  
  AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Someone with an assault rifle killed one person and wounded two others Tuesday near two Los Angeles-area polling sites that were locked down as a result.
  The suspect then began shooting at arriving officers who returned fire before they took cover near a park, Azusa police Chief Steve Hunt said.
  One person was down at the front door of a home but Hunt couldn’t immediately say whether that person was the shooter.
  Police Officer Jerry Willison said the person was b
  
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• Middleport man signs animals over to SPCA after animal cruelty charges

  09-11-2016 01:07 via wivb.com
  
  MIDDLEPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a Middleport man was charged with animal cruelty last week, his animals have officially been signed over to the Niagara County SPCA.
  Richard Heschke, a farmer in his 80s, was accused of neglecting dozens of animals on his property. Some of the cattle he had were found dead, and others were severely underweight.
  Heschke had been warned by the SPCA for months about the poor conditions in which his animals were kept. The SPCA says they did not have su
  
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• Second fire breaks out at Lockport home where woman was found dead

  09-11-2016 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Just weeks after a woman was found dead in a burning Lockport home, the same house was reported to be on fire again.
  Holly Seiler, 54, was found dead in the High St. home on October 20. Seiler left behind a son and daughter, ages 34 and 24.
  Shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday, fire crews were dispatched to the same house.The same home where a woman was found dead last month, caught fire earlier tonight in Lockport. pic.twitter.com/EXwXT3T0md
  — Nick Quattrini (@N
  
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• Two more cases of Legionnaires identified in Niagara County

  09-11-2016 00:19 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) – State health officials have identified two more patients with Legionnaires Disease in Niagara County, raising the cluster of Legionnaires cases to 13—-a tight cluster which health officials said is confined to the city and town of Lockport.
  The new cases also deepen a mystery that has baffled investigators since the outbreak was discovered, finding the source of the Legionnaires Disease, which has claimed two lives in Lockport.
  The New York State Department o
  
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