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• Trump auditions Cabinet prospects high above Manhattan

  21-11-2016 23:57 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump held court from his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, receiving a line of former rivals, longtime allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential transition that at times resembles a reality show like the one he once hosted.
  Trump met with nearly a dozen prospective hires, all of whom were paraded in front of the cameras set up in the Trump Tower lobby as they entered an elevator to see the president-elect. Out of public view himself, he fell back
  
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• Orchard Park police to host car seat event

  21-11-2016 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Orchard Park are hosting a car seat event on the last day of November.
  On November 30, from 4-7 p.m., police will be at the Orchard Park Central Fire Hall to check car seats, help with correct installation and answer questions.
  The fire hall is located at 30 School St. Making an appointment will not be necessary.
  
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• Parts of Upstate New York slammed with more than 2 feet of snow

  21-11-2016 23:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– It’s cold out and windy in Buffalo, but the snow we got here pales in comparison to other parts of the state.
  This first major snowstorm of the season dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of Upstate New York.
  According to the National Weather Service, the lake-effect storms that started over the weekend dropped up to 18 inches in the Binghamton area and 23 inches in Redfield north of Syracuse, and those numbers are still climbing.
  It also caused more than
  
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• Authorities looking for man with lengthy criminal history

  21-11-2016 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  SANBORN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities are offering up to $1,000 for information on the whereabouts of a man with a lengthy history of arrests and violence.
  Lucas Mitten, 29, is six feet tall, 160 lbs., and has brown hair and brown eyes.
  He is wanted by police forces in Lewiston, Hamburg, and the towns of Tonawanda and Niagara on a slew of charges.
  Mitten is accused of resisting arrest, assaulting a police officer, stealing property and more.
  Anyone with information on him is asked to cal
  
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• Conviction reversed in case of man accused of killing 5-year-old

  21-11-2016 23:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After being convicted of sexually assaulting and fatally beating a five-year-old, Matthew Kuzdzal, 29, is getting a new trial.
  Kuzdzal was accused of committing the acts against his girlfriend’s son, Eain Brooks, in 2013. He was convicted of the crimes the following year, and sentenced to 50 years-to-life in prison.
  SENTENCING | Take a look back at Kuzdzal’s sentencing here.
  Court documents say Kuzdzal was home alone with Brooks for six hours before
  
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• Tsunami warning issued after quake off Fukushima in Japan

  21-11-2016 22:28 via wivb.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.3 has struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture in Japan. A tsunami warning for waves of up to three meters (10 feet) has been issued.
  The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake struck around 6 a.m at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).
  Fukushima prefecture is north of Tokyo and home to the nuclear power plant that was destroyed by a huge tsunami following an offshore earthquake in 2011.
  
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• 3 arrested after officers find loaded handguns in vehicle at Peace Bridge

  21-11-2016 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating why two loaded handguns and a mask were found inside a car at the Peace Bridge.
  It happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Police say two men and a woman were in the car. They told customs officers they made a wrong turn and wanted to head back into the United States, but their vehicle was sent for additional examination.
  That’s when police found the two guns — a 9mm and a .32 caliber, both loaded.
  Police also found a duffel bag fi
  
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• Man charged after allegedly shooting bedroom window while hunting

  21-11-2016 22:03 via wivb.com
  
  HARTLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara County man has been accused of shooting a bedroom window while hunting Sunday morning.
  Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Hosmer Rd. in Hartland after a caller reported a shot fired at her window while she was in the room.
  Deputies learned that the caller heard four or five shots, but just one struck the window.
  No one was injured.
  Authorities spoke with a group of hunters across the street and arrested Ransomvill
  
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• School: 3 students injured in bus crash on snowy NY highway

  21-11-2016 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  MARATHON, N.Y. (AP) — A school bus taking students from suburban Rochester on a trip to New York City has crashed and overturned along a snowy upstate highway, slightly injuring three students.
  A statement posted on the Pittsford Central School District’s website Monday says several buses with students on board were heading to the city as part of a business course when one of them crashed.
  Rochester media outlets report the crash happened Monday morning on southbound Interstate 81 in
  
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• Holiday Valley to open this weekend

  21-11-2016 20:14 via wivb.com
  
  ELLICOTTVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Skiers and snowboarders can get their gear ready, because Holiday Valley is set to open this weekend.
  The resort announced on Monday that they plan to open for their 60th season, weather permitting, on Saturday, Nov. 26.
  From 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Holiday Valley plans to have three lifts operating. They are the Yodeler Quad Chairlift, the Mardi Gras Xpress Quad Chairlift and the School Haus Quad Chairlift.
  The four slopes that will be open are School
  
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• Police respond to afternoon shooting in Buffalo

  21-11-2016 20:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 is at the scene of a shooting at Clayton St. and Layer Ave. in Buffalo.
  The shooting occurred sometime in the early afternoon Monday.
  The victim was known to have been heading to a hospital, according to police at the scene.
  News 4 will update this story with more information as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• 18-year-old arrested in Sunday fatal stabbing

  21-11-2016 19:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Kearra Bailey, 18, has been charged with murder after a 19-year-old man was stabbed Sunday night.
  Buffalo police responded to a call at an apartment building on Broadway near Fillmore Ave. around 7:30 p.m.
  The stabbing allegedly occurred during a domestic dispute involving Bailey and the victim, who died a short time later.
  According to police, the two were known to each other.
  
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• Cleanup continues in parts of Genesee County after blast of winter weather

  21-11-2016 19:19 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – People in parts of Genesee County were waking up to a fresh layer of snow Monday morning as the first winter blast of the season continued.
  Some areas saw several inches fall overnight into Monday morning.
  The snow continued for some areas throughout Monday morning, adding to what had fallen since the weekend, but, the biggest issue for a lot of people was the gusting wind.
  Strong winds frequently picked up large amounts of snow off the ground, creating near white ou
  
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• Jamestown man indicted on charges of killing wife, stabbing police dog

  21-11-2016 19:01 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man accused of killing his wife and stabbing a police dog in Jamestown has been indicted on charges of murder and injuring a police animal.
  Shari Robbins was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Prospect St. church on Nov. 10. After days of searching for her suspected killer, her husband Keith Robbins, 36, was taken into custody and charged on Nov. 15.
  He was arrested following a six-hour standoff at a Todd Ave. home. During the standoff, Jamesto
  
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• Pope extends permission on abortion forgiveness

  21-11-2016 18:22 via wivb.com
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy.
  Francis wrote in the Apostolic Letter made public by the Vatican on Monday that “there is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled” with God.
  But he also wrote: &l
  
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• WNY skiers welcome first significant snowfall of season with open arms

  21-11-2016 18:20 via wivb.com
  
  GLENWOOD, N.Y. (WIVB) — The first significant snowfall of the season is a welcome sign at Kissing Bridge in Glenwood. Skiers are hoping to hit the slopes earlier this year after a mild winter last year.
  “We’re pretty excited to get it going it’s the first time we’ve seen slopes white since last year, that’s always a great sign,” said Andrew Minier, Kissing Bridge Group Sales Coordinator.
  The sound of snow being made at Kissing Bridge is one that skiers l
  
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• Kira comes to News 4 looking for a home

  21-11-2016 18:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A sweet, 12-year-old German Shepherd mix named Kira came to News 4 on Monday for our SPCA segment on News 4 at Noon.
  She’s looking for a home. For more information on adopting Kira, call the Erie County SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  MORE | See Kira’s profile on the SPCA website here.
  
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• Man charged with lumber yard thefts

  21-11-2016 17:54 via wivb.com
  
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A West Seneca man has been charged with stealing building supplies from an Elma company.
  Deputies went to 84 Lumber on Sept. 29 after it was noticed that supplies had been stolen overnight.
  Surveillance photos from cameras on the company’s buildings were given to authorities, who later identified Matthew Barker, 28, as the suspect in the theft.
  Barker, a probation subject, was charged with grand larceny and criminal trespassing before he was arraigned an
  
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• O’Hare workers delay strike until after Thanksgiving weekend

  21-11-2016 17:27 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — About 500 workers at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago say they’ll strike Nov. 29, after the Thanksgiving holiday.
  Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials made the announcement Monday morning outside the airport, which is one of the nation’s busiest. The workers say they want the public’s support and wouldn’t want to mess up anyone’s holiday plans.
  The union is helping the workers, who are seeking union rights an
  
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• 72-year-old who died after suspected tree stand fall identified

  21-11-2016 16:56 via wivb.com
  
  CONCORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — An elderly man who Erie County Sheriff’s deputies believe fell out of a tree stand in Concord, and later died, has been identified.
  A friend found Wladyslaw Wielgus, 72, unresponsive in a field along Wyandale Rd. Saturday.
  Deputies think Wielgus fell out of a tree stand on Friday and tried to make his way back to the road. When Wielgus was found, he was wearing jeans and a hoodie, but footwear was discovered along his trail, and a crossbow was found n
  
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• Power outages hit multiple parts of WNY

  21-11-2016 16:39 via wivb.com
  
  WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB) — With snow and wind came power outages in various spots across western New York.
  FORECAST | Find the latest weather forecast here.
  As the work week began, nearly 1,300 NYSEG customers in Wyoming County were without power around 10:30 a.m. The most outages occurred in Warsaw, where 773 customers were powerless in the town and village.
  Just over 200 were without power in the Village of Wyoming, and nearly 300 were powerless in the Town of Middlebury. Most
  
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• Authorities say Texas, Missouri, officers shot in ambushes

  21-11-2016 16:17 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — A police officer has been fatally shot in San Antonio, Texas, and another in St. Louis was shot in the face but is expected to survive, in what authorities are calling the latest in a series of target attacks on law enforcement.
  The San Antonio detective was writing out a traffic ticket when he was shot to death in his squad car late Sunday morning outside police headquarters by another driver who pulled up from behind, authorities said.
  San Antonio police Chief William McManus iden
  
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• Construction workers rescued from building

  21-11-2016 13:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO (WIVB) –  Two construction workers had to be rescued from the side of a building early Monday morning.
  Buffalo fire was called to the corner of Main and High Streets just before 7 a.m.
  Officials tell us the workers became trapped on the exterior of UB’s Jacob’s School of Medicine several stories in the air.
  A pully malfunction apparently caused one side of a long platform to give way. The workers, who were in harnesses, were hanging for a short time.
  
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