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• Lockport family facing heartbreaking loss days before Thanksgiving

  22-11-2016 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I am kind of numb to it right now I’m still in shock. I know it happened but I still don’t feel like it’s happened. I know every time I look at them I’m going to see their father in them cause they all have a piece of him,” said Trina O’Neil, Nick’s wife.
  Trina says her 3 kids ages 6, 3, and 4 months, will always be a reminder of their father and her husband Nick. They were together for ten years.
  “It literally
  
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• The Bible’s Antichrist: Real person or symbolic?

  22-11-2016 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —Does the biblical figure “antichrist” appear in the book of Revelation?
  If you ask 100 people you’ll likely get 80 different answers, according to one local pastor.
  What role this biblical enemy of Christ plays in what some believe will be a final confrontation, is also the subject of discussion and interpretation.
  While the antichrist subject doesn’t come up very frequently, it is a concept that surfaces from time to time.
  Is there an Antichri
  
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• Dow surpasses 19,000 as a record-setting drive continues

  22-11-2016 22:58 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average surpassed 19,000 for the first time Tuesday as a post-election rally drove indexes further into record territory. Discount store chains made large gains, but health care companies tumbled.
  Stocks opened solidly higher after setting records on Monday. They gave up some of their gains around midday but reached new highs late in the afternoon. Health care stocks slumped after weak results from medical device company Medtronic. Retailers so
  
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• Store hours on Black Friday

  22-11-2016 22:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After finishing Thanksgiving dinner and getting their fill of football for the day, many shoppers will be out trying to find the best deals on Black Friday. Below, you can find a list of hours stores will be open on Black Friday.
  MORE | Find a list of Black Friday deals here.
  Store hours on Black Friday
  Kohl’s: 6:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Day through 12:00 a.m. Black Friday night
  Target: 6:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Day through 12:00 a.m. Black Friday night
  Toys
  
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• Buffalo Zoo welcomes new polar bear

  22-11-2016 22:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A new polar bear has arrived at The Buffalo Zoo.
  3-year-old Sakari was at Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin until this week.
  Sakari arrived just days after the zoo announced Anana the polar bear would leave Buffalo. She’s now in Cincinnati.
  “These moves are in the best interest for the polar bear population,” Buffalo Zoo General Curator Malia Somerville said. “Anana, along with daughter Luna, are veryimportant to the polar bear popula
  
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• 1980s Bisons fixture, Donald ‘The Butcher’ Palmer, passes away

  22-11-2016 22:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday morning, the Buffalo Bisons announced the passing of a 1980s fixture — Donald ‘The Butcher’ Palmer.
  Palmer was well known at War Memorial Stadium, and helped open up the Bisons’ current home, Coca-Cola Field, to fans in 1988.
  “The Butcher was more than just a bat boy, rather a major part of the overall experience that Bisons fans had when they attended games at War Memorial Stadium,” Rich Baseball Operations President Jonat
  
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• Local mall hours on Thanksgiving, Black Friday

  22-11-2016 21:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Many plan to do their holiday shopping on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Here are the hours that local malls will be open.
  Local Mall Hours
  Walden GalleriaNovember 24th (Thanksgiving): 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.November 25th (Black Friday): 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  BoulevardNovember 24th: Doors open at 5:00 p.m.November 25th: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
  Eastern Hills
  November 24th: Closed except for Bon Ton, Sears, J.C. Penney, which open at 3:00 p.m.November 25th: 7:00
  
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• 8 men indicted in statewide federal corruption case

  22-11-2016 21:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Eight people have been indicted in connection with a statewide federal corruption case.
  This comes nearly two months after they were criminally charged.
  The Manhattan U.S. Attorney says former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Joe Percoco, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute Alain Kaloyeros, three executives with Buffalo developer LPCiminelli and three others were involved in bid-rigging and pay-to-play schemes across the state.
  The indictment claims Louis Cim
  
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• Mike Steffan signs with Canisius baseball

  22-11-2016 21:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Wiliamsville East senior Mike Steffan made it official on Monday afternoon, signing his National Letter of intent to play college baseball at Canisius.
  “It is close to home and I can go home whenever. The city of Buffalo is right around the corner.” Steffan said. “I love the team and the coaches and I am very excited to get there.”
  Steffan has been the starting first baseman for East since his sophomore year and enters his senior campaign
  
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• Local police seeing uptick in parking lot accidents as shopping season gets underway

  22-11-2016 21:17 via wivb.com
  
   
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — In just a few days, retailers begin their most profitable time of year as the holiday shopping season gets underway. While it’s great for stores, it can be dangerous for drivers.
  “Oh they get crazy,” said Penny Huber, a holiday shopper hitting the stores early. “This one gets really really bad.”
  “Parking gets to be a competitive sport,” said Richelle Tordoff, who is shopping at Walmart.
  We spent a few hours i
  
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• Buffalo police investigate morning shooting

  22-11-2016 19:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are investigating a morning shooting on the 500 block of E. Amherst St.
  Officers were at the scene around 11 a.m.
  The victim, who was only identified as a male, was taken to ECMC with non-life threatening injuries.
  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the police department’s confidential tip line at 847-2255.
  
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• The Audcast, Episode 8: Eichel gets closer and goals are scored

  22-11-2016 19:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On this week’s episode of The Audcast, News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin and NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon are allowed to talk about wins. Isn’t that nice?
  The Sabres reeled off back to back victories against Pittsburgh and Calgary, scoring three or more goals in a game for the first time all month in a 4-2 win over the Flames. Joe and Tom wonder: How did this suddenly happen?
  Topics in this week’s show include the gradual return of Jack Eichel, the
  
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• Zika-caused birth defect may become clear only after birth

  22-11-2016 19:34 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers say a severe birth defect caused by Zika infection may not be apparent at birth but develop months afterward, further confirmation that the virus can cause unseen damage to developing babies.
  The findings come from a study of 13 Brazilian babies whose heads all appeared normal at birth but then grew much more slowly than normal.
  Most people infected with Zika never develop symptoms, but infection during pregnancy can cause devastating birth defects, including mi
  
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• Some stores opening on Thanksgiving; Many others staying closed

  22-11-2016 19:00 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Best Buy, Macy’s, Kohl’s and J.C. Penney are among the stores that will open to anxious holiday shoppers on Thanksgiving Day.
  TheBlackFriday.com has a list of about 30 stores planning to open on Thursday, Nov. 24.In this Feb. 19, 2015, file photo, shoppers visit a J.C. Penney store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)J.C. Penney will kick off its Black Friday sale in stores at 3 p.m. Thursday, while Old Navy and Belk stores will open at 4 p.m.
  Many othe
  
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• “Priceless” documents stolen from Town of Sherman; reward offered for information

  22-11-2016 17:33 via wivb.com
  
  SHERMAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for help finding people accused of stealing cemetery documents from the Town of Sherman Office.
  Deputies say the documents are “worth nothing to a person,” but are “priceless” to the town. They were stolen on Sept. 15 around midnight.
  The Sheriff’s Office released surveillance photos of the suspects in the crime, and is offering two separate rewards in the case.
  Anyone with
  
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• Conway: Trump not interested in further Clinton probe

  22-11-2016 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t wish to pursue” further investigations into Hillary Clinton’s email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, a turnaround from all the campaign rallies when Trump roused supporters to chants of “lock her up.”
  “I think Hillary Clinton still has to face the fact that a majority of Americans don’t find her to be honest or trustworthy, but if Donald Trump can help her heal then perhaps that&rs
  
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• Police: Package bomb targeted man in Philadelphia apartment

  22-11-2016 16:29 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A package bomb exploded in a downtown apartment early Tuesday after a man who apparently thought the manila envelope contained an inhaler opened it, police said. The victim was hospitalized with hand and chest injuries.
  Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were working with U.S. Postal Inspectors and the city bomb squad on the cause of the blast that injured a 62-year-old man at about 4 a.m. The man’s name has not been releas
  
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• School bus driver charged in deadly Chattanooga crash

  22-11-2016 15:48 via wivb.com
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Police arrested a Chattanooga school bus driver on charges including vehicular homicide after a bus crash killed five students.
  Calling the Monday afternoon crash “every public safety professional’s worst nightmare,” Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told an overnight news conference that 24-year-old bus driver Johnthony Walker was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide. Walker was also charged with reckless driving and rec
  
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• Buffalo man killed in Victoria Ave. shooting

  22-11-2016 15:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 26-year-old Buffalo man has died after being shot on Victoria Ave. Monday night.
  The shooting happened around 10:20 p.m. on the 100 block of the street.
  News 4 will update this story with more information as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Reports say Kanye West has been hospitalized in Los Angeles

  22-11-2016 15:26 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West has been hospitalized after abruptly canceling the last 21 dates of his national tour, according to reports from several media outlets.
  Citing anonymous law enforcement sources and West representatives, the media outlets reported that the hip-hop superstar was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon because of stress and exhaustion, and he is spending the night there for his own safety.
  Without confirming that the patient
  
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• Salvation Army seeking volunteer Red Kettle bell ringers

  22-11-2016 13:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Every holiday season, the Salvation Army turns to the community for donations to the Red Kettle campaign to help fund its programs year round. Now, the group is asking for volunteers to give their time, too.
  More bell ringers are needed to cover all of the shifts at the Red Kettle sites around our area.
  MORE | Click here to sign up as a volunteer bell ringer.
  By the end of this week, the Salvation Army will have Red Kettles at 75 different locations in Western New Yo
  
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• Living like the homeless do: Buffalo Pastor lives on the streets for 18th full week

  22-11-2016 08:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Keith Cauley and Pastor Eric Johns have known each other for 18 years. They met through the Buffalo Dream Center when Cauley himself was homeless, just out of jail and a recovering drug addict.
  Cauley said, “For thirty years, all I knew about was dope in the streets.”
  The first time Pastor Johns decided to spend a week outdoors, raising awareness and money for Buffalo’s homeless population, Cauley was there.
  Pastor Eric Johns said, “He&rs
  
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• Photograph may reveal Trump adviser’s hard line immigration plan

  22-11-2016 06:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP/WIVB) – A Kansas politician acting as an immigration adviser to President-elect Donald Trump may have tipped his hand Monday.
  Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state and a possible candidate for a position in Trump’s administration, was photographed carrying a document titled “Department of Homeland Security Kobach Strategic Plan for First 365 Days.”
  The top suggestion on the document was to “update and reintroduce” the National Secur
  
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• Lackawanna residents say questions remain after public meeting

  22-11-2016 05:53 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Fears and frustrations were clear in Lackawanna on Monday night. State, county and local officials held a public meeting with residents nearly two weeks after a massive fire broke out at the old Bethlehem Steel plant.
  “We’re victims, we’re innocent victims in all of this,” said Andrea Haxton, a former city council member and resident.
  The meeting was held an hour and a half after the state of emergency was lifted in Lackawanna.
  More than a hu
  
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• President-elect Donald Trump outlines first 100 days in office in new video

  22-11-2016 05:39 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump is appearing to deny that he is using the powers of his future office to benefit his businesses worldwide.
  Trump took to Twitter Monday night to say it was “well-known” that he has properties across the globe. He blamed the media for raising questions about them.
  He has said repeatedly that he will leave his company to his children and have no interest in it. Trump’s three adult children are also playing key roles in his transi
  
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• 6 children dead in Chattanooga school bus crash

  22-11-2016 05:22 via wivb.com
  
  CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE (AP) – A school bus slammed into a tree and split apart Monday, killing at least six children in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  35 schoolchildren were on the bus.
  First responders worked for “many hours” to remove all the children from the bus reported CNN.
  The ages of the students ranged from kindergarten through fifth grade.
  Police are interviewing the bus driver to determine what happened.
  The NTSB announced Monday evening it is launching a Go Team to investi
  
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• Dive in! Buffalo Pedal Tours head to the water

  22-11-2016 04:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — From the streets to the water, beer boats are coming to Buffalo!
  Buffalo Pedal Tours is the company that put a pub on wheels. Ken Szal brought the pedal tours to life in Buffalo two years ago. He has five beer bikes in his garage and he’s adding two more, but the new ones are quite different.
  For the first time in Buffalo, Szal is putting the pub bike on water. He says it will be similar to the bikes on land, but will resemble a boat.
  “I travel a lot and
  
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• Up to a foot of snow falls in parts of Wyoming County

  22-11-2016 01:36 via wivb.com
  
  WARSAW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Portions of Warsaw and surrounding areas saw up to a foot of snow Sunday night, which seemed to surprise some folks in the village. But despite the mid 70s they saw here as recent as Friday, many said they’re ready for winter.
  The weekend’s sudden change in weather made for a harsh reality, especially for folks who were treated to mid-70s and sunshine Friday, only to be walloped by lake effect snow Sunday.
  “It’s Warsaw, it’s upstate New Y
  
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• Lackawanna needs help after fighting and cleaning up fire

  22-11-2016 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The mayors of the two cities affected most by the massive fire that struck the former Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna nearly two weeks ago, got a firsthand look at the site Monday morning, with a delegation of other elected officials.
  Lackawanna Mayor Geoffrey Szymanski invited Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to survey the charred remains, with a delegation of top Western New York lawmakers. At the request of Szymanski and Lackawanna’s fire chief, Buffalo too
  
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• WNY survivor of violent assault works to keep attacker in prison

  22-11-2016 00:23 via wivb.com
  
  SARDINIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — “It’s just a house, it doesn’t even look the same. I drive by and don’t recognize it.”
  But Ramona Bantle-Fahy will always remember what the house in Sardinia looked like 24 years ago because it was the house on Middle Road where a stranger beat her, raped her, and kidnapped her.
  “He didn’t disguise himself, He seemed like a regular person who would be looking to buy a house,” she recalls.
  Ramona was a 33 year old real
  
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