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• GALLERY: Lake Effect Snow pummels WNY

  14-12-2016 23:36 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lake Effect Snow hit western New York, affecting some places more than others.
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• Yahoo says hackers stole information from over 1B accounts

  14-12-2016 23:25 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo says it believes hackers stole data from more than one billion user accounts in August 2013.
  The Sunnyvale, California, company says it’s a different breach from the one it disclosed in September, when it said 500 million accounts were exposed. That new hack revelation raises questions about whether Verizon will try to change the terms of its $4.8 billion proposed acquisition of Yahoo.
  Yahoo says the information stolen may include names, email addresses, phone n
  
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• Driver in deadly drag race sentenced

  14-12-2016 23:23 via wivb.com
  
  COLDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 20-year-old man is going to prison for a deadly drag race in Colden.
  A judge sentenced 20-year-old Kody Schroeder to spend two to seven years behind bars. He was racing another driver when his vehicle slammed into a pickup truck that was turning into a driveway.
  One of his passengers, Chauncey Kloiber, 28, was killed. Another passenger was seriously hurt.
  Authorities also charged the driver of the other car that was racing.
  Mercedes Castillo, 18, was sentenced
  
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• Lockport domestic violence survivor launches publishing business

  14-12-2016 23:12 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Twenty six year old Jessica Cassick was stuck in cycle of violence for several months before she was able to break free. It’s been about 5 years since she broke the cycle for good. From that point on she looked forward and never looked back.
  “A lot of mental abuse, and there was a lot of physical and the physical was a lot of hitting, he choked, that was his thing,” said Jessica Cassick, ImagineWe, LLC CEO.
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• Frustrated Bills turn page to Cleveland

  14-12-2016 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – You can get a ticket online to this weekend’s Bills vs. Browns game for about $5.
  Bills defensive lineman Marcell Dareus guaranteed a win so, it could a be good investment . As for the story line that doesn’t seem to being anywhere anytime soon–the uncertainly of Rex Ryan’s job status.
  “There is only two people’s opinion that really matters and that’s Terry and Kim Pegula,” Ryan said. “And to me I don&rs
  
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• Buffalo school buses delayed due to weather

  14-12-2016 22:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Public Schools say First Student buses are running late due to weather. The announcement came on Wednesday afternoon.
  Anyone with concerns can call 650-5174 for bus numbers 200-699, and 894-4778 for bus numbers 700 through 999.
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• Major highways close down due to snow, accidents

  14-12-2016 21:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police say a jack knifed tractor trailer is blocking all lanes of the I-190 SB.
  The vehicle is between Exits 6 and 7. No one was injured.
  All traffic was rerouted to exit at Oak St.
  (Photo of a secondary accident from the same area, courtesy of New York State Police)In addition to the blocked lanes on the I-190, other major roads were closed off when the Wednesday snow started coming in.
  The Skyway was completely closed down. It will reopen at 9:3
  
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• Time-lapse video shows snow arrival

  14-12-2016 20:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Twitter user created a time-lapse video showing a drive through part of the region amid the snow.
  Allison Benincasa posted the video on Wednesday afternoon. Watch it above.
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• Afterschool activities, meetings cancelled in wake of snow

  14-12-2016 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The lake effect snow in western New York has led to a number of cancellations across the region Wednesday.
  Major meetings and afterschool activities were included in the cancellations. Examples are the Department of Transportation public hearing for the Scajaquada project and activities for Buffalo Public Schools.
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  Some Lake Effect Snow Warnings and Advisories began at 1 p.m., and others were 
  
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• Afterschool activities, meetings cancelled in wake of incoming snow

  14-12-2016 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The impending lake effect snow in western New York has led to a number of cancellations across the region Wednesday.
  Major meetings and afterschool activities were included in the cancellations. Examples are the Department of Transportation public hearing for the Scajaquada project and activities for Buffalo Public Schools.
  CLOSINGS | For a full list of closings, click/tap here.
  Some Lake Effect Snow Warnings and Advisories began at 1 p.m., and others
  
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• Activities, meetings cancelled in wake of incoming snow

  14-12-2016 19:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The impending lake effect snow in western New York has led to a number of cancellations across the region Wednesday.
  Major meetings and afterschool activities were included in the cancellations. Examples are the Department of Transportation public hearing for the Scajaquada project and activities for Buffalo Public Schools.
  CLOSINGS | For a full list of closings, click/tap here.
  Some Lake Effect Snow Warnings and Advisories began at 1 p.m., and others
  
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• Efforts underway to find warmth, shelter for homeless

  14-12-2016 18:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Whipping winds, blowing snow – Buffalo is about to get a blast of winter weather. For many, as the temperatures drop, concerns rise.
  “We definitely have great concern,” said Nadia Pizzaro, the chair for the WNY Coalition for the Homeless.  “We really want to get people in and safe before the weather drops at night.”
  When the temperatures are as chilly as they’re forecasted to be during the next few days, hypothermia and frostb
  
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• Wrong turn leads to arrests at Peace Bridge

  14-12-2016 18:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A wrong turn led to the arrests of two people at the Peace Bridge.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspected a vehicle after its turn onto the bridge. Inside of it, officers say they found a stolen, loaded handgun with the serial number scratched off, as well as baggies of suspected crack cocaine and marijuana. Another baggie of marijuana was located in an occupant’s purse, officers say.
  In all, officers say the suspected crack cocaine weighed
  
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• Buffalo group collecting furniture & other items for refugees

  14-12-2016 17:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A group in buffalo is going to great lengths to help the refugees feel welcome. They’re collecting donations across Western New York to help furnish refugee homes.
  This year more than 200 Syrian refugees have arrived in Erie County. The newcomers are starting from scratch, which means they need everything from warm winter clothes to furniture.
  Local film director Akram Shibly told News 4 he started helping Syrian families as they arrived over the summer and befor
  
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• Former Batavia teacher sentenced following sex abuse investigation

  14-12-2016 17:21 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former teacher at Batavia Middle School was sentenced to 60 days in jail after authorities say he received sexually explicit photos from a student.
  Anthony Antinore, 51, pleaded guilty to attempting to disseminate indecent material to a minor in September.
  Before pleading guilty to that, he was originally charged with a felony.
  Police say that Antinore asked the student to send him photos. He was ordered to stay away from the student and surrender his tea
  
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• 13-year-old boy dies after being pulled from snow bank

  14-12-2016 17:05 via wivb.com
  
  GREENWICH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A boy has died after he and another boy were pulled from a snow bank in Washington County.
  Officials have identified the victim as 13-year-old Joshua J. Demarast, a seventh-grade student from eastern New York.
  Police received a call for two missing boys around 5 p.m. Tuesday. According to Greenwich-Cambridge Police Chief George Bell, the boys were playing in a snow bank while a Department of Public Works truck was plowing around the same time.
  
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• $334 million to be invested in WNY GM plants

  14-12-2016 15:21 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Tonawanda on Wednesday morning to announce multi-million dollar investments in local GM plants.
  In total, $334 million will be invested in plants in Tonawanda, Lockport and Rochester.
  Here is what will be going toward each plant:
  $296 million – Tonawanda
  $32 million – Lockport
  $6 million – Rochester
  Cuomo said these investments will help create or retain 1,261 jobs.
  Calling himself “a GM guy,” C
  
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• Dangerously cold temperatures pose serious risks

  14-12-2016 12:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A blast of winter weather, including dangerously cold temperatures, is heading our way. The forecast is causing health officials to send out reminders about the serious risks prolonged exposure creates.
  Being out in temperatures like this for 15 to 20 minutes can cause a number of health issues.
  Dr. Gale Burstein, the Erie County Health Commissioner, says the greatest risk is to our skin. Exposure in brutally cold temps and below-zero windchills can cause frostb
  
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• Power outage affects much of village of Alden

  14-12-2016 11:23 via wivb.com
  
  Alden, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than 1100 customers of New York State Electric and Gas in the Village of Alden are waking up on a chilly Wednesday morning without electricity.
  NYSEG reports on its website that about 1010 customers in the Village, and another 110 in the Town of Alden lost service, and should have it restored by 8:00 a.m.
  If the power outage closes or delays schools, they will appear on the News 4 Android/Apple application, this website, and on Wake Up! through 9:00 a.m.
  
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• Police see a spike in overdoses in Cheektowaga

  14-12-2016 05:52 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)– Cheektowaga Police warn there may be a more potent batch of heroin being sold on the streets. Two men died of overdoses in two days over the weekend.
  Over the last few months the number of people dying of opioid overdoses has decreased in Erie County.
  “All of a sudden in the last week, or so, they’ve just skyrocketed,” said Cheektowaga Police Assistant Chief Jim Speyer.
  Speyer said a 21 year old man died from a heroin overdose on Saturday. T
  
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• Publicist: Actor Alan Thicke dies at age 69

  14-12-2016 04:01 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — A publicist says Alan Thicke, who played the likable father on the sitcom “Growing Pains,” has died at age 69.
  Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Robin Thicke, says the actor died from a heart attack on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She had no further details.
  Alan Thicke starred as Dr. Jason Seaver in the ABC series “Growing Pains,” which aired from 1985 until 1992. The Canadian-born actor had a prolific career, including cameo
  
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• New outbreak in mumps cases reaches a 10-year high in U.S.

  14-12-2016 01:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Health officials are coping with the worst outbreak of the mumps in a decade, and colleges, including the SUNY campuses at Geneseo and New Paltz have been hardest hit.
  According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are more than 2,800 cases of the mumps in 45 states and Washington D.C.
  Here in New York, the state health commissioner says there have been 147 confirmed or probable cases of the mumps this year, 6 of those at SUNY University at Buff
  
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• Officers honored for bravery, duty to community

  14-12-2016 00:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Last month, News 4 featured Buffalo Police officer Jennifer Whitaker, who jumped in on a flight to Las Vegas and saved the life of a woman who was having a heart attack.
  Whitaker was one of several officers honored for their quick action and bravery Tuesday afternoon during a special ceremony at headquarters downtown.
  Whitaker, who’s an eight-year veteran of the force, was aboard a flight to Last Vegas in October, when a woman went into cardiac arrest.
  Seated a
  
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• Special Report: People with developmental disabilities face housing crisis across New York state

  14-12-2016 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than 11,000 people with developmental disabilities across the state are on a waiting list for housing. Back in September a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the more than 2,000 people who are faced with that predicament here in Western New York.
  The lawsuit claims Governor Cuomo and the state violated their obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing sufficient services.
  The state responded to that lawsuit last week and filed a motion to
  
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