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• Wall collapses at Genesee County business

  04-01-2017 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  EAST PEMBROKE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Before Noon on Wednesday, a wall collapsed at Kistner Concrete in East Pembroke.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch video from the scene.Officials were dispatched to School St. and East Ave.
  After the collapse, debris and cinder blocks closed off part of a road until it was cleaned up.
  The structure was not occupied at the time of the collapse.
  
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• Retirement closer than ever for Bills’ Aaron Williams

  04-01-2017 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Doctors have told Aaron Williams that despite suffering two serious neck injuries, he could still play football again.
  It is not near that simple a decision for the Bills safety to make.
  “What happens if I say, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna play next year,’ and I get that same hit? Will I be here talking to you guys again?”
  We’ve had this conversation with Aaron many times, ever since September 20, 2015. He suffered a season-ending neck in
  
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• Authorities investigating overnight thefts in Town of Olean

  04-01-2017 23:27 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police and the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a number of vehicle larcenies in the Dugan Rd. area of the Town of Olean.
  According to authorities, an unknown person has been going into unlocked vehicles at night to steal purses and wallets.
  Anyone who sees suspicious activity taking place is asked to report it to the Sheriff’s Office. Authorities also advise residents keep their homes and vehicles locked.
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• A look at presidential inaugurations — from FDR to Obama

  04-01-2017 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Cut through the pomp and circumstance, and the presidential inauguration is a powerful moment. A peaceful transfer of power to the next leader of the free world.
  Take a look at some of the frills through this historic photo gallery, including iconic moments and stately fashion trends. Presidential inaugurations — in photos March 4, 1933 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes at his inauguration. Roosevelt was
  
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• Buffalo police looking for suspect in M&T Bank robbery

  04-01-2017 23:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An M&T Bank branch at Fountain Plaza was robbed Wednesday afternoon.
  The person suspected of committing the crime came into the bank just after 1 p.m., Buffalo police say.
  After this, they allegedly handed a note to a teller, demanded money and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
  The suspect is described as having a thin mustache, and was wearing a black hat and dark gray coat.
  Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call or text the poli
  
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• 1 injured in afternoon shooting

  04-01-2017 22:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A male victim was seriously injured in a Buffalo shooting Wednesday afternoon.
  It is not clear where the victim was shot, but he was in a vehicle that crashed at Leslie St. and Scajaquada St. after the shooting occurred just before 2 p.m.
  The victim was taken to ECMC.
  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the confidential police tip line at 847-2255.
  
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• Pot luck: Advocates to hand out joints at Trump inauguration

  04-01-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of marijuana legalization advocates plan to hand out thousands of joints during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Pro-marijuana organization DCMJ will begin distributing the 4,200 joints at 8 a.m. on Jan. 20 on the west side of Dupont Circle. The participants will then walk to the National Mall.
  At four minutes and 20 seconds into Trump’s speech, DCMJ founder Adam Eidinger says protesters will light up.
  He says the giveaway is legal as long
  
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• Shanna Mason’s family remembers mom of three as they’re searching for justice

  04-01-2017 20:35 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Aniyah Callahan looks at a photo of her mom — Shanna Mason.
  “To me, she’s a role model,” said Callahan, 11, Mason’s eldest daughter. “She’s inspirational.”
  When the family took these pictures, they knew the were capturing memories to last a lifetime. They didn’t know that Mason’s lifetime would be cut short on New Year’s Day when she was gunned down on Gold Street around 10:15am.
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• Slick roads cause 9-car collision in Grand Island

  04-01-2017 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fire officials say two people were hospitalized after a nine-car collision in Grand Island.
  Members of the Grand Island Fire Company responded to the accident on the North Grand Island Bridge around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday.
  Two people were hospitalized, and a third person was also injured but refused hospitalization.
  Officials say that slippery road conditions contributed to the “chain reaction” crashes.
  There was extensive damage to vehicles at the
  
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• Windy weather knocks out power, topples tree in Erie County

  04-01-2017 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The windy weather has been showing its power in western New York Wednesday.
  A tree toppled over on Roma Ave. in Buffalo. It is unclear whether it was blocking traffic.
  In the early afternoon, thousands of people were left without power.
  In Erie County, Depew, Lancaster and Cheektowaga were hit the hardest in terms of outages, especially Depew. More than 3,800 customers were without power in those places.
  Most of the outages were reported in Erie County
  
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• Man accused of attacking ex, 2 others pleads ‘not guilty’ to attempted murder

  04-01-2017 19:45 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend, her elderly father and her friend was arraigned in court.
  Prosecutors say that on June 4, Cheektowaga resident Mark Dublino, 53, burglarized his former girlfriend’s Amherst home. Two days later, officials say he returned and attacked her and her friend with a sledgehammer. According to prosecutors, both were struck multiple times in the head.
  After this, prosecutors say Dublino drove to his ex’s pare
  
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• City of Tonawanda Police looking for man accused of assault, strangulation

  04-01-2017 19:04 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the City of Tonawanda are looking for help finding a man they say was involved in two violent domestic incidents on New Years Day.
  Police say that as a result of the incidents, a female was injured.
  Peter Beras Jr., 32, is described as 5’9″ and 165 lbs. He has brown eyes, a beard and is bald.
  Police have an active felony warrant for Beras. He is accused of strangulation, reckless endangerment, coercion and assault.
  278 Adam St. was h
  
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• NY congressional delegation secures state’s broadband funds

  04-01-2017 18:28 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and a congressman from western New York have reached across the partisan aisle in an effort to protect $170 million in federal broadband funding at risk of going to other states.
  The money was originally earmarked for New York state but could be reallocated after Verizon declined the money.
  Schumer, a Democrat, and Rep. Chris Collins, a Republican from the Buffalo area, wrote to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission urging the F
  
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• How would repealing the Affordable Care Act impact your county?

  04-01-2017 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says over 2.7 million New Yorkers would lose health care coverage if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.
  The impact on the state budget would be an estimated $3.7 billion. Cuomo says approximately $595 million in funding would be lost for New York.
  “The cost of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, to state and local budgets and to the New Yorkers who depend on its health care coverage, is simply too high to justify,” Cuomo said. “
  
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• Pence, Obama in dueling meetings at Capitol on health care

  04-01-2017 18:06 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s “first order of business” will be to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it, but Republicans must avoid hurting consumers as they do that, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Wednesday.
  Sixteen days before leaving the White House, Obama championed his landmark overhaul before Democratic lawmakers and urged them to remind voters of how the statute has helped them.
  “Look out for the American people,&rdquo
  
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• Retrial set to begin for NY man charged in triple slaying

  04-01-2017 17:43 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A retrial is set to get underway for a Rochester man who was charged with participating in a shooting that left three people dead and three others wounded.
  Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in the murder trial of 21-year-old Jalen Everett. He was one of three men charged in the August 2015 shooting outside the Rochester Boys and Girls Club.
  His conviction in the triple homicide was tossed out by a Monroe County judge last month after allegations
  
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• Panthers defensive coordinator revealed as candidate for Bills head coach

  04-01-2017 17:01 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills announced their plans to interview head coaching candidate Sean McDermott.
  The announcement was made Wednesday morning.
  McDermott currently serves as the Carolina Panthers’ defensive coordinator. The Panthers fared worse than the Bills this time around, ending the regular season at 6-10.
  The Bills finished off the season at 7-9 with a losing battle against the Jets. During that game, they were under the direction of interim head
  
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• Family escapes, but dog dies in Cochrane St. fire

  04-01-2017 16:13 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews were at the scene of a house fire on Cochrane St. that caused about $70,000 in damage.
  The family who lived there managed to escape, but their dog did not. The animal was apparently killed in the fire.
  Investigators are not sure what caused the fire.
  
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• Police investigating apparent homicide after body discovery

  04-01-2017 15:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wednesday morning, Buffalo police officers were seen on Northland Ave. near the Kensington Expressway, where an apparent homicide took place.
  An area resident told News 4 they heard gunshots in the morning.
  A medical examiner arrived at the scene shortly before 9:30.
  The body has only been identified as a man. Northland Ave. scene
  
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• Police investigating after body discovered near Kensington Expressway

  04-01-2017 15:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wednesday morning, Buffalo homicide detectives were at work on Northland Ave. near the Kensington Expressway, after a man’s body was discovered.
  Police have not commented yet on how the man may have died, but two neighbors told News 4 they heard gunshots in the early morning hours.
  “I heard one gunshot, but my wife was awake and she told me she heard three or four of them,” said one neighbor, who did not want to be identified. He said he has real wo
  
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• Over 100 suffer minor injuries in NYC train accident

  04-01-2017 15:20 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City authorities say more than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at a Brooklyn station.
  Fire officials at the scene Wednesday said metal that appeared to be from a rail pierced the bottom of the train and the wheels lifted up. They said the crash also damaged a work area beyond the tracks.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the train was moving very slowly. He said it “wasn’t really a derailment.”
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• About 30 people suffer minor injuries in NYC train accident

  04-01-2017 15:20 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say around three dozen people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road either hit something or derailed as it arrived at a terminal in Brooklyn.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage from New York.
  Online images show the train at a slight angle in its track bed in the busy Atlantic Terminal.
  Passengers told TV news crews on the scene that there was a loud bang and a jolt that sent some people flying.
  Some people were carried away on stretche
  
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• Students voice support for Gov. Cuomo’s tuition proposal, lawmakers have questions

  04-01-2017 05:51 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking steps to make it easier for students to go to college across New York State. His plan would make a college education tuition-free for more than 940,000 state residents.
  Student debt has become the second largest source of consumer debt, soaring to $1.2 trillion nationwide.
  “College is expensive whether we work or not,” said Zoya Seaforth, a junior at UB who is studying physical therapy. “We go to school and this money a
  
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• Tuesday high school basketball recap 1/3/17

  04-01-2017 05:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – What was billed to be the biggest match-up of the night lived up to the hype, as MMA foes Timon and Canisius went down to the wire.
  The Crusaders had a 36-game winning streak against Western New York opponents heading into the contest and, in front of a rowdy South Buffalo crowd, the Tigers snapped it with a 67-65 win.
  Park School of Buffalo entered the week as the top-ranked team in New York state in class A. The Pioneers, 6-1, visited the MMA’s St. Joe&r
  
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• Another rally calls for Paladino’s ouster

  04-01-2017 00:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Tuesday’s rally against Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino was decidedly smaller than the first on Niagara Square last week.
  That rally preceded the school board’s special meeting, but it carried the same energy and the same message as the more than 100 people who gathered at the square Tuesday.
  The crowd of mostly women called on local leaders like Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to urge the state education department to remove Paladino. Brown was
  
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• Police: Suspect hit by cruiser has mental health past

  04-01-2017 00:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When Buffalo police were called to the the area of Chicago and Fulton streets Saturday afternoon for a suicidal suspect, they already knew who they were dealing with.
  So they knew to be prepared for anything. And although the tactics used may have been unconventional, police officials maintain they did their jobs effectively, and most important, safely.
  The images may be considered shocking on the surface, an officer appearing to ram a suspect holding a knife, threat
  
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