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• Lawsuit: Detroit suburb denies blacks equal voting rights

  11-01-2017 23:56 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The Justice Department is suing a Detroit suburb, alleging that it violates the Voting Rights Act by denying black residents an equal opportunity to elect city council members of their choice.
  The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Detroit, says no black candidate has ever served on the Eastpointe City Council and that white voters have consistently opposed and defeated black voters’ preferred black candidates. It seeks a court order that would force Eastpointe to cha
  
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• 6 VW employees indicted in emissions scandal; VW fined $4.3B

  11-01-2017 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Six high-level Volkswagen employees from Germany were indicted in the U.S. on Wednesday in the VW emissions-cheating scandal, while the company itself agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $4.3 billion — by far the biggest fine ever levied by the government against an automaker.
  In announcing the charges and the plea bargain, Justice Department prosecutors detailed a large and elaborate scheme inside the German automaker to commit fraud and then cover i
  
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• Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years old

  11-01-2017 23:46 via wivb.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old.
  That’s the newest estimate, thanks to rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971.
  A research team reported Wednesday that the moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system. Previous estimates ranged within 100 million years, all the way out to 200 million years after the solar system’s creation, not quite 4.6 billion
  
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• Family of boy killed on Kansas waterslide settles with park

  11-01-2017 23:42 via wivb.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Kansas lawmaker’s 10-year-old son killed last summer on what was billed as the world’s tallest water slide reached a settlement Wednesday with the park’s owner and the raft’s manufacturer.
  Terms of the deal filed in Kansas’ Johnson County District Court involving Caleb Schwab’s family were not released.
  Messages left by The Associated Press with one of the family’s attorneys, Michael Rader, and with Caleb&rsq
  
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• Helicopter carrying Gov. Cuomo forced to make emergency landing

  11-01-2017 23:29 via wivb.com
  
  NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (WIVB) — A New York State Police helicopter carrying Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to make an emergency landing after it filled with fumes Wednesday afternoon.
  The emergency landing happened just before 4 p.m. at Stewart Airport in Orange County. It occurred after Cuomo finished his final State of the State address in Albany.
  The fumes that filled the helicopter smelled like smoke, Cuomo’s Director of Communications James Allen, said.
  “The Governor and two a
  
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• Reward offered for information leading to wanted man’s arrest

  11-01-2017 23:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man accused of drug crimes.
  Jerome Foskey, 27, is wanted on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and possession of a controlled substance. Both charges are felonies.
  Foskey is described as 6’2″ and 200 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes.
  A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to Foskey’s arrest. Anyone with information can ca
  
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• Destroyed and damaged mailboxes lead to teens’ arrests

  11-01-2017 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Troopers say 17 mailboxes in Clarence were found damaged or destroyed on December 17.
  Early in the morning, State Police responded to a caller who said they saw a number of people yelling in the road on Clarence Center Rd.
  This is when the mailboxes were found.
  Fresh footprints led authorities to a home on Beech Meadows Ct.
  Four teenagers possibly related to the incident were identified and interviewed. After a number of interviews, State Police
  
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• Special reunion as Le Roy man returns from 4,000-mile paddle

  11-01-2017 22:28 via wivb.com
  
  LE ROY, N.Y. (WIVB)- When Leslie Laurie-Nicoll bought the artsy little coffee table that now sits in her parlor, she wasn’t sure if she’d be alive to use it.
  “After I bought it I had this little mini, not a panic attack, but I thought what I am doing?” she said of the $95 craft fair purchase.
  She was diagnosed with stage 4 bladder cancer about two years ago.
  An avid canoer, she and her son Kris loved hitting the rapids together. After that devastating diagnosis, Kris
  
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• Man accused of firing stolen handgun in building behind home

  11-01-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF PENDLETON, N.Y. (WIVB) — Around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office says they received a complaint about a man who fired off a gun in a building behind his residence.
  The Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened “during a get together.”
  According to authorities, Pendleton resident Scott Cummings, 21, became upset with a complainant and then threatened him with a handgun. After this, the Sheriff’s Office says Cummings fir
  
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• Sean McDermott to become Bills head coach

  11-01-2017 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott will be named the Buffalo Bills head coach. He becomes the ninth coach to lead the team since 1997.Sean McDermott has agreed to become the next head coach of the Buffalo Bills
  — Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) January 11, 2017
  McDermott interviewed with the team for the second time within a week on Wednesday, reportedly meeting with the Pegulas at their home in Boca Raton, Florida. On Tuesday e
  
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• Police give details on injuries suffered by 22-month-old, man accused of assault

  11-01-2017 21:00 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Marcell Brooks, an accused child abuser, is behind bars.
  Police say Brooks shook 22-month-old Devyn Grabowski in early October. The toddler suffered brain damage and a spinal injury.
  October 5th, police in the Town of Tonawanda got a call that 22-month-old Devyn Grabowski had fallen down a few flights of stairs. He was being watched by Marcell Brooks at the time.
  According to Capt. Joseph Carosi, Brooks said he tried to revive the toddler by putting hi
  
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• Cuba Town Supervisor issues apology for explicit Facebook post

  11-01-2017 20:40 via wivb.com
  
  CUBA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cuba’s Town Supervisor, Rob Carney, has released a statement apologizing for something he posted on Facebook.
  Carney posted this on Facebook last month:
  “Today…the day America, not its people, at the hands of the black, Muslim-loving, no good, death deserving, poorest excuse for a president, turned its back on Israel…Barack Obama, may your soul rot in hell throughout eternity…f— you…you’re guilty of treason and de
  
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• The Audcast, Episode 14: Hope?

  11-01-2017 20:03 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the 14th episode of The Audcast, News 4 Sports’ Tom Martin and NHL.com’s Joe Yerdon are suddenly in a much more optimistic mood, discussing a hockey team that is finally starting to show signs of potential that many expected to appear far sooner in the season.
  The Buffalo Sabres have rattled off three wins in four games, collecting 7 of 8 points against some of the top teams in the NHL. The offense has scored 15 goals in four games and Anders Nils
  
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• Reports: Bills in negotiations with Panthers’ McDermott for head coach position

  11-01-2017 18:51 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo News first reported that the Buffalo Bills are in negotiations with Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott to be the next head coach.
  Reports say the Pegulas and McDermott are meeting Wednesday in Boca Raton, Florida. This is the second meeting with the Pegulas.
  The deal could possibly be done later today.
  News 4 Sports has reached out to McDermott’s agent for a reply.
  
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• Trump business will pursue US deals, but not foreign ones

  11-01-2017 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s business will continue to pursue deals in the United States, though not abroad, while he is president, and he will relinquish control of the company, a lawyer who worked with the Trump Organization on the plan said Wednesday.
  Trump will put his business assets in a trust and take other steps to isolate himself from his company, according to Sheri Dillon of Morgan Lewis, who spoke at Trump’s first news conference since his Nov. 8 election.
  The
  
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• Defiant Trump denies reports on Russia ties: ‘a disgrace’

  11-01-2017 18:20 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a “tremendous blot” on the record of the intelligence community if it had released such material.
  The incoming president, in his first news conference since late July, firmly pushed back on the media reports and chided news organizations for publishing the material late Tues
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Donald Trump speaks in New York

  11-01-2017 16:51 via wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) — President-elect Donald Trump will speak at 11 a.m.
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• GALLERY: High winds cause damage across WNY

  11-01-2017 16:47 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Windy weather brought down trees and caused other sorts of damage in western New York overnight.
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• Cleanup underway after powerful winds cause damage across WNY

  11-01-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After a tough night trying to sleep through the sound of the howling wind outside our windows, many people around the area were waking up to the sight of damage left behind by the powerful gusts.
  Crews have been busy across Western New York today cleaning up the debris.
  MORE | Click here to see the clean up needed at a Cheektowaga church where the roof was blown off by the wind.
  On Wilbury Place in North Buffalo, homeowner MaryJo Carroll woke up to find a huge tree i
  
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• Portion of Cheektowaga church’s roof blown off

  11-01-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Part of a roof was blown off of a Cheektowaga church amid high winds in western New York.
  A significant portion of St. Aloysius Gonzaga R.C. Church’s roughly one year-old roof came off and landed in a nearby yard on Highview Rd. Bricks also came off of the building.
  The church is located on Cleveland Dr.
  It is not clear how much the damage will cost in terms of repairs and roof replacement.
  The high winds knocked out power for more than 6,300
  
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• Trump blasts intel agencies over report on Russia ties

  11-01-2017 15:12 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before his first news conference as president-elect, Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted U.S. intelligence agencies, blaming them for leaking unsubstantiated reports on his relationship with Russia and demanding, “Are we living in Nazi Germany?”
  A U.S. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that intelligence officials had informed Trump last week about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him.
  
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• HS Hoops: Top ranked boys teams in action

  11-01-2017 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Park School of Buffalo and Health Sciences are both ranked at the top of their class locally, and both were in action against MMA foes on Tuesday night.
  Health Sciences, who is sixth in the state, made a non-conference trip to St. Francis. The 14th ranked Red Raiders pulled off the upset with a 64-52 win. Julian Cunningham led the way with 21 points and six steals.
  Park School of Buffalo, who is ranked top in the state, visited MMA foe Canisius. The Pioneers rol
  
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• Annual list claims the Buffalo Zoo is one of the worst zoos for elephants

  11-01-2017 04:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An annual list released by an animal rights group claims the Buffalo Zoo ranks 6th in a list of the top 10 worst zoos for elephants in the country.
  The list published by the group “In Defense of Animals” says the Buffalo Zoo does not properly care for its two elephants, Surapa and Jothi. The report cites “brutally cold winters” and enclosures that are too small for the elephants to live comfortably in.
  “The Bronx and Buffalo Zoos ar
  
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• The Latest: Obama thanks wife, daughters for sacrifice

  11-01-2017 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s farewell speech (all times CST):
  8:45 p.m.
  President Barack Obama is thanking his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha for sacrificing for his political dreams.
  He’s noting in his farewell address that his partner for the past 25 years took on a role she didn’t want and made it her own with “grace and grit and style and good humor.” He says the first lady is a role model who turned the White House
  
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• Campaign aims to end children ‘suffering in silence’

  11-01-2017 01:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new campaign, launched in Buffalo, aims to give victims of child molestation a voice and report their attackers, as a coalition of families and survivors spearheads the campaign, posting signs and billboards across the city.
  Parents, civic leaders, and survivors of childhood sexual abuse say they have had enough. Sparked by recent reports of children abusing other children, they are posting signs all over the city to bring this outrage out of the shadows.The signs
  
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• Scholar Athlete: Clarence’s Meghan Neelon

  11-01-2017 00:14 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – The High school season for volleyball may be ending but, for Meghan Neelon, things are just heating up.
  During her five years with the Clarence varsity volleyball squad, Neelon led the Red Devils from bottom of their league, to regionals this past year. It’s not the biggest surprise, as volleyball is in her DNA.
  “My mom played at USC and every since I was eight I was trying to get in to the gym,” Neelon said.
  At that early age she knew it was
  
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