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• New research shows cost of raising a child is rising

  12-01-2017 23:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Having a child and raising it is getting more expensive by the year.
  Jodi Schwegler has 2 kids ages 4 and 1. She says just daycare alone puts a big dent in her family’s budget.
  “I’d say 30% of our budget is spent on child care and we’re spending upwards of $200 a week,” said Jodi Schwegler of Kenmore.
  According to new data from the Department of Agriculture, a middle class family is estimated to spend more than $200,000 to raise a child
  
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• The good, bad and unknown about marijuana’s health effects

  12-01-2017 22:56 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It can almost certainly ease chronic pain and might help some people sleep, but it may also raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and trigger heart attacks.
  Those are among the conclusions about marijuana reached by a federal advisory panel in a report released Thursday.
  The experts also called for a national effort to learn more about marijuana and its chemical cousins, including similarly acting compounds called cannabinoids.
  The current lack of scientific information &
  
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• Trump defends L.L. Bean heiress over donations backing him

  12-01-2017 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is urging people to buy L.L. Bean as the company faces calls for a boycott because of a family member’s donations to his candidacy.
  Trump on Thursday tweeted his thanks to Linda Bean, a granddaughter of the outdoors retailer’s founder, and cited her “great support and courage.” He ended by saying, “Buy L.L. Bean,” garnering criticism from the nonpartisan money-in-politics watchdog Every Voice for “
  
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• Suspected airport gunman’s life unraveled over past year

  12-01-2017 22:50 via wivb.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop’s liquor store in Anchorage. He was waving his arms and having a terrible argument in the parking lot.
  “He’d just be talking to himself … screaming as if he was having a battle with himself,” said Naomi Harden, a clerk at the store, situated across the street from the motel where Santiago lived.
  Last week, Santiago got off a one-way flight from Anchorage
  
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• 6 bodies recovered from home destroyed in fire

  12-01-2017 22:46 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — A Baltimore fire official says six bodies have been recovered from a home destroyed in an early morning blaze.
  Fire department spokesman Roman Clark said investigators at the fire scene in northeast Baltimore had been awaiting recovery of the last body before they begin searching for clues about the fire’s cause.
  Clark said earlier Thursday that the children presumed dead are two boys, ages 9 months and 2 years; 3-year-old twin girls; and two girls, ages 10
  
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• Obama awards Biden Presidential Medal of Freedom

  12-01-2017 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  A teary-eyed Biden accepted the medal, the highest civilian honor, at a ceremony at the White House Thursday.
  Obama says he is bestowing the honor on Biden for “faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and a lifetime of service that will endure through the generations.”
  
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• Obama scrapping ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy for Cubans

  12-01-2017 22:22 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is ending the “wet foot, dry foot” policy that granted residency to Cubans who arrived in the United States without visas.
  That’s according to a senior administration official, who said the policy change was effective immediately.
  The official said the U.S. and Cuba have spent several months negotiating the change, including an agreement from Cuba to allow those turned away from the U.S. to return.
  The move comes about a week bef
  
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• Stress ages everybody, especially the President of the United States

  12-01-2017 22:04 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — As Barack Obama wraps up his second term as president, people are looking back and reflecting on his lega– and who is the strapping, young man taking the oath of office?
  When Obama took office he was a fresh 47-year-old eager to bring reform to Washington. As he steps down from the presidency Jan. 20, he is a graying 55-year-old that has taken his fair share of punches during his two terms.
  Due to the high-stress nature of the position, the White House ages presiden
  
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• Jim Kelly gives thoughts on Bills coaching decision

  12-01-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills legend Jim Kelly was recently asked about his thoughts on Sean McDermott — the team’s pick for head coach.
  “I don’t know a lot about him. I just know that whatever the Pegulas did, they’re trying to make sure that they do what’s best, not only for the franchise, but for the fans too.”
  Kelly clearly wants to see the team have more wins this season. “We need to get that winning feeling back here in Buff
  
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• Town of Tonawanda police cruiser bursts in flames

  12-01-2017 21:45 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Town of Tonawanda police cruiser burst into flames Thursday afternoon.
  A police officer was patrolling around 1:30 p.m. when he started to notice smoke coming from the dashboard area of the vehicle.
  The officer pulled over, took out some equipment and got a safe distance away from the car before it was fully engulfed in flames.
  Police say the incident tied up traffic on Delaware Ave near the I-290, but the scene has cleared up.
  Because of w
  
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• Kelly for Kids Foundation awards $250,000 in grants

  12-01-2017 21:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Kelly for Kids Foundation awarded grants to a number of organizations at their 10th Annual Luncheon Thursday.
  Kelly for Kids celebrated 30 years in 2016 — a year they call “record breaking.”
  The foundation says they were able to grant more than $250,000 to children’s charities in the local community.
  Here are 2016’s grant recipients:
  Alleyway Theatre’s KidShowInc.
  American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  Autism Serv
  
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• Scam Alert: Email scam targets Netflix customers

  12-01-2017 20:42 via wivb.com
  
  (WBAY) – A cyber-security company is warning Netflix customers to beware of a scam targeting credit card and personal information.
  FireEye Labs posted a story this week about a phishing scam.
  FireEye blogger Mohammed Mohsin Dalla reports that the scam email asks costumers to update Netflix membership information. A link in the email directs people to a page that looks at lot like an official Netflix login page, but it is not.
  The fraudulent link will request your billing and credit card in
  
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• Watchdog to investigate Justice, FBI actions before election

  12-01-2017 19:30 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI Director James Comey.
  Democrats have blamed Comey’s handling of an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, and his late-October release of a letter about the case, as a reason for her loss to Republican Donald Trump.
  Inspector
  
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• GALLERY: Flooding in the Southern Tier

  12-01-2017 18:51 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  (WIVB) — Creeks were seen rising and roads began to get covered with water in the Southern Tier.
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• Bills’ Incognito named to Pro Bowl

  12-01-2017 18:11 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills G Richie Incognito has been named to this year’s Pro Bowl.
  This is the third time Incognito has been named to the Pro Bowl. The previous times were while he was with the Miami Dolphins during the 2012 season and with the Bills in the 2015 season.
  During the 2016 season, Incognito started in all 16 Bills games. The Bills say he “helped pave the way to the Bills having both the top rushing attack in the NFL in yards (2,630) and
  
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• Crews keeping close eye out for flooding on creeks in Buffalo metro

  12-01-2017 17:35 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Parts of the Buffalo metro area could see minor flooding in the next day or so, with flood warnings taking effect on some area creeks late in the day Thursday. A flood watch has been in effect since Thursday morning at 7 a.m.
  By early Thursday morning, a lot of ice had gathered on the Cazenovia Creek by the Stevenson Street bridge, and a lot of people were coming out to watch the flow.
  Among those keeping a close eye on the creeks are city engineers and public works
  
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• Chargers announce they’re moving to Los Angeles

  12-01-2017 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers are moving to Los Angeles, where they will join the recently relocated Rams in giving the nation’s second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first time in decades.
  Team chairman Dean Spanos made the announcement Thursday in a letter posted on the Chargers’ Twitter account.
  Spanos cited the Chargers’ long history in San Diego. “But today, we turn the page and begin an exciting new era as the Los Angeles Chargers,”
  
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• Fire official: 6 kids presumed dead after fire

  12-01-2017 17:30 via wivb.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A fire official says six children are presumed dead after a fire tore through a northeast Baltimore home.
  Fire department spokesman Chief Roman Clark said Thursday that one body has been found at the home and six children from the family who were missing after the fire are presumed dead.
  Clark says responding firefighters found heavy fire coming from all three floors of the northeast Baltimore home when they arrived early Thursday.
  A woman and three other children were inj
  
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• Flooding closes roads in Southern Tier

  12-01-2017 16:41 via wivb.com
  
  KIANTONE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Flooding caused road closures in the Southern Tier Thursday morning.
  Portions of both Route 60 and Route 62 closed in the Town of Kiantone due to flooding.
  Route 60 closed from Route 62 to Peck Settlement Rd. Route 62 closed from Route 60 to Railroad Ave.
  Flooding could be possible at Cazenovia Creek depending on possible ice jams.
  The Buffalo Creek is expected to crest at minor flood stage early Thursday evening.
  A flood warning is in effect for the Alleg
  
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• Police rush to area of Gerald Ave.

  12-01-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 is working to get more information about an incident on Gerald Ave.
  Buffalo police rushed to the area shortly after midnight Thursday.
  Two police cars were at the scene when a News 4 photographer arrived.
  We will provide updates as soon as they become available.
  
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• 23 elementary students transported to hospital after Virginia school bus crash

  12-01-2017 15:24 via wivb.com
  
  DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Authorities tell Media General contributors that 23 elementary school students were transported to the hospital after a school bus overturned in Virginia Thursday morning.
  The crash happened on the 25,000 block of Ferndale Road near River Road in Dinwiddie County.
  Virginia State Police said the driver of the bus is being transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment. There were 23 elementary school students on the bus, but only one has compla
  
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• Sheriff: Man found hiding in 1-year-old’s closet after fleeing deputy

  12-01-2017 14:50 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF WALES, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s Office says a driver fled them, and is now facing charges.
  Just after 10 p.m. Tuesday, deputies say they tried to pull over a vehicle in the Town of Aurora. When they tried this, deputies say the vehicle sped away and nearly hit another vehicle head-on.
  Eventually, deputies say the vehicle pulled into a parking lot on Emery Rd. After this, deputies say the occupants fled behind some buildings.
  Deputies began a search of the
  
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• Why is Inauguration Day on January 20?

  12-01-2017 14:17 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) – On Jan. 23, 1933, Congress passed the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which moved the president-elect’s Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20.
  But, why?
  The answer is fairly simple and found in the Amendment’s nickname: The “Lame Duck Amendment.”
  The 20th Amendment was crafted to cut down the time “lame duck” lawmakers held office following Election Day. Lame duck lawmakers are those that lost re-election or chose to step
  
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• 8 interesting facts about past presidential inaugurations

  12-01-2017 14:16 via wivb.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding a custom as proper and important as a presidential inauguration, you’d think it’d be a bit of a boring affair. Often, it’s anything but.
  Here are eight interesting facts about past presidential inaugurations that will impress around the water cooler.
  1. Only two presidents have taken the oath four times
  Barack Obama, joined by his wife Michelle, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts to
  
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• Police investigating ‘social media threat’ at Hamburg H.S.

  12-01-2017 13:58 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students arriving at Hamburg High School this morning are finding extra police. Village Police tell News 4 they’re investigating a threat made on social media.
  A spokesperson for Hamburg Central Schools confirms, “A student posted a threat directed at Hamburg H.S. on social media.”
  Administrators say, within minutes of the posting Wednesday evening, they identified the student and called police. The spokesperson reiterated they believe all students
  
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• Lewiston residents favor plan to remove contaminated soil from former WW2 defense site

  12-01-2017 04:32 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Army Corps of Engineers is getting closer to cleaning up a World War II defense site in the Town of Lewiston.
  Some people living in Lewiston are sighing with relief after a meeting Wednesday night.
  “I would use the one word, finally, but I hope I’m alive to see it happen,” said Richard Soluri, resident of Lewiston.
  Some people have been living pretty close to a 7,500acre site that contains toxins that may cause harm to their health and the envi
  
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• Police make arrest in connection with Allentown tire thefts

  12-01-2017 03:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police say a man is in custody after a string of tire thefts in the Allentown neighborhood.
  Officers say 19-year-old Hector Santiago was arrested and charged with stealing tires from cars on Fargo Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Ashland Avenue and Maryland Street. Police say the thefts have occurred over the past three months.
  Santiago is facing multiple grand larceny charges.
  
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• Washing machine need repair? They had to call the ‘cable guy’

  12-01-2017 02:01 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) – In early November last year, Samsung notified the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, it was recalling 2.8 million of the company’s top loading washing machines, due to reports of the top flying off and in some cases causing injuries.
  Steve and Cindy Bigaj contacted Samsung to get their new top loader fixed, but found out—much to their surprise—the repairs would not be performed by Samsung, the retailer who sold the washer to them, or even
  
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• As Gov. Cuomo calls for free college, CTE programs expand in WNY

  12-01-2017 01:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Governor Andrew Cuomo made his case for free college tuition during his State of the State address in Buffalo this week.
  “A generation ago, all you needed was a high school diploma and you really could lead a middle class life,” said Gov. Cuomo.
  Later in his speech he said, “You need a college education to compete for most middle class jobs.”
  Buffalo Public School vocational programs are changing to reflect the new economy.
  “Really in Buff
  
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• Giving Gavin the gift of sound

  12-01-2017 00:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s something about the nature of a mother’s unconditional love; always present even in the midst of life’s biggest challenges.
  News 4 introduced viewers to then-18-month-old Gavin last year, as his mom Jennifer Arroyo sought answers to why her baby son was born with a variety genetic disorders.
  She sought answers to why he was mostly deaf and blind and often ill since birth.
  But last month, Gavin’s dim world grew brighter, when he heard h
  
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• Invisible illness: One WNY group speaks out about what you’re not seeing

  12-01-2017 00:08 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – When you get a diagnosis like lupus, fibromyalgia or M.S. your whole world alters. But the way the world sees you does not. The illness can even be invisible to doctors and the government.
  Now, one group is speaking out about why they don’t want you to turn a blind eye. Every person in the Western New York “Invisible Illness” group suffers from a chronic illness you can’t see. They get together and play board
  
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