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• Rally to remember MLK also calls on Paladino to step down

  16-01-2017 23:54 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Community leaders, local and state politicians, educators and students celebrated Martin Luther King Day on the city’s east side by continuing the message of the civil rights leader, in denouncing what they described as bigotry and hateful rhetoric of Carl Paladino.
  It’s a continuation of the message at similar rallies during the past four weeks. And it’s a call for action.
  The message of Monday’s — and previous rallies — ha
  
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• Fate of the Village of Depew comes to a vote Tuesday

  16-01-2017 23:51 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tuesday neighbors in Depew will decide whether to dissolve the Village.
  Here’s whats at stake:Whether taxpayers will save money, the fate of 176 village employees, and the impact on the towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga, which surround Depew and would have to absorb it.It’s something some are calling a life or death vote.
  Mary Curr and her husband William volunteer with The Friends of Depew organization in hopes of putting a stop to a petiti
  
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• Who are the 8 richest people? All men, mostly Americans

  16-01-2017 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The eight individuals who own as much as half of the rest of the planet are all men, and have largely made their fortunes in technology. Most are American, with one European and one Mexican in the mix. Several have pledged to give it all to charity.
  The eight tycoons’ net worth, as calculated by Forbes magazine, was cited Monday by anti-poverty activists Oxfam in a report highlighting income inequality. Although most of them will not be joining the annual meeting of bus
  
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• Police looking for help finding missing 11-year-old

  16-01-2017 23:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are looking for help finding a missing girl.
  Elliss Duplantis, 11, is missing from Hagen St.
  Duplantis is five feet tall and 110 lbs. She was last seen wearing Ugg boots and a black coat with a fur hood.
  Anyone who has seen her or knows where she is is asked to call 911.
  
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• Elmwood Village residents fight Ciminelli project

  16-01-2017 23:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Martin Littlefield is a life-long Elmwood Village resident. He’s leading the fight against Arbor + Reverie, a mixed- use complex by Ciminelli Real Estate.
  “It’s the height. It’s the feel, the character, the grace of the neighborhood,” Littlefield told News 4.
  He’s not alone; dozens of  residents are fighting the project, slated to go on Elmwood and Potomac Avenues.
  Littlefield is gathering signatures via an online petition to st
  
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• Reports: Istanbul nightclub attacker who killed 39 caught

  16-01-2017 22:57 via wivb.com
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish media reports say police have caught the alleged gunman who killed 39 people during an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations.
  The private Dogan news agency and other media say the suspect was caught in Istanbul’s district of Esenyurt in a police operation late on Monday.
  The Islamic State group has claimed has claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in reprisal for Turkish military operations in northern Syria.
  
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• Governor Cuomo pushing to ban drivers from using electronic devices on road, even when car not in motion

  16-01-2017 22:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s something that happens all the time: when some drivers come to a full stop at a red light, they reach for their phones. Not paying attention when the light turns green.
  “There’s been a time where I’ve been the person and I’ve been behind the person so yet it’s been irritating on both ends the horns are blowing behind and as well I’m looking and saying okay would they go ahead and move please,” said Larniece Whitehe
  
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• Ethics watchdog investigating Canadian PM’s vacation

  16-01-2017 22:47 via wivb.com
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s ethics commissioner said Monday she is launching an investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent family holiday at the Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas.
  Ethics commissioner Mary Dawson said Trudeau may have violated the federal ethics code during his holiday with the Aga Khan, a family friend, philanthropist and hereditary spiritual leader to the world’s approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims. It’s the fir
  
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• Gene Cernan, last astronaut on the moon, dies at 82

  16-01-2017 22:12 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” has died. He was 82.
  NASA announced that Cernan died Monday surrounded by his family. NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs confirmed the death but had no immediately details.
  Cernan, commander of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission, set foot on the lunar surface in December 1972 during his third space flight. He became the last person t
  
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• Trump’s racially-tinged tweets fuel MLK Day tensions

  16-01-2017 21:43 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Martin Luther King Day marks its 31st year as a federal holiday amid fallout from President-elect Donald Trump’s racially-tinged weekend tweet storm and inauguration preparations.
  It’s a unique moment in American history as the country’s first African American president, with record high personal approval ratings, vacates the Oval Office, and minorities view race relations as their worst in 15 years.
  Trump didn’t help matters over t
  
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• KeyBank Center to host UFC 210 this April

  16-01-2017 21:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The KeyBank Center will host UFC 210 on April 8.
  This will be the third MMA event in New York State and the first in western New York since the state lifted the ban on professional MMA fighting last year.
  The last time the UFC came to Buffalo was in 1995. This was the last event in New York State before a ban took place.
  The sport’s violence drew opposition from some lawmakers. They called for better regulations to protect fighters, who wear small gloves a
  
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• This time, inaugural fashion is intertwined with politics

  16-01-2017 20:41 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — What’ll she be wearing?
  It’s a question that fascinates fashion-watchers — and lots of others — every four years: Which designer will the new U.S. first lady choose to wear on Inauguration Day and, more importantly, on Inauguration Night?
  This year as never before, the question is a loaded one. Dressing the first lady has long been considered a great honor for a designer — and a huge business boon. But in an industry that leaned heavily toward
  
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• National park visits hits record high for 3rd straight year

  16-01-2017 20:32 via wivb.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Visits to U.S. national parks set a record in 2016 for the third consecutive year as landmarks such Zion, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain experienced historic levels of popularity that brought collateral headaches stemming from overcrowded roads and trails and increasing visitor misbehavior.
  At many parks, visitors waited an hour or more in cars to get through entrance gates and then spent the day trying to outmaneuver fellow visitors for parking spots and room on popu
  
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• Women’s march in DC an echo of the past

  16-01-2017 18:50 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of women take to the streets of Washington, demanding a greater voice for women in American political life as a new president takes power.
  This will happen on Saturday, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump.
  This DID happen more than 100 years ago, one day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.
  So notable was the women’s suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on March 3, 1913, that Wilson slipped into town almost unnoticed on the eve of his
  
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• King’s daughter: Fight ‘no matter who is in White House’

  16-01-2017 18:45 via wivb.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — As civil rights leaders and activists gather at sites across the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the slain civil rights leader’s daughter is encouraging Americans to fight for his vision of love and justice “no matter who is in the White House.”
  Bernice King addressed more than 2,000 people gathered at her father’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta four days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. She spok
  
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• Oklahoma City firefighters rescue cow stuck in swimming pool

  16-01-2017 18:42 via wivb.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Think it’s hard for firefighters to rescue a cat in a tree? Try a cow in a swimming pool.
  Firefighters in Oklahoma City were summoned Sunday morning after a homeowner reported hearing some sort of “snorting” coming from his swimming pool area.
  Emergency responders arrived and discovered a hole in the swimming pool’s liner and a cow trapped in the water.
  Oklahoma City Fire Department Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson says firefighters used their pu
  
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• Widow of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested

  16-01-2017 18:38 via wivb.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (WIVB) — Sources tell CBS News that the widow of the Orlando nightclub shooter was arrested in San Francisco.
  On June 12, Omar Mateen killed 49 people inside a gay nightclub before he was killed by authorities in a shootout. The shooting, which is characterized by the FBI as both a hate crime and a terrorist attack, was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  Mateen’s widow, Noor Salman, has been charged with obstruction of j
  
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• Hundreds turn out for MLK Jr. day of service

  16-01-2017 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Volunteers are spending several hours Sifting and sorting through cans, cartons and containers. They’re doing it as part of the MLK Day National Day of Service which is focusing on servant leadership.
  “It’s very inspiring,” said Rini Mascia, a volunteer during the day of service.
   
  This is the first year the Mascia family is spending their MLK day doing service. Eight year old Leela is the one encouraging the family to volunteer afte
  
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• SPCA Monday: Dingo

  16-01-2017 18:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Shepard mix named Dingo came to News 4 on Monday looking for a home.
  The SPCA calls Dingo an “older puppy” who has not reached her first birthday yet. She arrived at the SPCA a couple of weeks ago.
  Those interested in adopting her can call the Erie County SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• RIT gets $149,000 to continue anti-terror campaign

  16-01-2017 17:53 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York college will receive federal funding to continue a social media campaign to counter terrorist propaganda.
  Members of the state’s congressional delegation say the Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $149,000 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to continue work on a project that was honored last year called “It’s Time: ExOut Extremism.”
  The campaign won first place in June in a challenge hosted by the fede
  
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• 2 years after the hack, Sony CEO Lynton exits for Snap Inc.

  16-01-2017 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two years after guiding the company through an unprecedented email hack, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is leaving the company to become the chairman of the board for Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat.
  Sony said Friday that Lynton, a 13-year Sony veteran who led both the music and entertainment group, will stay on for six months to ensure a smooth transition as Sony Corp. President and CEO Kazuo Hirai looks for a replacement.
  In a statement, Lynton said he ha
  
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• Kyrgyzstan: Cargo plane crash kills 37, destroys village

  16-01-2017 17:39 via wivb.com
  
  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A Turkish cargo plane crashed Monday in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, destroying half of a village and killing at least 37 people in the plane and on the ground, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
  The Boeing 747 crashed at 7:40 a.m. local time while approaching Manas airport, south of the capital, Bishkek, in this Central Asian nation.
  Footage from the scene showed the plane’s nose stuck inside a brick house and large
  
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• Gov. Cuomo seeks to close distracted driving law loophole

  16-01-2017 17:32 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — Soon, it could be illegal to talk on your phone while behind the wheel of your car, even if you’re stopped at a red light.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to close a loophole in New York State’s distracted driving law. He wants to ban drivers from using electronic devices even if their vehicle isn’t moving.
  Supporters of this plan say distracted driving can happen any time you’re behind the wheel.
  Elizabeth Carey, who represents AAA, says “E
  
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• Police: 5 killed in shooting at nightclub at Mexican resort

  16-01-2017 17:01 via wivb.com
  
  CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A shooting attack at an electronic music festival in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen on Monday left five people dead, including two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian, authorities said.
  The attorney general of Quintana Roo state said that several of the dead appear to have been part of the security detail at the 10-day BPM electronic music festival.
  Miguel Angel Pech said the shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. at the Blue Parrot nightclub,
  
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• Revelers, rally-goers to clog DC for Trump’s inauguration

  16-01-2017 15:57 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after, but how many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open question.
  Officials estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 people will be present Friday for the inauguration, a celebration that takes over the city, closing roads, taxing the city’s Metro transit system and making getting around difficult. Trump hims
  
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• When should kids stay home sick from school?

  16-01-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — How sick is too sick for school?
  In a national poll released Monday by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, 75 percent of parents said their child had stayed home from school because of illness at least once during the last year. But the survey also found that parents are split and often confused about when to send their kids to school and when to keep them home.
  “In my house, we never even had a thermometer because
  
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• Activists relate to King’s shift from dreamer to radical

  16-01-2017 15:44 via wivb.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For Abdul Aliy-Muhammad, the Martin Luther King Jr. he learned about as a child was a man of love, peace and racial harmony, a gifted orator.
  It wasn’t until Aliy-Muhammad became an activist that he came to know, and appreciate, the King who decried the Vietnam War as “unjust” and made a firm, insistent case for economic justice for black Americans.
  “There is a Martin Luther King that is important to the resistance movement that we don’t he
  
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• Supporters of the Affordable Care Act rally to save it

  16-01-2017 05:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are trying to help save it. Rallies are happening as republican members of congress lead an effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.
  Last week Congress began the process of dismantling the health care law through a budget resolution.
  Sunday, dozens of people lined the sidewalk in front of the VA Hospital to show their support for the Affordable Care Act and their opposition to the republicans plan to repeal it.
  Their goal is to st
  
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• Local students help Baton Rouge families rebuild what was lost in Aug. flood

  16-01-2017 00:21 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Baton rouge, Louisiana is still picking up the pieces five months after being hit with severe flooding. Now Western New Yorkers are stepping up to help.
  During the week of Jan. 9, about 20 members from the Orchard Park Presbyterian Church went to Louisiana to help families rebuild what was lost. They worked alongside another church group from Auburn, Alabama.
  Together a team of 26 worked on five homes. Both groups partnered with #Revive225, a ministry of First U
  
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