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• SC student arrested after paper airplane hits teacher in eye

  20-01-2017 22:54 via wivb.com
  
  ANDREWS, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina high school student is facing a possible 30-day jail sentence for allegedly throwing a paper airplane that struck a teacher in the eye.
  The South Strand News reports that Georgetown County sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 10 arrested a 17-year-old student at Andrews High School. An instructor, Edward McIver, told deputies he was hit in the eye by a paper airplane thrown during class.
  Deputies say McIver reported being upset because he had recently
  
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• Man found guilty of attacking Japanese tourist in Niagara Falls

  20-01-2017 22:25 via wivb.com
  
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP modified) — A jury found a western New York man charged with attacking a Japanese tourist in a Niagara Falls park guilty.
  A Niagara County Court jury reached a verdict on the robbery, sexual abuse and assault charges against 44-year-old Robert MacLeod, of Niagara Falls.
  MacLeod was accused of attacking Koyuki Nakahara in Niagara Falls State Park after she asked him for directions on Christmas night in 2015, when she was traveling with a Japanese
  
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• School choice programs being debated in communities as DeVos awaits Senate confirmation

  20-01-2017 22:07 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A room filled with excited second graders stands on the second floor at The Charter School for Applied Technologies. Hands pop up, eager to be called on, telling their teacher their answer to the subtraction problem they’re working on.
  These students are among the 19% of school-aged children living in the City of Buffalo who attend a non-district school, like a private or charter school. And they can attend these institutions due to school choice.
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• Pig recovering after it was found with several stab wounds

  20-01-2017 22:07 via wivb.com
  
  SLOAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A little pig is on the mend. It was the victim of cruel treatment.
  The Erie County SPCA says some people in the Town of Sloan found the pig bleeding, with several stab wounds and a cable tie wrapped around its neck last week.
  The pig was rushed to a shelter in Tonawanda, where doctors performed surgery.
  They say the animal is in guarded condition. The SPCA wants to know who is responsible.
  (Photo courtesy of the SPCA serving Erie County)
  
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• Buffalo school officials warn of suspicious SUV driver following incident

  20-01-2017 20:56 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in Buffalo are investigating a complaint involving a man who allegedly approached a high school student.
  A Buffalo school official gave details about the complaint. According to the school, a 10th grader was approached by black man in his 40s. The man was allegedly driving a silver SUV with yellow writing on the side of it.
  The school says the man repeatedly asked to the girl to get inside his vehicle. He allegedly continued to follow her until a woman wi
  
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• Smashed windows, chaotic confrontation near inauguration

  20-01-2017 20:18 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police deployed pepper spray and made numerous arrests in a chaotic confrontation blocks from Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday as protesters registered their rage against the new president.
  Spirited demonstrations unfolded peacefully at various security checkpoints near the Capitol as police helped ticket-holders get through to the inaugural ceremony. Signs read, “Resist Trump Climate Justice Now,” ”Let Freedom Ring,” ”Free Palestine.
  
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• Trump takes charge: Sworn in as nation’s 45th president

  20-01-2017 19:03 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pledging to empower America’s “forgotten men and women,” Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a deeply divided nation and ushering in an unpredictable era in Washington. His victory gives Republicans control of the White House for the first time in eight years.
  Looking out over the crowd sprawled across the National Mall, Trump painted a bleak picture of the nation he now leads, lamenting crime, s
  
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• WATCH: President Trump’s inaugural address

  20-01-2017 18:43 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (WIVB) — President Donald Trump’s entire inaugural address can be watched in the video above or read below.
  “Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.
  We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.
  Together, we will determine the course of America and the world fo
  
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• Local furniture company involved in Inauguration

  20-01-2017 17:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo furniture company is once again involved in the Presidential Inauguration.
  Kittinger Furniture Company says they are “honored to have been able to participate in today’s historic inauguration of President Donald Trump.”
  Kittinger, a company that has been making furniture since 1866, has been making furniture for the White House since 1970. They have been part of White House Inaugural ceremonies since 2009.
  (Photo courtesy of Kittinger
  
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• Past and present: How weather impacts Presidential Inaugurations

  20-01-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) — All eyes are on the Presidential Inauguration today. The speeches, the performances, the outfits, usually take center stage but the weather plays an equally important role.
  This year, temperatures in Washington D.C are expected to climb into the upper 40s and rain showers will build into the region. This is very similar to what Western New York will experience today and like Buffalo will be above average by mid-January standards.
  Although rain may put a damper on
  
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• Police: Man accused of exposing himself in women’s restroom found with hundreds of pills

  20-01-2017 16:26 via wivb.com
  
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the City of Tonawanda arrested an alleged flasher they say more than 600 pills in their possession.
  Authorities received a call of a man who was allegedly exposing himself in a Tim Hortons women’s restroom on Niagara Street Wednesday afternoon.
  After they received the call, police detained 32-year-old Amherst resident Kevin McNinch II.
  Police say this is what they found in his possession:
  470 methadone tablets
  178 diazepam tablets
  26 gabapentin
  
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• Suspect in UPS driver’s slaying deemed incompetent for trial

  20-01-2017 15:54 via wivb.com
  
  ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A man charged with fatally shooting a UPS driver outside a central New York Wal-Mart last month has been ruled mentally incompetent for trial.
  A Tompkins County Court judge made the ruling Thursday in the second-degree murder case against Justin Barkley. The judge committed him to a state mental health institution for evaluation. The move comes after two psychiatric examinations decided Barkley wasn’t competent.
  Barkley was charged with killing 52-year-old William
  
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• The last tweets: Obama shares final messages on Twitter as President

  20-01-2017 15:41 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) — On the morning of Donald Trump’s Presidential Inauguration, Pres. Barack Obama delivered some last tweets as President, saying he has become “a better leader and a better man.”
  Read his messages below:I won't stop; I'll be right there with you as a citizen, inspired by your voices of truth and justice, good humor, and love.
  — President Obama (@POTUS) January 20, 2017As we look forward, I want our first steps to reflect what matters mos
  
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• Rescue crews find some 8 people alive after Italy avalanche

  20-01-2017 15:23 via wivb.com
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews located up to eight people alive in the kitchen of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort.
  Video released by rescuers showed a boy, wearing blue snow pants and a matching ski shirt, emerging from the structure and crews mussing his hair in celebration.
  Next was a woman with a long ponytail wearing red snow pants. “Brava Brava!&rd
  
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• LIVE STREAM: 2017 Presidential Inauguration

  20-01-2017 14:55 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) — Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States today. Watch live coverage in the video above.
  APP USERS | Watch live coverage of the Inauguration here.
  
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• Niagara Falls police looking for hit-and-run suspect

  20-01-2017 14:48 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officers in Niagara Falls want your help.
  They say someone hit a teenager riding a bike and then drove off.
  This happened on the 1100 block of Ontario Ave. a little after 3 p.m. Thursday.
  A 19-year-old man was taken to ECMC. Police say he was hit by a dark-colored sedan.
  Anyone with information on the collision can call Niagara Falls police at 286-4547.
  
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• Student injured in Ohio school shooting

  20-01-2017 14:35 via wivb.com
  
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — One person was injured after a shooting was reported at West Liberty High School, in Champaign County, Ohio.
  According to firefighters, they were dispatched at about 7:45am, Friday, to West Liberty High School on the report of a shooting.
  Firefighters say one person was taken to the hospital. The Champaign County Sheriff tells WDTN, the shooter is in custody and a weapon has been recovered.
  No other information was released.
  This story wa
  
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• Buffalo Police warn of individual posing as utility worker

  20-01-2017 05:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police are asking residents to be alert following another report of an individual posing as a utility worker.
  Police say the person presented themselves as a utility worker and tried to enter a home in the Kaisertown area.
  Residents are reminded to always ask for a utility worker’s identification if they are trying to enter a home.
   
   
  
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• WNY’ers gear up for DC for the Women’s March on Washington

  20-01-2017 04:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of women are expected to leave Buffalo Friday and head to Washington D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington.
  Organizers of the march estimate 200,000 people will protest in the nation’s capital Saturday,
  “We’ve been through this before, in the 60’s and the 70’s and I feel like we haven’t moved forward at all,” said Prish Moran, Buffalo native.
  Moran is one of hundreds of thousands of people heading to the wom
  
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• Niagara Falls bicyclist struck by vehicle

  20-01-2017 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Niagara Falls.
  Investigators say the crash happened on the 1100 block of Ontario Avenue just after 3 p.m. Thursday. A 19-year-old man riding his bicycle was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
  The vehicle is described as a dark colored sedan. The victim was taken to ECMC where his condition is unknown.
  Anyone with information on the accident is asked to call 716-286-4711.
   
  
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• Bills hire Rick Dennison as offensive coordinator

  20-01-2017 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – One week since formally introducing Sean McDermott as the Bills 20th head coach, the team has hired its offensive coordinator.
  Rick Dennison comes to Buffalo after a stint most recently with the Denver Broncos, where he held the same title. He was the Broncos offensive coordinator from 2006-2008. The Houston Texans coordinator from 2010-2013 and then returned to the Broncos for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. He also worked as a quarterbacks coach with the Baltimore
  
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• The countdown to a new train station is underway

  20-01-2017 02:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo civic and business leaders are looking for the right spot to locate a new Amtrak train station, and they held their public meeting, Thursday morning, to allow the public to weigh in on where they think it should go.The city’s site selection committee has a lot of ground to cover, in only a short amount of time, and it seems to be a three-way race for the finish line between a downtown location, Larkinville, just to the east of downtown, and the old Cen
  
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• Mexico says drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman extradited to US

  20-01-2017 00:10 via wivb.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government says it has extradited drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking and other charges.
  The Foreign Relations Department has announced on Twitter that Guzman was being sent to the U.S. on Thursday, the day before Donald Trump is to be inaugurated as U.S. president.
  The convicted Sinaloa cartel boss has been held most recently in a prison near the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez
  
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• Higgins will attend Trump inauguration despite growing boycott

  20-01-2017 00:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Dozens of Democratic lawmakers plan to take a stand and skip Friday’s inauguration of Donald Trump.
  The number rose sharply after Trump’s criticism of Democrat John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and civil rights icon.“I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” Lewis told NBC News during an interview for Sunday’s “Meet the Press.”
  President-elect Trump fired back on Twitter that Lewis — who quickl
  
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