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• Committee OKs Tillerson for secretary of state

  23-01-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has narrowly approved President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state.
  The panel voted along party lines, 11-10, to recommend Rex Tillerson’s nomination to the full Senate, where the former chief executive of Exxon Mobil is almost certain to be confirmed by the Republican-led chamber.
  Sen. Bob Corker, the committee’s Republican chairman, says he has “no doubt” Tillerson is well-qualified, citing his leadersh
  
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• White House opens door to cooperation with Russian in Syria

  23-01-2017 23:50 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday opened the door to cooperating with Russia “or anyone else” to combat the Islamic State group in Syria, suggesting it could reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Moscow as long as it backs the Syrian government.
  “I think if there’s a way that we can combat ISIS with any country, whether it’s Russia or anyone else, and we have a shared national interest in that, sure, we’ll take
  
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• Forest Lawn allowing burial of cremated pets with owners

  23-01-2017 23:41 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Those looking to have their pets’ cremated remains buried with them can make it happen at Forest Lawn Group Cemeteries.
  The group is the first set of cemeteries to embrace New York’s new Pet Burial Law.
  “At the Forest Lawn Group, we believe that allowing the incidental interment of the cremated remains of domestic pets is an important step for us to take,” Joseph Dispense, President of the Forest Lawn Group of Cemeteries, said.
  
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• Cheektowaga Veteran gets highest honor for service during WWII

  23-01-2017 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A local veteran was honored Monday for his service during World War II. Corporal Howard Tobin was recognized by not one but two nations. Tobin, 93, doesn’t like to be the center of attention.But at the Town Hall in Cheektowaga, he received the highest honor from France: the Legion of Honor, for his service decades ago, Helping to liberate France during World War II.
  Pascal Soares with the Honorary French Consul
  
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• Study shows most parents are incorrectly medicating children

  23-01-2017 23:13 via wivb.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A recent study shows most parents are making big dosing errors with their children’s medication. Researchers said parents are struggling with instructions and dosing tools, so Nexstar contributor WISH’s Nina Criscuolo spoke with a local pharmacist to get tips to make sure you get your measurement correct.
  More than 2,000 parents participated in the study. Of them, about 85 percent made dosing errors during hypothetical situations set up by the researchers.
  
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• Right-to-die bill returns to NY Legislature

  23-01-2017 23:08 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers will again consider legislation that would authorize people with terminal illnesses to request life-ending drugs from a physician.
  The bill introduced Monday in Albany would require two physicians to certify the patient’s illness is terminal. Physicians could refuse to agree to the request for any reason.
  The bill passed an Assembly committee last year but didn’t get a full vote in the Legislature. It faces significant challenges
  
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• Niagara Falls teen in serious condition after being struck by car in hit and run crash

  23-01-2017 22:49 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I don’t know if he’s going to have to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life,” said Monica Crogan, Calvin’s grandmother.
  Family members of Calvin Crogan say the teen is in serious condition at ECMC, after being struck by a car Thursday afternoon. The 19-year-old was riding his bicycle east bound on Ontario Avenue just before 3:30 when he was struck by a car and the driver took off.  Today family members are still in shoc
  
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• Foggy roads may have been factor in fatal Orleans County crash

  23-01-2017 22:44 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF KENDALL, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Holley woman was killed in an Orleans County car crash Monday afternoon.
  Shortly before 2 p.m., the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office says two cars collided at the intersection of Route 18 and Norway Rd. in the Town of Kendall.
  The driver of a northbound vehicle failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign, according to authorities. The Sheriff’s Office says that when she did this, a westbound vehicle struck her vehicle.
  The driver of the
  
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• School: Student arrested after bringing gun in backpack

  23-01-2017 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Baker Hall School was on lockdown for most of the day after school officials say a student brought a gun to school.
  According to the school, the student set off a metal detector while entering the building like normal.
  Staff members searched the student’s backpack and found a gun inside of it, they say. The student was subsequently arrested and was suspended from school.
  A school spokesperson said there was no threat to students.
  The student’
  
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• Canadians turned away crossing border to head to Women’s March

  23-01-2017 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BURLINGTON, ON, CANADA (WIVB) — Denise Davy sits in her living room, still smiling, reminiscing about her first trip to Washington, DC.
  “It was almost a visceral reaction,” said Davy, from Burlington, Ontario. “I just had to participate in this march.”
  She’s among the more than 600 Canadian who made the trek, traveling to the United State’s capital for the Women’s March.
  “Women’s issues are human rights issues,” said Davy. &l
  
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• Bills’ Tyrod Taylor named as Pro Bowl alternate, but can’t play due to njury

  23-01-2017 21:19 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills said on Monday that QB Tyrod Taylor cannot play as an alternate in the 2017 Pro Bowl due to an injury.
  With the Bills this past season, Taylor reached a new “career single-season high in rushing yards,” of 580, the team says. He also hit a new career single-season high in rushing touchdowns with six, according to the Bills.
  Last season, Taylor was an alternate in the Pro Bowl.
  
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• Bills’ Tyrod Taylor named as Pro Bowl alternate, but can’t play due to injury

  23-01-2017 21:19 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills said on Monday that QB Tyrod Taylor cannot play as an alternate in the 2017 Pro Bowl due to an injury.
  With the Bills this past season, Taylor reached a new “career single-season high in rushing yards,” of 580, the team says. He also hit a new career single-season high in rushing touchdowns with six, according to the Bills.
  Last season, Taylor was an alternate in the Pro Bowl.
  
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• Man sentenced for theft of credit cards from cars

  23-01-2017 20:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP modified) — The leader of a New York crime ring that stole credit cards from cars at gyms and restaurants was sentenced to three-to-six years in prison.
  Christopher McCullen of Buffalo pleaded guilty in October to grand larceny and scheming to defraud. The 45-year-old was sentenced Monday in Erie County Court.
  Investigators say McCullen was the leader of an operation involving nine other people — all of whom have been convicted — who broke into
  
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• Bush ready to leave intensive care, wife Barbara goes home

  23-01-2017 19:21 via wivb.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday. His wife, Barbara, has been discharged from the same facility after completing treatment for bronchitis.
  The 92-year-old former president was struggling to breathe when he was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital Jan. 14. Last week, he was breathing with the aid of a ventilator in the ICU, but doctors remov
  
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• Investigators looking into what caused 2 fires at same address

  23-01-2017 19:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Investigators are looking into what caused two fires on Kermit Ave. in Buffalo.
  The fires were minutes apart at the same address.
  Fire crews say they were first called to the scene on Kermit Ave. for a car fire around 11 p.m. Sunday. While they were on the way, there was another alarm for a house fire at the same address.
  The Division Chief tells News 4 the car and the house fire are related, but it does not look like one sparked the other.
  Three people were res
  
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• SPCA Monday: Bullfrog

  23-01-2017 19:05 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SPCA serving Erie County brought Bullfrog to the News 4 set today.
  Bullfrog is a 9-month-old pit bull mix who the SPCA calls “very sweet.”
  The SPCA provided this profile of him.
  If you’re interested in adopting Bullfrog, call the SPCA at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• Trump moves to pull US out of Pacific-Rim trade deal

  23-01-2017 18:40 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office.
  “Great thing for the American worker that we just did,” Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.
  The president also signed memorandums freezing most federal government hiring, though he noted an exception for the military, and reinstating a ban on providing f
  
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• Luke Bryan to sing National Anthem at Super Bowl LI

  23-01-2017 18:10 via wivb.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Country singer Luke Bryan will take the stage at Super Bowl LI next month.
  He is performing the National Anthem at the pregame festivities at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, Feb. 5.
  The performance, which will be televised, is Bryan’s first time singing at the Super Bowl.
  During his career, Bryan has scored 17 No.1 singles and sold nearly eight million albums. He has also found success with his fifth studio album, Kill The Lights.
  It is certified P
  
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• Official Star Wars: Episode VIII title revealed

  23-01-2017 17:30 via wivb.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (WIVB) — The title of the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been revealed. Episode VIII will be called Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
  The announcement was made on StarWars.com Monday morning.
  “We have the greatest fans in this or any other galaxy,” the statement read. “In appreciation of the fans, we wanted them to be the first to know the title of the next chapter in the Skywalker saga: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI.”
  The film will be
  
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• Darien Lake Country Megaticket concerts announced

  23-01-2017 17:07 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — The artists performing as part of Darien Lake’s Country Megaticket have been announced.
  Here are the artists set to perform, and the days they are coming:
  June 3 — Jason Aldean with Chris Young and Kane Brown
  June 16 — Florida Georgia Line with Nelly and Chris Lane
  August 4 — Dierks Bentley with Cole Swindell and Jon Pardi
  August 10 — Lady Antebellum with Kelsea Ballerini and Brett Young
  August 25 — Luke Bryan with Brett Eldred
  
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• WNY native rescues woman off San Diego coast

  23-01-2017 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  SAN DIEGO, CA (WIVB / KFMB-TV) — Witnesses call a Buffalo native a hero for risking his own life to save a woman who was swept into the Pacific Ocean. The man, who friends know only by his last name, Struble, was enjoying an iconic evening at the beach Saturday.
  “We were just taking pictures, watching the sunset, and a wave came, and we all just started running. They were the last two, and it got them,” Stuble recalled.
  Both women were pulled into the water. Struble’s fri
  
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• Part of Rt. 60 could be closed for up to 4 hours

  23-01-2017 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  VILLAGE OF SINCLAIRVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Traffic officials say an accident closed down more than half a mile of Rt. 60 in Chautauqua County Monday morning.
  Specifically, the road was shut down in both directions from Jamestown St. and Sylvester Rd. in the Village of Sinclairville.
  The crash happened just before 9 a.m.
  Officials said the road could be closed for up to four hours around 9:20 a.m.
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• Fatal crash closes off part of Rt. 60

  23-01-2017 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  VILLAGE OF SINCLAIRVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Traffic officials say an accident closed down more than half a mile of Rt. 60 in Chautauqua County Monday morning.
  Specifically, the road was shut down in both directions from Jamestown St. and Sylvester Rd. in the Village of Sinclairville.
  The crash, which involved a Coach USA bus, happened just before 9 a.m. One person was killed.
  Officials said the road could be closed for up to four hours around 9:20 a.m.Flat bed begins loading car involved
  
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• Driver killed in Rt. 60 crash identified

  23-01-2017 15:34 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF CHARLOTTE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fatal accident closed down more than half a mile of Rt. 60 in Chautauqua County Monday morning.
  Specifically, the road was shut down in both directions from Jamestown St. and Sylvester Rd. in the Village of Sinclairville.
  The crash, which involved a Coach USA bus, happened just before 9 a.m. Lakewood resident Justin Romaniuk, 20, was killed.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office says Romaniuk was traveling south on Rt. 60 when he cro
  
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• DEVELOPING: One killed, six injured in Texas mall shooting

  23-01-2017 01:12 via wivb.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TX (CBSDFW.COM) — One person is dead and six others injured following a mall shooting in San Antonio, Texas.
  The San Antonio police chief described the shooting at Rolling Oaks Mall to CBS affiliate KENS5 as a, “robbery gone really, really bad.”
  The chief said there were two suspects who robbed a jewelry store and two Good Samaritans tried to intervene.
  One of the Good Samaritans was shot and killed by one of the suspects.
  One of the suspects was detained
  
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• DEVELOPING: One killed, five injured in Texas mall shooting

  23-01-2017 01:12 via wivb.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, TX (CBSDFW.COM) — One person is dead and five others injured following a mall shooting in San Antonio, Texas.
  The San Antonio police chief described the shooting at Rolling Oaks Mall to CBS affiliate KENS5 as a, “robbery gone really, really bad.”
  The chief said there were two suspects who robbed a jewelry store and two Good Samaritans tried to intervene.
  One of the Good Samaritans was shot and killed by one of the suspects.
  One of the suspects was detaine
  
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