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• Man suffers serious injuries after early morning shooting

  05-03-2017 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are investigating an overnight shooting in the vicinity of Broadway and Lathrop Street.
  Police say a man in his 30s was taken to ECMC with serious injuries just before 1:30 a.m after being shot.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
  
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• Man dies after shooting in vicinity of Broadway and Lathrop

  05-03-2017 21:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are investigating a shooting in the vicinity of Broadway and Lathrop Street.
  Police say a 32-year-old Buffalo man was taken to ECMC with serious injuries just before 1:30 a.m Sunday, after being shot. He died at a later time.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
  
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• WNY family builds special “Bella’s Bumbas” chairs inspired by their daughter

  05-03-2017 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A two-year-old Buffalo girl is now the inspiration behind a movement to help kids with disabilities. “Bella’s Bumbas” is a company started by Isabella Shorr’s family.Isabella was born with a condition that made it hard for her to get around. That is until her family built her a moving chair. Now she’s up and running!
  “It took us by surprise we had no idea what spina bifida was,” Jeffrey Shorr said.
  Isabella Shorr wa
  
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• Traffic slowdowns planned for portion of Thruway this week

  05-03-2017 17:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Periodic traffic slowdowns can be expected throughout the week on the Thruway due to utility repairs.
  National Grid will begin replacing overhead utility lines that cross a portion of the Thruway between exits 43 and 44.
  The Thruway Authority says the work will require periodic traffic slowdowns lasting no more then 15 minutes on both east and west lanes. State Police and Thruway Traffic Safety will be on site coordinating these.
  The schedule for the slowdown
  
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• Patrick Stewart applying to be US citizen to oppose Trump

  05-03-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Stewart says he’s applying for U.S. citizenship in order to fight and oppose President Donald Trump.The British actor said on Thursday’s episode of “The View” that he and his wife went to Washington last month to visit friends and to ask them what they could do about Trump. He said the only answer was to “fight” and “oppose” Trump, but he can’t do that because he’s not a citizen.
  The 76-year-old Stewar
  
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• White House demands probe over Obama power use

  05-03-2017 15:31 via wivb.com
  
   PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The White House demanded on Sunday that Congress investigate whether former President Barack Obama abused his executive powers in connection with the 2016 presidential election.
  President Donald Trump leveled that claim on Saturday when he accused his predecessor of tapping telephones at Trump Tower. But Trump offered no supporting evidence, a spokesman for Obama denied the claim as “simply false” and lawmakers in both parties asked for proof.How l
  
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• Cuomo calls anti-Semitic attack in New York ‘reprehensible’

  05-03-2017 13:20 via wivb.com
  
  JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (WIVB) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a recent rash of anti-Semitic acts in the United States is “reprehensible” and his state will have no tolerance for them.
  In a visit to Israel on Sunday, Cuomo made his first comments following the toppling of headstones at a Jewish cemetery this weekend in Brooklyn. It followed a series of vandalism attacks at Jewish cemeteries and more than 120 bomb threats to Jewish organizations in three dozen states since early Jan
  
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• Cycle boat coming to the Buffalo waterfront

  05-03-2017 13:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —During the winter months, summer seems so far away, but before you know it the city will be bustling again, and that includes the waterfront.
  Anywhere you go along the Buffalo waterfront in the summer you will find hundreds of people.There are shops, restaurants, and plenty of entertainment to keep even the busiest of bodies occupied.This summer there will be another thing to add to your to do list…a cycle boat.
  Owner and founder of Buffalo Cycle Boats Brandon
  
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• NFTA implements changes to 17 bus routes Sunday

  05-03-2017 08:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Schedule changes announced for more than a dozen Metro Bus routes take effect on Sunday.
  Adjustments vary from minor time changes to rerouting of some lines.
  Most of the affected routes are mostly or entirely in the city of Buffalo; others affect areas including Amherst and Niagara Falls.
  Schedules changing Sunday, according to the NFTA, are:
  #4, Broadway;
  #5, Niagara-Kenmore;
  #6, Sycamore;
  #12, Utica;
  #15, Seneca;
  #19, Bailey;
  #22, Porter-Best;
  #23, Fillmore-Hertel;
  
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• Section VI boys basketball Championship games (Saturday)

  05-03-2017 06:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – 
  CLASS AA Niagara Falls 61 Lancaster 56
  CLASS A-1 North Tonawanda 60 Williamsville South 54
  CLASS A-2 Amherst 55 South Park 53
  CLASS B-1 East Aurora 75 Newfane 39
  CLASS B-2 Health Sciences 60 Lackawanna 48
  
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• March Madness transportation plan in place

  05-03-2017 04:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In less than two weeks, all eyes will be on the City of Buffalo. The Queen City will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Basketball Tournament March 16-18.
  Thousands of people are expected to visit the city which officials say will generate $8 million for the local economy.
  “We’ll have eight teams from around the country that will be coming here for the tournament. We expect this to be a big sellout weekend for all of our hotels,” said Patr
  
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