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• CBS: Search for 7 missing U.S. Navy sailors called off after bodies found

  18-06-2017 23:44 via wivb.com
  
  YOKOSUKA, Japan — The search for seven U.S. Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a container ship off Japan was called off Sunday after several bodies were found in the ship’s flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters.
  Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, the commander of the Navy’s 7th Fleet, described the damage and flooding as extensive, including a big puncture under the waterline. The crew had to fight to keep the ship afloat, he said, and the ship’s
  
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• Child struck by vehicle in Black Rock

  18-06-2017 22:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police are investigating a Saturday night accident which involved a child being struck by a vehicle.
  Officers responded to the accident, at the first block of Kail Street, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
  Investigators say a vehicle was traveling northbound on Kail Street when a child ran out between parked vehicles and was struck.
  The child, a four-year-old boy, was transported to Women and Children’s Hospital with injuries that appear non-life threatening.
  
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• Sabres protect 11 players from expansion draft

  18-06-2017 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Sunday at 10:30am, the NHL announced which players each team had chosen to protect from the upcoming expansion draft.
  Teams were allowed to either protect 7 forwards, 3 defensemen and 1 goalie, or 8 skaters and 1 goalie. First and second-year professionals did not require protection, so Buffalo could rest easy knowing players such as Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart weren’t going anywhere.
  Here is the list of players the Sabres chose to protect:
  Kyle Okposo
  
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• Father’s Day 5K helps to fund Father Baker’s canonization

  18-06-2017 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) —Lots of people spend Father’s Day golfing, or grilling, but some people today decided to get active and participate in the Father’s Day 5k, all for a good cause!
  One little girl who participated in the race told News 4 what Father’s Day meant to her. She said, “Father’s day is just a day to say thank you to your father and celebrate.”
  And lots of people were out at the Botanical Gardens in Lackawanna helping kick off Father&rsquo
  
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• Local, state police ramp up security at summer events

  18-06-2017 15:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  In light of security threats around the world, New York State Police are stepping up enforcement efforts at events with large crowds.
  Now local and State Police are teaming up to keep you safe at summer events across Western New York. New York State Trooper James O’Callaghan said, “We want to make sure we get to do our job so you can go home at the end of the night.”
  Already this year some concert goers have told us they’ve faced long li
  
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• Man shot on Wyoming Avenue Saturday

  18-06-2017 14:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is recovering after being shot Saturday night.
  The incident happened at 7:15 p.m., on Wyoming Avenue near Northland, according to Buffalo police.
  Detectives say the male was shot in the leg area, and brought to Erie County Medical Center for treatment.
  
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• Depew construction project expected to slow traffic through summer

  18-06-2017 14:24 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) — Transit Road in Depew will be a tough place to drive for most of the summer.
  The New York State Department of Transportation announced, construction on a heavily-traveled section of Transit begins Monday, June 19.The affected section is between Walden Avenue and Gould, but the work is expected to affect traffic much further up and down Transit.
  On Monday the 19th and Tuesday the 20th, Transit will be reduced from two lanes in each direction to one, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.
  
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• Power restored after North Buffalo underground cable fault

  18-06-2017 05:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nearly 800 customers were without power due to an underground cable fault near an intersection by Hertel Ave and Vorhees Saturday night.
  According to a National Grid Spokesperson around 8 pm 780 customers were without power. It was restored at approximately 9:45 pm.
  People at a nearby barber shop say they heard a loud boom and saw smoke.
  A National Grid spokesperson said it probably made a lot of noise and caused some smoke when the cable split, but otherwise no
  
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• Niagara Falls boy discovers needle and pricks himself in LaSalle Waterfront Park

  18-06-2017 05:35 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I picked it up and I didn’t know what it was so I poked myself on accident, then the needle twisted and I put the cap back on,” said Skyler Anderson of Niagara Falls.
  Six year old Skyler Anderson was biking at LaSalle Waterfront Park with his grandfather Tuesday night when an ordinary trip to the park took a dangerous turn.
  “As much as you tell your child not to pick something up, a small child like that has curiosity. It could’ve
  
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• Sabres trade 3rd round pick for defenseman Nathan Beaulieu

  18-06-2017 05:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Hours before the league’s roster freezes the Buffalo Sabres made a trade with Montreal for defenseman Nathan Beaulieu.
  Buffalo will send a third round pick in this year’s entry draft to the Canadiens.
  Beaulieu was drafted by Montreal in 2011, 17th over all. He is coming off a career-best season with 28 points in 74 games.
  The trade kicks-off a wild week in the NHL. Teams had to send their protected players list for the expansion draft by 3 p.m. Saturday,
  
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• News 4 Premiere Prospects: Owen Tippett

  18-06-2017 04:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – As we count down to the NHL Draft on June 23rd in Chicago, our eighth News 4 Premier Prospect is Owen Tippett.
  POSITION: 
  Right wing
  HEIGHT/WEIGHT:
  6’2″ /  203 lbs
  TEAM:
  Mississauga Steelheads
  “For me it was just, I wanted to come into the year more confident, stronger, faster, more stable on my feet, I guess,” Owen Tippett said. “That was something I really focused on in the summer, I knew I wanted to have a big second ye
  
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