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• No one injured after letter containing unknown powder substance received at state campus in Albany

  21-06-2017 22:03 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – An envelope containing an unknown powder substance which was received at the New  York State Office Campus in Albany Wednesday morning appears to have been sent by an inmate, New York State Police said Wednesday.
  The envelop was received at Building 9 of the state campus by the Department of Corrections.
  New York State Police and Albany Fire Department responded to the scene to investigate. The letter and substance were both secured and sent for further testing.
  
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• Annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game starts tonight

  21-06-2017 21:54 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – Members of Congress and the Washington press corps are set to face-off Wednesday night for the annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game.Players will leave politics at home for a night of friendly rivalry and fun that raises money for the Young Survival Coalition, a non-profit that targets breast cancer.This will be the game’s ninth year; it was started by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Susan
  
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• CBS: 10-year-old boy fatally struck by log during storm surge on Alabama coast, official says

  21-06-2017 21:46 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS — A 10-year-old boy from Missouri has died on the Alabama coast after being fatally struck by a log that washed ashore during a storm surge from Tropical Storm Cindy, a sheriff’s captain said.
  Baldwin County Sheriff’s Capt. Stephen Arthur said the boy was hit by the debris Friday morning in the Fort Morgan area along the coast. Stephen said witnesses reported the boy was standing outside his family’s condominium when he was struck by the log, washed in by a la
  
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• Pegula Sports and Entertainment launches new agency for creative services

  21-06-2017 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Wednesday, the creation of PicSix Creative as Pegula Sports and Entertainment’s provider of marketing and communications services was announced.
  “In 2013, we centralized a number of our services to mutually fulfill the needs of the Bills, Sabres and our additional entities,” PSE Owner and CEO Kim Pegula said. “As our portfolio has expanded, so have the relationships we share with each of our corporate partners, and we have learned that
  
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• Sabres to play Canadiens in home opener

  21-06-2017 19:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP modified) — In their home opener, October 5, the Buffalo Sabres are going to take on the Montreal Canadiens.
  NHL teams announced their home openers Wednesday with the full 2017-18 schedule set to be released Thursday.
  The back-to-back Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins will raise another banner Oct. 4 against St. Louis. The Penguins visit the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 5 in a matchup of the only teams to win the Cup three times in the salary-cap era.
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• Water main break affecting more than 120 in Buffalo

  21-06-2017 19:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A water main break has affected roughly 125 customers in the city of Buffalo.
  It is not clear when the break, in the area of Richmond and Forest avenues, happened, but crews were on scene early Wednesday afternoon.
  As of 1:30 p.m., police say restoration is expected in four to six hours.
  
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• Thousands celebrating Make Music Day

  21-06-2017 19:02 via wivb.com
  
   
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — All around the region today people will be gathering in public spaces toe tapping to tunes and boogieing to beats as they’re celebrating Make Music Day.
  The blues are the background music in Niagara falls as visitors check out the sites and meander around the park.
  “We are just bringing it where people are today to remind them that this is something they can do year round,” said Parrish Gibbons Herzog, an associate at Arts Services Init
  
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• SUNY trustees give recommendation for next ECC President

  21-06-2017 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SUNY Board of Trustees announced their recommendation for President of Erie Community College Wednesday afternoon.
  Outgoing ECC President Jack Quinn announced he was retiring last August, and that this would be his last academic year.
  Quinn was President of the two-year college since 2008.
  Dr. Dan Hocoy was announced as the Board of Trustees’ recommendation for the next President.
  Hocoy was chosen among 19 candidates. Most recently, he has served as Ass
  
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• ECC names next President

  21-06-2017 18:44 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — The SUNY Board of Trustees announced their recommendation for President of Erie Community College Wednesday afternoon.
  Outgoing ECC President Jack Quinn announced he was retiring last August, and that this would be his last academic year.
  Quinn was President of the two-year college from 2008 until this year.
  Dr. Dan Hocoy was announced as the Board of Trustees’ recommendation for the next President.
  Hocoy was chosen among 19 candidates. Most recently, he has ser
  
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• 2 hospitalized after crash in Genesee County

  21-06-2017 18:19 via wivb.com
  
  PAVILION, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man and a woman in an SUV collided with a dump truck in Genesee County, sources tell News 4.
  The incident occurred at the intersection of Route 20 and S. Street Rd. in the Town of Pavilion around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
  According to sources, the people in the SUV apparently went past a stop sign and pulled into the path of the dump truck.
  Both were hospitalized. The male has a broken back, according to sources.
  The dump truck driver was not injured, sources say.
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• Medical marijuana could become legal in NY for those with PTSD

  21-06-2017 17:42 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — New Yorkers who suffer from post-traumatic stress are a step closer to being able to use marijuana to treat their pain.
  Tuesday, the State Senate gave broad bipartisan support to a bill that would change state law.
  As of Wednesday morning, more than 17,000 people in New York have access to medical marijuana.
  This bill would expand the state’s medical marijuana program to include people with PTSD.
  The bill now goes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk.
  
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• A look at ECC’s new STEM building

  21-06-2017 17:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4 received a look inside the new STEM academic building on the Erie Community College North Campus.
  STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
  The facility will help prepare students for jobs of the future.
  ECC President Jack Quinn said “The most important message is for us, this building is being done on time, on budget for students in January. It’s going to be state of the art.”
  The $30 million project has been in the works fo
  
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• New concert series begins on USS Little Rock

  21-06-2017 17:14 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A few dozen people celebrated the end of Spring and the start of a new concert series on Tuesday night.
  This was the first live concert of the season, on board the U.S.S. Little Rock at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.
  The free concert series will continue every Tuesday through September 5, except for July 4.
  
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• Report: Police officer stabbed at Michigan airport; terminal cleared out

  21-06-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  FLINT, Mich (WLNS) – There has been an attack on a police officer at Bishop International Airport in Flint.
  According to CBS contributor WNEM-TV, all passengers are safe and the terminal is being evacuated.
  A suspect is reportedly in custody. It in not know what led to the stabbing.
  This is a developing story, originally published by Nexstar contributing station WLNS. It will be updated as soon as we have more information.
  
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• Michigan airport evacuated; officer seen bleeding from neck

  21-06-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Officials on Wednesday evacuated an airport in Flint, Michigan, where a witness said he saw an officer bleeding from his neck and a knife nearby on the ground.
  On Twitter, Michigan State Police say the officer is in critical condition and the FBI was leading the investigation.
  Bishop International Airport posted on Facebook that passengers were safe and were being told to check for flight delays or cancellations.
  Ken Brown tells The Flint Journal he was dropping off his
  
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• Man to be sentenced for murdering girlfriend

  21-06-2017 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 50-year-old from the Town of Tonawanda was found guilty of murder back in March, and Wednesday, a judge is expected to hand down his sentence.
  John Avent could spend 25 years-to-life in prison after being found guilty of stabbing his girlfriend, Roberta Rybinski, several times back in March of last year.
  Police found Rybinski at her apartment when they went there to do a welfare check, since no one had heard from her for days.
  In court, earlier this year,
  
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• Kingdom Bound to hold 31st festival at Darien Lake

  21-06-2017 16:02 via wivb.com
  
  DARIEN CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — Darien Lake will host one of the nation’s biggest and longest-running Christian music festivals from Wednesday, July 26, 2017 until Saturday, July 29, 2017.
  Kingdom Bound will celebrate the 31st annual festival this year, where more than 40,000 people are expected to attend.
  The festival will include 40 musical acts from across the country, including Dove Award-winning acts such as Kari Jobe, Tenth Avenue North and Newsboys, as well as four-time Grammy wi
  
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• Concerns about fidget spinners highlight unsafe toys report

  21-06-2017 15:11 via wivb.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A consumer watchdog group says those wildly popular fidget spinners aren’t as harmless as they might appear.
  Boston-based World Against Toys Causing Harm is scheduled to address spinners and other fad items when the nonprofit organization presents its annual list of unsafe summer playthings on Wednesday.
  W.A.T.C.H.’s list highlights potentially hazardous items that parents should avoid.
  Authorities in Germany said last week they plan to destroy tons of the tiny tw
  
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• Tricia Hughes discusses Alzheimer’s awareness on first day of Summer

  21-06-2017 14:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wednesday is the longest day of the year, and the first day of Summer.
  It is also a time when the Alzheimer’s Association pauses to remember those fighting the disease and their caregivers, because Alzheimer’s affects people all day, each day.
  Members of the Wake Up! team wore purple on Wednesday as a showing of solidarity.
  Liz Hernandez’s mother was diagnosed at age 68.
  “We started seeing signs a couple of years before, but they were fai
  
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• Wake Up! Birthdays: June 21

  21-06-2017 13:54 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Here are the people who are celebrating a birthday on Wednesday, June 21.
  Malika – 43
  Mia – 12
  Molly – 49
  Yemaja – 7
  MORE | Send in your birthday photos, at least two weeks in advance, here.
  
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• Smile, it’s National Selfie Day

  21-06-2017 12:57 via wivb.com
  
  (WJET) — It’s National Selfie Day on Tuesday and people all over the country are uploading selfies.
  But selfies aren’t just something fun to do with your phone, they’ve become a whole new way of branding and marketing.
  Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines the word selfie as “an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks.”
  Social media experts in Erie said selfies are not a bad th
  
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• Uber CEO Kalanick resigns under investor pressure

  21-06-2017 12:53 via wivb.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Travis Kalanick, the combative and troubled CEO of ride-hailing giant Uber, has resigned under pressure from investors at a pivotal time for the company.
  Uber’s board confirmed the move early Wednesday, saying in a statement that Kalanick is taking time to heal from the death of his mother in a boating accident “while giving the company room to fully embrace this new chapter in Uber’s history.” He will remain on the Uber Technologies Inc. board.
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• Britain’s Prince Philip admitted to hospital with infection

  21-06-2017 12:35 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip has been admitted to a hospital for treatment of an infection and will not be able to attend the queen’s speech, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday.
  Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, was admitted as a precautionary measure and is in good spirits, the palace said.
  Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, is 96 and recently said he was stepping down from public events.
  He has suffered heart ailments in the past. The palace said the infection
  
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• Opponents of Paladino speak out, board members seek legal counsel at meeting

  21-06-2017 06:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Nearly a dozen people called for Carl Paladino’s removal from the school board Tuesday night.  It was the last board meeting before State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia starts a hearing Thursday to determine Paladino’s future as a board member.
  The board demanded his resignation in December after he made what some consider racist comments about Michelle and Barack Obama.
  Paladino apologized for his remarks, but did not resign.
  In January, the bo
  
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• Semi truck rolls over in Swormville

  21-06-2017 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  SWORMVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – A semi-truck went off the road and rolled over near South Transit Road and Millersport Highway around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
  The semi ended up near a house, but did not strike it.
  No one was injured.
  
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• Several rawhide chews have been recalled

  21-06-2017 04:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Several rawhide chew products for dogs have been recalled.
  The products are listed in the graphic and have expiration dates from June 1, 2019 through May 2020.
  The company behind the rawhide chews said that they could possibly be contaminated with a compound used as a cleaning products in other countries but are not approved in the U.S.
   
  
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• NHL, Adidas unveil new jerseys

  21-06-2017 04:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Amidst a busy week in the NHL, the league unveiled new jerseys for each team on Tuesday evening.
  Teams will now wear jerseys made by Adidas instead of Reebok.They’re here.
  All 31 brand new @adidashockey jerseys, unveiled.#FormTheFuture pic.twitter.com/1tAKlcHRZB
  — NHL (@NHL) June 21, 2017
  The Buffalo Sabres new jerseys feature a different look in the armpit, an updated collar and a number on the front. Buffalo was the only team to keep players number
  
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• News 4 Premier Prospect: Casey Mittelstadt

  21-06-2017 04:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As we count down to the NHL Draft on June 23rd in Chicago, our eleventh News 4 Premier Prospect is Casey Mittelstadt, an American center with all the right tools who took an interesting and almost confounding road to the NHL.
  Here’s the lowdown on Mittelstadt:
  Position:
  Center (shoots left)
  Height/Weight:
  6’1 / 201 lbs
  Team:
  Eden Prairie HS / Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
  In one sentence:
  An explosive skater with an arsenal of scoring skills, Casey Mitte
  
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• Buffalo Police make arrest in November home invasion/shooting on Clayton Street

  21-06-2017 03:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police have made an arrest in a Nov. 21 home invasion/shooting  at 86 Clayton Street.
  Buffalo Police confirmed via Twitter Tuesday that they have arrested a 23-year-old male in connection with the incident. The suspect is facing robbery, burglary, and weapons charges.
  Police say Keion Robbins, 23, has been charged with first degree robbery, first degree burglary, and second degree criminal possession of a weapon.
  A victim was shot in the head in the Nove
  
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• Amazon buys out Whole Foods for $13 billion

  21-06-2017 01:26 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The business world was rocked after Amazon announced it was buying Whole Foods Market for more than $13 billion. The news caused stock in the grocery/retail industry to drop–Walmart’s plummeted.
  Western New York, though, seems to be in a unique position if this mega-merger goes through. Whole Foods is building a new store in Amherst, while Amazon has just confirmed they are converting a warehouse in Lancaster to what they call a “sortation center&r
  
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• State lawmakers approve restrictions on ‘vaping’

  21-06-2017 00:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A proposal that restricts where e-cigarettes can be inhaled appears to be well on its way to becoming a new state law.
  The measure would treat the use of electronic cigarettes, known as “vaping”, the same as smoking tobacco, by amending New York’s Indoor Clean Air Act. It passed the State Senate late Monday, and now heads to the State Assembly.Electronic cigarettes and other vapor products would be banned from bars, restaurants and indoor workplace
  
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• Families of Flight 3407 victims plan to fight aviation safety bill on Capitol Hill

  21-06-2017 00:27 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s been 8 years since the families of victims killed in Flight 3407 rallied in Washington to change aviation safety laws.
  They successfully fought for tougher safety standards for pilots, including at least 15-hundred hours of training. Now, airlines are looking to make changes to the airline safety bill.
  Karen Eckert says she’s going to continue to fight to put the most experienced pilot in the cockpit.She said, “This is what happ
  
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• K9 appears to sniff something unusual at Artpark

  21-06-2017 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Parks Police have confirmed that a Niagara County Sheriff’s Department K9 dog at tonight’s Randy Bachmann/54-40 show at Artpark gave indication of a smell by the stage.
  The concert is expected to resume as usual, Artpark confirmed Tuesday evening. Security precautions are being taken.
  Artpark tweeted around 7:30 that police are making their final checks of the area, asking for patience from concert-goers.Please continue to be patient. The
  
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• Artpark concert-goers are let into venue following investigation

  21-06-2017 00:24 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Parks Police have confirmed that a Niagara County Sheriff’s Department K9 dog at tonight’s Randy Bachmann/54-40 show at Artpark gave indication of a smell by the stage.
  According to State Parks Police, a K-9 dog picked up an odor around the stage area around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday during a routine check. A second dog was brought in, and that dog picked up the smell as well. The Erie County Bomb Squad and other agencies performed a full sweep of
  
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• OJ Simpson gets July 20 parole hearing date in Nevada

  21-06-2017 00:11 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Imprisoned former football star O.J. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday.
  Simpson, now 70, has served more than eight years of a nine-to-33 year sentence imposed after he was found guilty in 2008 of armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges stemming from a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at in a Las Vegas casino hotel room in September 2007.
  Simpson is due
  
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