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• UK: All samples from high-rise towers fail fire safety tests

  25-06-2017 23:06 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire safety tests grew to 60, officials said Sunday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath of London’s Grenfell Tower fire tragedy.All of the buildings for which external cladding samples were so far submitted failed combustibility tests, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said. As of late Sunday, that includes 60 towers from 25 different areas of the country— double
  
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• Man considered armed and dangerous in police custody

  25-06-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB)- Lewiston Police were searching Sunday for a man who they believed could be armed and dangerous. The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office tells News 4 he was taken into custody at about 8:15 p.m.
  44 year-old Jon Ellington was wanted for questioning in relation to an incident that occurred in Lewiston on Saturday.
  The Lewiston Police department posted an attempt to locate message on their Facebook page Sunday morning. They did not state what type of incident occurred but as
  
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• Lewiston Police search for man considered armed and dangerous

  25-06-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
  
  LEWISTON, N.Y. (WIVB)- Lewiston Police are searching for a man who they believe could be armed and dangerous.
  44 year-old Jon Ellington is wanted for questioning in relation to an incident that occurred in Lewiston on Saturday.
  The Lewiston Police department posted an attempt to locate message on their Facebook page Sunday morning. They did not state what type of incident occurred but are asking anyone with information on Ellington’s whereabouts to call 911 immediately. Police say Ellingto
  
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• Recognize these people? Hamburg Police look to identify men wanted for questioning

  25-06-2017 18:16 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y (WIVB)- Town of Hamburg Police need your help identifying two individuals featured below.
  Police say the men are wanted for questioning regarding the use of stolen credit cards. Police have not said if the cases are connected.
  If anyone has information on the identity of this individual, please contact Detective Robert Paas at 648-5118 ext. 2647, Detective Vincent Pupo at 648-5118 ext. 2635 or the confidential tip line 648-5111 ext. 2847. Individuals wanted for questioning
  
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• UK: 6 hurt as vehicle strikes people at Muslim prayer event

  25-06-2017 16:22 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday after a car ran into pedestrians outside a sports center in the northern English city of Newcastle where people gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Police said the incident was not believed to be terror-related.Northumbria Police said they arrested a 42-year-old woman, who remained in police custody. The force said it was not looking for other suspects in the incident outside Westgate Sports Center
  
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• Wheatfield teen battles painful nerve disorder

  25-06-2017 14:57 via wivb.com
  
  WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (WIVB)- It all started with a walk on the beach.
  “I was walking at Beaver Island State Park and I stepped on some wood.”
  17-year-old Jacob Crocker thought nothing of it. He went to the doctor, had it cleaned out, and returned home.
  “It just felt like I stepped on a nail,” Crocker said.
  “I thought it was just a normal puncture wound. But this one never stopped hurting.”
  The pain was excruciating. Jacob developed an infection in his foot fr
  
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• Rochester Police officer shot Saturday night

  25-06-2017 07:40 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB/WROC) – Rochester Police Chief Michael Ciminelli has reported that Officer Jeremy Nash is in stable condition after being shot on North Street on Saturday night.
  According to Ciminelli, Officer Nash was responding to another call when the shooting happened.
  During the media briefing on Sunday morning, Ciminelli was asked if Nash has been targeted in the attack. Ciminelli said police are investigating that as a possibility.
  Ciminelli said the Rochester Police
  
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• Rochester Police officer shot in face Saturday night

  25-06-2017 07:40 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB/WROC) — A police officer is in the hospital after being shot in the face Saturday night.
  The shooting happened Saturday night on Rochester’s north side.
  The officer was brought to Rochester General Hospital for injuries that are not life-threatening, according to Michael Ciminelli, Rochester Police chief.He would not release the officer’s name, saying some relatives have not been notified.
  Mayor Lovely Warren and the Deputy Mayor went to RGH after learning
  
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