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• Animal cruelty law has governor’s signature, dog’s paw print

  28-06-2017 23:45 via wivb.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and a Boston terrier found emaciated and diseased at an animal breeding operation have signed legislation strengthening laws against animal cruelty and neglect.
  The Democratic governor signed the bill with a pen before a crowd on the state Capitol lawn Wednesday before helping dip Libre’s paw in ink and stamping it on the bill. Libre was a puppy when he was found last year in Lancaster County.
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• Medina High School star Jalin Cooper heading to Toledo for football

  28-06-2017 23:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Section VI star athlete Jalin Cooper made his college decision on Wednesday, choosing to attend University of Toledo.
  Cooper, who finished his junior season as the 15th ranked recruit in the state of New York, will play wide receiver for Jason Candle’s program.
  “I think it is the best fit for me in the long run as a person and as a football player,” Cooper said in an exclusive interview with News 4 Sports.
  The Medina Mustang chose the Rockets o
  
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• Man spends three months in jail after false positive on police drug test

  28-06-2017 23:07 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) – A Florida police department is reviewing its drug test kits after a man spent 90 days in jail when a white powder in his car wrongly tested positive for cocaine.Karlos Cashe was initially pulled over for driving without headlights in March. The situation took an unexpected turn when an officer with the Oviedo Police Department ran Cashe’s information. After court records showed Cashe was on probation for possession of marijuana and cocaine and out past his court-or
  
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• DMV approves Lyft and Uber in upstate New York

  28-06-2017 20:35 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Wednesday afternoon, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced their approval for Lyft and Uber to start offering ride sharing services in upstate New York.
  The services will be allowed starting Thursday.
  “New Yorkers have long demanded statewide ride sharing services and I’m pleased that these services will now be available in time for the July 4th weekend,” DMV Executive Deputy Commissioner Terri Egan said. &ldquo
  
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• Local leaders hopeful ridesharing will reduce DWI-related incidents

  28-06-2017 19:32 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a short while, ridesharing will be a reality in Western New York. Some officials are hoping it’ll have a major impact right away as they want to see a decrease in drinking and driving related incidents.
  “There is clearly no reason for anyone to drink and drive,” said John Flynn, the Erie County District Attorney.
  Yet, numbers reflect that people are still getting behind the wheel and driving after having too many drinks.
  “When s
  
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• Paddington bear creator Michael Bond dies at 91

  28-06-2017 19:03 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — It was a last-minute Christmas gift for his wife that inspired Michael Bond to create Paddington bear, the marmalade-loving teddy in a duffel coat and floppy hat.
  Bond would go on to see his creation enchant children for more than half a century and become an icon immortalized in print, on screens and as countless stuffed toys before his death at age 91.
  His publisher, HarperCollins, said Wednesday that the author died at his home a day earlier after a short illness.
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• Community Garden project helping Somali Bantu refugees feed families, share culture

  28-06-2017 18:41 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New York is home to refugees from all over the world who left their home countries to find better lives here. For many, that means adapting to a whole new way of life.
  A new Community Garden project in East Aurora is helping hundreds of Somali Bantu refugees reconnect with the agricultural roots of their native country to feed their families.
  “This is the first opportunity we get and we have to use it, because if you look at our background, we were
  
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• Former West Seneca councilman admits to stealing $12,500

  28-06-2017 18:26 via wivb.com
  
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A former Town of West Seneca councilman has admitted to Grand Larceny and Falsifying Business Records.
  In 2000, Craig Hicks, 60, was appointed to fill out his father’s term as a councilman following his passing. He continued serving until 2007.
  The Erie County District Attorney’s office says that between February 2014 and April 2015, Hicks stole money while serving as treasurer of the Carriager’s Social Club in West Seneca.
  He admitted to t
  
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• Survey: New York has the rudest drivers in the nation

  28-06-2017 18:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A survey from Kars 4 Kids says that New York has the rudest drivers in the country.
  Ranking at number 50, “New York drivers live up to their reputation,” the survey says. “They are least likely to let others merge, the second most likely to slow down when tailgated and to use the turning lane to beat traffic.”
  New York’s driving score, according to the survey, was an F.
  Our neighbor to the south, Pennsylvania, did not fare much better, c
  
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• UPDATES: Closing arguments in Paladino hearing

  28-06-2017 17:30 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — News 4’s Dave Greber is in Albany for the fifth day of the hearing on a petition to get Carl Paladino kicked off of Buffalo’s school board.
  See updates on the day below:Good morning from the state ed building in Albany. Closing arguments set to begin shortly in the #PaladinoHearing. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/lCqznBKjsX
  — Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) June 28, 2017'If we can't get him for that, we can get him for this.' Dennis Vacco quoting bd member
  
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• Gowanda man charged with possessing crack, Suboxone

  28-06-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  
  COLLINS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Members of the Erie County Sheriff’s office say they found crack and Suboxone after pulling over a man in the Town of Collins.
  Robert Mingle, 47, of Gowanda, was pulled over by Sheriff’s deputies for alleged traffic violations, when the officers say they noticed Suboxone on the center console. A search of the car then turned up crack paraphernalia, the Sheriff’s office says.
  Mingle was arrested and charged with two counts of Criminal Possession
  
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• Sheriff: Drunk driver attacks deputy during traffic stop

  28-06-2017 16:36 via wivb.com
  
  COLLINS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Erie County Sheriff’s office says that a drunk driver attacked a deputy during a Tuesday night traffic stop.
  A deputy pulled Collins resident Todd Edwards, 34, over on Taylor Hollow Rd. shortly before Midnight.
  After pulling him over, the deputy claimed to immediately smell alcohol.
  Edwards was ordered to get out of the vehicle and take sobriety tests.
  The deputy said the Edwards failed them and started shouting obscenities at the officer.
  The deputy t
  
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• Police do not think Kirk Jones’ Niagara Falls plunge was a suicide

  28-06-2017 16:30 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Park Police do not think that Kirk Jones’ recent death in Niagara Falls was a suicide.
  Jones was known for making national headlines back in 2003 when he plunged over Niagara Falls without any protection, only wearing his clothes.
  He was the first person to survive doing this.
  Initially, Jones’ family told media outlets that going over the falls in 2003 was a stunt, but Jones later claimed he was trying to commit suicide.
  Jones most r
  
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• Residents fighting plan for roundabout in Town of Tonawanda

  28-06-2017 15:18 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some people in the Town of Tonawanda want to put the brakes on part of a plan to improve traffic flow.
  The town engineer wants to put a roundabout at one intersection. He said it’s a better option than a four-way stop or a traffic light.
  This is just one part of the Park Blvd. Complete Street initiative.
  The plan includes a roundabout being placed at the corner of Parker and Decatur Rd. The speed limit would be 15 miles per hour, and traffic coul
  
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• Wake Up! Birthdays: June 28

  28-06-2017 14:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Here are the people who are celebrating a birthday on Wednesday, June 28.
  Dennis – 6
  Jemiah – 14
  Stuart – 46
  Tacara – 20
  Rose
  MORE | Send in your birthday photos, at least two weeks in advance, here.
  
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• TV, films turning to young girls for their new action stars

  28-06-2017 14:13 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — From the murderous Laura in “Logan” to the mysterious Eleven in “Stranger Things” to the audacious determination of Mija in “Okja,” opening Wednesday, powerful young girls are starring in mainstream action fare like never before.
  Though Nancy Drew was solving mysteries in the 1930s and Buffy slayed vampires all through high school in the late 1990s, young girls are rarely shown as heroes in programs aimed at general audiences, said Mar
  
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• Company wants to make special lanes for self-driving cars

  28-06-2017 13:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A company called  “Hyperlane” thinks self-driving vehicles should have their own lanes.
  The creators would like for the hyperlanes to run along existing highways.
  Those special lanes would be monitored and tracked by a central computer.
  That technological oversight might mean the cars could go up to 100 MPH, free from traffic jams. That is a lot faster than what we saw when a News 4 crew recently rode in a self-driving Cadillac around the UB campus.
  
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• Uber holds launch party ahead of ride sharing debut in WNY

  28-06-2017 13:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — We are in the final countdown until ride sharing officially comes to western New York.
  The new state law goes into effect on Thursday.
  Uber put on a ride sharing launch party Tuesday night at the EXPO Market in downtown Buffalo.
  State lawmakers debated ride sharing expansion for years.
  It was finally included in the state budget that was approved in April.
  Drivers are excited about the opportunities this can offer them.
  Uber driver Jerry Pomplun said “I li
  
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• River Rd. in Town of Tonawanda reopens after fuel spill

  28-06-2017 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fuel spill temporarily closed down River Rd. between Grand Island Blvd. and Sheridan Dr. in the Town of Tonawanda.
  The incident happened early Wednesday morning.
  The road reopened shortly before 7:30 a.m.
  TRAFFIC | See our live traffic map here.
  
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• Fuel spill closes part of River Rd. in Town of Tonawanda

  28-06-2017 12:52 via wivb.com
  
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A fuel spill has closed down River Rd. between Grand Island Blvd. and Sheridan Dr. in the Town of Tonawanda.
  The incident happened early Wednesday morning.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  TRAFFIC | See our live traffic map here.
  
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• Paladino takes stand in his own defense

  28-06-2017 05:45 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a day featuring intense testimony and rapid-fire questions, Buffalo school board member Carl Paladino contended he was informing his constituents about a “rigged” teacher contract, and not illegally disclosing confidential information.
  He also took the opportunity during direct questioning by his attorney Dennis Vacco to apologize for his comments about the Barack and Michelle Obama, saying he wished he could take them back.
  “I think some of the m
  
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• Man rescued from ravine near New Era Field

  28-06-2017 05:12 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Orchard Park Police rescued a 59-year-old man from a ravine near New Area Field Tuesday after he fell down a 20 to 30 ft. muddy embankment while riding on a four-wheeler.
  According to police reports, Buffalo Bills’ security contacted police around 7 p.m. stating that they heard a male voice yelling for help.
  The voice was coming from a heavily wooded ravine area (South Branch Smokes Creek) east of the stadium complex in the wooded area between the stadium
  
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• Tennis legend John McEnroe says he doesn’t want to apologize for Serena Williams comments

  28-06-2017 04:59 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – Tennis legend John McEnroe told “CBS This Morning” Tuesday that he will not apologize for his controversial comments about Serena Williams.
   During an interview on NPR about his new book, “But Seriously,” McEnroe said Williams was the “best female player ever — no question,” but when asked why he qualifies it as “female,” McEnroe said “if she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 i
  
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• Live Más: Taco Bell weddings are headed to Vegas this summer

  28-06-2017 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (CBS) – From the company that brought you “fourth meal,” get ready for Taco Bell weddings.
  Yes, you read that right.
  Beginning this summer, if you’re a Crunchwrap Supreme enthusiast and you happen to find yourself in Sin City, you can walk into Taco Bell’s flagship store on the Vegas strip and order a wedding right off the menu. There is now a chapel on the second floor just for that purpose.
  Just bring a wedding license up to the counter and, with
  
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• New “Snap Map” feature raises privacy concerns on Snapchat

  28-06-2017 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — “I think it’s horrifying. I don’t really want everybody to know where I am at all times,” said Ally Costanza of Buffalo.
  When Snapchat users zoom out on the camera screen, a map will pop up. It’s a new feature called “Snap Map” that constantly tracks your location and shares it with your friends, if you allow it.
  “There are people on my list that I don’t want them to know exactly where I am,” said Beth Sharr
  
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• Unsealed court documents in Cellino and Barnes dissolution case paint picture of firm divided

  28-06-2017 00:43 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Differences of opinion between law firm partners Ross Cellino and Stephen  Barnes in the conduct and management of the Cellino and Barnes Corporation have lead to “an immediate danger of irreparable impairment of the business”, documents in the case unsealed Tuesday state.
  The documents, dated May 10, were ordered unsealed by State Supreme Court Judge Deborah A. Chimes Tuesday.
  A representative for the firm said that neither Ross M. Cellino Jr.
  
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