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• Police: Two of six African teens reported missing from robotics competition crossed into Canada

  20-07-2017 23:11 via wivb.com
  
  Washington (CNN) – Two of the six teenagers who were reported missing while visiting Washington for an international robotics competition have crossed into Canada, police said Thursday.The six teens represented Burundi, a small country in East Africa, in the inaugural FIRST Global robotics competition, competing alongside teams from more than 150 other countries.Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman Aquita Brown said two of the teens were seen leaving the US for Canada. Police c
  
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• VIEWER VIDEO: Car lifted off of ground in Hamburg

  20-07-2017 22:42 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – A viewer sent in incredible home surveillance video of a vehicle actually being picked up several inches off the ground and moved by Thursday’s strong winds.Another video sent in by a viewer shows an apparent funnel cloud over Western New York.
  Thursday’s storm has not yet been confirmed as a tornado by the National Weather Service.
   
  
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• Police believe mortar shell from world war was found on Parkside

  20-07-2017 21:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police believe a mortar shell from either World War I or World War II was found on Parkside Ave.
  A bomb squad responded to the address on Parkside Thursday.
  The bomb was found in a basement after flooding occurred.
  It is not clear if the bomb is live or not.
  
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• Racing and simulcast wagering at Buffalo Raceway canceled for rest of 2017

  20-07-2017 21:15 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) – Racing and simulcast wagering at Buffalo Raceway has been canceled for the remainder of the 2017 due to significant damage created by a tornado that hit the Hamburg area on Thursday.
  The raceway announced the news in a press release Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies in LA at 41

  20-07-2017 21:06 via wivb.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner says Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday. He was 41.
  Coroner spokesman Brian Elias says they are investigating Bennington’s death as an apparent suicide but no additional details are available.
  The group sold 10 million copies of their 2000 debut, “Hybrid Theory,” and then another 4 millio
  
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• Travel Advisory issued for parts of southern Erie County

  20-07-2017 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz issued a Travel Advisory for Aurora, Orchard Park and Hamburg.
  The advisory for the southern part of the county came in wake of tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in western New York.
  Travel was temporarily banned in the Town of Orchard Park.
  The Sheriff’s office provided detours for those who planned to drive on Route 16.
  For northbound drivers, go left onto Emery Road; right onto Center Road; left onto Holla
  
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• Publication breaking down boundaries to share stories

  20-07-2017 19:34 via wivb.com
  
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — In cafes in many corners of Western New York, people can be found thumbing through the pages of a new publication called ‘No Boundaries’.
  “We wanted to produce a print publication that would tell those stories from under reported neighborhoods,” said Kevin Heffernan, the director of the paper.
  And that’s why the paper’s producers and journalists are leaving areas like downtown Buffalo, the Elmwood Village, and Allentown
  
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• PHOTOS: Storm damage south of Buffalo

  20-07-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A tornado warning was issued for parts of western New York on Thursday afternoon. That, and a line of severe thunderstorms, caused damage throughout areas south of Buffalo.
  Here are photos of the damage: Storm damage (Photo courtesy of a viewer in Hamburg)(Photo courtesy of Sean in Hamburg)(Photo courtesy of Rich)(Photo courtesy of Rich on Marie Drive in Hamburg)(Photo courtesy of Rich on Marie Drive in Hamburg)(Photo courtesy of Rich)(Photo courtesy of Rich)(Photo c
  
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• Kaleida receives $17 million grant to help local hospitals

  20-07-2017 18:38 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Millions of dollars from the state will help sustain two hospitals in western New York.
  Kaleida Health was awarded another $17 million grant. The money will go to Lakeshore Hospital and Brooks Memorial Hospital.
  Both hospitals joined the Kaleida family to help keep them from closing.
  So far, Kaleida Health has received more than $100 million from the state to keep the hospitals open.
  
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• Rolly Pollies of WNY prepares to open new kids’ gym in North Buffalo

  20-07-2017 17:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Parents in the north towns who are looking to keep their kids busy and active this summer will soon have another resource.
  Rolly Pollies of WNY is getting ready to open its third kids’ gym in the area. The owners will mark the Grand Opening for the new site at 1669 Hertel Avenue on Monday, July 24.
  Rolly Pollies offers everything from weekly age-specific gym classes to Ninja Warrior nights to birthday parties and more for children ages 4 months to 12 years old.
  
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• ‘Breaking Bad’ chemistry teacher sentenced for meth scheme

  20-07-2017 17:19 via wivb.com
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A former high school chemistry teacher, who gained international attention after he was convicted of cooking methamphetamines in New Mexico like the fictional Walter White character in the AMC-TV show “Breaking Bad,” is headed to prison.
  A New Mexico state district judge sentenced John W. Gose, 56, to nine years in prison but suspended all but four years. That means Gose will likely only have to serve four years, state officials said.
  In May, Gose pleade
  
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• Bills rank fourth for fan suffering in NFL list

  20-07-2017 16:30 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — On an NFL list of football fan bases that suffer the most, the Buffalo Bills ranked at number four.
  The ranking was based on the team’s regular season record, playoff record and Super Bowl appearances. The number of Super Bowl wins were also a factor, but the Bills have none.
  Here is the Bills’ Pain Resume, courtesy of NFL.com:
  Pain Resume
  Regular season record (all-time): 400-460-8
  Playoff record (all-time): 14-15
  Super Bowl wins:&nbs
  
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• London Zoo welcomes a new kind of visitor: Robotic dinosaurs

  20-07-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — London Zoo is welcoming a new star attraction this summer: robotic dinosaurs.
  Visitors will see robotic replicas of Mesozoic-era dinosaurs, including T. Rex and Triceratops, which lived approximately 65 million years ago, at a “time travel safari” exhibit named Zoorassic Park. The robots make sounds and motions that mimic the real-life dinosaurs. Some even drip water out of their mouths or spray it at passers-by.
  Information about the dinosaurs’ massive exti
  
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• Group says Lackawanna needs an ADA coordinator

  20-07-2017 15:40 via wivb.com
  
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A group that fights for people with disabilities says several cities and towns in western New York do not do enough to help those people out.
  Disability Rights New York found the city of Lackawanna does not have an employee who ensures the city complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
  Any public office with at least 50 employees needs to have a designated ADA coordinator.
  The group says 40 percent of the offices statewide they surveyed were not ADA compl
  
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• 11 key players in OJ Simpson’s parole hearing in Nevada

  20-07-2017 13:54 via wivb.com
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada parole board members who will decide if O.J. Simpson gets released from prison have experience in law enforcement, prisons, probation and social work.
  Others involved in Thursday’s hearing have varying ties to the former football, TV and movie star who was acquitted of murder in 1995 in Los Angeles but convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas in 2008. They include:
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  Simpson’s attorney in Las Vegas. LaVergne
  
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• Key events in OJ Simpson’s fall from sports hero, movie star

  20-07-2017 13:51 via wivb.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture.
  A beloved football hero in the 1960s and ’70s, he transitioned effortlessly to movie star, sports commentator and TV pitchman in the years that followed.
  He kept that role until the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend. A jury acquitted him, but many still believe he carried out the grisly slayings.
  Here’s a timeline of m
  
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• Zoning Board of Appeals approves plan for Dash’s Market on Hertel Ave.

  20-07-2017 13:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Plans to approve a supermarket in north Buffalo are just about a done deal.
  Common Council member Joel Feroleto tells News 4 the Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved Dash’s Market’s plan to build a new market on Hertel Ave.
  Dash’s needs to buy eight feet of land from the city.
  The Common Council is expected to approve the plan next week.
  
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• Study: Millennials are spending thousands more than their grandparents

  20-07-2017 13:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Millennials are not following in their grandparents’ footsteps when it comes to spending.
  A new report from BankRate.com shows they spend about $2,300 more on everything from groceries and gas, to restaurants and cell phones.
  When it comes to travel and television, they spend about $1,000 less than older generations.
  
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• A WNY defense attorney weighs in on O.J. Simpson’s chances at parole

  20-07-2017 04:31 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Does The Juice have a chance to get loose?
  Prominent Buffalo defense attorney Paul Cambria thinks O.J. Simpson, the former Bills great who is serving time for a botched robbery, has a good shot.
  Simpson was sentenced to  nine to 33 years in prison in 2007 for a kidnapping, armed robbery, and other charges stemming from an incident in a Las Vegas hotel room.
  Cambria thinks Simpson, who has served nine years of his sentence, has served enough time for the botched
  
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• Support pours in for Sen. John McCain following cancer diagnosis

  20-07-2017 03:56 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) – Shortly after the news broke Wednesday that Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, support began pouring in for the 80-year-old senator and Vietnam veteran.
  The Mayo Clinic and McCain’s family released a statement Wednesday, stating that McCain’s Tuesday surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye had uncovered a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot.
  McCain’s d
  
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• Support pours in for Sen. John McCain amidst cancer diagnosis

  20-07-2017 03:56 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIVB) – Shortly after the news broke Wednesday that Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) has been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, support began pouring in for the 80-year-old senator and Vietnam veteran.
  The Mayo Clinic and McCain’s family released a statement Wednesday, stating that McCain’s Tuesday surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye had uncovered a primary brain tumor known as a glioblastoma was associated with the blood clot.
   
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• Stand-off ends peacefully on east side after man threatens to blow up house

  20-07-2017 03:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A police stand-off on Buffalo’s east side ended peacefully Wednesday night.
  Buffalo Police told News 4 the call came in around 8:15 pm about a man making threats.
  A SWAT Team was called to 26 Thomas Street where sources say a man was threatening to blow up a house with propane tanks.
  Police evacuated several homes in the neighborhood as a precaution.
  The street was blocked off and traffic was re-routed as the situation was unfolding.
  After nearly four hour
  
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• Man threatening to blow up house with propane tanks, SWAT called

  20-07-2017 03:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A SWAT Team has been called to a Thomas Street residence where a man is threatening to blow up a house with propane tanks, police say.
  Police say houses around 26 Thomas St. are being evacuated.
  We’ll have more details as they become available.
  
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• Ex-wife charged with former spouse’s April death

  20-07-2017 03:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Buffalo Police have made an arrest in a fatal accident that occurred April 30 on East Morris Avenue.
  39-year-old Donnell Sharp was killed as a result of the accident.
  Police say the victim’s ex-wife, Cuanaharee Palmer, 37, ran him over. She faces negligent homicide, endangering the welfare of a minor and felony DWI charges.
  At the time, their kids, ages three and four, were in the vehicle.
  During a court appearance, a judge set Palmer’s bail at $30,
  
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• Buffalo Police make arrest in April 30 fatal accident on East Morris Avenue

  20-07-2017 03:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Buffalo Police have made an arrest in a fatal accident that occurred April 30 on East Morris Avenue.
  Police say the victim’s ex-wife is in custody.
  The victim was described in his late thirties.BREAKING: BPD have individual in custody in connection with April 30th fatal accident on East Morris.
  — Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) July 20, 2017
  
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• Elon Musk explains what’s wrong with math class

  20-07-2017 02:37 via wivb.com
  
  (CNN) – For any kid who feels bored in math class, Elon Musk sympathizes with you.
  Speaking at the ISSR&D Conference in Washington D.C. Wednesday, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla (TSLA) was asked about the education system. Musk explained that he believes schools aren’t doing enough to help children grasp why they’re learning each subject.“You just sort of get dumped into math. Why are you learning that? It seems like, ‘Why am I being asked to do
  
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• Sen. John McCain diagnosed with brain tumor

  20-07-2017 02:22 via wivb.com
  
  (CBS NEWS) – Senator John McCain, R-Arizona, has been diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, according to a statement released by his family and the Mayo Clinic.
  The statement says that following a procedure to remove a blood clot revealed the diagnosis.,
  “On Friday, July 14, Sen. John McCain underwent a procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix,” the statement read. “Subsequent tissue pathology revealed that a
  
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• UB’s South Campus undergoes unique emergency training

  20-07-2017 00:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Teams of first responders had no idea what they were walking into Wednesday morning on University at Buffalo’s South Campus.
  A couple of parking lots were transformed into an active emergency scene, complete with actors posing as injured patients.
  “It’s not a surprise that we’re doing an exercise and who’s playing, but they’re going to come rolling onto the scene and really not know what to expect other than what they were to
  
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• South Buffalo Mercy Hospital celebrates first six months of “Heart Smart for Life” program

  20-07-2017 00:01 via wivb.com
  
  SOUTH BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – South Buffalo  Mercy Hospital celebrated the first six months of a dedication to wellness Wednesday.
  The hospital started a “Heart Smart for Life” program in January. It’s already made a big difference in people’s lives, with over 150 people in the Heart Smart for Life program.
  The hospital’s comprehensive care center hosted a summer wellness social to celebrate.
  
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