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• 4 things you need to know before Buffalo Bills training camp

  26-07-2017 21:12 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Bills training camp is just one day away from kicking off. There is a lot of excitement surrounding the unofficial start of the Buffalo Bills season.
  The start of football season is something every Bills fan looks forward to, or at least most do. But before the games comes training camp. It’s a chance for players to get a feel for each other but also a chance for us fans to get a look at the players before they are out on New Era Field.
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• Police: One-armed, machete-wielding clown arrested

  26-07-2017 20:58 via wivb.com
  HOLLIS, Maine (AP) — A man accused of drunkenly strolling down a road in Maine wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to his amputated arm has been arrested.
  Maine State Police told WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/2uZu4Db ) that 31-year-old Corey Berry, of Hollis, was arrested Tuesday and charged with criminal threatening. He was released after posting $200 bail.
  Police say Berry was first spotted in Hollis but then fled into the woods. He was
  
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• Driver hospitalized after crashing into parked trailer

  26-07-2017 20:34 via wivb.com
  PEMBROKE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Genesee County Sheriff’s office says a driver struck a construction trailer in Pembroke on Wednesday morning.
  Shortly after 8 a.m., the driver, who was identified as a 39-year-old woman, was on Hopkins Rd. when she hit the trailer.
  Part of it was parked in her lane, and no vehicle was attached to it, according to sources.
  After the crash, the driver was taken to ECMC for a possibly broken leg and internal injuries. Her injuries are not life-threatenin
  
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• National Grid worker shocked in Cheektowaga

  26-07-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A National Grid worker was shocked Wednesday while working in Cheektowaga.
  The worker was on a pole off Glenwood Ct. when they were shocked.A National Grid worker was electrocuted while working on a pole off Glenwood Ct in #Cheektowaga. Condition unknown. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/ByaNhCSbLb
  — Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) July 26, 2017
  Their condition is not yet known.
  
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• National Grid worker electrocuted in Cheektowaga

  26-07-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A National Grid worker was electrocuted Wednesday while working in Cheektowaga.
  The worker was on a pole off Glenwood Ct. when he was electrocuted.A National Grid worker was electrocuted while working on a pole off Glenwood Ct in #Cheektowaga. Condition unknown. @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/ByaNhCSbLb
  — Dave Greber (@DaveGreber4) July 26, 2017
  His condition is not yet known.
  
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• Wake Up on the Radio: Morning Bull crew finding groove after more than a year on air

  26-07-2017 18:24 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Laughter fills the 97Rock hallways and airwaves each day as the Morning Bull crew broadcasts live.
  “I think the four of us are so very different in different ways and bring different things to the table,” said Rich “The Bull” Gaenzler. “With that, we pick and choice and melt.”
  This Morning Bull team – made up of Gaenzler, Rob Lederman, Chris Klein, and Steve Tripi, has been together since late 2015 when “The Bull&r
  
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• Scalise discharged from hospital, beginning rehabilitation

  26-07-2017 18:17 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise — who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month — has been discharged from a Washington hospital.
  MedStar Washington Hospital Center says the six-term Louisiana Republican was released from the hospital on Tuesday and is beginning “intensive inpatient rehabilitation.”
  It isn’t identifying the facility.
  The hospital says in a statement that Scalise (skuh-LE
  
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• Whole Foods looking to hire employees for new Amherst store

  26-07-2017 18:00 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Whole Foods is looking to hire a number of employees for their new store in Amherst.
  The store, which will be on Sheridan Dr., will open this September.
  A variety of positions are available, and if you’re interested in applying, click/tap here.
  
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• Amazon holding big hiring event August 2

  26-07-2017 17:58 via wivb.com
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – E-tail giant Amazon has announced plans to fill 50,000 jobs across the country this summer, including many here in Western New York.
  Amazon is holding several hiring events at fulfillment centers across the country on August 2, offering tours, interviews, and on-the-spot job offers for available positions.
  The Amazon site in Lancaster is not open yet, so the hiring event here will be held off site, at Salvatore’s on Transit Road in Depew. Applicants can stop
  
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• Taco Bell partners with Lyft to offer ‘ride-thru’ meals

  26-07-2017 17:41 via wivb.com
  IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Taco Bell is testing a new service that allows users of the ride-sharing app Lyft to add a Taco Bell stop to their ride with the click of a button.
  The companies have announced “Taco Mode,” an option for Lyft app users. Taco Bell says Lyft users who select Taco Mode get a custom menu, a taco-themed car and a free taco when they make their “ride-thru” stop at a nearby Taco Bell.
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• Dream Theater to perform at Rapids Theatre in November

  26-07-2017 16:47 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Prog-metal band Dream Theater will be making a stop in Niagara Falls for their “Images, Words & Beyond 25th Anniversary Tour.”
  The band will perform at The Rapids Theatre on Friday, Nov. 10.
  Tickets for the show will cost $32.50 in advance, and $37 on the day of the show. They will go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.
  If you want to buy tickets, go to ticketfly.com, The Rapids Theatre box office, or call (877) 435-9849.
  Anyone younger than 16 will
  
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• New York eyes ‘textalyzer’ to bust drivers

  26-07-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is set to study the use of a device known as the “textalyzer” that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a serious crash was texting while driving.
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he would direct the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee to examine the technology, as well as the privacy and constitutional questions it could raise.
  “Despite laws to ban cellphone use while driving, some mo
  
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• Body found in vacant lot

  26-07-2017 15:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A body was found on Person St. in Buffalo Wednesday morning.
  It was discovered in a vacant lot.
  The person has not been identified.
  
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• President Trump to bar transgender individuals from armed forces

  26-07-2017 15:26 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will bar transgender individuals from serving “in any capacity” in the U.S. armed forces.
  Trump said on Twitter Wednesday that after consulting with “Generals and military experts,” that the government “will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.”
  Trump added that “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burde
  
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• Erie County buys part of former Bethlehem Steel site for $5.5 million

  26-07-2017 15:19 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County has big plans to bring new life to the old Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna.
  The county bought part of the site for $5.5 million.
  Plans include transforming the site into a hub for advanced manufacturing.
  The county will build a net zero manufacturing facility powered by green energy.
  A new bike path to Woodlawn Beach and improved surrounding streets are also part of the plan.
  Erie County leaders say they hope this redevelopment is just the sta
  
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• Mayweather-McGregor to be shown live in movie theaters

  26-07-2017 14:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Movie theaters around the U.S. will show the Aug. 26 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.
  The bout between the undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC champion will cost $99.95 on high-definition pay-per-view TV. Tickets for the fight at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena will range from $500 to $10,000 — and there aren’t many $500 seats.
  Meanwhile, movie theater tickets for the fighting spectacle of the year are being sold at $40 per
  
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• 71-year-old woman and dog rescued in Olympia National Park

  26-07-2017 14:39 via wivb.com
  PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A 71-year-old Port Angeles woman and her dog were found thirsty and hungry, but alive and well, after being stranded for nearly a week in Olympic National Park.
  The Peninsula Daily News reports that Sajean Geer and her dog named Yoda were rescued at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday by a Coast Guard helicopter.
  Geer and her terrier-Chihuahua dog had been stranded for six days.
  They were found about 10 miles south of Port Angeles Sunday by rangers with th
  
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• Report: Buffalo among most stressed cities in America

  26-07-2017 14:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo ranked as the twentieth most stressed city in a sample of America’s top 150 most populated cities as part of a recent study conducted by WalletHub.
  The rankings were based on four different types of stress, and gauged using 30 metrics ranging across those types of stress.
  Work stress, financial stress, family stress and health & safety stress were the categories, with the Queen City performing worst in family stress levels with the eleventh&nbs
  
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• Google unveils feature to help those affected by crisis or disaster

  26-07-2017 13:47 via wivb.com
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (WIVB) — There is a new outlet to help you if a natural disaster or crisis strikes.
  Google unveiled its latest feature, called SOS Alerts yesterday.
  It displays relevant information in search results and in Google Maps to help those affected by a crisis.
  If one is happening near you, this feature is supposed to provide relevant news stories, instructions from local authorities, a map of the affected area, links to shelter information and phone numbers for reporti
  
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• Hop on! Wild rabbits surf on sheep to flee New Zealand flood

  26-07-2017 13:33 via wivb.com
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It was a woolly ride, but three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard sheep and surfing to safety on their backs.
  Ferg Horne, 64, says he’s been farming since he left school at age 15 and has never seen anything quite like it.
  He was trudging through pelting rain to rescue a neighbor’s 40 sheep from the floodwaters on Saturday at their South Island farm near Dunedin when he spotted some dark shapes f
  
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• Project Connect Niagara looking to fill needs of Niagara Falls residents

  26-07-2017 13:24 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of community groups will work together to give people the resources they need to improve their lives.
  This will be a one-stop shop for everything from health care to housing. Project Connect Niagara is in its second year helping people in Niagara Falls.
  City leaders say a quarter of the population in the Cataract City lives in poverty.
  They are trying to make it easier for people to gain access to critical services.
  Bernadette Franjoine, with Mount St. M
  
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• Robotic vacuum raising privacy concerns

  26-07-2017 13:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Technology designed to make our lives easier may come with a huge trade-off.
  That risk is behind a growing concern with a new, robotic vacuum some homeowners are using to help out with cleaning.
  The Roomba uses sensors to change direction, allowing its owners to come home to a clean floor.
  But now, I-Robot, the company that makes it, has updated the cleaning device to capture, compare and combine images of multiple rooms, ultimately building a map of the house i
  
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• Water main break on South Park Ave.

  26-07-2017 12:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews are busy cleaning up following a water main break in Buffalo.
  The break happened on South Park Ave. near Smith St.
  The video above shows what the scene looked like around 3 a.m.
  
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• CTE study puts spotlight on football safety in WNY

  26-07-2017 06:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Two days before the Buffalo Bills start training camp and as high school teams gear up for a new season, a new report highlights the potential health risks connected to football.
  Boston University researchers released a study about the neuro degenerative disease, CTE, among athletes.
  They looked at the brains of about 200 deceased former football players and found about 87 percent had CTE. Most notably, 110 out of 111 ex-NFL players had the disease.
  The brains were don
  
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• Buffalo Police officer plays football with kids in viral video

  26-07-2017 05:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A video of a Buffalo Police officer taking a break to play football with some kids in the neighborhood he was patrolling has gone viral, racking up over 100,000 views since it was posted to social media a few days ago.
  Officer Patrick McDonald responded to a call regarding loud music near Suffolk Street and Shirley Avenue last week, when some kids asked if he knew how to play street football. A woman happened to catch it on video.
  “I joined them for a couple of
  
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• Trump administration cuts short anti-teen pregnancy grants

  26-07-2017 03:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dozens of teen pregnancy prevention programs deemed ineffective by President Donald Trump’s administration will lose more than $200 million in funding following a surprise decision to end five-year grants after only three years.
  The administration’s assessment is in sharp contrast with that of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which credited the program with contributing to an all-time low rate of teen pregnancies.
  Rachel Fey of the
  
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• Free car seat check at Akron Falls Park Wednesday

  26-07-2017 03:28 via wivb.com
  AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Erie County Sheriff’s Office will offer a free car seat check Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Akron Falls Park in the Village of Akron.
  Deputies will provide free car seat inspections and installations in the parking lot next to the tennis courts along Parkview Drive.
  This will be the last Wednesday night car seat event until September.
  Trained car seat inspection deputies will also be available at the Erie County Fair to address parents and guardians&rsqu
  
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• Woman slapped Minneapolis police car before she was shot, report says

  26-07-2017 03:16 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – In an interview with investigators last week, one of the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk said he was startled by a “loud sound” near the squad car.Immediately after that loud sound, Ruszczyk approached the driver’s side window of the car and was fatally shot by Officer Mohamed Noor, according to investigators.A recently revealed search warrant may explain the source of that startling sound: a slap. A wo
  
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• Federal agents on scene at Niagara Falls residence

  26-07-2017 02:44 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Federal agents from ICE, Homeland Security, Border Patrol are at a residence in Niagara Falls tonight, as well as NYS Parks Police, Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, and Niagara Falls Police.
  The home is located on the corner of Packard Road and Royal Avenue.
  A Department of Homeland Securtiy representative said Tuesday evening that the probe is not immigration-related.
  We’ll have more details as they become available.
  
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• Bank says she is dead, offers condolences, but grandma is very much alive

  26-07-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two letters from Dianne Wingo’s bank have caused her a great deal of consternation: the first, received on July 11, expressed KeyBank’s condolences to Wingo’s family due to her death. The second letter offered the same sympathy from the bank over the death of Wingo’s late husband—even though he died 4 years ago.
  “Because who, living, ever expects to read their own condolence letter?”
  The Buffalo grandmother was stunned. KeyB
  
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• EnLIGHTen: First-of-its-kind free concert in Buffalo Friday

  26-07-2017 00:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There’s never been anything quite like it before in Western New York. On Friday night, you can experience a very unusual free outdoor concert in Buffalo, co-sponsored by Channel 4, WIVB-TV.
  It’s called EnLIGHTen — a dramatic light show projected on the historic towers of the Richardson Olmsted Complex, while the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra performs live on the building’s south lawn.
  The artists of PROJEX, who grew up around the Buffalo area
  
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• Up to $2,500 reward offered for info on homicide from seven years ago

  26-07-2017 00:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Up to a $2,5000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest or indictment of the person or persons responsible for the homicide of a Buffalo woman in 2010.
  Shirley Conway was 63 when she was killed July 24, 2010, on Goodyear Avenue.
  Crime Stoppers Buffalo is offering $1,000 for the information and the Buffalo Police Department is offering $1,500. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers Buffalo at 716-867-6161.
  
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• Buffalo Police investigating body found on Eagle Street

  26-07-2017 00:21 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police are investigating at Eagle Street between Washington Street and Ellicott Street where the body of a deceased male was found today.
  Eagle Street was blocked to traffic around 4 p.m. Tuesday for the investigation.Update: BPD investigating a body of a deceased male at Washington Street & East Eagle.
  — Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) July 25, 2017
  
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• Think before you pack: Buffalo Airport highlights changes to TSA

  26-07-2017 00:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO , N.Y. (WIVB) – TSA leaders we spoke with say when they first started in this industry, every piece of luggage was hand inspected.
  Since then, technology has changed that, but the security threats have too. We learned your luggage takes an interesting trip every-time you travel.
   
  It’s a long journey for your luggage, once it leaves your hands and lands at your final destination. Traveling on the miles long conveyor belt at the Buffalo-Niagara International Air
  
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