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• 2017 Solar Eclipse in Western New York

  21-08-2017 23:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo didn’t fall into the path of totality during Monday’s solar eclipse, but that didn’t stop crowds from coming out and enjoying the rare event.
  The planetarium at Buffalo State College was packed with more than a thousand people for the event. Some of them showed up before 9 a.m.
  Buff State was designated as an official eclipse viewing site by NASA. The maximum eclipse was just over 72 percent.
  The eclipse was the first to cross the continenta
  
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• Niagara Falls community supporting family after fatal house fire

  21-08-2017 23:16 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A family is trying to pick up the pieces, after the death of Hannah Lucas, 7.
  She died in a house fire Friday night. It happened on South Avenue in Niagara Falls.
  She was one of 11 kids who lived there, we’re told everyone else made it out okay.
  News 4 has learned this tragic fire started in the kitchen of the Lucas family home. They’d recently moved to Buffalo from New Jersey.
  Family and friends say they were just getting their life start
  
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• Trump prepares to address future of US war in Afghanistan

  21-08-2017 23:13 via wivb.com
  Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump on Monday night will become the third US president to put his imprint on the 16-year war in Afghanistan, revealing his plans to shape the future of the American war effort and broader regional strategy.The primetime address, the most significant national security speech of Trump’s presidency to date, will reflect the outcome of months of internal administration deliberations to decide the scope of the ongoing military, financial and dip
  
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• SUNY Fredonia welcomes second-largest incoming first-year class

  21-08-2017 23:05 via wivb.com
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – SUNY Fredonia welcomed its second-largest class of new students over the weekend.
  The university has 1,164 first-year students starting classes in the fall, nearly 25 percent more than 2016-2017, when 934 students began their first-year there.
  The numbers surpass SUNY Fredonia’s goal for 2017-2018 by more than 16 percent, a press release from the college said Monday.
  The college’s year with highest first-year student enrollment was 2008-2009, with an inc
  
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• Missed the eclipse today? America’s next one is in 2024

  21-08-2017 22:24 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – So you missed it. Maybe you’re stuck in the office, traveling, at an ill-timed appointment, the victim of bad weather, unable to procure eclipse glasses, driving or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. It happens.If you weren’t able to see one of the most anticipated and unifying events this country has witnessed in nearly a hundred years, don’t worry. You won’t have to wait an entire century until the next one — just seven years. Another
  
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• SPCA Monday: Sandy

  21-08-2017 19:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — August 21’s SPCA visitor was a female Border Collie.
  The dog is named Sandy and she is 1.5 years old.
  If you’re interested in adopting her or another animal, call the SPCA Serving Erie County at (716) 875-7360.
  
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• Woman arrested after stabbing on Carl St.

  21-08-2017 19:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a 21-year-old woman was arrested following a morning stabbing on Carl St.
  According to authorities, the stabbing was related to a dispute that the woman had with her boyfriend.
  The woman and the stabbing victim have not been identified by police.
  
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• DA: 10-year-old fatally shot 9-year-old inside a Syracuse home

  21-08-2017 18:50 via wivb.com
  SYRACUSE (WSYR-TV) — A 9-year-old is dead on Syracuse’s Southwest side after being shot by his 10-year-old brother early Monday morning, according to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s office.
  District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick told Nexstar contributors that if charges are filed in connection with the incident, they will be handled in family court.
  Officers were called to 107 Hartson Street at approximately 2:37 a.m.
  Ambulance and rescue personnel arrived soon after, but t
  
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• Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era USS Indianapolis

  21-08-2017 18:06 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Civilian researchers say they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II heavy cruiser that played a critical role in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima before being struck by Japanese torpedoes.
  The sinking of the Indianapolis remains the Navy’s single worst loss at sea. The fate of its crew — nearly 900 were killed, many by sharks, and just 316 survived — was one of the Pacific war’s more horrible and fascin
  
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• Trump to outline Afghan strategy in national TV address

  21-08-2017 17:58 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost.
  The speech Monday night will also give Trump a chance for a reset after one of the most difficult weeks of his short presidency.
  Trump tweeted Saturday that he had reached a decision on the way forward in&
  
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• New year, new technology at Charter School for Applied Technologies

  21-08-2017 17:43 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Students at the Charter School for Applied Technologies headed back to class Monday morning to start the new school year, and this year, they’ll be using a lot of new technology in their classrooms.
  Over the summer, the school installed several new Epson BrightLink interactive projectors and SMART Boards. In the new technology literacy lab, the BrightLink and board are tied directly to a new set of lightweight Lenovo computers, so what’s done on the board
  
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• Mosquitoes with West Nile Virus found in Amherst

  21-08-2017 15:41 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Erie County officials say West Nile Virus was identified in a mosquito pool in Amherst.
  Surveillance routinely occurs during the warmer months of the year, officials say.
  “We have not had a confirmed case of West Nile Virus in Erie County since October 2012 and we want to ensure it stays that way,” Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health, said. “I want to remind residents how to minimize exposure to mosquitoes: limit outdoor activ
  
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• Cheektowaga police investigating homicide

  21-08-2017 15:28 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Cheektowaga police are investigating a homicide on Sierra Dr.
  Police say the victim was a woman in her 30s.
  News 4 will have more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Solar eclipse

  21-08-2017 14:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Watch the 2017 solar eclipse live in the video above when it begins this afternoon.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the eclipse live as it happens here.
  Monday August 21 Solar Eclipse Viewing times in Buffalo and WNY.
  Begins:  1:11:54 PM  Local time
  Peaks: 2:33:56 PM  Local time
  Ends: 3:51:23 PM Local time
  
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• LOOK BACK: Walter Cronkite covers the 1979 eclipse

  21-08-2017 13:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Monday’s solar eclipse is one of the first in a long time that’s been visible from such a large portion of the United States.
  The last time there was one this big that you could see from our part of the word was in 1979.
  Jimmy Carter was President, disco was still pretty big and Walter Cronkite covered the solar eclipse on CBS.
  “Good evening,” Cronkite said. “For parts of North America, the sun went out today. For a little under thr
  
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• Report: Bills WR Boldin retiring, “My life’s purpose is bigger than football”

  21-08-2017 03:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sunday night ESPN’s Jim Tortter announced on twitter that Bills wide receiver Anquan Boldin is retiring.BREAKING: Anquan Boldin left the Bills today and has informed them he is retiring, ESPN has learned.
  — Jim Trotter (@JimTrotter_NFL) August 21, 2017
  Boldin signed with Buffalo on August 7th, after contemplating retirement. His stint with the Bills lasted just 13 days. In a preseason game against Philadelphia, Boldin cought one pass for five yards.
  
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• Bills WR Boldin retiring, “My life’s purpose is bigger than football”

  21-08-2017 03:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sunday night ESPN’s Jim Tortter announced on twitter that Bills wide receiver Anquan Boldin is retiring.BREAKING: Anquan Boldin left the Bills today and has informed them he is retiring, ESPN has learned.
  — Jim Trotter (@JimTrotter_NFL) August 21, 2017
  Boldin signed with Buffalo on August 7th, after contemplating retirement. His stint with the Bills lasted just 13 days. In a preseason game against Philadelphia, Boldin cought one pass for five yards.
  
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• Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host, dies at 91

  21-08-2017 01:40 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.Lewis died Sunday of natural causes in Las Vegas with his family by his side, publicist Candi Cazau said.
  Tributes from friends, co-stars and disciples poured in
  
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• Bills practice Sunday, WR Matthews returns

  21-08-2017 00:33 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – Jordan Matthews was pack on the practice field and did some limited work. He spoke with the media after the session and said he is confident he will be ready for week one.The wide receiver is dealing with a sternum fracture. One of the doctors treating him said they have only seen the injury from a hockey player being hit with a stick.
  “I know how to take mental reps,” Matthews said. “I know how to stay in shape, and I know how to make sur
  
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