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• Group combining efforts for a healthier Niagara Falls

  21-09-2017 23:45 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A community group in Niagara Falls is hoping to create change for the city through joining forces.
  The grassroots effort refers to itself as the Creating a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative. Their main goal is to enhance the quality of life for everyone living in the region.
  The group hopes they can be agents for improving the area, boosting businesses, enhancing the economy, attracting more visitors, and bringing together everyone living and working i
  
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• UB professor shares insight on recent poverty report

  21-09-2017 23:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- According to the most recent American Community Survey, 30.5 percent of Buffalonians are living in poverty.
  The number, which is more than twice the national average, may be surprising to some living in the Queen City, considering the influx of development to the city’s waterfront and downtown area.
  Out of almost 600 cities, Buffalo’s poverty rate is near the top 20 highest; other than Laredo, Texas and Detroit, Michigan, it’s one of the worst ranked
  
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• Buffalo’s Puerto Rican community waits in agony as Island remains without power

  21-09-2017 22:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A step inside Montes Grocery and Deli on Swan Street in Buffalo is proof Hurricane Maria’s devastation reaches far beyond the Caribbean islands the storm pounded this week.
  The grab-and-go-bodega was filled with customers Thursday afternoon during the lunch rush; most of them have family on Puerto Rico.
  “Every customer you get in the store. How’s your family? Have you heard anything? We all ask each other the same question, we’re all stuck on th
  
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• Crime Stoppers looking for suspect who installed “skimmer” on ATM

  21-09-2017 21:39 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Crime Stoppers Buffalo is looking to identify an individual who installed a “skimmer” at an ATM at a Clarence gas station.
  Anyone with information is asked to call 716-867-6161.
  
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• Corfu man killed in Wyoming County crash

  21-09-2017 20:30 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Corfu man died as the result of a vehicle crash in Wyoming County Thursday.
  New York State Police say Dean Dale, 54, was driving east on W. Middlebury Rd., in the Town of Middlebury, when he failed to yield to a tractor trailer on E. Bethany Rd.
  Dale struck the northbound vehicle, and following the crash, officials tried to performed live-saving measures on him, but he did not survive.
  The crash happened around 8:30 a.m.
  State Police are investigati
  
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• Trump vows more sanctions over North Korea’s nuclear buildup

  21-09-2017 19:04 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday the U.S. will impose new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons buildup, speaking just days after he threatened to “totally destroy” the country if forced to defend the U.S. or its allies.
  The president placed the threat posed by North Korea at the center of his debut at this week’s U.N. General Assembly, escalating his rhetoric against North Korea amid a monthslong crisis over Kim Jong Un’s e
  
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• Seal with amputated flipper headed to Niagara Falls aquarium

  21-09-2017 18:36 via wivb.com
  BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — A harbor seal whose rear flipper had to be amputated after being struck by a boat has recovered and is headed to an upstate New York aquarium.
  New Jersey’s Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine has been caring for the seal since it was found wounded on a beach in Barnegat Light on Long Beach Island earlier this year.
  The young male seal had cuts on its back and its rear flipper was nearly severed, requiring it to be amputated.
  The injuries make it nearl
  
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• Behind the scenes at Platter’s Chocolate Factory for National Sponge Candy day

  21-09-2017 18:30 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — At Platter’s Chocolate factory up to one thousand pounds of sponge candy can be produced in a day.
  “We take corn syrup, sugar, and water and we cook it to 295 degrees,” said Joe Urban, Platter’s Chocolate co-owner.
  Once that mixture cools gelatin and water is added and mixed, then baking soda. That’s left to cool overnight and the next day….
  “We cut it, and then we shake the sponge dust off of it so that the chocolat
  
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• Lackawanna firefighters receive state’s highest civilian honor after April rescue

  21-09-2017 18:02 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Nearly a dozen of Lackawanna’s bravest were honored for rescuing a family from a burning home.
  Authorities say someone started that blaze back in April. An $11,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
  The Soliman family, on the mend, stood by local leaders on Wednesday to honor the Lackawanna Fire Department.
  City leaders spoke about how lucky this family is to be alive.
  The fire started at a multi-family home on Ingham St. in April.
  
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• Debt for NY students averages at more than $30,000

  21-09-2017 17:22 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The amount of debt college students are racking up varies widely from state to state.
  According to new data, the average debt, as of graduation time in 2016 was nearly $20,000 in Utah, but more than $36,000 in New Hampshire.
  For New York, we’re right in the middle, with an average of more than $30,000.
  The data is based on financial aid policies, tuition and the cost of living.
  
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• Hundreds of animals removed from Lockport home

  21-09-2017 16:50 via wivb.com
  LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Charges are pending after the Niagara County SPCA seized hundreds of animals from a Lockport home.
  In all, the SPCA took two tortoises, a guinea pig, 31 snakes, 30 quail, 10 cats, 13 rabbits, five ferrets, two sun conures, a hedgehog and 250 feeder mice and rats.
  One of the snakes had to be euthanized. A dead Argentine tegu was also found.
  The SPCA went to the home on Tuesday after receiving a call from code enforcement officials.
  Outside of the home, the
  
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• Police: Bad drug deal ends up with arrests of both buyer and seller

  21-09-2017 16:29 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — After a man complained that a drug dealer “ripped him off,” he and the man accused of selling the drugs were both arrested.
  According to Tonawanda police, Michael Schlifke, 26, of Tonawanda, sold what were believed to be Suboxone strips to Niagara Falls resident Kristopher Fedeson, 41.
  Fedeson noticed that the strips were altered and empty, police say, leading to Fedeson confronting Schlifke about the transaction.
  A foot chase between the two began
  
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• Residents mistake Halloween decorations for crime scene

  21-09-2017 15:45 via wivb.com
  GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Greene County Sheriff’s Department in Tennessee calmed residents after a homeowner began decorating for Halloween.
  The sheriff’s department posted on Facebook asking residents to not call 9-1-1 to report a crime scene at a home.
  Some residents mistook Halloween decorations in a home’s driveway as an actual human. The display shows what looks to be a human crushed by a garage door.
  The sheriff’s department wrote, “Congratulate th
  
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• KIND chocolate bars recalled over undeclared walnuts

  21-09-2017 15:24 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — A number of chocolate bars hit store shelves without the mention of walnuts being in them.
  Back in March, KIND removed walnuts from their Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt recipe, but a number of bars that had walnuts were packaged in boxes that did not list them as an ingredient.
  Here are boxes being recalled:
  Dark Chocolate Nuts and Sea Salt (12-Count Box)
  Lot Code: BK16264A1
  Best Before Date: 12/20/2017
   
  Dark Chocolate Nuts and Sea Salt (12-Count Box)
  Lot C
  
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• Mueller investigators seek documents from the White House

  21-09-2017 14:06 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators is seeking information from the White House related to Michael Flynn’s stint as national security adviser and about the response to a meeting with a Russian lawyer that was attended by President Donald Trump’s oldest son, The Associated Press has learned.
  Mueller’s office has requested a large batch of documents from the White House and is expected to interview at least a ha
  
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• Republicans see political necessity in health care effort

  21-09-2017 14:02 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s divisive and difficult, but the Republican drive to erase the Obama health care overhaul has gotten a huge boost from one of Washington’s perennial incentives: Political necessity.
  In the two months since Senate Republicans lost their initial attempt to scuttle President Barack Obama’s statute, there’s fresh evidence GOP voters are adamant that the party achieve its long-promised goal of dismantling that law. This includes conse
  
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• Gun buyback taking place at old Niagara Falls police headquarters

  21-09-2017 13:45 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Gun owners are invited to turn in their weapons Thursday in Niagara Falls.
  People can trade working and non-functional firearms for gift cards, no questions asked.
  Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office is holding the gun buyback at the old Niagara Falls police headquarters.
  The AG’s office has conducted similar buybacks before.
  This is happening at 520 Hyde Park Blvd. from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
  
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• Chautauqua County man accused of abusing animals

  21-09-2017 13:20 via wivb.com
  FREWSBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Frewsburg man is facing charges for abusing animals.
  New York State Troopers say Thomas Wallace, 26, locked dogs in a trailer without food, water, light or even fresh air.
  Police credit a tip from the public for leading them to the scene.
  A veterinarian with the SPCA will examine the dogs.
  Wallace is charged with with Overdriving, Torturing and Injuring Animals.
  
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• A stunned Puerto Rico seeks to rebuild after Hurricane Maria

  21-09-2017 13:04 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans stunned by a hurricane that crushed concrete balconies, twisted metal gates and paralyzed the island with landslides, flooding and downed trees vowed to slowly rebuild amid an economic crisis as rescue crews fanned out across the U.S. territory Thursday.
  The extent of the damage is unknown given that dozens of municipalities remained isolated and without communication after Maria hit the island Wednesday morning as a
  
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• Fanny pack mimics dad bod

  21-09-2017 12:51 via wivb.com
  ENGLAND (WIVB) — Now that Summer swimsuit season is over, you might be thinking of a quick way to bulk up for Winter.
  The dad bag might be the answer.
  Designed by a British artist, the fanny pack gives the wearer an automatic dad bod. The bag looks like a pudgy, hairy belly.
  It comes in many skin tones and belly hair styles.
  The artist said he always wanted a dad bod, but he’s concerned about health issues, so he designed the bag instead.
  
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• Woman finds her ‘Love is love and ‘Black Lives Matter’ yard sign on fire

  21-09-2017 05:24 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are now looking for a man they say set two signs on fire in front of people’s homes. One of the signs displayed messages about science and race. The homeowners say they want to know why the man found them offensive.
  “I am sad that someone would find it offensive enough to destroy,” said Johanna Dominguez who lives on Mariner Street in Buffalo.
  She says her sign which displayed powerful messages like ‘In our America women are in
  
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• Puerto Rican community coming together for victims of Hurricane Maria

  21-09-2017 05:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo’s Puerto Rican community is calling on city and state leaders for help.
  Many people are desperate to get in touch with family who they haven’t heard from since power was lost on the island after Hurricane Maria.
  The governor says it will take months to restore power.
  Wednesday night, more than 70 people gathered at the Olivencia Community Center to discuss a strategy to help those affected.
  “This is just to get us started and get going becau
  
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• Colorado cops search for poop-and-run jogger

  21-09-2017 05:06 via wivb.com
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Police in Colorado are looking for a jogger they say is repeatedly interrupting her runs to defecate in public in one neighborhood.
  Cathy Budde tells CBS affiliate KKTV her children first alerted her to the woman she’s dubbed “The Mad Pooper,” who caught the jogger in the act weeks ago.
  Budde said the woman apologized after she questioned her.
  “They are like, ‘There’s a lady taking a poop!’ So I come outside, and
  
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• University of Rochester professor accused of harassment placed on administrative leave

  21-09-2017 04:50 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC-TV) – The University of Rochester professor at the center of a sexual harassment scandal has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a Special Committee’s investigation.
  In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a group of faculty and students claim Florian Jaeger sexually harassed students.
  The University of Rochester Board of Trustees posted a statement online regarding the investigation into the
  
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• USS Little Rock to be commissioned in Buffalo in Dec.

  21-09-2017 02:09 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The new USS Little Rock will soon be making its way to the Queen City. It will be commissioned at the Buffalo Naval Park in December.
  It is the first time in the Navy’s 242-year history it will commission a new ship alongside its namesake.
  News 4 has learned Navy officials will be in Buffalo in the next week or two to decide where to dock the ship during its commissioning.
  The new USS Little Rock has completed and passed its required tests in Marinette, Wisconsin
  
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• State financial watchdog cracking down on ‘zombie’ properties

  21-09-2017 02:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York’s financial watchdog, the Department of Financial Services is getting tougher on banks and mortgage servicers that fail to maintain their foreclosed property, the next step in enforcing a new law.
  The “Foreclosure Relief Act” took effect last December, and the DFS has launched an awareness campaign to help local governments understand how the new measure can help them crack down on “zombie” property—homes that have been fo
  
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• Buffalo Bills ranked as least valuable franchise in NFL by Forbes

  21-09-2017 01:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Bills have been named the least valuable franchise in the NFL, according to a new ranking by Forbes.
  The Bills rank #32 out of 32 on the list, released Monday.  Forbes puts the team’s value at $1.6 billion.
  The average NFL franchise is worth $2.5 billion, an article accompanying the list states.
  The Dallas Cowboys are ranked #1 on the list, with a current value of $4.8 billion.
  Forbes team values are the team’s equity plus net debt, based
  
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• Zay Jones ready for “next opportunity”

  21-09-2017 00:56 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Zay Jones says he thought about what could have been on Sunday for about 24 hours following the Bills’ 9-3 loss to the Panthers.
  As the Bills marched down the field for a potential game-winning drive, on 4th-and-1, Tyrod Taylor’s pass went off the rookie’s hands and fell incomplete as Buffalo dropped to 1-1 on the season.
  “I think if I would have made a spectacular catch, the game-winning touchdown, I would have only dwelled on it for 24 hours
  
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• Man shot in hand, abdomen in Batavia

  21-09-2017 00:34 via wivb.com
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Multiple people are in custody following a shooting near Evans Street and Watson Street Wednesday.
  One male was reportedly shot in the hand and abdomen and taken to ECMC.
  Multiple people were fighting before the shooting occurred.
  We will have more information as it becomes available.
   
  
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