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• New York State Police will host open house on Saturday

  22-09-2017 23:30 via wivb.com
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State Police will hold an open house Saturday at the new Clarence station in honor of NYSP’s 100-year Centennial.
  The open house will be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the station, 196 Trooper Kevin P. Dobson Way, in Clarence.
  The open house will include activities and demonstrations and is a “fun family event”.
  K-9 demonstrations and aviation and special operations response team shows will start at 11:30 a.m.
  Events will include: Robot Demonst
  
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• Injured seal heads to Acquarium of Niagara

  22-09-2017 22:41 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Harbor and Gray Seals at the Acquarium of Niagara welcomed a new roommate Friday evening.
  The 6-month-old male Harbor Seal pup travelled to Niagara Falls from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in New Jersey; a boat injury caused him to need an amputation of one of his back flippers.
  “The first reaction for any rescue center is to get those animals back out in the wild as quick as possible,” explains Acquarium of Niagara’s Executive Director Gary
  
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• Elma woman charged with staying in park after hours, attacking sheriff’s deputies

  22-09-2017 22:27 via wivb.com
  ELMA, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Elma woman is facing several charges after refusing to leave a park Thursday night.
  According to Erie County Sheriff’s reports, a deputy encountered Laura Rusinski, 37, of Elma, playing on a swing set in Elma Meadows County Park around 9:15 p.m. Thursday. The deputy requested that she leave and continued his patrol.
  As the deputy was exiting the park, he noticed Rusinski standing on the golf course.
  According to reports, when asked why she didn’t comply w
  
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• Two dogs found dead, starved in Niagara Falls

  22-09-2017 22:26 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- 20-year-old Camilya Joseph is charged with two felony counts of Aggravated Animal Abuse after police say they discovered two deceased dogs in a vacant home.
  Police say the dogs belonged to Joseph, who is the daughter of the property owner.
  Officers were responding to a trespassing call at the home on 20th street near Walnut Avenue, when they made the gruesome discovery in an upstairs bedroom.
  Vacant home on 20th street where police found the deceased dogs.The hound mi
  
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• Hurricane Maria Relief Fund set up in Buffalo, donations, money being collected

  22-09-2017 21:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The City of Buffalo, along with Western New York Latino Leaders, has established a “Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria Relief Fund” to help support residents of Puerto Rico following the devastating hurricane.
  Multiple donation centers have been set up to collect items for emergency relief from Sept. 25 to Oct. 6 (at least).
  Locations include:
  Buffalo City Hall
  All county buildings
  ECC
  Belle Center, 104 Maryland St. (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
  St. Anthony’s Church,
  
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• GOP health bill all but dead; McCain again deals the blow

  22-09-2017 20:36 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain declared his opposition Friday to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” dealing a likely death blow to the legislation and, perhaps, to the Republican Party’s years of vows to kill the program.
  “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,” McCain said in a statement, referring to the bill by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of
  
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• LT Cordy Glenn says he won’t play Sunday Vs. Broncos

  22-09-2017 20:22 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Head Coach Sean McDermott stood at the podium on Friday and expressed concerned left tackle Cordy Glenn wouldn’t be able to play on Sunday when the Bills host the Broncos.
  “We’ll know a little bit more today about Cordy. Probably not so much as confident as I am in Shaq (Lawson) at this point in the progress that Shaq has made,” McDermott said.  “Similar to Marcell (Dareus), with Cordy, we’re going to evaluate, and see how it
  
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• Kim fires off insults at Trump and hints at weapons test

  22-09-2017 18:44 via wivb.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lobbed a string of insults at President Donald Trump on Friday, calling him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard” and hinting at a frightening new weapon test.
  It was the first time for a North Korean leader to issue such a direct statement against a U.S. president, dramatically escalating the war of words between the former wartime foes and raising the international nuclear standoff to a new level.
  Trump responded
  
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• South Korean media say North might test nuke in Pacific

  22-09-2017 18:32 via wivb.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean media report North Korea’s top diplomat says his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean to fulfill leader Kim Jong Un’s vow to take the “highest-level” action against the United States.
  Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho comments Thursday on the sidelines of a United Nations gathering followed an extraordinary direct statement by Kim in response to President Donald Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” t
  
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• Police: Dead dogs found in vacant home after 45-50 days

  22-09-2017 17:25 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police made a grim discovery while responding to a trespassing report in Niagara Falls.
  Officers in the city went to a vacant home on 20th St. on September 13.
  There, two dead dogs were found upstairs in a back bedroom.
  When the owner of the house arrived, he said that the hound mixes belonged to his daughter, and police say the daughter confirmed that to be correct.
  According to a veterinarian, the dogs had been dead for roughly 45-50 days. One of them had an
  
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• Can of dry shampoo explodes, blows out window

  22-09-2017 16:40 via wivb.com
  LONDON, England (WIVB) — Don’t put dry shampoo near heat sources.
  Firefighters in London say a can of dry shampoo exploded, causing a force so strong it blew out a window.
  The can ignited slowly after an overhead heater was turned on. The explosion caused a fire.
  Officials are now warning people to keep flammable materials away from heaters.
  
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• Search for Mexico quake survivors enters day 4, some success

  22-09-2017 16:19 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Survivors are still being pulled from rubble in Mexico City as rescue operations stretch into a fourth day Friday, spurring hope among desperate relatives gathered at the sites of buildings collapsed by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake.
  Mexico’s federal police said several people were lifted out of the debris of two buildings Thursday. Rescuers removed or broke through slabs until they found cracks that allowed workers to wiggle through to reach the v
  
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• Death Wish cold brew coffee recalled amid botulism concern

  22-09-2017 16:06 via wivb.com
  ROUND LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — Death Wish cold brew coffee is being recalled because it could contain a deadly toxin.
  Death Wish Coffee Co. says it’s recalling 11-ounce Nitro Cold Brew cans after determining that its manufacturing process could lead to growth of bacteria producing botulin toxin.
  The toxin causes botulism, a rare illness that attacks the nervous system. Symptoms start with weakness of muscles in the face, mouth and throat.
  Mike Brown, founder of the
  
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• Williamsville man charged with drunk driving after previous conviction

  22-09-2017 15:28 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Williamsville man was accused of drunk driving after a previous conviction.
  Joseph Lops, 49, was stopped on Route 33 in Cheektowaga after New York State Police say he was speeding.
  According to Troopers, Lops’ blood-alcohol content was .21 percent, which is more than two times the legal limit.
  In the last 10 years, Lops had been convicted of DWI, leading to an Aggravated DWI charge against him.
  In addition to felonies, Lops was also charged with Aggr
  
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• Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity after Maria

  22-09-2017 14:16 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early Friday as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm’s devastation.
  Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity. The storm knocked out the entire grid across the U.S. territory of 3.4 mil
  
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• Fire damages 3 buildings, hospitalizes 7 people

  22-09-2017 14:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Crews battled a two-alarm fire on the 100 block of Massachusetts Ave. Friday morning.
  Three buildings were damaged as a result of the fire, which began around 6:45 a.m.
  It was later brought under control, but it caused nearly $500,000 in damage.
  Seven people, including two adults and five children, were hospitalized.
  It is not clear what started the fire.
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Gov. Cuomo discusses trip to Puerto Rico

  22-09-2017 13:05 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (WIVB) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will discuss his trip to Puerto Rico to help with recovery efforts at 7:15.
  APP USERS | Watch Cuomo speak live here.
  
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• Trudeau catching attention for Chewbacca socks

  22-09-2017 12:48 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) — Justin Trudeau is making headlines Friday morning for his sock game.
  The Canadian Prime Minister was caught sporting Chewbacca socks at a professional event.
  This isn’t the first time Trudeau has been seen rocking trendy socks; He’s worn rainbow socks, even mismatched pairs.
  Check out some of News 4’s Jordan Williams’ crazy socks in the video above.
  
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• Niagara Falls water main break contained

  22-09-2017 07:37 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Early Friday morning, Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster asked Niagara Falls city water users to take extreme water conservation measures, after a main break in the city overnight.
  Paul Dyster shared photos of Niagara Falls water crews working to repair the break at the Goodyear plant on 56th Street on his Twitter account Friday morning.
  Shortly before 5 a.m., Dyster announced that the water main break had been contained, and that water pressure was returning to n
  
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• Happening: Niagara Falls water break and conserve water advisory

  22-09-2017 07:37 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — The mayor is asking Niagara Falls city water users to take extreme water conservation measures, after a main break in the city overnight.
  Paul Dyster shared photos of Niagara Falls water crews working to repair the break on 56th Street on his Twitter account Friday morning.
  He did not say how long the repairs would take, nor how long the conservation request would last.
  
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• Cause of Bethlehem Steel fire ruled ‘undetermined’

  22-09-2017 05:27 via wivb.com
  LACKAWANNA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The investigation into the cause of last year’s Bethlehem Steel fire that burned for four days, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes has concluded.
  Thursday, Buffalo Fire Investigators ruled the cause of the fire “undetermined.”
  James Otwell, a lead investigator with Buffalo Fire, says he’s highly certain the fire was caused by a broken light bulb that fell on cardboard and plastic. Otwell says witness statements describe a poppi
  
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• WNYers use social media and other apps to try to connect with family in Puerto Rico

  22-09-2017 05:24 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — More than 3 million people are without power in Puerto Rico alone and may be for the next four to six months.
  Many western New Yorkers say they haven’t spoken to their families on the island in days following the destruction of Hurricane Maria. Most of them have been glued to their phones using Instagram and Facebook to try to get in contact with family and friends.
  Marta Velez Zayas says she was able to communicate with a friend via Facebook Wednesday afternoo
  
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• Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico quake

  22-09-2017 04:44 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — As painstaking attempts to reach survivors in quake-ravaged buildings across Mexico City stretched into a third day Thursday, desperation mounted among loved ones who earlier had high hopes for quick rescues and some complained they were being kept in the dark about search efforts.
  And what many had clung to as the unlikely triumph of life over death was revealed to be a case of some very high-profile misinformation: A top navy official announced there were no missing ch
  
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• Former funeral director accused of ripping off clients

  22-09-2017 04:06 via wivb.com
  BOSTON, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a lawsuit against former funeral director Elizabeth Wurtz to recover more than $49,000 in advance payments Schneiderman accused Wurtz of failing to return to clients.
  State funeral home regulators accused Wurtz of operating the now defunct Wurtz Funeral Home in the Town of Boston, without a license, and in December, 2011 Wurtz was ordered to shut the business down.
  But Assistant Attorney General James Morrissey sai
  
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• ‘Made in America Act’ veto upheld after three legislators switch votes

  22-09-2017 03:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Less than seven weeks after receiving overwhelming approval by the Erie County Legislature, the Made in America Act was defeated Thursday afternoon, when the move to override a veto by County Executive Mark Poloncarz fell two votes short.
  “It’s pathetic that three people said yes if you weeks ago and now went in and said no, the exact same law, the exact same wording, they said no after the county executive said no,” said Legislator Ted Morton, R-Ch
  
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• The wait is over for first WNY’s first Asian supermarket

  22-09-2017 02:44 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – The first Asian supermarket in the Buffalo area officially opened Thursday, offering a wide variety of Asian foods, teas and even non-grocery merchandise, such as furniture, lamps, and novelties.
  Owner Rockey Ren’s Asian Market was built inside a former Walmart on Niagara Falls Blvd. in Amherst, and it is Ren’s third Asian supermarket in Upstate New York, after opening stores in Rochester and Syracuse.
  Before the store opened shortly after noon, there was
  
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• Buffalo Police officer suspended again over “Angry Cops” videos

  22-09-2017 02:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo Police officer who landed in hot water in 2016 for his social media use has been suspended again for making videos, sources say.
  Officer Richard Hy was suspended in Feb. 2016 for the seven-second “Vine” videos he made under the handle “Angry Cops”, parodying his experience as a police officer.
  The “Vine” platform has been since dismantled, but Hy has continued to post videos to his “Angry Cops” Facebook and In
  
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• New Era Field prepping for a hot, sunny Sunday home game

  22-09-2017 01:24 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – With temperatures projected to be in the 80s and sunny this Sunday, New Era Field is taking extra measures to make sure fans stay cool during the Buffalo Bills vs. Denver Broncos game.
  Bottled water will be discounted to $3 a bottle during the game.Bottled water will be discounted at Sunday's game because of a hot forecast. Stay hydrated, Bills fans!
  Details: https://t.co/2ER5Xywd4J pic.twitter.com/O0WX3n0xlB
  — New Era Field (@newerafield) September 21, 20
  
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• Tonawanda man charged with two home burglaries

  22-09-2017 01:13 via wivb.com
  CITY OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Tonawanda man has been charged with two residential burglaries in the City of Tonawanda.
  Garrett M. Shugg, 29, of Cleveland Avenue was charged Wednesday night after a search warrant was executed at his residence. Police found numerous items from the burglaries at his residence, as well as a donation jig stolen from Tops Markets on Young Street and narcotics and crack pipes.
  The first burglary occurred at a house on Clarence Harder Drive, where jewelry, a
  
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