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• Buffalo city worker stabs dog out for a walk on Saturday morning

  23-09-2017 21:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Buffalo police arrested a city worker Saturday morning after a woman out for a walk says he stabbed her dog.
  The incident began near Mineral Spring Road and Frank Avenue. South District officers say 46-year-old James Craddock got out of a city vehicle, exchanged words with the woman and then stabbed her dog.
  Two other individuals fled in the city vehicle but were apprehended a short time later in the 1300 block of South Park Avenue.
  Chaddock was arrested and char
  
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• Police investigating robbery at Bank of America on Elmwood

  23-09-2017 21:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo police are asking for the public’s assistance with identifying a man who robbed a bank Saturday.
  The Bank of America located in the 400 block of Elmwood Avenue was robbed just before 10:30 a.m.
  Detectives say a white male entered the bank, demanded money from a teller and then fled on foot after making off with an undisclosed amount of money.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the Confidential TIPCALL Line at 847-2255.
   
  
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• After Maria, humanitarian crisis grows in Puerto Rico

  23-09-2017 20:40 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A humanitarian crisis grew Saturday in Puerto Rico as towns were left without fresh water, fuel, power or phone service following Hurricane Maria’s devastating passage across the island.A group of anxious mayors arrived in the capital to meet with Gov. Ricardo Rossello to present a long list of items they urgently need. The north coastal town of Manati had run out of fuel and fresh water, Mayor Jose Sanchez Gonzalez said.
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• New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico

  23-09-2017 20:37 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes this month that together have killed nearly 400 people.The U.S. Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) south-southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake o
  
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• NFL commissioner, players’ union angrily denounce Trump

  23-09-2017 19:22 via wivb.com
   SOMERSET, N.J. (AP)- The National Football League and its players’ union on Saturday angrily denounced President Donald Trump for suggesting that owners fire players who kneel during the national anthem and that fans consider walking out in protest “when somebody disrespects our flag.”
  “Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players,” the league commissioner, Roger
  
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• What it takes to grow a 1000+ pound pumpkin

  23-09-2017 18:26 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) –Although it doesn’t feel like it outside, fall is here. That means its pumpkin season. Pumpkins come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. The pumpkins that were in Williamsville for the world pumpkin weigh-off just happen to be the largest!
  Jeffrey Podraza, pumpkin grower, described his submission to News 4, “This year its 360 inches or so.”
  The history behind these competitions stems from Collins, NY. After injuring his back, Ray Waterman, an avi
  
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• The Big Story: The Bills Wide Receivers vs. “No Fly Zone”

  23-09-2017 18:00 via wivb.com
  It’s no secret the Bills passing game has been absent the first two weeks of the season averaging 163 yards per game.  That mark ranks 27th in the league.
  “You come out of two games and you are saying what needs analysis, what do we have to get better at,” Head Coach Sean McDermott said.  “That is one of the areas that we need to improve on”
  “That’s a battle each and every week. You face good corners each and every week. There’s going to
  
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• 5 Questions with Jordan Poyer

  23-09-2017 18:00 via wivb.com
  This week on Five Questions, Buffalo Kickoff LIVE caught up with safety Jordan Poyer, who is a big reason why the Bills secondary has yet to allow a receiving touchdown this season.Buffalo Kickoff Live: Your first job was working at a veterinary hospital. What was the wildest or coolest animal ever had to help work on?
  Jordan Poyer: “Probably a chimpanzee.  It was just getting some shots but it was cool to hold one in your hand and interact with it. They’re pretty cool animals.&
  
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• Former Erie County District Attorney passes away

  23-09-2017 16:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Former Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark passed away following a long illness Friday evening.
  Clark,74, was elected District Attorney in 2000 and served two, four-year terms.
  Jeremy Zellner, Erie County Dem. Party chair released the following statement to News 4 “Our deepest sympathies go out to Kathy and the rest of the Clark family. We are thankful for the decades of public service that you have given our community.”
   
  
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• Buffalo high school sophomore loses 100 pounds training with MMA

  23-09-2017 16:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo boy, 16, has made a major transformation over the past year.
  He credits dedication and Mixed Martial Arts training to giving him a new start at life.
  Jose Matos, also known as “Rico,” said he isn’t the same person who walked into Western New York MMA and Fitness exactly one year ago.His coach Corey Webster said, ” That was a very very different, Rico,  all those months ago.”Overweight and unhappy, as a struggling
  
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• Canisius & WSW win big, Williamsville East & North pick up a “W”

  23-09-2017 05:56 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –
  St. Joe’s 16, Canisius 55 FSweet Home 7, Williamsville East 21 FOrchard Park 21, WIlliamsville North 24 FHamburg 0, West Seneca West 55 FPioneer 26, East Aurora 6 FKenmore West 26, North Tonawanda 42 FGrand Island 15, Williamsville South 26 FIroquois 43, Lake Shore 0 FClarence 55, Frontier 14 FNewfane 50, Tonawanda 0 FCheektowaga 46, Alden 23 F
  
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• Hundreds of people ‘Light the Night’ for blood cancer awareness

  23-09-2017 05:19 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people gathered in Delaware Park Friday to light the night for the 19th Annual Light the Night Walk in Buffalo. It’s to honor cancer survivors and those who’ve lost their battle. The walk benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help find a cure for blood cancer.
  ‘I am strong’ aren’t just words on 24 year-old Elena Dilaura’s t-shirt. It’s a phrase she says she lives by.
  “I still get emotional, it’
  
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• Puerto Rico dam fails; evacuations begin along Guajataca River

  23-09-2017 05:01 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – All people living near the Guajataca River in northwest Puerto Rico should evacuate immediately because of an “imminent dam break,” the National Weather Service in San Juan said Friday afternoon.“All Areas surrounding the Guajataca River should evacuate NOW. Their lives are in DANGER! Please SHARE!” an earlier tweet said.
  About 70,000 people in the area of the Guajataca Dam have been told to evacuate, National Guard spokeswoman Yennifer Alvare
  
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• John McCain comes out against GOP’s last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill

  23-09-2017 04:27 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Sen. John McCain announced Friday that he opposes the Republicans’ last-ditch Obamacare repeal effort, which could almost nearly kill the bill.
  The Arizona Republican released a statement about the bill, proposed by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, which would repeal Obamacare’s structure and replace it with block grants for states and it would roll back the 2010 health care law’s Medicaid expansion.
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• Charlie Tan in federal custody, facing federal weapon charges

  23-09-2017 02:49 via wivb.com
  CORTLAND, N.Y. (WROC-TV) – Charles Tan is in federal custody, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Southwick. Tan was taken into custody after crossing into the United States over the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge on Friday.
  Tan will be arraigned at 4 p.m. on Saturday, in Syracuse, according to his attorney.
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  Charles Tan, the Pittsford man whose murder charges were dismissed in the killing of his father, is now facing new federal weapon charges, accord
  
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• Falls water crisis avoided, busted 24″ pipe shut off

  23-09-2017 02:20 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A massive water main break overnight at the Goodyear plant in Niagara Falls sent hundreds of gallons of water gushing into the air.
  City officials said a 24-inch water main at the plant on 56th Street blew, sending water gushing into the street. Niagara Falls Water Board Superintendent Bob Drury dispatched a supervisor to the scene.
  “He saw a river basically coming out of Goodyear. It was very deep, it was going down the road.”
  The gusher cut water
  
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• Family of Buffalo man killed in fatal police shooting files lawsuit against city, officers

  23-09-2017 01:17 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The family of Jose Hernandez-Rossy, who was shot and later died in an incident with Buffalo Police this May, are filing a lawsuit against the City of Buffalo and Buffalo Police officers Justin Tedesco and Joseph Acquino, as well as police commissioner Daniel Derenda.
  In an 11-page document, the family alleges that Hernandez-Rossy was “unarmed and posing no threat to anyone” on May 7 when his vehicle was unlawfully stopped by officers Tedesco and Acquino,
  
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• Verizon to pay Erie County $1M after billing error leads to overcharges

  23-09-2017 00:47 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Call it a good reminder to check your utility bills, and pay close attention to the cell phone bill, after Verizon erred and charged Erie County close to a half a million dollars.
  The communications company has since paid most of it back, including the $450,000 in accrued interest, bringing the total bill to taxpayers at nearly $900,000.
  Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz talked about the problem that was noticed earlier this year. Verizon representatives sa
  
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