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• CB Tre White leads impressive group of rookies for Bills

  02-10-2017 23:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After an off-season of questions and a preseason that left more doubt, the Bills have surprised many throughout the NFL jumping out an impressive 3-1 start following a 23-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
  But maybe even more impressive has been the play of the Bills’ rookies.
  Cornerback Tre’Davious White has been a steady presence in coverage and even earned NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month honors in September.  He also received the third h
  
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• Facebook gives Russian-linked ads to Congress

  02-10-2017 23:04 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Facebook provided Congress with copies of 3,000 Russian-bought political ads on Monday, giving lawmakers a clearer picture into how a pro-Kremlin troll farm used social media to meddle in American politics.
  Facebook is not planning to release the ads to the public, and will not commit to sharing publicly greater details about the content of the ads and who they reached.
   The move comes nearly one month after Facebook representatives informed lawmakers about the ads, and a week
  
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• Western New Yorkers in Vegas describe mass shooting scene, mourn national tragedy

  02-10-2017 22:48 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS, NEV. (WIVB)- Former News 4 sports reporter Brian Blessing was finishing a Sunday night shift in Las Vegas when a mass shooting broke out at a country music festival.
  “I actually had left the Vegas Gold Knights final pre-season game, which is at T-Mobile Arena,” Blessing said via phone Monday morning.
  The T-Mobile Arena is less than a mile away from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino; that’s where authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on the cro
  
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• UPDATE: LAPD says it cannot confirm reports of Tom Petty’s death

  02-10-2017 22:04 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is clinging to life in a Los Angeles hospital, according to TMZ. An earlier LAPD report which confirmed the singer’s death, and which CBS reported, has since been clarified.The LAPD says it cannot confirm earlier reports of singer Tom Petty’s death. TMZ reports that the singer is still clinging to life. pic.twitter.com/Xv4UtVdY4Z
  — CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2, 2017
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• Sheriff: Jamestown man charged with rape after incident involving minor

  02-10-2017 18:18 via wivb.com
  BEMUS POINT, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials say a Jamestown man has been charged with rape following an incident involving a minor.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office says a sex offense took place in Bemus Point in August of last year.
  Authorities began to investigate, and eventually arrested 28-year-old Timothy Perrin. He was taken into custody on Friday.
  He faces one count of Criminal Sexual Act, and one count each of First-Degree Rape and Third-Degree Rape.
  Perrin was arrai
  
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• President Trump has given a message of unity

  02-10-2017 17:37 via wivb.com
  (AP) — President Donald Trump has given a message of unity in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
  Trump says in a somber White House address that: “in moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always has.”
  He says that “Our unity cannot be shattered by evil” and “our bonds cannot be broken by violence.”
  At least 50 people are dead and more than 400 injured after a gunman opened fi
  
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• Brother of Vegas shooter says he’s ‘completely dumbfounded’

  02-10-2017 17:27 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The brother of the man who killed at least 50 people at an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip says he’s “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting, which is the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
  In a brief interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Eric Paddock says he can’t understand what happened. He also said he’s made a statement to police.
  Country music star Jason Aldean was performing Sunday night at the end of the three-day Rou
  
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• Top tips for talking to kids about the Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 17:22 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, children across Western New York arrived at school Monday morning with a lot of questions about the tragic shooting in Las Vegas that killed at least 58 people and injured hundreds more.
  Richard Diaz, the school social worker at the Charter High School for Applied Technologies, told News 4 it’s normal for kids to ask questions at a time like this.
  “I think it’s very normal and I thin
  
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• Islamic State claims Las Vegas mass shooting

  02-10-2017 16:46 via wivb.com
  CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying that the perpetrator was “a soldier” who had converted to Islam months ago, without providing any evidence to support the claim.
  The group released two statements on its Aamaq news agency on Monday, hours after the shooting at a country music concert that killed at least 50 people and wounded at least 400.
  It did not name the suspected shooter, identified by Las Vegas poli
  
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• Gun stocks up after Las Vegas shooting

  02-10-2017 16:43 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Gun stocks rose Monday following the deadliest mass shooting in American history late Sunday night.
  A gunman in a hotel room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas killed at least 50 people attending an outdoor concert and wounded over 400 more.
  Shares of Sturm Ruger were up 3%, while American Outdoor Brands, the company formerly known as Smith & Wesson, gained 4%. Both stocks have tended to rally in the immediate aftermath of mass killings, which sadly have become more
  
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• Supreme Court begins new year with all seats filled

  02-10-2017 15:55 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (WIVB) — The nation’s highest court begins a new year, this time with all nine seats filled.
  Justice Neil Gorsuch won confirmation for the Senate in April after lawmakers refused to confirm President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, the year before.
  The seat opened when Justice Antonin Scalia died.
  The highest court’s first case of the season is on how workers can complain about pay, conditions and other issues.
  
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• Tractor-trailer fire shuts down part of Thruway

  02-10-2017 14:39 via wivb.com
  PEMBROKE, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police are trying to figure out what caused a truck fire that shut down the Thruway.
  A News 4 viewer shared video and pictures moments after a semi truck caught fire on the westbound lanes between Pembroke and Leroy on Sunday.
  Both westbound lanes were closed for an hour.
  At one point, cars were backed up more than four miles.
  State Police say no one was hurt.
  
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• Trump tweets condolences to Las Vegas shooting victims

  02-10-2017 14:07 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is extending condolences to the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas and their families.
  In a tweet Monday, Trump offered “My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!”
  White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was “briefed on the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas.”
  Sanders said that “we are monito
  
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• Las Vegas attack is deadliest shooting in modern US history

  02-10-2017 13:52 via wivb.com
  (AP) — At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 wounded when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in the Sunday night shooting as Stephen Paddock. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said officers confronted Paddock on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the concert. Paddock is dead.
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• Bob Dylan to perform in Buffalo

  02-10-2017 13:13 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Bob Dylan is coming to Buffalo next month.
  The legendary musician will perform at Shea’s Performing Arts Center on November 18. Special guest Mavis Staples will also perform that night.
  Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance go on sale Friday, October 6 at 10 a.m. Prices range from $52.50 to $119.50.
  Those interested in buying them can go to LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com, or call 1-800-745-3000.
  
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• Shooting on Las Vegas Strip kills more than 50, wounds more than 200

  02-10-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino opened fire on an outdoor music festival, killing at least 50 people — including two off-duty police officers — and wounding more than 200, officials said early Monday.
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  Country music star Jason Aldean was performing when the shots began ringing out Sunday night at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
  Officers confronted the suspect on the 32nd floor of the Mand
  
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• At least 59 dead, 527 injured in Las Vegas massacre

  02-10-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 59 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of the incident.
  At least 527 others were injured in the Sunday night attack, authoritie
  
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• At least 58 dead, 515 injured in Las Vegas massacre

  02-10-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of the incident.
  At least 515 others were injured in the Sunday night attack, authoritie
  
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• At least 50 killed, more than 400 hospitalized as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert

  02-10-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 400 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage from Las Vegas Nexstar contributing station KLAS.
  
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• 58 killed, 515 injured as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert

  02-10-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers screamed and ran for their lives, officials said Monday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of the incident.
  More than 500 other victims were taken to the hospital, authorities sai
  
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• Students from Puerto Rico coming to WNY, says Buffalo School District

  02-10-2017 05:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students from Puerto Rico will soon arrive in the Queen City and the Buffalo School District is making sure they have the supplies they need.
  From folders to pens and pencils, John Mika has spent the last few days getting backpacks ready for students coming to western New York from Puerto Rico.
  “I could not imagine their lives being torn apart, what these kids are facing daily and then to actually come to Buffalo, New York with nothing,” said John Mika, d
  
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• 5 hurt in Edmonton sparks terror investigation

  02-10-2017 05:07 via wivb.com
  EDMONTON (WIVB) – Canadian Police are investigating two acts of terrorism, possibly by the same man.
  Officials say the first incident happened outside of the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.
  They say a man drove his car into a police barricade outside of the stadium hitting an officer.
  Investigators say he then got out of the car and stabbed the officer and fled the scene.
  The officer was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries while a manhunt was launched
  
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• Buffalo couple forced to cancel wedding in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

  02-10-2017 04:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo couple planned to have their wedding in Puerto Rico, but had to cancel it due to Hurricane Maria. Now they’re scrambling to have it in Buffalo.
  Lannette Garcia says she and her fiancé were still going to try to make it Puerto Rico, not only to get married, but to help relief efforts. Despite losing the chance to have her beach wedding, Garcia says it’s nothing compared to what people in Puerto Rico have now lost.
  Garcia’s wedding wa
  
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• Local leaders and veterans protest NFL players actions

  02-10-2017 02:21 via wivb.com
  BLASDELL, N.Y. (WIVB) — A motorcycle group and some local leaders came together Sunday to protest the actions of NFL players who have knelt before games.
  They said the Pledge of Allegiance together before kick off.
  Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and Sheriff Tim Howard spoke with members of the ARMVETS Riders Post 897.
  They say they understand players have the right to protest, but disagree with how they are doing it.
  “While we can agree with their right to say it we can dis
  
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