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• Buffalo Police arrest 17 year old father for assaulting infant

  08-10-2017 23:48 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police have arrested a 17 year old father for assaulting his 2 month old daughter.
  Police say it happened just before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon at a home on the 300 block of Abbott Road.
  The infant was rushed to Women and Children’s Hospital where she is in critical condition. Police say she has a fractured skull, broken ribs and other injuries.
  Homicide detectives have charged the father with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
  The incident i
  
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• Tyrod Taylor, offense stumble in 20-16 loss to Benagls

  08-10-2017 22:04 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sean McDermott said the veterans who were with the Bills in 2011 made it a point throughout the week to let the team know they didn’t want to repeat history.
  That season, the Bills were 3-1 and riding high when they traveled to Cincinnati.  They lost.
  2017: History repeats itself.
  Tyrod Taylor was intercepted with 2:14 left in the fourth quarter as the Bengals (2-3) secured a 20-16 win on Sunday.
  The interception was the first turnover for the Bills since
  
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• VP Pence leaves NFL game after players protest during anthem

  08-10-2017 20:23 via wivb.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has left the 49ers-Colts game after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem.The former Indiana governor flew in so he could watch Peyton Manning’s jersey retirement ceremony on Sunday. But Pence didn’t stick around long.
  Pence said on Twitter: “I left today’s Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or o
  
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• Bills TE Charles Clay leaves Bengals game with knee injury

  08-10-2017 19:59 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills were already down their top wide receiver with Jordan Matthews ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Bengals with a thumb injury.
  In the first quarter of Sunday’s game in Cincinnati, tight end Charles Clay left the game after suffering a knee injury..@buffalobills Injury Update: TE Charles Clay is questionable to return with a knee injury.
  — Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) October 8, 2017
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• Man shot in Buffalo Saturday night in serious condition

  08-10-2017 19:40 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)-  Buffalo police are investigating a Saturday night shooting on Gold Street.
  Police say a 24-year-old man was shot just after 10:10 p.m.
  He was taken to ECMC and listed in serious condition.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the confidential tipcall line at 847-2255.
  
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• Reporter clarifies after saying Kaepernick would stand for anthem

  08-10-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) —Jason La Canfora has clarified his televised report saying quarterback Colin Kaepernick told him he would stand during the national anthem if he played in the NFL again, saying he didn’t discuss the issue with the player when they spoke.Jason La Canfora said in a series of tweets on Sunday that he was relaying previous reporting about Kaepernick and did not ask whether the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback would sit or stand during th
  
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• Kaepernick tells CBS he’ll stand during national anthem

  08-10-2017 19:31 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Quarterback Colin Kaepernick has told CBS that he would stand during the national anthem if given a chance to play football in the NFL again.According to a report by Jason La Canfora on Sunday, Kaepernick has been living in New York and working out privately in New Jersey with the hope of signing with a team this season.
  Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem last season to bring more attention to the killings of black men by police
  
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• UK police free driver in museum car crash; inquiry continues

  08-10-2017 19:25 via wivb.com
  LONDON (AP) — London police on Sunday released a 47-year-old man arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a car crash outside the Natural History Museum injured 11 people.Police said the man was released “under investigation.” He has not been charged or identified.
  London’s “museum row” was open for business as usual Sunday, with the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum operating as usual one day aft
  
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• NY ballot measure would strip pensions of corrupt lawmakers

  08-10-2017 19:20 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Voters in New York state will decide next month whether to authorize judges to strip the pensions of corrupt officials.More than 30 lawmakers have left office facing allegations of misconduct since 2000. Many are still eligible for generous pensions for their state service.
  A 2011 law allowing judges to revoke the pensions of corruption lawmakers doesn’t apply to lawmakers who were previously elected. This year’s ballot question, if appro
  
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• Buffalo Kickoff LIVE: Keys to the Game – Bills at Bengals

  08-10-2017 16:57 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Bills are off to their best start since 2011.  What do they have to do to improve to 4-1 before the bye week?
  Josh Reed: Get through to the bye week healthy. PREDICTION:  Bills win 17-16
  Nick Filipowski: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  Tyrod Taylor isn’t throwing for 300 yards, LeSean McCoy and the running game are struggling but as long as the defense is playing lights out and Stephen Hauschka is bombing 50-yard field goals &md
  
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• Buffalo Kickoff LIVE: Roundtable Bills at Bengals

  08-10-2017 16:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Each week the Buffalo Kickoff LIVE panel tackles three storylines leading up to the Bills weekly matchup.
  This week as the Bills prepare to battle the Bengals, here are the topics our BKL is discussing and how it could lead Buffalo to a win and 4-1 record.
  1)  The Bills need to avoid overconfidence: The team was in a similar position back in 2011 sitting at 3-1 before a loss in Cincinnati marked a downward spiral that saw Buffalo finish 6-10 that season.  C
  
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• Buffalo Opiate Task Force takes on training doctors, nurses to fight addiction

  08-10-2017 16:35 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – There’s a new way leaders in education are trying to fight the opioid epidemic. A new state grant will help the University at Buffalo train physicians and nurses on how to medically treat people who are addicted to opioids.
  University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions is at the forefront of a training effort to fight the opioid crisis in Western New York and across the state.
  RIA Director Dr. Kenneth Leonard says there is an FDA-approved
  
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• Tropical storm Nate weakens but rain, floods to continue

  08-10-2017 16:27 via wivb.com
  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — A fast-moving storm called Nate brought flooding and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast early Sunday after it sloshed ashore outside Biloxi, Mississippi — the first hurricane to make landfall in that state since Katrina devastated the region 12 years ago.The storm hit Mississippi as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 85 mph (140 kph) but weakened later to a tropical storm as it moved inland, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in
  
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• Movie producers praise Buffalo during “Marshall” movie screening

  08-10-2017 05:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Western New Yorkers got their first look at “Marshall,” with a screening at the North Park Theater Saturday.  Not only was the entire movie filmed in the Buffalo, but there were also about 18 local actors and actresses featured.
  Roll out the red carpet, because Hollywood came to Buffalo Saturday night.
  “We’re just so excited to see it,” said Elizabeth Ciesielski, who was one of the first few people in line for the screening.
  Hundred
  
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• UB breaks ground on new indoor training facility

  08-10-2017 03:01 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB)- Work is now underway on University at Buffalo’s new field house on North Campus. Administrators broke ground at the north end of the UB Stadium end zone on Saturday.
  The 92,000 square foot facility will house a football filed, 6,000 feet of track, long and triple jump pits, pole vault pits and suspended softball hitting tunnels.
  It will also have space for student recreational activities and intramurals.
  UB is one of the last Mid-American Conference schools to ad
  
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• Heritage Centers unveils new name at Cheektowaga event

  08-10-2017 02:53 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Heritage Centers will now be known as The Arc Erie County New York. The rebranding was announced at an event in Cheektowaga on Saturday.
  The organization helps people with developmental and intellectual disabilities get involved in their communities through employment programs, service coordination, habilitation services, volunteerism, among other initiatives.
  More than 600 children and adults who receive support from the agency were there to celebrate the new era.
  
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