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• Official: Serial killer suspect’s call to cops led to arrest

  17-10-2017 23:33 via wivb.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A suspected serial killer was arrested in Louisiana last week after he called a sheriff’s office and claimed responsibility for a string of shootings that killed three men and wounded a fourth, according to a law enforcement official.
  Ryan Sharpe, 36, wasn’t a suspect in the shootings until he called the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office last Wednesday and identified himself as the killer, said the official, who spoke only on condition of anon
  
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• Philando Castile fundraiser wipes out all student lunch debt in St. Paul

  17-10-2017 23:24 via wivb.com
  MINNEAPOLIS — A fundraising campaign to honor the memory of Philando Castile raised enough money to help pay off every St. Paul Public Schools students’ lunch debt for at least a year, CBS Minnesota reports.
  Castile, 32, a longtime school district employee, was fatally shot by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez while sitting behind the wheel during a traffic stop in July 2016. The incident was captured in a wrenching video posted on Face
  
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• Authorities: Bodies in California desert locked in embrace

  17-10-2017 23:16 via wivb.com
  JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two adult bodies were locked in an embrace when they were discovered in Joshua Tree National Park, near the area where a missing Southern California couple vanished while hiking three months ago.
  Jodi Miller, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, said Tuesday that officials have yet to identify the remains found over the weekend in the desert park. Miller says the bodies were embracing when searchers c
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Buffalo Police speak on the recovery of the body of Officer Craig Lehner

  17-10-2017 22:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y., (WIVB) – Buffalo Police are giving a press conference on the recovery of the body of officer Craig Lehner.
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• Support pours in for family of Officer Lehner, Buffalo Police Department

  17-10-2017 22:23 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Condolences for the loss of Buffalo Police officer Craig Lehner began pouring in Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Buffalo Police announced they had recovered the K-9 officer’s body.
  Buffalo mayor Byron Brown called the death of Officer Lehner “a profound loss for our entire community”.
  Brown offered thoughts and prayers for Lehner’s loved ones, as well as the Buffalo Police Underwater Recovery Team and the many first responders who helped in t
  
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• Police procession accompanies body of Officer Craig Lehner

  17-10-2017 22:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The body of Buffalo Police K-9 officer Craig Lehner is being given a police procession to the medical examiner’s office Tuesday afternoon after being recovered from the Niagara River.
  Dozens of officers lined Porter Avenue around 3:30 p.m., waiting for the procession to begin.There are well over two dozen police officers on Porter Road, getting ready to participate in a procession pic.twitter.com/23qDZdZdYP
  — Ali Ingersoll (@AliIngersoll4) October 17, 201
  
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• Officials: Bomb threat at SUNY Fredonia campus was “unfounded”

  17-10-2017 19:02 via wivb.com
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — SUNY Fredonia issued an all-clear around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday after a building on campus was evacuated.
  Thompson Hall was evacuated after a bomb threat was received. Classes in the building were cancelled.All-clear for Thompson Hall. Threat was unfounded. Students & staff can retrieve personal belongings. Classes resume in Thompson at 5pm.
  — Fredonia (@FredoniaU) October 17, 2017
  A tweet from the university Tuesday afternoon said that the threat was unfounded
  
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• Building on SUNY Fredonia campus evacuated after bomb threat

  17-10-2017 19:02 via wivb.com
  FREDONIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A building on the SUNY Fredonia campus was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon.
  Thompson Hall was evacuated after a bomb threat was received.
  Classes at the building, scheduled to take place before 5 p.m., have been cancelled. The building will reopen at that time.
  
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• VIDEO: Astronauts experiment with fidget spinners

  17-10-2017 18:08 via wivb.com
  INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (WIVB) — It seems everyone is getting in on the fidget spinner trend, even astronauts.
  NASA astronauts on the International Space Station tweeted a video of the spinner in space.
  In the video above, you can see it spinning and floating.
  The astronauts said it was a great experiment with Newton’s laws of motion.
  
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• Albion couple charged following drug sales investigation

  17-10-2017 17:03 via wivb.com
  ALBION, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Albion couple was charged with possessing drugs.
  The Orleans County Major Felony Task Force says Teaira Reamsnyder, 22, and Pete Leiben, 39, were pulled over by authorities on S. Main St.
  This occurred following an investigation into cocaine and heroin sales and distribution from Rochester to the Albion area.
  During the traffic stop, officials say they seized a small safe, which was disguised as a book. According to them, it contained heroin and cocaine that h
  
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• Day 5 of Search for Missing BPD Officer spreads crews up river

  17-10-2017 16:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tuesday morning, as they have done for days now, crews from across the region and across the border gathered in Broderick Park to continue searching for Officer Craig Lehner.
  Lehner, a nine-year veteran of the force, was taking part in a routine training exercise with the Buffalo Police Underwater Rescue Team early Friday afternoon when he disappeared.
  Crews have been searching for him since then, from boats, from the land, and from the air.
  A prayer vigil is planned
  
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• Buffalo police have recovered body of Officer Craig Lehner

  17-10-2017 16:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police have confirmed that they have recovered the body of Officer Craig Lehner.Buffalo police have recovered the body of Officer Craig Lehner. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
  — Buffalo Police Dept (@BPDAlerts) October 17, 2017
  Tuesday morning, as they have done for days now, crews from across the region and across the border gathered in Broderick Park to continue searching for Officer Craig Lehner.
  Lehner, a nine-year veteran of the force
  
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• FBI nabs 2 women suspected of bank heist try dressed as nuns

  17-10-2017 16:36 via wivb.com
  TANNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has charged two women with trying to rob a bank in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains while dressed as nuns.
  Nineteen-year-old Swahilys Pedraza Rodriguez and 23-year-old Melissa Aquino Arias appeared before a judge in Newark, New Jersey on Monday. They’re also charged with robbing banks in Garfield and Teaneck, New Jersey, while wearing head scarves. The Garfield heist was on Sept. 28, while the Teaneck heist, at the N
  
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• Bills preparing for Winston, but ready for Fitzpatrick

  17-10-2017 16:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tampa Bay quarterback Jameis Winston injured his shoulder in the Buccaneers’ 38-33 loss to Arizona on Sunday.
  Head Coach Dirk Koetter said Winston, who suffered an AC joint sprain, won’t throw at practice this week but could start Sunday when the Bucs battle the Bills at New Era Field.
  If Winston isn’t able to suit up, that leaves former Bills quarterback and current backup Ryan Fitzpatrick to start.#Bucs QB Jameis Winston, who has an MRI today, pla
  
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• Californians brace for emotional toll from wildfires

  17-10-2017 15:24 via wivb.com
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A week after fleeing wildfires, tens of thousands of Californians are drifting back into their neighborhoods.
  Some will face the prospect of destroyed homes. All will face the possibility of lasting emotional damage.
  “It’s never going to be the same,” said Rob Brown, a supervisor in Mendocino County, where all 8,000 evacuees were cleared to go home Monday. “You’re going to have to seek a new normal.”
  The fires, the deadlies
  
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• What cosmic crash confirmed: Einstein was as good as gold

  17-10-2017 13:40 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When two extremely dense neutron stars crashed together in a distant galaxy, astronomers struck scientific gold, confirming previously unproven theories, including some from Albert Einstein.
  Scientists announced Monday that after picking up two faint signals in mid-August, they were able to find the location of the long-ago crash and see the end of it play out. Measurements of the light and other energy that the crash produced helped them answer some cosmic
  
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• Search for Officer Lehner to continue Tuesday morning

  17-10-2017 05:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Officers hugged one another Monday night as the fourth day of searching for Officer Craig Lehner came to a close. They stayed at the Broderick Park staging area until after dark.
  Some first responders held a private prayer vigil.
  There are resources here from Erie, Allegany and Monroe Counties, NYPD, NYS Police, Customs and Border Patrol, among others. They are all looking for any sign of Officer Lehner, trying to bring him home.
  “It’s the speed of the rive
  
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• Search for Officer Lehner continues Tuesday morning

  17-10-2017 05:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Officers hugged one another Monday night as the fourth day of searching for Officer Craig Lehner came to a close. They stayed at the Broderick Park staging area until after dark.
  Some first responders held a private prayer vigil.
  There are resources here from Erie, Allegany and Monroe Counties, NYPD, NYS Police, Customs and Border Patrol, among others. They are all looking for any sign of Officer Lehner, trying to bring him home.
  “It’s the speed of the rive
  
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• Silver Alert ends for missing Orchard Park man

  17-10-2017 05:09 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Silver Alert for a missing elderly male with dementia from Orchard Park is now cancelled.The Erie County Sheriff’s Office issued the alert on Monday night.
  The 86-year-old man had been last seen wearing a blue and white plaid shirt, blue pants, and a button down sweater in the area of Tops on Southwestern Boulevard.
  Orchard Park Police tell News 4, the man was found in the City of Tonawanda, and family members are heading there to meet him.
  Police did no
  
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• West Seneca residents outraged over proposed 12 percent tax hike

  17-10-2017 04:59 via wivb.com
  WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people who live in the Town of West Seneca were outraged Monday night at a public hearing.
  Supervisor Sheila Meegan is proposing a $40 million budget that includes a 12 percent tax hike. Meegan says the increase is due to rising health care costs, workers comp and recycling and garbage.
  “All those items affect the budget and it’s unfortunate that the budget is where it is,” said Meegan.
  If the budget is adopted, homeowners will see a
  
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• Man builds 2-story ‘Star Wars’ vehicle replica for Halloween

  17-10-2017 04:55 via wivb.com
  PARMA, Ohio (AP) — A two-story, “Star Wars”-inspired Halloween yard display in Ohio should be enough to make any trick-or-treating Darth Vader proud.
  Nick Meyer has built a replica four-legged All Terrain Armored Transport, or AT-AT walker, nearly as tall as his Parma home.
  Meyer tells Cleveland.com he used wood, hard foam and plastic barrels. He says he enjoys the “Star Wars” movies but isn’t a fanatic and simply thought the display would be unique.
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence will be in Buffalo Tuesday

  17-10-2017 04:47 via wivb.com
   BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Vice President Mike Pence will be making a visit to the Queen City on Tuesday.
  Pence will be in town to meet with families and small business owners, talking about tax reform. The vice president is hoping to push Congress to get a plan to the president’s desk.
  The White House has proposed eliminating a state and local tax deduction to help pay for proposed tax cuts.
  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the proposed plan would hurt the middle
  
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• Vice President Mike Pence in Buffalo Tuesday

  17-10-2017 04:47 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Vice President Mike Pence is visiting the Queen City on Tuesday.
  Pence is in town to meet with families and small business owners, talking about tax reform. The vice president is hoping to push Congress to get a plan to the president’s desk.
  The White House has proposed eliminating a state and local tax deduction to help pay for proposed tax cuts.
  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the proposed plan would hurt the middle class and New York State&
  
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• LIVE STREAM: Vice President Mike Pence in Buffalo Tuesday

  17-10-2017 04:47 via wivb.com
   BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Vice President Mike Pence will be making a visit to the Queen City on Tuesday.
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  Pence will be in town to meet with families and small business owners, talking about tax reform. The vice president is hoping to push Congress to get a plan to the president’s desk.
  The White House has proposed eliminating a state and local tax deduction to help pay for proposed tax cuts.
  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday
  
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• Chief deputy US marshal engaged in sexual activity on government property, report finds

  17-10-2017 04:29 via wivb.com
  Washington (CNN) – A chief deputy US marshal was caught “engaging in sexual activity with numerous different women within government space,” according to findings from a Justice Department inspector general investigation published Monday.The man was not named in the publicly released summary, and it is unclear whether he still has his job.
  “As a general policy and due to privacy laws, the US Marshals Service does not discuss specific employee disciplinary actio
  
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• Speeding car strikes another vehicle on Kensington Avenue and Grider Street

  17-10-2017 03:56 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police say a speeding vehicle crashed into another vehicle at Kensington Avenue and Grider Street Monday evening.
  Officers observed the vehicle, which was moving at a high rate of speed, turn around. Before officers could make an attempt to follow it, it crashed into another vehicle.
  A person in the second car was injured.The driver of the speeding vehicle was charged with vehicle and traffic violations.
   
  
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• Want your MTV? Dispute could black it out

  17-10-2017 02:01 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – If you subscribe to Spectrum, the cable television provider that replaced Time Warner Cable in Western New York, there is good news and bad news: The pay TV service is in a feud with Viacom, owner of 23 cable networks, over money that—if it is not settled soon–could cause Viacom’s TV networks to be blacked out .
  The two companies missed a Sunday deadline to reach an agreement, but the good news is they agreed to extend the deadline and keep talking.
  
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• Capital murder charges filed in Muslim teen’s death

  17-10-2017 01:54 via wivb.com
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man accused of killing a 17-year-old Muslim girl as she walked back to her mosque is now facing a possible death penalty after an indictment Monday charging him with capital murder and rape.
  The June slaying of Nabra Hassanen, who had been out with friends eating a meal ahead of pre-dawn Ramadan services, rattled the region’s Muslim community. More than 200 supporters wearing “Justice for Nabra” T-shirts showed up at a preliminary h
  
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• Kindergartner empties piggy bank to pay for classmates’ milk

  17-10-2017 01:30 via wivb.com
  (CBS)  – Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke of Ishpeming, Michigan, emptied out her piggy bank onto the living room floor and immediately started “counting.”
  Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up stacks of nickels, pennies and dimes — but then she saw the girl stuff the coins and crinkled bills into a plastic bag and place it in the front pouch of her backpack.
  “That piqued my curiosity,” Oel
  
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• Agencies remain determined to find and recover missing BPD diver

  17-10-2017 00:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The sun sets on the Niagara River as members from agencies around the state begin loading up their equipment and heading home for a few hours after spending the day looking for Buffalo Police Officer Craig Lehner. Officer Lehner disappeared in the water Friday, October 13th, around 12:50pm. He was in the river training with BPD’s underwater rescue team when something went wrong.
  Police haven’t been able to tell us what went wrong. During their fourth
  
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• Amid feline illness outbreak, SPCA Serving Niagara County closes until Wednesday

  17-10-2017 00:51 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF NIAGARA, N Y. (WIVB) – The SPCA Serving Niagara County is currently dealing with a very contagious outbreak of feline illness at the shelter, a Facebook post from the SPCA said Monday evening.
  The shelter has closed for adoptions and admissions for the day to get a handle on the situation by cleaning and sterilizing all feline housing, the post added.
  The shelter is expected to reopen Wednesday at regular hours.
  We’ll have more information as it becomes available.
   
  
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