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• Doctor weighs in on change of blood pressure guidelines

  16-11-2017 23:35 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y.–
  The American Heart Association changed the definition of high blood pressure for the first time in 14 years this week. It means half of adults in the U.S. now have high blood pressure.
  Under the new guidelines, high blood pressure is now defined as readings of 130 over 80. That’s compared to 140 over 90 in the past.
  “That means that a significant number of individuals previously labeled as normal-tensive or pre-hypertensive would come in the category of hypertens
  
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• Sen. Al Franken accused of groping, unwanted kissing by radio anchor Leeann Tweeden

  16-11-2017 23:31 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – Television host, sports broadcaster and model Leeann Tweeden says that Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, “kissed and groped” her without consent while entertaining troops on a USO Tour in December 2006.
  Tweeden, a KABC radio news anchor, wrote in a post that among other entertainers present on the tour was former Saturday Night Live star Franken, the headlining comedian. She writes that parts of his act “were full of sexual innuendo geared toward a youn
  
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• Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota

  16-11-2017 23:18 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline’s operator, TransCanada, said.Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning and officials are investigating the cause of the leak.This is the largest Keystone oil spill to date in South Dakota, said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources.In April 2016, there was a 400-barrel release — or 16,800 gallons &
  
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• Vehicle runs red light, strikes police vehicle in Buffalo

  16-11-2017 21:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo Police officer was treated for minor injuries Thursday after a vehicle apparently ran a red light and struck the officer’s patrol vehicle.
  The incident happened just before 7:50 a.m. near Oak Street and Goodell Street.
  The officer was transported to ECMC.
  The incident remains under investigation. There are no charges at this time.
   
  
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• Tops Markets rolls out online ordering

  16-11-2017 21:40 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMVSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tops Friendly Markets is the latest grocery store to offer customers the option to buy groceries from the comfort of their home.
  The grocery chain launched Instacart on Thursday, offering online ordering. Groceries will be delivered to the door in as little as one hour. Instacart services will be available daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  Tops is offering free delivery for the first two months when customers use Instacart.
  For a list of participating stores, click
  
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• Volunteer firefighter charged with stealing over $19,000 from fire company

  16-11-2017 21:15 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The former treasurer of the River Road Volunteer Fire Company has been arrested for stealing over $19,000 from the company since the start of the year.
  Timothy D. Kler, 35, was charged Thursday with third degree grand larceny. He turned himself in with his lawyer and was arraigned before being released.
  Kler is accused of stealing over $19,000 from the fire department since being elected treasurer in January.
  
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• Police officers who arrested Cheektowaga Dollar General shooting suspect speak out

  16-11-2017 20:48 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — “We didn’t know if there was more than one shooter, we had witnesses tell us there was more than one shooter. The victim and the suspect both had lime green shirts on so it was kind of crazy,” said Cheektowaga Police Lieutenant Anthony Filipski.
  Cheektowaga Police Lieutenant Anthony Filipski and Officer Dominic Schwartz were at the end of their shifts when they got the call Tuesday afternoon, and jumped into action in a matter of seconds.
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• UPDATE: Lock down is canceled for Alden School District, deputies still investigating

  16-11-2017 20:32 via wivb.com
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – The lock down for the Alden Central School District has been lifted. 
  The lock down went into effect around 2 p.m. Thursday after school administration “received information that could potentially endanger the welfare of our high school students, faculty, and staff”, the district said in a Thursday afternoon press release.
  The school contacted the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and deputies arrived on scene.
  The Erie County Sheriff’s Office d
  
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• House passes sweeping GOP tax overhaul

  16-11-2017 20:04 via wivb.com
  (AP) – The House has passed a sweeping Republican tax bill cutting taxes for corporations and many people. It puts GOP leaders closer to delivering to President Donald Trump a crucial legislative achievement after nearly a year of failures.
  The House voted 227-205 along party lines to approve the bill, which would bring the biggest revamp of the U.S. tax system in three decades.
  Most of the House bill’s reductions would go to business. Both the Senate and House would slash the 35 per
  
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• CBP officers undergo active shooter training

  16-11-2017 19:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Customs and Border Protection Officers with Buffalo’s field office underwent specialized training at an area school to prepare for a worst-case scenario; an active shooter.
  The officers encountered everything from a desperate hostage to a wounded law enforcement officer, or a shooter just around the corner.
  Using simulated shots and actors to portray real-life scenarios, the officers didn’t know what they’d encounter in any given room.
  That’s th
  
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• Three charged with animal cruelty following Jamestown Fire

  16-11-2017 18:37 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) – Three people have been charged with animal cruelty in Jamestown after fire and police responded to a residence for a fire.
  All of the occupants at 12 Mt. Vernon Place were able to get out safely. Firefighters rescued two dogs from inside the residence, one of which was found to be suffering from extreme neglect. The dog had extremely matted hair, was covered in feces with open sores, and had a large cyst on its abdomen.
  This photo shows the dog’s face.The dog
  
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• AAA: Over 3.1 million New York State residents are expected to travel this Thanksgiving weekend

  16-11-2017 16:52 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – Over 50.9 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, according to numbers released Thursday by AAA.
  That’s a 3.3 percent increase over 2016.
  “The 2017 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005 with 1.6 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways compared with last year”, AAA said in a press release.
  In the U.S.’s most congested cities, th
  
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• Mariah Carey cancels Nov. 21 Niagara Falls concert due to illness

  16-11-2017 16:20 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Mariah Carey won’t be bringing her “All I Want For Christmas is You” tour to Niagara Falls on Nov. 21.
  Carey had to cancel her Nov. 21 concert at Seneca Niagara Casino and the other first stops on the tour due to a respiratory infection, including Nov. 17 in Windsor, Ontario at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor.
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  — Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) November 15, 2017Refunds will be available through point of purcha
  
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• Fatal accident under investigation in Lancaster

  16-11-2017 15:38 via wivb.com
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – Lancaster Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Broadway (Route 20) at Woodlawn Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
  The vehicle, operated by a 55-year-old Lancaster woman, was eastbound on Broadway when a large pickup truck traveling westbound crossed over and struck the vehicle head-on.
  The truck was driven by a 23-year-old Buffalo man who was not injured. He is cooperating with police.
  The reason the truck crossed over into the eastbound
  
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• Turkeys for Tickets drive benefiting local food pantries

  16-11-2017 11:00 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Sabres fans are getting free game tickets for giving back to neighbors in need.
  The annual Turkeys for Tickets drive is being held from 6 a.m. Until 9 a.m. Thursday, November 16, at three locations:
  • KeyBank Center Surface Lot (Enter lot from Baltimore Street, via Perry Street)• Wegmans in Amherst (675 Alberta Dr., Amherst, NY 14226)• Wegmans in West Seneca (370 Orchard Park Rd., West Seneca, NY 14224)
  For every 20-pound turkey dropped off, or the equ
  
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• Police: Cheektowaga shooter violated the state’s SAFE Act

  16-11-2017 05:17 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Authorities say things could have ended much worse in Cheektowaga Tuesday when 29 year-old Travis Green opened fire in the Dollar General parking lot.
  Cheektowaga Police say Green was wearing body armor and was heavily armed and heavily equipped.
  “It’s a miracle that I’m not up here reading off names of deceased. I think it’s safe to assume his intent was to do to significant harm,” said Cheektowaga Police Chief David Zack.
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• Bills fans react to QB Tyrod Taylor getting benched

  16-11-2017 04:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Big changes are being made at one bills drive. Head coach Sean McDermott announcing Tyrod Taylor will not play quarter back. Rookie Nathan Peterman will start in the game against the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday. Bills fans are continuing to weigh in on the decision.
  “I think it was a bad move,” said Frank Gaik who’s been a huge Bills fan for years.
  “You know what I think it’s a good move,” said Victor DeGeorge.
  Whether you think it
  
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• Massinburg powers Bulls to 81-76 win over Jacksonville State

  16-11-2017 03:29 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – C.J. Massinburg scored a game-high 25 points to power the UB Men’s Basketball team to an 81-76 win over Jacksonville State on Wednesday, as the Bulls improved to 2-0 on the year.
  In total, four players hit double figures, including Nick Perkins who had 16, Davonta Jordan and Montell McRae, who chipped in with 11 and 10 points respectively.
  UB opened the game on a tear, racing out to a 12-2 start, before Jacksonville State answered back and took a 24-23 lead wit
  
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• Boil water order issued for parts of City of Niagara Falls

  16-11-2017 03:06 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Niagara Falls Water Board has issued a boil water notice for some City of Niagara Falls residents due to a water line rapture.
  The notice applies to residents in the area between Main Street and Pine Avenue to 10th Street and Pine Avenue, including the Niagara Towers and Spallino Towers.
  The notice is “due to the loss of water pressure or potential dirty water starting on or around Nov. 15”.
  A section of the water system will be temporarily shut
  
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• Prayers answered: wire fraud victims getting their money back

  16-11-2017 02:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Consumer watchdogs have been saying it for years: never send money by wire transfer unless you absolutely know who it is going to because anyone who has the transaction code can steal it, and once the money is stolen there is little to no chance of recovering it.
  But a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, and 49 state attorneys general against Western Union is going to change that. The lawsuit has been settled and Western Union has established a $586 millio
  
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• Christ painting by Leonardo da Vinci sells for record $450M

  16-11-2017 02:16 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, obliterating previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately.
  The painting, called “Salvator Mundi,” Italian for “Savior of the World,” is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only one in private hands. It was sold by Christie’s auction house, which didn’t imme
  
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• Cheektowaga Police continue to look for motive as shooting investigation continues

  16-11-2017 01:26 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB)- Cheektowaga Police still haven’t determined why 29 year old Travis Green opened fire on a Dollar General store Tuesday. They said he isn’t cooperating with investigators.
  The store off Union Road was boarded up Wednesday and there were marks on the pavement to show where gunshot casings fell. Police told us Green fired more than 20 rounds in the parking lot, injuring a man.
  “This was just an incredible encounter,” said Police Chief David Zac
  
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• Trump says America’s standing in the world has never been better, after Asia trip

  16-11-2017 00:07 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – President Trump on Wednesday declared America’s standing in the world has never been stronger, after returning from a 12-day trip to five Asian nations.
  Mr. Trump declined to answer shouted questions from the handful of reporters allowed into the Diplomatic Room of the White House, as controversy swirls in Washington, D.C. Mr. Trump returned from his marathon Asia trip to new developments in the Russia investigation of Russian election meddling and ties to the Trump
  
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