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• Hospital dealing with issues as contractor is selected to fix Niagara Falls water main

  20-12-2017 23:59 via wivb.com
  A contractor has been picked to fix the water main break on 47th St. in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is one of the places dealing with low water pressure. On some of the floors, patients are having trouble flushing toilets!
  It’s the fifth day of low water pressure in the hospital, according to administrators, who are getting fed up waiting for a fix.
  “I feel like an ocean liner out at sea with a water shortage,” said hospital president and CEO Joe Ru
  
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• Mercy Flight called to scene of accident in Niagara Falls

  20-12-2017 23:13 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Niagara Falls Police are on the scene of an accident on Buffalo Avenue near 56th Street.
  The crash involves at least one serious injury. Mercy Flight has been called to the scene.
  Drivers are being asked to avoid the area.News 4 has a crew on the scene. We’ll have more information as soon as it’s available.
  
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• Buffalo man dies following accident in Niagara Falls

  20-12-2017 23:13 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 33-year-old Buffalo man was killed Wednesday after striking a traffic signal support pole in Niagara Falls.
  The crash occurred at 56th Street and Buffalo Avenue. According to Niagara Falls Police, the man, who was driving a 2001 Honda Accord, was traveling east on Buffalo Avenue when the car left the roadway, striking the pole.
  HE was extricated by the Niagara Falls Fire Department and taken to Erie County Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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• Programming changes for Christmas and New Year’s Day on WIVB

  20-12-2017 19:28 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — There will be some changes to the programming on WIVB on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
  Here are the changes:
  
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• USS Little Rock has set sail after departure delayed

  20-12-2017 19:11 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — History was made in Buffalo on Saturday when the Navy’s newest warship was commissioned next to its namesake. It’s a once in a life time experience crews will cherish forever.
  “It’s been overwhelming. The town, both the contingent from Little Rock and Buffalo have gone above and beyond it’s more than we could ever hope for and the crew has had the time of their lives they’ll never forget it,” said Commander Todd Peters.
  An ex
  
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• LIVE STREAM: It’s a done deal: Congress wraps up massive tax package

  20-12-2017 19:04 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans delivered an epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, bringing generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch live coverage of a tax passage event at the White House.
  In a re-vote due to a last-minute hiccup, the House passed the massive $1.5 trillion tax package that affects
  
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• It’s a done deal: Congress wraps up massive tax package

  20-12-2017 19:04 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans delivered an epic overhaul of U.S. tax laws to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, bringing generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans while providing smaller cuts for middle- and low-income families.
  In a re-vote due to a last-minute hiccup, the House passed the massive $1.5 trillion tax package that affects everyone’s taxes but is dominated by breaks for business and higher ear
  
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• Buffalo man in critical condition after Tuesday night shooting

  20-12-2017 18:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is in critical condition after a shooting on the first block of Castle Pl.
  The shooting occurred Tuesday night around 10:15 p.m.
  The victim, who was taken to ECMC, was only identified as a 46-year-old Buffalo resident.
  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call or text the police department’s confidential tip line at (716) 847-2255.
  
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• Advocates call on Gov. Cuomo to “be fair to direct care”

  20-12-2017 18:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Advocates for direct care workers have issued a rowdy rally cry, telling state lawmakers to “be fair to direct care.”
  Direct care workers take care of people with special needs. A rally was held on Tuesday at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
  Advocates want Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature to speed up the process for direct care professionals to receive wages agreed on in the state budget by 2020.
  Organizers say too many people are leaving the
  
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• New USS Little Rock sets sail for Florida

  20-12-2017 17:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wednesday’s sendoff for new USS Little Rock came with a lot less fanfare than Saturday’s commissioning. Only a handful of people watched as the new Navy warship gracefully glided away from Canalside.
  Perhaps no one was more excited than the chair of the Commissioning Committee for the LCS 9, Maurice L Naylon III. “All of the sudden our waterfront looks a little empty, but it’s been a wonderful 17 day celebration! I think people in Buffalo now
  
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• Behind-the-scenes at the Buffalo Museum of Science

  20-12-2017 17:49 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – There are more than 700,000 items in the Buffalo Museum of Science’s collection, way more than could ever be on display to the public at any given time. But, Western New Yorkers can still see many of the items for themselves during a behind-the-scenes tour, offered as part of the museum’s adult programming.
  Every quarter, the museum offers three different tours, focusing in-depth on one topic covered by the collection, whether that’s the items in th
  
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• Cardinal Law, disgraced figure in church abuse scandal, dies

  20-12-2017 17:44 via wivb.com
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failure to stop child molesters in the priesthood triggered the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died Wednesday in Rome at age 86.
  Law, who spent his final years in various Vatican posts, had been sick and was recently hospitalized.
  Law was once one of the most important figures in the U.S. church, wielding considerable influence inside the Vatican. From 1984 until he resigned unde
  
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• 18-year-old killed in Buffalo crash

  20-12-2017 17:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An 18-year-old man was killed in a vehicle crash in Buffalo Tuesday night.
  Buffalo police say they responded to the 200 block of French St. just before 9:30 p.m.
  According to officials, a Jeep Cherokee was headed east on the street, when it passed a stop sign and hit another vehicle.
  The Jeep then hit a number of trees before coming to a rest several hundred feet away. Police say the Jeep may have been going fast before the crash happened.
  Although the driver of
  
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• Senate moves tax cut legislation to brink of final passage

  20-12-2017 16:01 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jubilant Republicans pushed on early Wednesday to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans will learn to love when they see their paychecks in the new year. President Donald Trump cheered the lawmakers on, eager to claim his first major legislative victory.
  After midnight, the Senate narrowly passed the legislation on a party-line 51-48 vote. Proteste
  
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• Woman in custody after incident in Town of Concord

  20-12-2017 14:51 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF CONCORD, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman is in custody after an incident on Brown Hill Rd. in the Town of Concord.
  Officials received a call about a domestic incident with a possibly barricaded person Wednesday around 8 a.m.
  The road was closed between Pfarner and Trevett roads as New York State Police and the Erie County Sheriff’s office responded to the scene.
  After calling in a crisis negotiator, the woman who was inside the residence came out peacefully around 10 a.m.
  Her name
  
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• Officials involved in incident with barricaded person in Boston

  20-12-2017 14:51 via wivb.com
  BOSTON, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police and the Erie County Sheriff’s office are involved in an incident involving a barricaded person on Brown Hill Road in Boston.
  There is no threat to the public at this time, but Brown Hill Rd. is closed between Pfarner and Trevett roads.
  News 4 will provide more information as soon as it is available.
  
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• LeSean McCoy hosts “Christmas for Kids Celebration”

  20-12-2017 14:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Bills star LeSean McCoy got in the holiday spirit by giving some local kids an early Christmas present.
  McCoy hosted the “Christmas for Kids Celebration” at the William St. YMCA in Buffalo.
  More than 300 kids got to enjoy food, music and toy giveaways.
  They also got to spend some quality time with McCoy, and Santa Claus too.
  “It means a lot to them, but it means a lot more to me just to see the excitement of the kids,” McCoy said. &ldq
  
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• LIVE STREAM: USS Little Rock departs from Buffalo

  20-12-2017 13:53 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The USS Little Rock is departing from Buffalo today.
  APP USERS | Tap here to watch the departure.
  
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• Proposed changes to school year scheduling

  20-12-2017 13:29 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A proposal from the New York State Education Department could change how your child’s school year is configured.
  If passed, instead of the required 180-day school year, there would be hourly requirements for classroom time. The proposal calls for a minimum of 900 instructional hours for full-day kindergarten and grades one through six. For grades 7-12 there would be a minimum of 990 instructional hours.
  The proposal could also give di
  
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• McDonald’s to introduce the McVegan burger

  20-12-2017 12:42 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – McDonald’s is introducing the McVegan burger…in Finland, anyway.
  In a trial run, the chain is offering a meatless, soy patty on a quarter-pounder bun in five restaurants around the city of Tampere.
  The burger includes a vegan McFeast sauce, ketchup, mustard, fresh tomato, lettuce, onion and pickle slices.
  McDonald’s says customer feedback will determine whether the McVegan burger goes forward.
  This story was originally posted by CNN.
  
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• What the tax bill means for Millennials

  20-12-2017 12:33 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Sweeping U.S. tax reform only comes around every 30 years or so.
  That’s about as old as Millennials. And with the Republican tax plan expected to pass, you can anticipate living with this tax code for many wage-earning years.
  While there are some immediate changes, like the repeal of the individual mandate for Obamacare, which is likely to throw your health care costs out of whack, the provisions that affect you most — like tax exclusions for employee spon
  
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• Clark returns for Bulls who fall short to Syracuse

  20-12-2017 05:08 via wivb.com
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Christmas came early for the UB basketball team when they learned Missouri transfer Wes Clark was ruled academically eligible for the Bulls game against Syracuse.
  Clark, who found out the news at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, was driven to the Carrier Dome by a member of the UB academic support staff and started the game, finishing with 15 points.
  Buffalo was a threat all night long to Syracuse, at one point leading the Orange by a point with 3:16 remaining. Syracuse hit
  
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• Street closure to attract more business in Tonawanda, says common council

  20-12-2017 04:35 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — City of Tonawanda leaders hope closing a street will accomplish attract more business to its downtown. The common council voted to shut down young street for the next six months Tuesday.
  Dozens of cars cut through the city of Tonawanda using Young street near Delaware. That’ll change starting December 27th as the street will close from Main to Broad Street.
  “We’re doing it for the city to try to make us more family friendly and to improve the envi
  
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• Bruins blank Sabres 3-0, hand Buffalo 3rd straight loss

  20-12-2017 04:05 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The home ice struggles continued for the Sabres on Tuesday.
  Buffalo fell to 4-10-2 at Keybank Center this season following a 3-0 loss to the Bruins.  The Sabres have no lost three straight games.
  Following their morning skate, defenseman Marco Scandella, who has been one of the most vocal players in the locker room this season, remarked how important home ice is saying, “I think our day-to-day routine is better. We have been good and we’ve been worki
  
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• Bills send trio to Pro Bowl

  20-12-2017 02:36 via wivb.com
   
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Three Bills players have been named to the 2018 Pro Bowl team. LeSean McCoy, Micah Hyde, and Richie Incognito will represent the Bills in Orlando at the league’s all-star game.
  This will be McCoy’s sixth Pro Bowl appearance in 9 NFL seasons. The Bills running back has 1,057 yards rushing, fifth most in the NFL.
  Richie Incognito has made the Pro Bowl all three season he’s been in Buffalo. This is the guards 4th overall selection to the all-star
  
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• Hamburg Town Board approves hamburger water tower

  20-12-2017 00:54 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hamburg claims to be the birthplace of the hamburger and the town board just approved a project that could pave the way for the town to show off their claim to fame.
  If you take a drive down Howard Road in Hamburg you will notice an ordinary water tower, but for the past several months, a town resident has been petitioning to transform it.
  Chris Hannotte Luly wants to transform the water tower to look like a hamburger.
  Monday the town board approved Luly to begin rai
  
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• New Era Field transforms into outdoor ice rink for upcoming hockey tournament

  20-12-2017 00:41 via wivb.com
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — In a little over a week, hockey will soon be played at New Era Field, not hockey.
  Crews are busy transforming the stadium into an outdoor ice rink.
  Next Friday, December 29, the United States and Canada will face off in the World Junior Hockey Championship at the stadium.
  It will be the second time the tournament has been held in Buffalo, but it’s the first time ever the tournament will be held outdoors.
  “It’s something different, you skate ind
  
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