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• Chautauqua County man facing multiple charges after attempting to evade law enforcement

  19-01-2018 23:47 via wivb.com
  RIPLEY, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Chautauqua County man is facing several charges after attempting to evade arrest by Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies Friday morning.
  Dylan M. Murphy, 20, of Ripley, was charged with resisting arrest, first degree burglary, second degree assault, criminal mischief, and petit larceny.
  According to sheriff’s reports. Murphy was known to have two felony warrants for burglary and assault as well as two misdemeanor warrants for criminal mischief and petit
  
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• How would eliminating the tip credit impact local restaurants?

  19-01-2018 23:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Like many servers and bartenders, Chris Casis makes most of his money through tips.
  “That’s how we make our living,” he told News 4 while bartending at Bar Louie in Buffalo.
  “You shoot for $100 a shift and I feel like you make at least that, or at least I do.”
  A proposal by Gov. Cuomo would do away with the state’s tip credit, and instead boost the minimum wage for service industry workers.
  The goal of the proposal is improve economi
  
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• Cheektowaga man, 23, charged with criminal possession of a weapon

  19-01-2018 23:09 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 23-year-old Cheektowaga man has been found guilty of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
  Raekwon Barnes was arrested April 3 by a parole officer during a parole search of his home after the officer discovered a loaded and operable firearm in the basement.
  Barnes faces a minimum of seven years and a maximum of 15 years in prison with five years post-release supervision as a second violent felony offender when he is sentenced Feb. 20.
   
   
  
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• Buffalo man charged in 2015 fatal shooting at neighborhood party

  19-01-2018 22:58 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 27-year-old Buffalo man has been charged with the fatal shooting of a Buffalo man at a neighborhood block party in July 2015.
  Cornelius Jones has been charged with second degree murder and second degree criminal possession of a weapon. It’s alleged that he fatally shot Dequan Griggs at a neighborhood party on Montana Street July 5, 2015.
  Jones pleaded not guilty and was taken into custody. Bail was set at $125,000.
  If convicted, Jones faces 25 years to life i
  
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• Officials expect more flooding along Lake Ontario this spring

  19-01-2018 22:57 via wivb.com
  NEWFANE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Public officials along the Lake Ontario shoreline say right now, all signs point toward more flooding this spring. In 2017, several communities along the lake were ripped apart by the high waters.
  According to data compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lake Ontario waters in Olcott reached depths of 245.75 feet. That is about eight inches higher than the same date in 2017.
  The International Joint Commission, which controls the water le
  
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• Family of WVU student who died during fraternity pledging event reaches “landmark settlement”

  19-01-2018 22:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The WNY family of a college student who died while pledging a fraternity at West Virginia University have reached a “landmark” settlement.
  The family of Nolan Burch sued two of the individual Kappa Sigma fraternity members, the Kappa Sigma organization, West Virginia University, and the owners of the house where the pledging event occurred. The terms of the settlement are confidential, but the case is a “landmark” for West Virginia, Lawlo
  
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• Kim and Kanye choose Chicago for their new baby’s name

  19-01-2018 20:30 via wivb.com
  (AP) — It’s Chicago — where Kanye West was raised — as the name of baby No. 3 with Kim Kardashian West.
  Mom made the announcement Friday on her app without explanation. Chicago was born Monday, weighing in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces. She joins big sister North and middle brother Saint.
  Chicago was born Monday via gestational carrier, meaning Kardashian West’s fertilized egg was implanted into a surrogate.
  The rapper and the reality star chose to use a gestational carrier
  
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• VIDEO: Damaged tractor-trailer seen on Thruway

  19-01-2018 19:59 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) — Drivers may have spotted an unusual sight on the Thruway this past Wednesday.
  A tractor trailer was seen with significant damage on the I-90 eastbound near the Depew exit.
  The New York State Thruway Authority says the trailer was hauling aluminum, and that the damage was caused by the load shifting.
  No one was hurt.
  Watch the video above, courtesy of Audrey.
  
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• Numerous pigs seized from Cattaraugus County farm

  19-01-2018 19:36 via wivb.com
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — 25 pigs were taken from a farm in Cattaraugus County.
  It is not clear where in the county the pigs were, but the Cattaraugus County SPCA confirmed to News 4 that they worked with Farm Sanctuary to remove some of the animals on Tuesday.
  In all, there were 85 pigs at the farm.
  According to Farm Sanctuary, the pigs were “emaciated and mange-ridden” and neither food or water sources could be seen.
  “It’s outrageous that this man has been
  
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• 24 pigs seized from Cattaraugus County farm

  19-01-2018 19:36 via wivb.com
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — 24 pigs were taken from a farm in Cattaraugus County.
  It is not clear where in the county the pigs were, but the Cattaraugus County SPCA confirmed to News 4 that they worked with Farm Sanctuary to remove some of the animals on Tuesday.
  In all, there were 85 pigs at the farm, kept in “pitch-black and windowless barns”.
  The terrified animals were “scarcely surviving and nearly drowning in filth,” Farm Sanctuary said. “Food and w
  
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• No motive uncovered for Las Vegas mass shooting

  19-01-2018 19:30 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators say they have still not determined why Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock opened fire from his high-rise hotel suite, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds.
  Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Friday that investigators believe Paddock acted alone in the Oct. 1 shooting at the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel.
  Lombardo says he does not expect charges to be filed against Paddock’s girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who had been previou
  
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• Dem, GOP leaders already blame each other as shutdown looms

  19-01-2018 18:57 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Washington hurtled toward a government shutdown Friday in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported.
  Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House traded blame for the increasingly likely shutdown with just hours remaining before the midnight deadline and few signs an agreement would be reached.
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• Cat’s Pajamas Hotel aims to give felines a purrrfect experience

  19-01-2018 18:27 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — When you’re away, the cats will play.
  “We offer that service to somebody so that they know that that cat is taken of while they’re on vacation so they enjoy their vacation instead of worry about their cat,” said Sarah Brunner, Cat’s Pajamas Feline Hotel owner.
  The Cat’s Pajamas Feline Hotel can take in up to 30 cats at a time. For owner Sarah Brunner it’s cat heaven.
  “There’s something about cats, they just give y
  
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• Gold medalist to Nassar: I won’t live as a victim any longer

  19-01-2018 17:44 via wivb.com
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber described herself in court Friday as one of 140 survivors of sexual assault by Larry Nassar, as Michigan State University called on the state’s attorney general to investigate the school’s handling of complaints against the disgraced former sports doctor.
  Wieber is the fourth member of the “Fierce Five” — the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team — to publicly tell of abuse by Nassar un
  
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• Buffalo Zoo welcomes new snow leopard

  19-01-2018 17:13 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Zoo has welcomed a new snow leopard.
  The zoo says the one-year-old male, named Altai, “is right at home in these frigid January temperatures” and “is adjusting well to his new habitat at the Zoo.”
  He came from the Akron Zoo and arrived in Buffalo this past October.
  Altai will share an environment with a two-year-old female snow leopard named Sabrina as part of a breeding recommendation.
  In the wild, there are roughly 5,000 of
  
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• Flu shots urged as hospitalizations rise across NY state

  19-01-2018 16:57 via wivb.com
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State health officials say a drastic rise in flu cases has hospitalized more than 1,600 New Yorkers this past week alone.
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Thursday that all New Yorkers six months of age and older over who haven’t received a flu shot yet should get vaccinated as soon as possible. The Democrat says the health department reports influenza cases rose by 54 percent over the past week, with new cases diagnosed in all 62 counties.
  Officials say the 1,606 New Yorke
  
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• 2 accused of trying to rob potential vehicle buyers with false Craigslist ad

  19-01-2018 15:50 via wivb.com
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Genesee County residents were arrested in relation to what Batavia police call a ‘false “vehicle for sale” ad.’
  Police say Batavia resident Jaequele Tomlin, 23, and Stafford resident Quamane Santiago, 19, posted the advertisement on Craigslist with the intention of robbing potential buyers.
  Concerned citizens told police about the ad. Later, members of the Batavia Police Department and the Genesee County Drug Task Force took Toml
  
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• 2 accused of trying to rob potential vehicle buyers with false ad

  19-01-2018 15:50 via wivb.com
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Two Genesee County residents were arrested in relation to what Batavia police call a ‘false “vehicle for sale” ad.’
  Police say Batavia resident Jaequele Tomlin, 23, and Stafford resident Quamane Santiago, 19, posted the advertisement on Craigslist with the intention of robbing potential buyers.
  Concerned citizens told police about the ad. Later, members of the Batavia Police Department and the Genesee County Drug Task Force took Toml
  
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• Woman charged with aggravated DWI after trying to pick up child at daycare

  19-01-2018 15:15 via wivb.com
  TOWN OF VICTOR, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police arrested a woman they say was drunk when she tried to pick up a child from daycare.
  Authorities say Stephanie Kukurudza, 39, showed up to the daycare facility in Victor on Thursday.
  After Troopers interviewed her, they charged her with aggravated DWI.
  Kukurudza will be back in court next week.
  
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• Witness describes taking action after noticing fatal Jamestown fire

  19-01-2018 14:55 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — “Once I had been banging on the door and I wasn’t getting any response, I started kicking the door as hard as I could.”
  Jen Grey described how she tried to jump into action when she saw a home go up in flames Thursday morning.
  Grey says she couldn’t open the door at 21 Carey Pl. in Jamestown. Inside was an elderly man who did not survive.
  The Jamestown Fire Department told WNY News Now the fire was an accident, but they did not explain how i
  
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• Hochul intends to run for Lt. Gov again

  19-01-2018 14:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul says she fully intends to run for the position again this Fall, and has no plans to challenge Republican Chris Collins for the 27th Congressional district seat.
  There have been reports that she was being urged to do so.
  Hochul says there’s still a lot of work to be done in the state, and that she’s not done yet.
  There have also been reports that House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi personally reached out to t
  
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• Def Leppard and Journey coming to Buffalo

  19-01-2018 13:45 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Journey and Def Leppard are coming to Buffalo this May.
  The bands will perform at the KeyBank Center as part of a co-headlining tour of 58 cities.
  Ticket information for the May 26 concert has not been released.
  
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• Donut shop sells edible Tide Pods in light of viral online challenge

  19-01-2018 13:15 via wivb.com
  WICHITA, Kans. (KSNW) – A donut chain used the latest social media stunt, called the Tide Pod challenge, to promote a new kind of donut Wednesday.
  The challenge involves people, mostly teenagers, eating the laundry capsules on video for others to see on social media.
  Hurts Donut in Kansas joined in on the craze by selling the donut version of the laundry capsule.“We just kind of put out the post as just a funny alternative to a more serious topic,” said Trista Patterson, owner
  
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• Goat seen walking around city in Ohio

  19-01-2018 13:06 via wivb.com
  ALLIANCE, Ohio (WIVB) — An Ohio police officer responded to an unusual call on Thursday.
  A goat was spotted walking around a city block in the middle of Winter.
  According to the Alliance Review, the goat was safely transported to a humane society.
  Comments on the police department’s Facebook page say the goat has since been reunited with its owner.
  
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• Who makes Buffalo’s Best taco?

  19-01-2018 12:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With so many ways to serve a taco, who do you think makes the best in Buffalo?
  Nominate your favorite below.
  APP USERS | Tap here to access the poll.Take Our Poll
  
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• Sabres rally falls short in 4-3 loss to Rangers

  19-01-2018 05:59 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Close only matters in horseshoes and hand grenades.
  For the Sabres, one goal games have been the downfall of their season.  With Thursday’s 4-3 loss to the Rangers, Buffalo has now lost 17 one goal games this season.
  The Blue & Gold had a chance to pull even in the final seconds — but were denied by a great glove save from Henrik Lundqvist — who stopped 34 of the 37 shots he faced on Thursday.
  After Rick Nash opened the scoring less than 90
  
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• Family searching for stolen cellphone with only pictures of sick, newborn daughter

  19-01-2018 05:14 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — A North Tonawanda community is raising money to help a couple after their cell phone was stolen. The couple says what the phone contained is irreplaceable — precious pictures of their newborn baby girl.
  They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures show how newborn Diana Seneca is a fighter. Diana was born with a rare genetic brain defect known as holoprosencephaly or HPE. She also has a cleft lip and pallet.
  “With something like th
  
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• Calspan cuts ribbon on new facility

  19-01-2018 05:11 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Calspan cut the ribbon on its brand new test facility near the Buffalo Airport on Thursday.
  Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was in town for the ceremony.
  “This company could be anywhere on the planet when you think about it,” Hochul said. “Companies come from Germany and Europe and China and elsewhere to have their testing done here- it’s a huge point of pride for us.”
  Calspan simulates crashes to help drivers avoid one. They will be able to run 5
  
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• “Red for Jed” blood drive and scholarship fundraiser memorializes Tonawanda High grad

  19-01-2018 04:59 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA., N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New Yorkers showed up full force Thursday night to give the gift of life.
  The family of Jed Woomer hosted the “Red for Jed” blood drive and scholarship fundraiser at Tonawanda Fire Hall. Jed was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer shortly after graduating from Tonawanda High School. He passed away in 2015.
  Prior to his diagnosis, Jed was a blood donor.
  The Jed Woomer Memorial Scholarship is given away annually to a young man graduating from To
  
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• Chris Christie stopped by TSA for evading security checkpoint

  19-01-2018 04:10 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who left office earlier this week, attempted to bypass a TSA security checkpoint on Thursday, according to CBS New York. Hours after the alleged incident, Christie called the reports an “absolutely false story.”
  Christie tried to circumvent a TSA checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport Terminal C Thursday morning. Christie was with his State Police detail and attempted to enter through a special access are
  
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• House passes short-term spending bill as government shutdown looms

  19-01-2018 01:49 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – The House on Thursday passed a GOP-backed short-term spending bill that would fund the government through Feb. 16. The vote was 230-197, with a handful of Republicans voting against the measure.
  Both chambers of Congress have until Friday night to pass a new spending bill, but Democrats and Republicans remain at an impasse over the path forward, increasing the chances of the first government shutdown since 2013. The Senate has yet to vote. If lawmakers don’t extend funding by
  
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• Scholar Athlete: Molly Wolfgang

  19-01-2018 01:48 via wivb.com
  History was made in November for Allegany – Limestone girl’s soccer. The 6 seed in the state tournament pulling off the upset in the finals..and bringing home the title as best in class C.
  “At the beggining of the season we joked around said maybe we will go to state’s this year, but no one believed it.”
  Molly Wolfgang, a senior for the Gators, couldn’t believe
  “It was amazing. It didnt really hit me like we are state champions and I didn’t realzie
  
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• VIDEO: President/CEO of Invest Buffalo Niagara talks Amazon proposal

  19-01-2018 01:47 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – Amazon has released its list of 20 potential locations for its new headquarters- and the Buffalo/Rochester area didn’t make the list.
  Tom Kucharski, president and CEO of “Invest Buffalo Niagara” stopped by the News 4 studio Thursday to talk about the decision.
  Watch the full interview here: 
  
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• Baby delivered on international flight

  19-01-2018 01:16 via wivb.com
  (CBS) – Last month, Dr. Sij Hemal was settling in to a trans-Atlantic flight on Air France. He’d just attended his best friend’s wedding in New Delhi, India and was beginning the Paris-to-New York leg of his day-long journey home. Hemal, a second-year urology resident at Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, was seated next to a French pediatrician – by total coincidence – and was watching a movie and awaiting a glass of champagne.
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• It’s not concussions that cause CTE. It’s repeated hits, a study finds

  19-01-2018 01:12 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – The neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy can start early and without any signs of concussion, according a study released Thursday.The Alzheimer’s-like disease has been most commonly associated with former professional football players, but has also been detected in military veterans, including many who have been exposed to roadside bombs and other types of military blasts.
  Previous studies have shown that repetitive hits to the head — even wi
  
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• Pediatrician near Rochester facing child porn charges

  19-01-2018 00:16 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WIVB) – A pediatrician from the Rochester area is now facing child porn charges. Dr. David Blasczak is being accused of possessing thousands of illegal images.
  “The Hippocratic Oath is to do no harm,” U.S. Attorney J.P. Kennedy said at a press conference late Thursday afternoon. “Obviously allegations like this, people with access, because of their position, to children are especially disturbing. So we implore the public, to ask them that they come f
  
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