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• Enough Abuse Campaign launched in Erie County

  07-02-2018 22:52 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With a spotlight on child sex abuse cases across the country, Erie County officials are launching a new campaign. The goal is to educate the community, and get more children to report their abuse.
  “We need to have this program, protecting and helping our children on our minds all the time,” said Erie County District Attorney John Flynn. “We can’t and should not wait until something bad happens.”
  Flynn was joined by child advocates W
  
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• West Seneca man, 33, pleads guilty to sexual conduct against a child

  07-02-2018 22:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A 33-year-old West Seneca man has pleaded guilty to sexual conduct against a child.
  David Moretto pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of course of sexual conduct against a child.
  Moretto was arrested in March 2017 by West Seneca Police for engaging in sexual acts with an underage female over the course of two years.
  He faces five to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced March 26.
   
   
  
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• Local athletes sign Letters of Intent

  07-02-2018 22:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – National Signing Day is a special one for kids throughout the country as they formally announce their commitment to continue their playing careers at the collegiate level.
  In Western New York, while several signed during the early period in December, several waited to sign until Wednesday.
  CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL
  Quarterback Jayce Johnson signed to continued his football career with Wagner.  The 6-2, 205 pound QB powered the Crusaders to Monsignor Martin Champions
  
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• Buffalo narcotics detective charged with DWI in Cheektowaga

  07-02-2018 22:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo narcotics detective was driving his police-issued vehicle when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated overnight Monday in Cheektowaga, according to records obtained by News 4.
  According to those records, it’s his second arrest for drunk driving.
  Cheektowaga Police say BPD detective Mark Locicero was behind the wheel of his unmarked city vehicle in the parking lot of the Transit Road Wegmans in Cheektowaga Monday morning.
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• Clothing, accessories boutique owner hoping to spread positivity through store

  07-02-2018 19:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — After spending all day working, Diana Herbert comes to her North Tonawanda home, logs online and pushes out orders and positive vibes to women around the country.
  “They just light up and feel so good about themselves,” said Herbert, the owner of Empower Boutique. “When I envisioned it, I saw women banding together, supporting each other, telling each other they look good in the clothes.”
  The business woman believes when women feel good about w
  
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• Thousands of flu vaccines available at locally owned pharmacies

  07-02-2018 19:32 via wivb.com
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The line is lengthy, wrapping around to the back counter, at Family Medical Pharmacy. People are waiting to ask questions and they’re waiting for flu shots.
  “We don’t want people to panic,” said Dennis Galluzzo, the co-owner at Family Medical Pharmacy. “We can make it [the flu shot] available to them.”
  Galluzzo, who the executive director of the Pharmacist Association of WNY, made some calls Tuesday morning, checking on
  
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• On demand snow plow app launches in Buffalo

  07-02-2018 19:12 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – On a day like today, as much as a lot of you like the snow, shoveling and snow blowing is a hassle. It seems like the snow will never stop and either will the clearing. One man from Connecticut had similar thoughts and decided to do something about it. It’s an app called SnoHub. You simply request a snow plow and bam, in no time your plow shows up and your driveway is cleared.
  James Albis, Founder and CEO of the company, came up with the idea a few years a
  
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• Winter weather snarls last half of morning commute

  07-02-2018 19:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Winter weather was back in Western New York Wednesday, pushing into the metro just in time to slow the last half of the morning to commute to a crawl in many places.
  Buffalo Public Works Commissioner Steve Stepniak said the city had more than 30 plows out on the roads throughout the day, working to clean up. The plows started on the main roads and secondary roads in the morning, and were on track to plow the side and back streets in the afternoon.
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• Senate leaders announce 2-year budget deal

  07-02-2018 18:59 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican says there’s Senate agreement on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spending increases.
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the pact, joined on the Senate floor by top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. It would contain almost $300 billion over current limits on defense and domestic accounts.
  McConnell said the measure would rewrite e
  
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• Top prize-winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Buffalo

  07-02-2018 18:55 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A top prize-winning Take 5 ticket was sold at a Buffalo store.
  The ticket, which was for the February 6 drawing, was sold at Allentown Trading Co. at 553 Delaware Ave.
  The winning numbers for the drawing were 04-14-21-34-39. The ticket is worth $22,421.50.
  Winning tickets must be cashed within one year of the drawing. They may be claimed at any Lottery Customer Service Center in the state.
  Local centers include 165 Genesee St. in Buffalo and&
  
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• Body found in Buffalo

  07-02-2018 18:38 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a body was found on Tuesday evening.
  Police were called to the 100 block of Wick St. shortly before 5:15 p.m.
  Detectives are working to identify the person, who was only identified as a male.
  An autopsy will be performed by Erie County medical examiners.
  
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• Proposals for former site of Women & Children’s Hospital to be revealed

  07-02-2018 16:39 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — You can spend your lunch hour learning about what developers want to do with the former site of Women & Children’s Hospital.
  The complex closed in November when operations moved to Oishei Children’s Hospital.
  Sinatra & Company Real Estate and Ellicott Development will reveal their proposals for the Elmwood Village site.
  The discussion happens from Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.
  
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• Space sports car now flying toward asteroid belt beyond Mars

  07-02-2018 16:04 via wivb.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.
  SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed the new, more distant route for his rocketing Tesla Roadster, which was launched aboard the company’s Falcon Heavy from Florida.
  The Heavy became the most powerful rocket flying today with Tuesday’s inaugural test flight.
  Musk says the final firing of the upper stage put his red convertible into a solar orbit that stretche
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to get Lifetime movie treatment

  07-02-2018 15:56 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Like Prince William and Kate Middleton before them, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now getting a Lifetime movie about their relationship.
  Murray Fraser and Parisa Fitz-Henley have been cast as the couple in “Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.” It tells the story of the courtship between the British royal and American actress.
  Production begins this week. The film is slated to air before the actual May 19 wedding.
  “William & Kate: The Mo
  
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• Police using signs with smiling and frowning faces to slow drivers down

  07-02-2018 15:48 via wivb.com
  DANVILLE, Ind. (WIVB) — Police in Indiana have a new way to get drivers to slow down.
  Check out the sign in the video above, which was posted along a stretch of road notorious for speeding.
  If a driver goes too fast, the sign posts the speed followed by emoji-like characters — either a smiley face or a frowning face.
  Police in Danville say if this works, they’ll buy more of them.
  
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• Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott name their baby girl ‘Stormi’

  07-02-2018 15:24 via wivb.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced Tuesday they’ve named their baby girl Stormi.
  Jenner posted the name on Instagram with a photo of the baby’s tiny hand grasping her pink-polished thumb.
  Stormi was born Feb. 1, weighing in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces. The 20-year-old Jenner is the youngest sibling in the Kardashian-Jenner clan.
  
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• Hamburg police looking to identify man after grocery theft

  07-02-2018 14:45 via wivb.com
  HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police in the Town of Hamburg are looking for help identifying someone.
  The person is wanted for questioning following a theft of groceries from Wegmans, police say.
  Anyone with information can call Detective Vince Pupo at 648-5118 ext. 2635 or the confidential tip line at 648-5111 ext. 2847.
  
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• Skyway reopens after morning accident

  07-02-2018 14:10 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amid rough weather, an accident led to a temporary closure of the Skyway’s outbound lanes.
  All outbound lanes were blocked shortly before 8 a.m. They reopened nearly an hour later.
  There were delays on the inbound side of the route.
  
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• Woman says store-bought lettuce had a 3-inch lizard in it

  07-02-2018 13:39 via wivb.com
  KITTERY, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman who prepared a salad says she realized after a couple of bites that her fork was stuck in a 3-inch lizard, minus the tail.
  After vomiting and getting over her shock, Michelle Carr, a nurse from Kittery, said she feared she could have ingested harmful bacteria. A biologist friend believes she found a blue-bellied lizard from California.
  Carr said she bought a bag of store-brand romaine lettuce at a supermarket in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Jan. 26. The
  
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• Best Buy getting rid of CDs in stores

  07-02-2018 12:33 via wivb.com
  RICHFIELD, Minn. (KXAN) — Best Buy is planning to pull CDs from its stores beginning in July, amid a drop in sales in the U.S., according to a report.
  The company told music suppliers it plans to remove CDs July 1, according to Billboard. CD sales across the U.S. decreased 18.5 percent last year, and Billboard reports while Best Buy used to be on top as far as music merchandising goes, it now generates about $40 million each year in CDs.
  However, Best Buy will continue to carry v
  
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• Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigns amid sex misconduct claims

  07-02-2018 04:59 via wivb.com
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Tuesday as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts amid sexual misconduct allegations.
  “In the last couple of weeks, I have found myself the focus of an avalanche of negative publicity,” Wynn said in a written statement Tuesday. “As I have reflected upon the environment this has created — one in which a rush to judgment takes precedence over everything else, including the facts — I have reached the conclusion I cannot
  
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• Powerful Taiwan earthquake kills 2, injures more than 200 others

  07-02-2018 04:57 via wivb.com
  BEIJING — At least two people were killed and more than 200 others injured after a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck late Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck late Tuesday about 21 kilometers, about 13 miles, northeast of Hualien, on the island’s east coast. It occurred at a depth of about 9.5 kilometers, about 6 miles.
  The ground floor of the Marshal Hotel in Hualien county caved in, causing the death of one employee
  
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• Change at top of Amherst Chamber of Commerce after 36 years

  07-02-2018 03:26 via wivb.com
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – After 36 years, Colleen DiPirro is stepping down as President and CEO of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce. This highly decorated businesswoman has made her mark on Buffalo’s biggest suburb.
  “Colleen has been wonderful in this community, has grown this chamber to really be a source of pride for the community, and economic driver for the community,” says Brian Kulpa, Amherst Supervisor.
  DiPirro led the Chamber away from picnics and parades into pu
  
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• Sleep apnea led to tired engineers and 2 train crashes, NTSB says

  07-02-2018 03:19 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Sleep apnea led to two commuter railroad accidents within 13 weeks of one another, the National Transport Safety Board said Tuesday. The NTSB said the sleep disorder caused engineer fatigue and that in both accidents, engineers failed to stop their trains before reaching the end of a terminating track.One of the accidents — a New Jersey Transit train packed with passengers at the height of morning rush hour in September 2016 — entered Hoboken station, failed
  
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• Girl Scouts lobby to relabel bridge named for segregationist

  07-02-2018 03:10 via wivb.com
  ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of Girl Scouts from across Georgia gathered inside the state Capitol on Tuesday, offering cookies and smiles as they sought to convince lawmakers to get their founder’s name affixed to a Savannah bridge that currently honors a white segregationist.
  The bridge may bear former Gov. Eugene Talmadge’s name, but Rep. Ron Stephens said he recently learned the state legislature never officially named the bridge for Talmadge. The Department of Transportation nev
  
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• One person killed in Shepard Street shooting

  07-02-2018 03:02 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police responded to a shooting in the 100 block of Shepard Street Tuesday evening.
  One person was struck by gunfire and was declared deceased at the scene.
  The accident remains under investigation.
   
   
   
   
   
  
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• Herbal supplement kratom contains opioids, regulators say

  07-02-2018 00:58 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health authorities say an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids, the addictive family of drugs at the center of a national addiction crisis.
  The Food and Drug Administration analysis, published Tuesday, makes it more likely that the supplement, kratom, could be banned by the federal government.
  The FDA also said it has identified 44 reports of death involving kratom since 2011, up from 36 reported in Nov
  
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• Agencies using new technology to track overdoses

  07-02-2018 00:19 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Police cruisers at agencies around our region are equipped with computers using a software program called the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Overdose Map.
  Officers, like Lt. Brian Gould, use the equipment to log where overdoses are happening. After they respond to one, they log onto the system in their cruisers which put a GPS and time stamp on note before the officer selects one of six responses describing the overdose – choosing if the person l
  
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• Emotional video shows road to recovery for Dana Papaj

  07-02-2018 00:16 via wivb.com
  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WIVB)- Dana Papaj was out walking her dog Molly on East River Road on Grand Island June 13 when her life changed forever.
  The 54-year-old was struck by a pick-up driven by Edward Kuebler III. Kuebler took off, leaving Papaj seriously wounded on the side of the road.
  Kuebler admitted to leaving the scene in October, and Monday was sentenced to 1 to 3 years behind bars by Erie County Judge Kenneth Case.
  “I know I should have stopped that night. No matter what I thoug
  
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• Expansion of new Tapestry Charter School elementary school building underway

  07-02-2018 00:06 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students cheered as a final steel beam with their signatures on it was installed in what will soon become their brand new school building.
  “We’re expanding our population that’s the reason why we’re needing this new school. We’re growing, we have 892 students right now in 4 years we’ll have just shy of 1,100,” said Eric Klapper, Tapestry Executive Director.
  The brand new Tapestry Charter k-5 Elementary school building is adja
  
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