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• Crews fight fire at apartment above The Yelling Goat restaurant in Lancaster

  20-02-2018 22:51 via wivb.com
  LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Crews battled smoke and fire in an apartment above The Yelling Goat restaurant on Central Avenue in Lancaster Tuesday afternoon.
  The fire was knocked down quickly, Lancaster emergency manager Ron Rozler said.
  Everyone got out of the building safely. There’s no damage estimate yet .
  The Yelling Goaf restaurant is on the first floor of the building. There are several apartments on the second floor. 
  
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• Pres. Trump announces crafting of regulations to ban bump stocks

  20-02-2018 22:47 via wivb.com
  (CBS NEWS) – President Trump, hosting the Public Safety Medal of Valor Awards Ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the White House Tuesday, said he has directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to draft regulations that would ban any devices that would turn legal, semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons, after studying the issue of bump stocks from the Las Vegas shooting. The regulations will be finalized “very soon,” he said.
  The comments mark the president’s first publi
  
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• Florida legislators won’t hear assault rifle ban bill

  20-02-2018 22:17 via wivb.com
  (AP) – Less than a week after 17 people were fatally shot at a Florida high school, the state House has voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.
  The motion failed by a 36-71 vote.
  As the Florida House opened its session Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Kionne McGhee asked for a procedural move that would have allowed it to consider a bill to ban assault rifles and large capacity magazines. The bill had been assigned to t
  
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• Applebee’s and IHOP to close up to 120 restaurants in 2018

  20-02-2018 21:59 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) – Applebee’s and IHOP will close up to 120 restaurants nationally in 2018, according to a press release from the chains’ parent company Tuesday. 
  DineEquity, which owns both IHOP and Applebee’s, released the information in its fourth quarter fiscal report.
  About 60 to 80 Applebee’s locations are anticipated to close in 2018. Closures will be based on “several criteria”, including meeting brand and image standards as well as operational result
  
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• Buffalo man charged with starving, injuring bulldog

  20-02-2018 21:44 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo man was arrested Tuesday after police found an injured dog at a Kay Street address.
  According to Buffalo Police, the dog was a stolen American Bulldog who was found injured without adequate food or shelter.
  Buffalo Police arrested Gene Smith, 27, of Buffalo and charged him with criminal possession of stolen property and torturing or injuring animals/failure to provide sustenance.
  Buffalo Police are investigating whether Smith stole other dogs.
   
   
  
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• ‘Jintronix’ rehab technology helps patients improve motor skills

  20-02-2018 18:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It looks just like a video game, but the ‘Jintronix’ is actually a high-tech interactive tool that helps patients dealing with brain and orthopedic issues recover.
  “It gives us activities that work on balance shifting, working on range of motion, reaching, doing different activities that you need to be able to do to live your life independently,” said Damien Haseley, Ellicott Center Occupational Therapist.
  Patients at the Ellicott Center in Bu
  
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• Pano’s Restaurant sold to Chason Affinity Companies

  20-02-2018 18:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Pano’s Restaurant on Elmwood Ave. has been purchased by Chason Affinity Companies.
  The popular restaurant is located right next to the company’s condominium project site at Elmwood and Forest avenues. Demolition and cleanup work were recently finished there.
  “We are very excited to have purchased the iconic Pano’s Restaurant,” Mark Chason, president of Chason Affinity Companies, said. “My family and I have enjoyed the restaura
  
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• Common Council members looking to strengthen Buffalo’s business district

  20-02-2018 17:54 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders in Buffalo want to strengthen the city’s business district.
  Buffalo Common Council members Joel Feroleto and David Rivera are creating an advisory group. It will be focused on addressing retail on Elmwood Ave.
  Feroleto, the Delaware District’s council member, said “Elmwood is a great neighborhood where a lot of the existing retailers have had a longevity that should not be overlooked! Many have been there for decades and are staples in the c
  
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• Accident at Delaware and Bryant

  20-02-2018 17:41 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police are responding to an accident at Delaware Ave. and Bryant St.
  They say there are apparent injuries and medical personnel are responding.
  Traffic may be affected in that area.
  
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• Explosions, fire in AMR parking lot lead to damaged ambulances

  20-02-2018 17:33 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three ambulances were damaged by a fire at the American Medical Response parking lot on William L Gaiter Pkwy.
  Crews responded around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday.
  Officials say the fire started in one vehicle and spread to the other two. A building and other vehicles in the parking lot were also damaged.
  According to the fire chief at the scene, there were three explosions in one ambulance, one of which involved an oxygen tank.
  Chief tells us this was a first for
  
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• Wellsville Dresser-Rand plant to close

  20-02-2018 16:37 via wivb.com
  WELLSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Dresser-Rand plant in Wellsville is set to close.
  More than 200 employees will be affected by the closure, which is expected to take about two years.
  A limited number of employees will have the opportunity to relocate and work elsewhere within the company, but those who aren’t retained will get a severance package.
  A Siemens spokesperson released a statement on the matter:
  “Yesterday Siemens met with employees at the Wellsville, N.Y. facility to an
  
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• Post Malone to perform at Darien Lake in May

  20-02-2018 16:06 via wivb.com
  DARIEN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Rapper Post Malone is coming to Darien Lake on May 26.
  The concert will also feature 21 Savage and SOB X RBE.
  Those interested in getting tickets for the 8 p.m. performance can buy them starting this Friday, February 23 at 10 a.m.
  Prices range from $28.50 to $83.
  Tickets can be bought at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
  Every paid concert ticket will get the buyer into Darien Lake Theme Park for free on the day of the concert.
  
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• Work continues on 3-year contract with AMR

  20-02-2018 15:08 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Leaders from all across western New York are continuing to work out a 3-year contract with American Medical Response.
  AMR representatives say they’re confident they will come to an agreement and continue to serve.
  Calls and emails have been coming to News 4 with talks of an AMR strike. Those talks have been fueled by frustrations over dwindling employee numbers and constant contract extensions.
  However, leaders with AMR say that isn’t exactly true.
  AMR an
  
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• Group registering voters at screenings of Black Panther

  20-02-2018 13:54 via wivb.com
  (WIVB) — The massive success of Black Panther is boosting an effort to register black voters.
  The Electoral Justice Project, part of the Movement for Black Lives group, is registering voters at select screenings of the movie.
  The effort’s slogan is “Wakanda the Vote.”
  
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• Local senator wants money for school resource officers in state budget

  20-02-2018 13:37 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A local senator wants the state to set aside money to pay to put school resource officers (SROs) in all New York schools.
  Sen. Patrick Gallivan wants funding to be included for SROs in the 2018-19 state budget.
  These trained officers help to deter school violence.
  The program is currently only in place in some school districts.
  Gallivan says in the past, the Senate has secured funding for the SRO program to allow schools to have part-time or full-time officers.
  
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• Hair dryers recalled over burn hazards

  20-02-2018 13:24 via wivb.com
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — ISO Beauty is recalling about 73,000 hair dryers because an issue with the cord can burn users.
  The cord of the Ionic Pro hair dryers can get brittle near the base of the dryer.
  ISO Beauty has received 35 reports of dryers sparking or smoking. There have been two reports of flames coming from the product, and three reports of users getting burn injuries on their hands or fingers.
  The Ionic Pro 2000 and 2000W hand-held hair dryers were sold at Groupon.com, Target.com,
  
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• Taxes could increase for some Cheektowaga homeowners

  20-02-2018 04:29 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y.(WIVB) — A booming real estate market could lead to a spike in Cheektowaga homeowner’s property tax bills.
  The improved market means property values are now being reassessed.
  Town officials say businesses haven’t been reassessed since 2014. To maintain full market value, the town is considering reassessing commercial properties and residential homes in five Cheektowaga districts.
  It’s unclear which neighborhoods will be impacted.
  “Our housing market
  
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• Gray whale safely returned to ocean after 3 days beached in Mexico

  20-02-2018 04:24 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY — A gray whale has been returned safely to the Pacific Ocean after it was beached for three days on the coast of Mexico’s Baja California Sur state. The federal environmental protection agency says in a statement that the whale swam into a shallow canal near Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos last Thursday and was then stranded by the ebbing tide.
  Workers spent three days using pumps to keep the whale hydrated. Photos released by the agency showed them hosing it down and dig
  
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• Family of Tonawanda man who died of a heroin overdose hold vigil

  20-02-2018 04:17 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Friends and family of a man who died of a heroin overdose last week gathered in the City of Tonawanda Monday night to remember him- and to raise awareness about the drug epidemic.
  The family of 26-year-old Dean Bentley was only expecting a small crowd to come out and support them Monday as they walked through the neighborhood. Nearly 100 people came out.
   
  
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• VIDEO: Buff State economist discusses potential impacts if Tops files for bankruptcy

  20-02-2018 04:03 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Bloomberg report states that Tops Markets could file for bankruptcy as soon as next week.
  Fred Floss, the chair of Buffalo State College’s Dept. of Economics, stopped by News 4 on Monday to discuss what filing for bankruptcy could mean for the grocery chain and its employees.
   
  
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• Doping allegation against curler puts spotlight on Russian Olympians

  20-02-2018 01:17 via wivb.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s not a sport where you’re hurtling down a mountain at 70 miles an hour, or flying 60 feet above an icy jump. Instead, curling requires slow precise movements where a granite rock is swept down the ice.
  That’s why reports that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky may have used the banned substance Meldonium has sent shock waves through the Olympic Village.
  His coach immediately dismissed the claims, saying ther
  
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• KFC is running out of chicken across the U.K.

  20-02-2018 01:01 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – KFC is running out of … chicken?
  The fast food chain has been forced to temporarily close hundreds of restaurants in the United Kingdom after a logistics snafu stopped chicken deliveries.
   About 800 of the company’s roughly 900 locations in Britain were closed as of midday on Monday. Some had opened for business by the afternoon, according to the company’s website.
  KFC, which is owned by Taco Bell and Pizza Hut parent Yum! (YUM), said the chicken s
  
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• Judge tosses out 2009 murder charges for lack of a speedy trial

  20-02-2018 00:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A jury trial that lasted almost three months failed to convict four men involved in a murder case for the 2009 death of Jabril Harper.
  Defendant Amilcar Ramos was acquitted. The jury was hung when it came to defendants Ernest Green, Daniel Rodriguez, Rodshaun Black.
  Now, U.S. District Court Judge William Skretny is tossing out the charges for Green, Rodriguez, and Black because of how long the case dragged on.
  News 4 spoke to the defense attorney for Daniel Rodriguez, Barry
  
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• Friend: Hit and run victim “doesn’t remember what happened”

  20-02-2018 00:04 via wivb.com
  TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – The search continues for the driver who hit a man in a wheelchair and took off in the Town of Tonawanda Friday evening.
  Police have identified the victim as 56-year-old Kevin Sheridan. He’s at ECMC recovering from head and chest injuries.
  Sheridan lives in Buffalo’s Riverside neighborhood, right around the corner from the city limit at Vulcan Street. That’s where police say he was sideswiped, before the driver responsible took off. His neighb
  
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