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• Evander Kane to sit out Vs. Caps

  24-02-2018 23:23 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) – With the trade deadline two days away, Jason Botterill has made his first move — almost.
  Evander Kane will not play Saturday in Washington, the team announced.
  “Management thought it was the best decision moving forward and the best decision for Evander,” head coach Phil Housley said when he met with the media.Coach Housley says Evander Kane will not play tonight. “Management thought it was the best decision moving forward and the best decision
  
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• Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo

  24-02-2018 22:50 via wivb.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of discussions with the Justice Department, Democrats on the House intelligence committee released Saturday a classified memo that counters GOP allegations that the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.
  The release comes after weeks of back and forth over how much of the document would be redacted. The White House on Feb. 9 objected to its release, citing national security concerns. That sent th
  
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• UB women improve to 11-0 at home, knock off Ohio 70-53

  24-02-2018 21:50 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Trailing Ohio by five at halftime, the UB women’s basketball used a strong second half to rally and roll past the Bobcats 70-53 Saturday at Alumni Arena.
  Tied at 36 midway through the the 3rd, UB used a 16-5 to propel them to their seventh straight win.
  “In the past I would have to jump up and down and yell and get them going and I came in there and they had it written on the board what they needed to change and a quick adjustment,” Head Coach Felis
  
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• Police: 21 cases involving threats to Virginia Beach schools

  24-02-2018 20:20 via wivb.com
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Authorities say they have investigated 21 cases involving threats to public schools in Virginia Beach since the school massacre in Florida.The Virginian-Pilot reports that 10 juveniles have been charged in recent days with various misdemeanors and felonies, including communication of a threat to a school.
  All of the charged youngsters are middle- and high-school students.
  The newspaper quotes Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera as saying “th
  
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• Tyler the Creator: Wegmans is the greatest grocery store ever

  24-02-2018 19:04 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, NY (WROC) – Tyler the Creator weighed in on the battle between Wegmans and Whole Foods during an appearance in Rochester.
  The rapper performed Wednesday night at the Main Street Armory. During the show, Tyler detailed his first trip to Rochester’s favorite grocery store.
  In a video posted on Twitter, Tyler goes on a nearly two-minute, and often profane, rant about Wegmans.
  In the video, Tyler tells the crowd about a conversation he had with a driver when he arrived in Roch
  
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• Woman taken to ECMC after overnight shooting in Buffalo

  24-02-2018 18:51 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Buffalo Police are looking into an overnight shooting where a woman was taken to ECMC by a civilian vehicle after reportedly being shot at 4:30 a.m. Saturday.
  Investigators began looking into it after speaking with the woman at the hospital.
  They’re investigating if the incident occurred in the vicinity of Fillmore Avenue and Best Street.
  The victim has been treated and released from ECMC.
  Anyone with information is asked to call or text the confidential TIPCALL line
  
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• Army Corps of Engineers leaders rebuild after a year of disasters

  24-02-2018 16:36 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  Buffalo is lucky, according to Frank O’Connor, Senior Project Manager. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District.
  He’s responded to two hurricanes and a wildfire just in a few month period.He said, “By the time Maria hit, I was already on the ground in Florida.”O’Connor spent 30 days in Florida, managing crews in neighborhoods that were completely torn to shreds by Irma.He said, “I got a call not
  
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• A spirited pie-in-the-face to help fight M.S!

  24-02-2018 04:30 via wivb.com
  NEWFANE, N.Y. (WIVB) –– The energetic students of Newfane Middle School capped off their annual Spirit Week Friday by delivering pies in the face to several teachers and their good-natured Principal Tom Adams.
  The students have been learning about multiple sclerosis because one of their teachers, Mrs. Roach, and several parents, live with M.S.  During Spirit Week the students have engaged in a number of activities to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. They&
  
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• Cheektowaga town councilman arrested on criminal contempt, menacing charges

  24-02-2018 04:26 via wivb.com
  CHEEKTOWAGA,, N.Y. (WIVB) – Cheektowaga Town Councilman Jim Rogowski was arrested Friday night following a domestic incident that occurred on Orchard Park Road in the Town of West Seneca.
  The incident occurred around 6 p.m.
  Cheektowaga Police picked Rogowski up at a Cheektowaga around 8 p.m. at the request of West Seneca Police.
  He was charged with first degree criminal contempt and second degree menacing.
  He will be held in custody awaiting arraignment.
   
  
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• Neighbors hope new ‘speed humps’ will slow traffic in area

  24-02-2018 04:22 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A West Side community will see some major changes this spring. People have concerns about drivers speeding through their neighborhood. Now, new rubber speed humps will be installed in the area to make sure drivers slow down.
  Elliott Velazquez says he sees it all the time in his West Side neighborhood. Drivers speeding down Busti Avenue or even flying through the stop sign on the corner. He hopes new speed humps will finally get drivers to slow down.
  “I was happ
  
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• “He’s an angel”: Dog protects 16-year-old during home invasion

  24-02-2018 03:19 via wivb.com
  LOS ANGELES — Sixteen-year-old Javier Mercado was home alone at his home outside Seattle Wednesday when he heard strangers banging on a glass door. “I heard it shatter and that’s when I dialed 911 and went into the closet,” he said.
  His 2-year-old German Shepherd, Rex, did what came naturally.
  “My dog sprinted downstairs and started barking really loud, and I could hear everything,” Javier explained. “I could hear them getting closer and closer thro
  
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• Teen battling cancer dies weeks after marrying girlfriend

  24-02-2018 02:00 via wivb.com
  PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teen who had been battling a rare form of cancer has died less than a month after marrying his high school sweetheart.
  Brittany Hails said on social media that her brother, 19-year-old Dustin Snyder, “got his wings” Friday.
  Snyder made national news last month when he married 21-year-old Sierra Siverio in Plant City, near Tampa.
  Doctors said then that Snyder had weeks or maybe a month to live. Wasting no time, Snyder proposed to Siverio several
  
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• California parents face new charges in kids’ torture case

  24-02-2018 01:42 via wivb.com
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California couple suspected of starving and shackling some of their 13 children pleaded not guilty Friday to new charges of child abuse.
  David and Louise Turpin previously entered not-guilty pleas to torture and a raft of other charges and are being held on $12 million bail.
  Louise Turpin also pleaded not guilty to a new count of felony assault.
  Louise Turpin, dressed in a blouse and blazer, looked intently at more than a dozen reporters in the courtroom
  
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• Newborn Alabama sextuplets form cutest rainbow in photo shoot

  24-02-2018 00:28 via wivb.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WFLA) — Six precious babies have captured the hearts of many on social media after their adorable photos went viral.
  The little ones got all bundled up for a photo shoot with photographer Ashley Sargent, to showcase how the Alabama medical team was able to successfully deliver six babies.Each of the newest additions to the Waldrop family wore a different color of the rainbow, in descending order of course.
  Blu the oldest of the bunch is in Re
  
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