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• Judge denies request from social media companies to throw out lawsuit from mass shooting victims

  18-03-2024 23:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A judge has denied a request from social media companies, including the parent company of Facebook, as well as Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit and 4chan, to throw out a lawsuit on behalf of victims of the 2022 Tops mass shooting.The lawsuit claims that the convicted shooter was fueled by racist hate before he carried out the attack, and that he became aware of racist theories through social media. The suit claims that social media companies carry some responsibility for hi
  
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• Local veteran gets long-awaited DD214 with help from Call 4 Action

  18-03-2024 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Call 4 Action team is getting help for a local veteran who was in desperate need of important documentation of his military record.That military documentation is called the DD214, it details a veteran's character of discharge, duty stations and assignments among other information and it's key in veterans getting their benefits.U.S. Army veteran Darryl Mayham of Buffalo first contacted Call 4 Action in January. He was having issues in getting his DD214 after misplacing
  
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• Erie County Sheriff's Office looks to turn page without federal oversight

  18-03-2024 21:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Erie County Sheriff Office's effort to achieve national accreditation and reintegrate inmates into the community is beginning to pay off, members of the department said in a recent interview.The benefits of accreditation by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care include training and feedback to reduce the county's risk of health-care lawsuits and grievances, improving record keeping, and insuring adherence to all safety and health rules. Latest from
  
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• Cheektowaga man arrested for allegedly pointing laser at airplane

  18-03-2024 21:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Cheektowaga man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a laser pointer at an airplane that was landing at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney's office said.Joseph Crapsi, 29, is accused of pointing the laser at a Delta Airlines flight landing at the airport just after midnight on March 1.
  The pilot of the flight reported that the laser originated one mile south of the airport and lasted between 60-90 seconds.
  Crapsi was
  
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• Buffalo man arraigned for alleged involvement in double homicide

  18-03-2024 20:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arraigned Sunday morning for his alleged involvement in a robbery and fatal shooting in 2019, according to the Erie County District Attorney's office.
  Officials said Marquise D. White, 28, allegedly stole an unknown amount of money from two victims who were shot and killed inside a residence on Merrimac Street in late September 2019. Two co-defendants, Ernest B. Green, Jr., 41, of North Tonawanda and Wayne Robbins, 27, of Tonawanda were also allegedly in
  
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• Fire causes $400,000 in damage to Amherst home

  18-03-2024 19:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Monday morning fire caused an estimated $400,000 in damage to a house on Hedstrom Drive in Amherst, fire officials announced.Officials said they received a call reporting smoke in the kitchen of 224 Hedstrom Dr. around 10:30 a.m., with unknown occupants inside.
  Firefighters arrived on the scene within minutes and saw heavy smoke showing. They were eventually able to stretch lines into the house and conduct a search, and the fire was declared under control just before 11
  
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• Buffalo man found guilty by jury of sexual assault against a child

  18-03-2024 16:22 via wivb.com
  
  Content warning: this story contains details of a sexual assaultBUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was found guilty by a jury Friday of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 on multiple occasions, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said 51-year-old Steven Burr subjected the victim, who was known to him, to sexual contact in late August 2016. Additionally, Burr engaged in two or more acts of sexual conduct and sexual intercourse with the same victim betwee
  
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• Lockport man admits to fatally shooting victim with air gun

  18-03-2024 14:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lockport man pleaded guilty on Friday to fatally shooting a victim who was riding a bicycle with an air gun this past August in Buffalo, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Officials said 43-year-old Kenneth James fatally shot 38-year-old Joseph Dash with an air gun on Aug. 14 while Dash, who died at the scene, was riding a bicycle on Broadway near Krettner Street. An autopsy determined that Dash died from a pellet round shot to the chest.James pleaded
  
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• UB, Niagara accept invitations to WNIT

  18-03-2024 14:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- UB and Niagara women's basketball aren't done playing quite yet.The Bulls and Purple Eagles will both participate in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, which begins play on Wednesday.Niagara accepted its second consecutive bid as an automatic qualifier for being the runner-up in the MAAC conference tournament, while UB was invited as an at-large qualifier.
  Both teams came up just short in their respective conference tournaments after solid regular seasons. The Pu
  
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• Subject in custody after 'isolated incident' in Wellsville; schools closed Monday

  18-03-2024 13:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A subject is in custody Monday morning following what Wellsville police called an "isolated incident" near the town's high school, they announced on Facebook.Police reported the incident just before 7 a.m., saying they had located the subject inside a West State Street residence and that they were taken into custody around 7:40 a.m. They previously asked those in the area of West State, Pleasant Street, Highland Avenue and Pine Street to remain in their homes.
  Police said
  
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• Man surrenders to Wellsville police after shots fired incident, standoff

  18-03-2024 13:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Wellsville man is in police custody after a shots fired incident Monday morning which prompted a roughly two-hour standoff, the Wellsville Police Department announced.Police said they responded to the residence of 37-year-old William Wojehowski at 295 West State St. for a report of shots fired inside the duplex around 4:50 a.m. After law enforcement arrived, officers witnessed a "shot fired from inside the house to the outside."
  After a perimeter was established, law en
  
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• Buffalo woman arrested, charged with DWI in connection with hit-and-run that injured 2 pedestrians

  18-03-2024 12:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo woman was arrested Saturday in connection with a hit-and-run incident that injured two pedestrians near the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and Cazenovia Street, the Buffalo Police Department announced.Police said Maggie Coyle, 49, allegedly turned onto Cumberland from Cazenovia around 8 p.m. and struck two pedestrians before feeling the scene. Officers responded and located the striking vehicle within minutes, and it is alleged Coyle had a .19 blood alcohol c
  
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• Thousands gather in Buffalo for annual St. Patrick's Day parade

  18-03-2024 12:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A sea of green flooded the streets of downtown Buffalo on Sunday for the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade.The Irish celebration brought tens of thousands out, with no shortage of Irish pride, festive outfits and fun times all around.
  "We never want our Irish heritage to fade away," East Aurora resident Brigid Maloney said. "We want to keep it on the forefront all day every day. And we have to sing it the loudest on St. Patrick's Day.""The love. Everybody being happy
  
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• The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

  18-03-2024 06:00 via wivb.com
  
  Spring is almost here — officially, at least.
  The vernal equinox arrives on Tuesday, marking the start of the spring season for the Northern Hemisphere.
  But what does that actually mean? Here's what to know about how we split up the year using the Earth's orbit.
  What is the equinox?
  As the Earth travels around the sun, it does so at an angle.
  For most of the year, the Earth’s axis is tilted either toward or away from the sun. That means the sun’s warmth and light fall unequally
  
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• March Madness is here: See the bracket and the top seeds

  18-03-2024 01:22 via wivb.com
  
  Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess.
  About the closest thing to a sure thing: UConn.The defending champion Huskies earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston,Purdue and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings were announced Sunday evening.Of those top teams, only UConn heads into the tournament coming off a win. The others lost in their conference tournaments, yet those were hardly th
  
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