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• Buffalo-area Red Lobster restaurants 'temporarily closed'

  13-05-2024 22:36 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Local seafood lovers were left adrift Monday with the sudden closures of four Western New York Red Lobster restaurants.Locations on Maple Road and Transit Road in Amherst, along with spots in Blasdell and Lakewood, are all listed as "temporarily closed."A handful of other locations across the country have also closed, while others remain open.
  Last year, the chain reported an $11 million quarterly loss, blaming its endless shrimp promotion. A recent CNN story detaile
  
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• Getaway driver found guilty of attempted murder in Clinton Street shooting

  13-05-2024 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man has been found guilty for his role in a July 2021 shooting that he carried out with his twin brother, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Monday.52-year-old Luis Martinez of Buffalo was convicted. He, along with brother Jose Martinez, were kicked out of the bar, located on the 1200 block of Clinton for fighting just after midnight on July 3, 2021. A short time later, they came back and Jose Martinez shot at several people standing outside, hitting o
  
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• Jamestown man accused of throwing 2-year-old child

  13-05-2024 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 40-year-old Jamestown man has been accused of throwing a two-year-old child.Police officers responded to a residence in the city on Friday morning, where they said a witness told them Michael Kranking threw the child. According to police, "the child hit his head and experienced pain."Kranking was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and taken to the city jail to await arraignment.Latest Local News Jamestown man accused of throwing 2-year-old child Bulldog-b
  
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• Bulldog-beagle mix Millie needs a home

  13-05-2024 20:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The SPCA Serving Erie County is looking to find a home for a one-year-old bulldog-beagle mix named Millie.The SPCA says Millie is shy at first, but is very loving once you get to know her.If you're interested in adopting her, watch the video above and click/tap here.Latest Local News Jamestown man accused of throwing 2-year-old child Bulldog-beagle mix Millie needs a home Depew branch of Erie County Auto Bureau reopens 5/14 memorial design approved and unveiled Buffalo po
  
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• Why you may get another chance to see the northern lights soon

  13-05-2024 20:15 via wivb.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The northern lights defied expectations over the weekend by appearing in night skies as far south as Florida and Hawaii. We have solar storm activity to thank – and that activity isn't done just yet.Solar flares and eruptions will likely increase as we reach “solar maximum,” explained Nicola Fox, the director of NASA’s heliophysics division.
  The current solar cycle, No. 25, began in December 2019.
  "During the Sun’s natural 11-year cycle, the S
  
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• Sabres name Rochester Americans head coach Seth Appert as assistant

  13-05-2024 16:15 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Sabres have named Rochester Americans head coach Seth Appert as an assistant coach on Lindy Ruff's staff, the team announced Monday morning.Appert, 49, has been the head coach in Rochester for the past four seasons, compiling a record of 123-94-32, his 123 wins ranking fourth in franchise history. He also led the Amerks to the playoffs in each of the past three seasons, including a run to the AHL Semifinals one year ago, the franchise's deepest playoff run since
  
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• Depew branch of Erie County Auto Bureau reopening Monday

  13-05-2024 15:10 via wivb.com
  
  DEPEW, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns says the Depew branch of the Erie County Auto Bureau will reopen Monday morning.This comes after what Kearns says was an "extensive makeover" of the branch. It now features new flooring, LED lighting, updated electric service, a customer-only restroom, ADA-compliant automatic doors and an updated interior and exterior design.Customers will be able to take part in typical DMV actions, such as license renewal, vehicle registration and license
  
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• Hochul to make announcement alongside 5/14 Memorial Commission in Buffalo

  13-05-2024 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Almost two years since a mass shooting took the lives of 10 people and injured three others in Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to make an announcement with the 5/14 Memorial Commission.The Governor is scheduled to appear at the Apollo Media Center today at Noon.
  The 5/14 Memorial Commission is a group established by Hochul and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown to create a memorial for those killed in the racially motivated attack at the Tops on Jefferson Avenue.Two months
  
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• 5/14 memorial design chosen and approved; Hochul to speak in Buffalo

  13-05-2024 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Almost two years since a mass shooting took the lives of 10 people and injured three others in Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to make an announcement with the 5/14 Memorial Commission.The Governor is scheduled to appear at the Apollo Media Center today at Noon. This follows the commission's unanimous approval of a design for the memorial to honor the victims of the racially motivated attack, which took place at the Jefferson Avenue Tops on May 14, 2022.The memoria
  
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• 5/14 memorial design approved and unveiled

  13-05-2024 14:51 via wivb.com
  
  (The video above shows a rendering of the planned memorial honoring the victims of the 5/14 mass shooting)BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Almost two years since a mass shooting took the lives of 10 people and injured three others, Gov. Kathy Hochul came to Buffalo to help unveil the chosen design for a memorial honoring the victims of May 14, 2022.On Monday afternoon, the Governor spoke at the Apollo Media Center, where the design honoring the victims of the racially motivated attack at the Jefferson Av
  
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• Buffalo police looking for help finding missing teen

  13-05-2024 13:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo police are looking for help finding a missing teenager.Hasina Bee, 16, is 5'2" and approximately 110 pounds. She has black hair and brown eyes.
  Police said her last possible location was at Bailey and Shirley avenues this past Friday around 3:45 p.m.Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911.Latest Local News Buffalo police looking for help finding missing teen 4 juveniles charged following car chase in stolen vehicle American Bikers Aimed Tow
  
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• 4 juveniles charged following car chase in stolen vehicle

  13-05-2024 13:47 via wivb.com
  
  BATAVIA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Four people under the age of 18 were charged with criminal possession of stolen property following a car chase on I-90.The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says the incident took place on May 7, shortly after 12:30 a.m. They said deputies attempted to pull over the vehicle at the Batavia Thruway entrance before it sped off.The vehicle, a Kia Forte reported stolen out of the Town of Eden, headed east and attempted to get off at the Leroy exit, according to the Sheriff's off
  
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• Fentanyl pill seizures are skyrocketing, 115 million pills seized in 2023: Study

  13-05-2024 13:29 via wivb.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The number of fentanyl seizures by law enforcement more than quadrupled between 2017 and 2023, with researchers finding the drug has continued to entrench itself in the country's illicit drug supply.Seizures of fentanyl in the U.S. have followed an exponential upward trend since 2017, according to data from the federal High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program. Researchers on the study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), sourced data from the HIDTA.A
  
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• Nearly half of master’s degrees have a negative ROI

  13-05-2024 13:14 via wivb.com
  
  (The Hill) -- As thousands of new graduates toss their caps this month, research shows more than 40 percent of master’s degrees aren’t financially worth obtaining, the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity found.Looking at career earnings at graduation and a decade later, while accounting for factors such as dropout rate, the study found that bachelor’s degrees are much more likely to be financially worth it for students than graduate degrees.More than three-quarters, 77
  
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• Illness claimed her voice. AI created a replica in her phone

  13-05-2024 12:03 via wivb.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.She loved to belt out Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan ballads in the car. She laughed all the time — even while corralling misbehaving preschoolers or debating politics with friends over a backyard fire pit. In high school, she was a soprano in the chorus.Then that voice was gone.Doctors in August removed a life-threatening tumor lodged near the back of her brain. When the breathing tub
  
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• American Bikers Aimed Toward Education call for road safety as summer nears

  13-05-2024 04:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more bikers are on the road than ever before.Organizations like the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education say road safety is more important than ever. Chris Pecchio, the vice president of ABATE's New York State Chapter, says drivers need to keep their head on a swivel. “You don't have to be drunk or high or anything to cause an accident,” he said. &ldquo
  
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• Schools are turning to artificial intelligence to spot guns

  13-05-2024 01:00 via wivb.com
  
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve the expenditures and the schools must meet some very specific criteria.The AI software must be patented, “designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology,” in compliance with certain security industry standards, already in use in at least 30 states and capabl
  
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• No one injured after Cheektowaga house fire

  13-05-2024 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cheektowaga Police are investigating a house fire that occurred early Sunday morning on Losson Road.According to a social media post made by South Line Fire, a two-car garage caught fire around 1:30 a.m. and spread to the house.
  All residents were home and were able to exit the residence before emergency crews arrived.Several departments extinguished the fire by 4:15 a.m. and no one was injured.This is a developing story, check back for more.Latest Local News No one injur
  
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• Cheektowaga garage caught fire, spread to house

  13-05-2024 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Cheektowaga Police are investigating a house fire that occurred early Sunday morning on Losson Road.According to a social media post made by South Line Fire, a two-car garage caught fire around 1:30 a.m. and spread to the house.
  All residents were home and were able to exit the residence before emergency crews arrived.Several departments extinguished the fire by 4:15 a.m. and no one was injured.This is a developing story, check back for more.Latest Local News Cheektowaga
  
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