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• Sabres trade prospect Savoie for Oilers' Ryan McLeod, re-sign Jokiharju

  05-07-2024 23:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo Sabres acquired forward Ryan McLeod in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, getting an established NHL player who just experienced a long playoff run in exchange for one of the organization's top prospects.Buffalo received McLeod and minor leaguer Tyler Tullio from the Western Conference champions for 20-year-old center Matthew Savoie.Savoie was the ninth pick in the 2022 draft and made his NHL debut in November -- so far his only game at that leve
  
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• Rochester man accused of assaulting woman after breaking into her Buffalo residence

  05-07-2024 20:11 via wivb.com
  
  Content warning: This article contains details of an alleged physical assault.BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Rochester man was arrested Friday after he allegedly broke into a woman's Buffalo residence and assaulted her, Buffalo police announced.Police said they received a call from a 12-year-old stating that her mother was being assaulted around 10 p.m. Thursday. Officers then responded to a residence on the 400 block of Normal Avenue and reportedly heard screaming inside.After breaching a locked doo
  
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• Multiple Buffalo parks damaged during Fourth of July celebrations

  05-07-2024 18:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Multiple Buffalo parks suffered damage on Thursday as residents celebrated the Fourth of July holiday, city officials announced.Officials said two baseball diamonds, one at Cazenovia Park and another at Riverside Park, were damaged by fireworks being lit off, with parts of the infield at both getting burnt. Repairs at each of the fields were taking place Friday.Additionally, a large amount of debris was left behind around the Centennial splash pad at Ralph C. Wilson Park,
  
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• NFTA to temporarily pause above-ground Metro Rail service due to construction

  05-07-2024 17:24 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The NFTA will temporarily pause its above-ground Metro Rail service for 14 days in July due to construction, the organization announced Friday.The pause, which spans from July 8-11 and July 20-29, will allow for "crucial track bed, catenary, and electrical system upgrades aimed at enhancing the safety and reliability of the Metro Rail system." The work intends to ensure a smooth and safe travel experience for passengers while modernizing and fortifying track infrastructur
  
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• US employers added a solid 206,000 jobs in June in a sign of continued economic strength

  05-07-2024 15:12 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in June, adding 206,000 jobs and once again displaying the U.S. economy’s ability to withstand continually high interest rates.
  Last month’s job growth did mark a pullback from 218,000 in May. But it was still a strong gain, reflecting the resilience of America’s consumer-driven economy, which is slowing but still growing steadily.
  Still, Friday’s report from the Labor Department c
  
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• He's derided as dull but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory

  05-07-2024 14:37 via wivb.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result.
  Starmer led Britain's Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday became the country's 58th prime minister — the first leader from the center-left party to win a U.K. national election since Tony Blair, who won three in a row starting in 1997.
  It's the latest reinvention for a man who went from human rights attorney to hard-nosed prosecutor and from young radical
  
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• Fire causes $70K in damage to Buffalo residence

  05-07-2024 12:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A fire caused roughly $70,000 in damage to a Buffalo residence early Friday morning, fire officials announced.Officials said the blaze began around 1:30 a.m. on the first floor of a Hill Street home near ECMC before it spread to other floors. The residence was occupied at the time of the fire, but no injuries were reported.The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.Latest Local News Fire causes $70K in damage to Buffalo residence Knee-high by the Fourth of July? F
  
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• Knee-high by the Fourth of July? Farmers laugh at that!

  05-07-2024 01:46 via wivb.com
  
  BURT, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Did you grow up hearing that corn should be growing "knee high by the Fourth of July?" The height of the corn depends on what kind of corn it is, when it was planted, what the weather has been, the irrigation and much more.Jeff Hiller of Hiller's Sweet Corn Farm Market in Burt, N.Y., sees this as a very good year for sweet corn.
  "I would say the quality is going to be fantastic," Hiller said.Farmer Jeff Hiller of Burt, N.Y., checks the growth of his corn crop on July 4.Stand
  
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• Federal lawsuit filed in WNY claims NY’s body armor ban is unconstitutional

  05-07-2024 00:53 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Local attorney John Elmore said it would be unjust and dangerous to reverse New York's ban on body armor, but that's the goal of a federal lawsuit filed in Western New York.The lawsuit, filed by the Firearms Policy Coalition and a resident from Lakeview, claims the ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. It also said the state’s ban infringes on the rights of law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves and their families.Two years ago, following the
  
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