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• Buffalo pharmacy pays over $140K to settle recordkeeping, misbilling allegations

  23-08-2024 21:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo pharmacy agreed to pay the United States $141,727 to resolve allegations that it violated the recordkeeping provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and overcharged federal health care programs, the United States Attorney's Office said.Officials said an inspection by the DEA showed that between Jan. 1, 2018, and Feb. 1, 2021, Dexter Pharmacy allegedly failed to maintain accurate records relating to its purchases and sales for certain controlled substanc
  
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• Buffalo man admits to role in murder, drug and gun charges

  23-08-2024 20:25 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man pleaded guilty to his role in the murder of a man in 2019 as well as gun and drugs charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday.Gregory Hay, 35, conspired with co-defendant Alphonso Payne and others to sell cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana and heroin between early 2016 and August 2019, according to officials.Officials said Hay began selling drugs in Salamanca before moving to the Olean area, where Payne assisted him. Hay's vehicle was stopped by pol
  
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• Police: Missing boy whose body was found in South Buffalo home died by stabbing

  23-08-2024 20:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Jaylen Griffin, the 12-year-old boy whose body was found in a South Buffalo home after being missing for nearly four years, died from a stabbing, a Buffalo police spokesperson confirmed to WIVB News 4.Griffin's body was located in April inside the attic of a Sheffield Avenue home, just one week before what would've been his 16th birthday. After the discovery of his body, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said his death was being considered a homicide, and that
  
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• Powell: 'Time has come' for Fed to start reducing interest rates

  23-08-2024 16:32 via wivb.com
  
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday.Watch live: Jerome Powell speaks in Jackson Hole
  Powell did not say when rate cuts would begin or how large they might be, but the Fed is widely expected to announce a modest quarter-point cut in its benchmark rate when it meets in mid-September.“The time
  
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• UB women's soccer pulls off historic upset over No. 7 Pittsburgh

  23-08-2024 16:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The UB women's soccer team made program history on Thursday evening with a 2-1 victory over No. 7 Pittsburgh on the road.The win gave the Bulls their first win over a top 10-ranked school in team history. It also marked the third win over a Power 5 opponent during head coach Shawn Burke's 11-year tenure.UB (2-0-0) broke the deadlock in the 10th minute, as a scramble in the box after a corner kick saw the ball fall to midfielder Kaya Schultz, who powered it past the Pitt g
  
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• Workers at Canadian National Railway Co. will start returning to work Friday, union says

  23-08-2024 13:53 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — The union representing workers at Canadian National Railway Co. has taken down picket lines and said its workers will begin returning to work Friday.However, the Teamsters said the work stoppage at Canada's other major freight railroad, Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd., remains ongoing, pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
  The Canadian government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union late Thursday afte
  
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• Motorcyclist dead after crashing into light pole in Buffalo

  23-08-2024 12:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a light pole Thursday evening in Buffalo, police officials said.The crash happened just before 7:45 p.m. on the 400 block of Ohio Street, where police said the motorcycle was traveling northbound when the operator seemingly lost control and struck the pole, causing him to be ejected.The operator, a 40-year-old Buffalo man, was pronounced dead at the scene.An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.Latest Local News Motorc
  
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• 1 dead after crash involving motorcycle, commercial vehicle in Depew

  23-08-2024 12:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person is dead following a crash Thursday afternoon involving a motorcycle and a commercial vehicle in Depew, the Depew Police Department announced.The crash happened just before 3:30 p.m. on Broadway near Indian Road, where the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the incident, police said. No additional information on how the crash happened is being released due to an ongoing investigation.The victim's name is being withheld until their next
  
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• Developer of Heritage Point project to pay money in damages due to months long delay

  23-08-2024 03:52 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 40-million-dollar project at Canalside is currently at a standstill. WIVB News 4 has confirmed there are now penalties coming for the developer.Construction for Heritage Point began in March of 2021, yet the two multi-use buildings, intended for retail, restaurants and office space, are nowhere near finished. Now New York State is stepping in, demanding answers and money.Sources have confirmed to WIVB News 4 the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) is now r
  
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• University at Buffalo welcomes thousands of new students for move-in day

  23-08-2024 02:30 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Thousands of new students packed up their belongings from home and moved into the University at Buffalo on Thursday for the fall semester."I'm definitely feeling a little bit nervous since obviously we're so far from home, like it's across the country, however, it's definitely more excitement than nervousness, and I'm excited to open a new chapter in life," said J.M. Lansang, a first-year student moving into UB from Federal Way, Washington. "With high school and everythin
  
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• Canada's freight trains will soon roll again after labor lockouts. Here's what to know

  23-08-2024 01:37 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute.
  After Canadian National and CPKC failed to reach new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union by an overnight deadline early Thursday, both freight railroads locked out nearly 10,000 of their workers — halting all rail traffic in Canada and shipments into the U.S. But, less than a
  
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• Canisius University student charged with making a terroristic threat in Snapchat post

  23-08-2024 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Canisius University student was arrested and charged Thursday following a post made on Snapchat that was "threatening in nature," according to Buffalo police.
  The post was made around 11 a.m. Thursday morning, police said. It was sent to the Buffalo Police Department and an investigation began immediately.
  The 18-year-old suspect, Wyatt Losi, was quickly identified as the alleged creator of the post and located. He was apprehended without incident. A temporary extreme r
  
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