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• New Jersey man sentenced to 15 years for crimes committed in Niagara Falls

  03-09-2024 23:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A New Jersey man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for crimes he committed in Niagara Falls in 2021, the Niagara County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.
  40-year-old Quennel Jordan admitted to assaulting an individual with a baseball bat in July 2021. He also admitted to his involvement in the assault of an individual in the same month outside a gas station in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls man in stable condition aft
  
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• UB resident physicians strike for better pay, better benefits

  03-09-2024 22:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Hundreds of resident physicians hit the picket line outside Buffalo General Hospital fighting for higher wages, better benefits and better working conditions. An agreement to get resident physicians back to work still has not been reached.Resident physicians at Buffalo General walked off the job at midnight Tuesday to join more than 800 resident physicians and fellows. The strike is affecting every hospital in the Buffalo area. Tuesday's strike is expected to go to 8 p.m.
  
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• Drunk driver crashes into police vehicle while troopers arrest another drunk driver

  03-09-2024 20:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An alleged drunk driver crashed into a New York State Police vehicle early Monday morning in Lockport while troopers were arresting another alleged drunk driver, police announced.Troopers identified a stopped vehicle facing south in the northbound lane around 1:18 a.m. on South Transit Road with its alleged driver, 34-year-old Richard L. Morrow of Lockport, slumped over the steering wheel, according to police.Morrow allegedly attempted and failed some field sobriety tests
  
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• Former aide to 2 New York governors is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government

  03-09-2024 19:36 via wivb.com
  
  A former New York state government official who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors revealed in a sprawling indictment.Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of deputy chief of staff for Hochul, was arrested Tuesday morning along with her husband, Chris Hu, at their $3.5 million home on Long Island.Prosecutors said
  
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• Woman sentenced for fatally stabbing boyfriend in 2023

  03-09-2024 18:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo woman has been sentenced for fatally stabbing her boyfriend last year in the city's Masten Park neighborhood, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday.Teiyahna Bivens, 22, received an indeterminate sentence of four to 12 years in prison, officials said.On July 23, 2023, Bivens stabbed her boyfriend, 23-year-old Micqueal Rogers, in the chest in the area of Gerhardt and Northampton Streets, according to officials. Rogers died later at ECMC.Bive
  
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• Former aide to New York's governor is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government

  03-09-2024 17:50 via wivb.com
  
  A former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors revealed in a sprawling indictment.Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York state government before rising to the rank of deputy chief of staff for Hochul, was arrested Tuesday morning along with her husband at their $3.5 million home on Long Island.Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, are expected to make an initial court appearance
  
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• How to watch the Buffalo Bills season opener against the Arizona Cardinals

  03-09-2024 17:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Bills will kick off the 2024 season at home against the Arizona Cardinals at 1 p.m. Sunday. Here's how you can watch, stream and listen to the game.TelevisionThe Game's on 4! Bills vs Cardinals will air on WIVB in the Buffalo market, or your local CBS station outside of the market. Tom McCarthy will handle the play-by-play with Jay Feely and Ross Tucker as analysts. Tiffany Blackmon will be the sideline reporter.Coverage begins at 11 a.m. with Buffalo Kickoff Liv
  
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• Disney on Ice returning to KeyBank Center in October

  03-09-2024 16:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Popular family show Disney on Ice is set to return to KeyBank Center in October.Families will be able to see characters from multiple Disney movies, including "Frozen," "Encanto" and more.Showtimes can be found below:
  Thursday, Oct. 17: 7 p.m.Friday, Oct 18: 7 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 19: 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  Tickets can be purchased in-person at the KeyBank Center box office or by clicking here.Latest Local News Disney on Ice returning to KeyBank Center in October B
  
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• Parents, four-year-old, and two-year-old found dead in homicide

  03-09-2024 14:53 via wivb.com
  
  IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (WROC) — Two adults and two children were found dead inside a home in Irondequoit after crews were called there for a reported fire. The investigation began Saturday morning around 5:30 a.m. at a Knapp Avenue house.Firefighters were met with flames once on scene, and according to Irondequoit's fire chief, were quickly able to get the fire under control. They also extinguished multiple fires throughout the home.Crews searched the home and discovered four bodies that they s
  
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• 'I'm still getting better:' Josh Allen in 7th year focused on leadership of Bills in transition

  03-09-2024 13:15 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — There remain many signs of Josh Allen being his familiar playful self.Whether it was opening training camp boasting of his latest Catan board game conquest; celebrating touchdowns with leaping hip-checks with teammates; and name-dropping Tiger Woods in detailing his offseason golf course encounters: The Buffalo Bills outgoing quarterback is unchanged in opening his news conferences with a smile and a genial “How’s it going?”And yet, ben
  
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• US Open: Jessica Pegula's 7th Grand Slam quarterfinal will be against No. 1 Iga Swiatek

  03-09-2024 02:50 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career — and this next one will come against No. 1 Iga Swiatek.
  The No. 6-seeded Pegula, an American whose parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres, is on quite a run at the moment, having won 13 of her pa
  
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• Protestors plan to sue UB following arrests at pro-Palestine demonstration

  03-09-2024 02:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A group of pro-Palestine protestors arrested in May on the University at Buffalo's North Campus plan to sue. The attorney representing the handful of demonstrators said his clients' constitutional rights were violated. Buffalo attorney Robert Corp is representing the demonstrators who plan to take legal action. In July, Corp made two legal filings to give local law enforcement and UB a heads up that a lawsuit will soon be headed their way.What began as a pro-Palestin
  
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• US Open: Jessica Pegula reaches her 7th Grand Slam quarterfinal. She is 0-6 at that stage so far

  03-09-2024 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career.
  The No. 6-seeded Pegula, an American whose parents own the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres, is on quite a run at the moment, having won 13 of her past 14 matches, all on hard courts. That included her second co
  
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