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• Catholic Health to resume surgeries after hurricane caused nationwide IV shortage

  10-10-2024 23:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Catholic Health will resume elective surgeries at its network of hospitals Friday after postponing most of them earlier in the week due to a nationwide IV shortage, and will return to a full surgical schedule Monday.The shortage was a result of Hurricane Helene's impact on a Baxter drug manufacturing facility in Marion, North Carolina, Catholic Health said earlier this week. According to the New York State Department of Health, the Baxter plant provides over 60 perce
  
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• Watch live: Langworthy vs. Carle in NY-23 Congressional debate

  10-10-2024 22:31 via wivb.com
  
  The NY-23 Debate will stream live on WIVB.com at 7 p.m.ELMIRA, N.Y. (WIVB/WETM) — Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy and Democratic candidate Tom Carle will face off in a debate at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Oct. 10) ahead of next month's election to represent New York's 23rd Congressional District.The debate is being held in-studio at our sister station in Elmira, WETM. You can watch live on this page.Langworthy is campaigning for another term as the 23rd District's representative afte
  
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• Buffalo teen charged in connection with school threat made on social media

  10-10-2024 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 15-year-old Buffalo male was arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a school threat made on TikTok, the Buffalo Police Department announced Thursday.
  The FBI and New York State Troopers were notified by TikTok of a user making a school threat. Buffalo Police were notified and immediately began an investigation that led them to a Mariner Homes apartment.
  A Temporary Extreme Risk Protection Order was put in place and a Glock 19 handgun was recovered during the
  
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• Ex-DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni found guilty on seven charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States

  10-10-2024 18:02 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Ex-DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni has been found guilty on seven of the 11 charges against him in a re-trial, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, a jury decided in U.S. Federal Court on Thursday.Bongiovanni was previously found guilty on two charges, including obstruction of justice and making false statements in his first trial earlier this year, but a jury failed to reach a verdict on 12 of the 15 total counts against him, including the most serious ch
  
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• "I feel like Keanu in 'The Matrix'": Marlon Wayans feels at the top of his game ahead of Niagara Falls show

  10-10-2024 17:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Marlon Wayans is performing at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario this Thursday. Wayans wants his audience to "expect the unexpected" and promised great stories that push the boundaries."Sometimes I don't even know what I'm gonna do, but expect it to be funny," he said. "I'm in a great place in my career, I'd say, creatively. I’m starting to see things in slow motion that I’ve never seen before. I feel like Keanu in 'The Matrix.'"The show will feature
  
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• Red Cross of WNY holding 'volunteer boot camp' amid urgent need for shelter workers

  10-10-2024 15:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Many Western New Yorkers have friends and loved ones that live in areas that were recently impacted by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene.Some ways Western New Yorkers can help the Red Cross Response to these areas to help those affected by these disasters are:
  Make a financial donation
  This is the quickest and easiest way to help.To donate click here.Make an appointment to donate blood or plateletsDue to these hurricanes and storms, blood drives in the Southeast have
  
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• 'I'm fine': Tampa's 'Lt. Dan' survives Hurricane Milton on his boat

  10-10-2024 14:36 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa, Florida, man who goes by the nickname "Lt. Dan" and who went viral on social media for refusing to evacuate his boat ahead of Hurricane Milton has survived the storm.NewsNation's Brian Entin went to check on him late Wednesday night after the storm had swept through."I'm fine," he told Entin.Tampa’s ‘Lt. Dan’ causes concern over refusal to evacuate from Hurricane Milton
  Lt. Dan, whose real name is Joseph Malinowski, went viral from videos pos
  
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• 'He’s got the weight of the whole city on his back': Josh Allen takes responsibility for struggling Bills offense

  10-10-2024 13:39 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills tight end Dawson Knox wasn’t surprised to hear about Josh Allen accepting the blame for Buffalo’s sudden offensive trouble.What Knox wanted to make clear following practice on Wednesday is how unfair it is for the quarterback to shoulder the entire load.“He’s got the weight of the whole city on his back, and he takes the losses very harshly. But it’s on all of us,” the sixth-year player said.“There’s plays I wi
  
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• More than 3 million without power as Hurricane Milton tears across Florida

  10-10-2024 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton churned across Florida on Thursday after plowing into the state as a Category 3 storm, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) after producing a barrage of tornadoes, but sparing Tampa a direct hit. LIVE COVERAGE: Hurricane Milton moves throught Florida VIDEO: High wind gusts tear roof off Tropicana Field, collapse crane in St. PetersburgThe storm tracked to the south in the
  
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• Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns slew of tornadoes. At least 5 dead

  10-10-2024 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, where it knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and whipped up a barrage of tornadoes. The storm caused at least five deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit. LIVE COVERAGE: Hurricane Milton moves throught FloridaThe system tracked to the south in the final hours and made landfall late Wednesday as a Category 3
  
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• Milton knocks out power to millions and spawns 150 tornadoes. At least 4 dead

  10-10-2024 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, where it knocked out power to more than 3 million customers and whipped up 150 tornadoes. The storm caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit. ‘I’m fine’: Tampa’s ‘Lt. Dan’ survives Milton on his boat LIVE COVERAGE: Hurricane Milton moves throught FloridaThe system tra
  
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• Hurricane Milton plows across Florida, at least 4 dead

  10-10-2024 11:29 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least four deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit. LIVE COVERAGE: Hurricane Milton moves throught Florida VIDEO: High wind gusts tear roof off Tropicana Field, collapse crane in St. PetersburgThe storm tracked to the south
  
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• Video: Hurricane Milton sucks water out of Tampa Bay

  10-10-2024 05:51 via wivb.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay experienced a rare reverse storm surge as Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday evening, temporarily drawing water out of the bay and exposing parts of the bay floor that are typically submerged.Video taken by NewsNation reporter Brian Entin showed the seawater heavily receding by Bayshore Boulevard."All the water has run out of the bay," Entin said.This phenomenon occurs when strong winds blow offshore, forcing water out of coastal bays, as explained by P
  
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• NYS trooper seriously injured in September crash returns home after surgeries

  10-10-2024 04:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- New York State Trooper Salvatore Mattina, a 10-year veteran of the force, was riding his state police motorcycle on Sept. 13 in Niagara County when a car failed to yield and crashed into him. After multiple surgeries and nearly a month in the hospital, Mattina is finally home.Even though he still can’t support his own weight on one leg, he was able to graduate from rehab Wednesday and will now continue recovering at home.“He just plowed through it all, like a
  
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• Allentown residents speak out after kidnapping, assault on Virginia Street

  10-10-2024 04:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Four people were arrested after a 21-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted inside an apartment last week on Virginia Street. Residents are now speaking out, saying this is just one example of many problems they've been dealing with in the Allentown area.Jacob Lea-Kelly, a resident of Allentown, has lived on North Pearl Street for the last three years. Him, his wife and 12-year-old son moved to the area because of its proximity to Allen Street and Downtown Buf
  
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• Bills Mafia rallies around those affected by Hurricane Helene, prepares for Milton's impact

  10-10-2024 01:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Bills Mafia is rallying around people in North Carolina as many still don't have access to running water or electricity and are surrounded by destroyed businesses and homes after Hurricane Helene's devastating blow."This whole neighborhood is just in shambles," said WNY native Bree Gordon, who runs the Asheville Buffalo Bills Backers chapter, a club for fans in the area.Gordon, who now lives in Asheville, has been doing wellness checks since Helene washed communities a
  
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• Buffalo String Works students are taking their talents to France

  10-10-2024 00:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sound of music; it can take a lot of practice and talent to produce, but Buffalo String Works shares with their students how these skills, beyond a sheet of music, can open doors and build connections."We provide a space for kids to be creative and express themselves through an art form that maybe they don't have the means to through their normal day-to-day lives," said violin and viola teacher Tyler Adamthwaite.This week, 16 of their students will be packing up their
  
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