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• North Buffalo woman goes 53 days without reliable heat in her apartment

  04-02-2025 23:59 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A woman living in North Buffalo has not had reliable heat in her apartment for nearly two months.The new apartment building WIVB News 4 has been reporting on is located at 1585 Hertel Ave. Only one of the tenants, Giana Rio, hasn't had reliable heat in 53 days.Rio has had to use space heaters in her apartment to stay warm. Space heaters can become a fire hazard and are not ideal to get through the bitter winter months."I am so happy I called Channel 4 to inform everyone a
  
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• The Latest: Trump suggests permanently resettling Palestinians from Gaza in meeting with Netanyahu

  04-02-2025 23:17 via wivb.com
  
  As President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump’s Middle East envoy said that a three to five-year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza is not a viable post-war plan for the battle-torn territory.
  This first visit of a foreign leader during Trump’s second term comes amid lagging support for Netanyahu in Israel. The Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis wh
  
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• The Latest: Netanyahu and Trump to meet at the White House

  04-02-2025 22:57 via wivb.com
  
  As President Trump prepares to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump’s Middle East envoy said that a three to five-year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza is not a viable post-war plan for the battle-torn territory.
  This first visit of a foreign leader during Trump’s second term comes amid lagging support for Netanyahu in Israel. The Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce in Gaza and from war-weary
  
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• Jamestown woman sentenced to 12 years for sex trafficking of minor

  04-02-2025 22:09 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown woman was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, the United States Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.
  Officials said between August and October 2020, Jasmin Osteen, 27, conspired with others to coerce two 17-year-olds to engage in commercial sex acts.Osteen transported the victims to a hotel in Buffalo where they were given alcohol and drugs. She then reached out to various clients who engaged in commercial
  
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• Former Buffalo police officer pleads guilty for shooting 14-year-old in leg

  04-02-2025 21:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A retired Buffalo police officer admitted to assault on Tuesday after shooting a 14-year-old last year in the parking lot of Marine Drive Apartments, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Antonio Roman, 67, suspected a group of stealing property from vehicles in the parking lot around 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 8, officials said. He then shot the teen in the leg before the group drove away in a car allegedly reported stolen out of Amherst, according to district atto
  
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• Buffalo connections to Super Bowl LIX between Chiefs, Eagles

  04-02-2025 18:38 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — No matter who wins this year's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, Western New York will have ties to a Super Bowl champion.There are a few WNY and Buffalo Bills connections to the two teams playing for the Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 9.Know another connection that we missed? Email [email protected] and let us know.EaglesNick Sirianni, head coach: Sirianni is a Jamestown native who played at Southwestern Central for his dad Fran. His brothe
  
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• Tariffs paused for 30 days

  04-02-2025 15:30 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The tariffs are paused for now, as President Donald Trump agreed to a 30- day suspension after he spoke with both Canada and Mexico. Both countries pledged to enhance their border security and combat drug trafficking.The U.S. was dangerously close to starting a trade war that could have led to higher prices for Americans but instead there is a brief cool down for one month."Either very, very substantial tariffs are going to be paid by them. Or they're going to make some ki
  
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• Lackawanna votes to ban Airbnb's, other short-term rentals

  04-02-2025 13:10 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lackawanna city officials voted 3-2 Monday night to ban short-term rentals such as Airbnb's and Vrbo's.
  The decisions affects all districts of the city. It not only ends the ability for new ones, it also forces more than two dozen already operating in the city to shut down.
  Property owners in the area said following the meeting that this will negatively impact the city's economy."We bring in millions of dollars to this area, that has been economically depressed for d
  
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• Jury selection, trial in Salman Rushdie attack set to begin

  04-02-2025 06:15 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense.“After that there are many blows, to my neck, to my chest, to my eye, everywhere,” Rushdie recalled in a memoir that followed. “I feel my legs give way, and I fall.”In the coming weeks, Rushdie is expected to return to the same New York count
  
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• DMV looking into complaints against local driving school

  04-02-2025 04:58 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles is looking into formal complaints against a local driving school, the DMV said.Buffalo Tractor Trailer Institute, located on Lake Shore Road in Blasdell, has provided training to receive a commercial driver’s license. On Monday, an excavator blocked the institute’s entrance, and its sign was boarded up.The DMV said that it has been trying to contact Buffalo Tractor Trailer Institute, and that it has received form
  
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• Buffalo distillery concerned by divide between Canadian and U.S. spirits

  04-02-2025 04:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Before President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered American-made liquor to be removed from Canadians shelves.Even with that pause, the threat of future tariffs concerns one local distillery.“It's the first time we've experienced this, that's for sure,” said Justin Hartman, president of Hartman's Distilling Company.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged Canadians to buy local
  
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• Roger Goodell says perception that officials favor the Chiefs is a 'ridiculous theory'

  04-02-2025 00:38 via wivb.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disputed the perception that officials favor the Kansas City Chiefs, saying it’s a “ridiculous theory.”
  Goodell addressed several topics, including diversity, an 18-game season, international expansion, Tom Brady’s dual role as a broadcaster and co-owner and more during his annual news conference that kicked off Super Bowl week on Monday.
  The Chiefs are going for a three-peat Sunday in a rematch against the Philadelp
  
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• WNY restaurants brace for impact potential tariffs could have on food prices

  04-02-2025 00:29 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - The restaurant industry in Western New York is hoping the impact of President Donald Trump's potential tariffs won't have businesses biting off more than they can chew.Tariffs on Mexico and Canada have both been put on a one month hold as of Monday. However, a tariff on China is still set to go into effect as the future remains unclear.Like many restaurants and businesses, Paul Santora, who owns Santora's Pizza Pub & Grill in Williamsville, is waiting to find out
  
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