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• FBI: Calif. shooters privately discussed commitment to jihad

  16-12-2015 18:57 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI director says the husband-and-wife team who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, communicated privately about jihad before they were married, but there is no evidence to suggest the couple posted publicly on social media about it.
  James Comey spoke Wednesday at a New York City security initiative with private businesses. He says the couple communicated online before they met in person, during which they discussed a mutual commitment to jihad and mart
  
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• Attorneys for Tops shooter continue argument to move federal trial out of Buffalo

  13-02-2026 20:55 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Attorneys representing racist Tops mass shooter Payton Gendron continued their argument to move his federal trial outside of Buffalo. During a Friday court hearing Judge Lawrence Vilardo ruled that the trial will not happen in New York City amid a push from attorneys to move the trial out of town, citing [...]
  
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• Bills add former NFL head coach John Fox as senior assistant

  13-02-2026 20:27 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Former NFL head coach John Fox has joined the Buffalo Bills staff as a senior assistant coach, the team announced Friday. The 71-year-old Fox will be the most experienced member of first-year head coach Joe Brady’s staff in Buffalo. Fox has 16 seasons of head coaching experience with the Carolina Panthers [...]
  
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• North Tonawanda man admits to fatal 2021 shooting

  13-02-2026 20:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A North Tonawanda man admitted to manslaughter on Friday after he shot and killed a 19-year-old in 2021, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced. The man was 16 years old when the shooting occurred. Around 1 p.m. Oct. 5, 2021, the man shot 19-year-old Donovan Miller on the 100 block [...]
  
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• Elderly Brant couple facing over 200 counts of animal cruelty charges

  13-02-2026 18:23 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An elderly couple has been charged with over 200 counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals after 216 animals were seized from their farm in Brant last fall, according to the Erie County District Attorney's office. On Nov. 19, 2025, SPCA investigators conducted an investigation on Brant Farnham Road following an [...]
  
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• 79-year-old dead after collision in Batavia

  13-02-2026 17:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 79-year-old is dead after the vehicle he was driving crashed into another in Batavia Thursday afternoon, according to New York State Police. Police said Thomas Luby, 79, of Elba, was driving eastbound on West Main Street near Kelsey Road around 2:50 p.m. when his vehicle crossed the center line and [...]
  
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• Rasmus Dahlin tallies first Olympic goal in Sweden's second game

  13-02-2026 15:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin tallied his first Olympic goal in Sweden's second game of the tournament on Friday, Sweden's only goal in a 4-1 loss to rival Finland. Dahlin fired a one-timer from William Nylander into the net four and a half minutes into the second period. Dahlin had three assists [...]
  
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• Arrest made in dozens of tire slashings in November

  13-02-2026 15:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An arrest was made Wednesday for dozens of cars had their tires slashed in the area of Winspear Avenue in Buffalo in November, Buffalo police said Friday. Darrel Larkin, 43 and of Kenmore, is accused of slashing the tires of around 30 cars on Winspear in the late night hours of [...]
  
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• Chautauqua Co. found out of compliance on handling of license plates

  13-02-2026 14:40 via wivb.com
  
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - Call 4 Action is sitting down with the recently-elected clerk in Chautauqua County on the steps his office is taking in response to concerns of license plate fraud in the county. For months, we've been helping numerous drivers get bogus toll bills tied to their old plates dropped. Our reporting has [...]
  
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• NYSP, Genesee County DA to hold press conference about fatal I-90 tour bus crash

  13-02-2026 14:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State Police said they will be holding a news conference Friday afternoon regarding the fatal I-90 tour bus crash in Pembroke that took place last August. Five people died and dozens of others were injured after a tour bus crashed on the I-90 in Pembroke on Aug. 22. Passengers [...]
  
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• Driver in I-90 tour bus crashed charged with manslaughter

  13-02-2026 14:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The driver in a tour bus crash on I-90 in August that killed five people and injured dozens more has been charged with manslaughter, New York State Police and the Genesee County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Bin Shao, 56, was charged with five counts of second-degree manslaughter and five counts [...]
  
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• Man charged with DWI after crashing car, leaving scene

  13-02-2026 13:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is facing several charges after he crashed his car while drunk, according to Lakewood-Busti Police. Officials said around 11:20 p.m. Friday, 45-year-old William Bognar was driving on Route 474 in Ashville when he crashed into snow bank. According to police, Bognar fled the scene leaving an injured passenger in [...]
  
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• Gendron defense team to appear in federal court Friday

  13-02-2026 04:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The case against the Tops mass shooter will be back in federal court Friday for oral arguments involving the motion to change the trial venue. The defense team representing Payton Gendron is calling for the trial to be moved from Buffalo to New York City, citing that their client would not [...]
  
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• Two men charged after alleged material order fraud

  13-02-2026 03:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two Depew men are facing charges after North Tonawanda Police investigated a fraud report at a local business, police announced Thursday. Law enforcement discovered an order for more than $10,000 worth of construction materials placed with a local building material supplier. Officials said an individual was allegedly fraudulently using a contractor's [...]
  
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• Riverside recognizes Clifford Robinson's basketball legacy

  13-02-2026 02:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame decades ago for his distinguished hardwood achievements, the late Clifford Robinson has now taken his rightful place enshrined in the hallways at Riverside High School. A gallery of framed jerseys, photographs, memorabilia, news clippings and informational plaques commemorating Robinson's four years at [...]
  
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• Warsaw Central School District cancels basketball season amid ongoing student investigation

  13-02-2026 02:07 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Warsaw Central School District has canceled the remainder of its junior varsity and varsity basketball season amid an ongoing investigation involving multiple Middle and High School students. The district first announced the investigation on Feb. 5, saying it had received reports concerning several students and had engaged outside counsel to [...]
  
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• Tage Thompson scores as US opens the Milan Cortina Olympics by rolling over Latvia 5-1

  13-02-2026 00:46 via wivb.com
  
  MILAN (AP) — The U.S. goal song — “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd — blared seven times during over arena speakers on Thursday night. Twice, the celebration was only short-lived. Bouncing back from having a pair of goals wiped out by coach's challenges, the U.S. opened the Olympics by rolling past Latvia 5-1 on Thursday [...]
  
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• Visit Buffalo prepares local hospitality industry for March Madness

  12-02-2026 23:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Visit Buffalo is helping the local hospitality industry prepare for the NCAA to return to the Queen City next month. "When Buffalo hosts well, we all win," said Patrick Kaler, the president and CEO of Visit Buffalo and of the Buffalo Sports Commission. Visit Buffalo projects that the tournament will bring [...]
  
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• Water damage concerns inside Williamsville nursing home

  12-02-2026 22:11 via wivb.com
  
  WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - A family contacted Call 4 Action and is calling for accountability at a local nursing home. David Marshall and his family say conditions inside Comprehensive Rehab of Williamsville are appalling and are putting residents at risk. The concerns stem from water leaking into the nursing home. Complaints inside Comprehensive Rehab of [...]
  
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• Man arrested after victim stabbed over 12 times in South Buffalo

  12-02-2026 20:17 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arrested on Wednesday after a victim was allegedly stabbed over a dozen times that morning, according to police. Officers were called to the 100 block of Trowbridge Street in South Buffalo around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. Joseph Allgood, 61, allegedly stabbed a male who was known to [...]
  
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• Flight 3407 families remember loved ones who died in crash 17 years ago

  12-02-2026 20:07 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. (WIVB) — February 12, 2009 remains a day that forever changed aviation safety in America. However, for the families of the 50 victims who died in Flight 3407, that tragedy changed a whole lot more. "It was just kinda shock," Ron Aughtmon said, remembering his uncle, Joe Fiore, who was one of [...]
  
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• Investigation of Buffalo Public Schools finds discipline discrimination against Black, Latino students, settlement reached

  12-02-2026 19:32 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A four-year settlement has been reached as Buffalo Public Schools are accused of disproportionately punishing students of color, disabled students and English language learners, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday. An extensive investigation by the Office of the Attorney General found that Black or Latino students were often suspended [...]
  
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• Tips to protect yourself from romance scams

  12-02-2026 17:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) --Around 59,000 Americans fell victim to romance scams in 2024, some giving thousands of dollars to people they think they are in relationships with online. Scammers convince victims that they are in love, then convince them that something is seriously wrong and that they need money. They may also convince victims to [...]
  
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• Niagara County inmate attempts escape from jail

  12-02-2026 17:04 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Niagara County inmate allegedly unsuccessfully attempted to escape from the Niagara County Correctional Facility last week, according to the county sheriff's office. Robert Cox, 35, allegedly tried to escape the jail on Feb. 5. It is unclear what he did in his attempt to escape. Authorities said that during the [...]
  
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• Sarah McLachlan to play Artpark in July

  12-02-2026 16:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan will be bringing her "Better Broken Tour" to Artpark's Mainstage Theater on July 14. McLachlan will be joined by Allison Russell and will be promoting her 10th studio album, "Better Broken," her first release through Concord Records, which released in September. Tickets to the show will go on [...]
  
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• NFTA announces partial rail suspension during pedestrian bridge demolition next week, shuttle info

  12-02-2026 15:37 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The NFTA today announced it will be suspending its Metro rail service between the Allen and DL&W stations from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21 to accommodate the safe removal of the pedestrian bridge on Main Street. Because the removal of the bridge requires specialized equipment and controlled work zones, continued rail [...]
  
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• Representatives introduce flight safety legislation

  12-02-2026 05:11 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Thursday marks 17 years since the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence -- a tragedy caused by pilot error that took the lives of 50 people. Years later, the fight to require more rigorous pilot training still continues on Capitol Hill. Congressman Nick Langworthy and Congressman Tim Kennedy are introducing bipartisan [...]
  
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• Mayor Sean Ryan asks Albany for help in stabilizing Buffalo's budget

  12-02-2026 04:42 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan was in Albany on Wednesday asking lawmakers for help stabilizing the city's budget. Ryan says that the city has a revenue problem after a generation of "fiscal mismanagement." "To be able to get out of this mess, we're going to have to borrow some money," said Fred [...]
  
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• WNY Lowe's worker saves co-worker's life

  12-02-2026 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A local man went to work on Nov. 18 just like any other day. "I got up, it was a beautiful day, I had a great mood, everything was good and I was just doing a four hour shift," said James "Jim" Schroeder, who mixes paint at Lowe's. "Jerry said [...]
  
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• Local Lowe's worker saves co-worker's life

  12-02-2026 03:48 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A local man went to work on Nov. 18 just like any other day. "I got up, it was a beautiful day, I had a great mood, everything was good and I was just doing a four hour shift," said James "Jim" Schroeder, who mixes paint at Lowe's. "Jerry said [...]
  
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