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• The Latest: Harris calls President-elect Trump to congratulate him on win

  06-11-2024 19:56 via wivb.com
  
  Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his election vict
  
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• Loved ones gather to honor life of teen killed by a train in East Aurora

  08-11-2024 04:13 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Family and friends of 19-year-old Jett Hamann, the teen who was hit and killed by a train last week, gathered at 42 North in East Aurora to celebrate his life.
  “Jett was just the most joyous person you ever met. Every single day. He didn't let anything get him down," said Jett’s father Dejon Hamann. "He was just more than a best friend and a son. He was really a confidant and I learned so much from him, too."Last Wednesday, Jett was on his way to work
  
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• Sabres score big win in New York

  08-11-2024 03:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres parlayed a dominant period on the road against one of the NHL's top teams to get their second winning streak of the season rolling.Getting goals from all four lines in the second period surge, Buffalo beat the New York Rangers 6-1 on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden for its second win in a row.After captain Rasmus Dahlin put the Sabres ahead 26 seconds into the first period, Dylan Cozens doubled up the advantage early in the second, and Tage Thompson, Jord
  
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• Bar-Bill tavern prepares for large crowds ahead of Bills' home games

  08-11-2024 00:51 via wivb.com
  
  EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Customers may be greeted by a sea of Bills' attire, along with an array of wings, upon entering Bar-Bill Tavern on a weekend the team has a home game."We love the Buffalo Bills, obviously it's our hometown team and we like that we are able to be a part of the Buffalo Bills culture," said Kaileigh Falkner, the marketing manager at Bar-Bill.The family-owned business has been open in East Aurora for 57 years and has since expanded to include takeout and two other locatio
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in connection with Buffalo shooting

  07-11-2024 23:45 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man has been charged with attempted murder among other charges in connection with a Monday night shooting on Tonawanda Street, the Buffalo Police Department announced.
  Officers responded to a shooting call on the 800 block of Tonawanda Street around 10:30 p.m. Monday. A 19-year-old North Tonawanda man was found with gunshot wounds to his leg, police said.
  An ambulance transported the man to ECMC for a life-threatening injury. A Security-9 pistol was recovered.
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• Prosecutors accuse strip club owner of exploiting vulnerable women to engage in commercial sex acts

  07-11-2024 23:36 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Prosecutors painted a Cheektowaga strip club owner as a “sexual predator” who groomed vulnerable exotic dancers with free drugs to coerce them into commercial sex acts with influential men who had deep pockets.U.S. Assistant Attorney Joseph Tripi said in his nearly two-hour-long opening statement Wednesday that Peter Gerace’s business model at Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club was to push financially strapped exotic dancers deep in the throes o
  
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• What's in store for Buffalo's winter? The 4Warn Weather team offers predictions in our Winter Weather Special

  07-11-2024 22:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Our 4Warn Weather team hosted its annual Winter Weather Special on Thursday, giving insight to what's in store for Western New York this winter and answering other popular viewer questions.After doing their research, our meteorologists gave their predictions for this year's winter season. Buffalo's winter, measured from December through February at the airport in Cheektowaga, has an average temperature of 27.8 degrees with an average of 95.4 inches of snow.Todd Santo
  
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• Lockport man arrested on child pornography, gun charges

  07-11-2024 22:33 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Lockport man was arrested Thursday on multiple charges, including promoting and possessing a sexual performance by a child, New York State Police announced.A search warrant was executed on Beattie Avenue as a result of an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, which found that 46-year-old Nathaniel Devries allegedly possessed child pornography and was disseminating it.Officials said Devries, who does not have a state pistol permit, was also in possession of a l
  
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• Swannie House closes after death of owner

  07-11-2024 22:29 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Swannie House, located at 170 Ohio St. in Buffalo, is closing after the death of its owner, Timothy Wiles.Timothy's family decided to close the long-standing bar following his death on Oct. 25, his daughter Maria told WIVB News 4.The Irish bar was first established in 1886 and was purchased by Timothy and his wife, Marlene, in 1983. The Swannie House was best known for its vast selection of pub food, including wings and its famous fish fry, which was voted as Buffalo
  
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• Buffalo community honors Black Veteran’s Day

  07-11-2024 22:08 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Acting mayor of Buffalo Chris Scanlon signed a proclamation that marks Thursday as Black Veteran’s Day, the second time this holiday is being celebrated in the city.According to the proclamation, the Black Veteran’s Day committee’s goal is to establish Nov. 7 as an international day of commemoration and honor for the sacrifice and bravery of the Black soldiers who fought as a means for freedom here in America and for their respective countries aroun
  
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• Police: Buffalo man dies in hunting accident

  07-11-2024 19:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Buffalo man died in a hunting accident in Cattaraugus County, State Police announced Thursday.Police responded Tuesday night to a call for a welfare check on a hunter who had not returned to his vehicle near Plato Road in East Otto.Their investigation determined that Mark P. Scanlon, 54, fell from a portable tree stand and died.
  There were no signs of foul play and the body was taken to Olean General Hospital for an autopsy.Latest Local News Police: Buffalo man die
  
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• Buffalo mayor's brother dies in hunting accident

  07-11-2024 19:46 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon said the local man killed in a Cattaraugus County hunting accident this week was his older brother.State Police responded Wednesday night to a call for a welfare check on a hunter who had not returned to his vehicle near Plato Road in East Otto.Their investigation determined that 54-year-old Mark P. Scanlon fell from a portable tree stand and died. He was a Sergeant with the Erie County Sheriff's Office.Acting Mayor Scanlon released
  
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• Sumitomo Rubber announces Tonawanda plant closure, over 1,500 employees affected

  07-11-2024 15:57 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Sumotomo Rubber on Thursday announced via its website that it will be closing the facility in Tonawanda. The plant previously manufactured tires for cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles.According to a release on the company's website, the closure "follows an extended examination of the viability of the facility," including analysis of business complexities, costs, dated infrastructure, intermittent financial performance and changing market conditions.
  The release said the
  
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• Biden: Trump win lays to rest question of election ‘integrity’

  07-11-2024 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  (The Hill) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Americans to lay to rest questions about the integrity of elections, calling the system fair after President-elect Donald Trump decidedly won the 2024 race.“I hope we can lay to rest the question about the integrity of the American electorate system. It is honest, it is fair and it is transparent. And it can be trusted, win or lose,” Biden said in remarks from the Rose Garden.The president also committed to a peaceful transition
  
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• Biden to address nation after decisive Trump win

  07-11-2024 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  (The Hill) -- President Joe Biden will address the nation Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential race.The president’s remarks are slated for 11 a.m. ET in the Rose Garden at the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris is in Washington, D.C., but is not expected to attend.Harris on Wednesday conceded to Trump in remarks at Howard University, during which she encouraged a peaceful transfer of power.The vice president said she spoke with Tru
  
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• Biden addresses nation after Democrats’ election losses

  07-11-2024 15:17 via wivb.com
  
  (The Hill) -- President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential race.The president’s made his remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris is in Washington, D.C., but she was not expected to attend.Harris on Wednesday conceded to Trump in remarks at Howard University, during which she encouraged a peaceful transfer of power.The vice president said she spoke with Trump to congratul
  
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• 'It was surreal': 28 hospitalized, one in critical condition, after I-490 bus flip

  07-11-2024 15:00 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Multiple people were hospitalized — one in critical condition — after a tour bus flipped on I-490 in Chili Thursday morning.According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the bus left New York City after midnight, dropping off passengers along its route to Niagara Falls. It crashed on I-490 around 7:00 a.m.Deputies arriving at the scene found some passengers trapped in the bus and others walking along the roadway in a state of confusion. At least 16 a
  
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• 28 hospitalized, driver ticketed after I-490 bus flip

  07-11-2024 15:00 via wivb.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Multiple people were hospitalized — one in critical condition — after a tour bus flipped on I-490 in Chili Thursday morning.According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the bus left New York City after midnight, dropping off passengers along its route to Niagara Falls. It crashed on I-490 around 7:00 a.m.Deputies arriving at the scene found some passengers trapped in the bus and others walking along the roadway in a state of confusion. At least 16 a
  
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• Cheektowaga Historical Association to host benefit concert for new town museum location

  07-11-2024 13:20 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Cheektowaga Historical Association will be hosting a benefit concert from 5-10 p.m. on Nov. 24 at The Stage in Williamsville (8166 Main St.) to help with costs of repairing a newly purchased building set to become a town museum.The fundraiser follows the association's purchase of Keith Gregor's Music Mall, with proceeds from the fundraiser going toward repairing the building's roof and funding two local music rooms in the museum.
  The concert will feature performances
  
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• 'Save Our Buffalo Churches' group gets insight from canon lawyer

  07-11-2024 04:18 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It's been two months since the Buffalo Diocese declared nearly half of its parishes will be closing. However, the group 'Save our Buffalo Churches' continues to fight.The group is using canon law—the legal system of the catholic church—to make an appeal to the Vatican to keep their churches open.On Wednesday, they met with 30-year canon lawyer Philip Gray to discuss all options on the table.“It's to keep people in the church and to ensure that
  
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• Chicago man charged with assault after elderly man attacked in Jamestown Tops

  07-11-2024 03:07 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A man from Chicago, Illinois was arrested and charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly attacked another customer at a Tops in Jamestown Saturday, according to the Jamestown Police Department.Officers responded to Tops Markets at 738 Foote Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. for a victim that had been attacked by another customer. An elderly male victim with physical injuries was found inside the store. He was treated on the scene by Al-Star ambulance before being tr
  
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• The Latest: Trump to meet Biden the White House, the president commends Harris for her campaign

  07-11-2024 00:44 via wivb.com
  
  Democrat Kamala Harris urged unity in a concession speech at Howard University following her defeat to Republican Donald Trump. The election results prompted foreign leaders and President Joe Biden to congratulate Trump and left Democrats downtrodden after the former president scored victories in swing states.Trump's victory was felt down ballot, with the GOP reclaiming control of the Senate by flipping seats in Montana, West Virginia and Ohio. In the House, Republicans and Democrats are still b
  
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• Local daycare pleads with Buffalo Schools to fix busing issue

  06-11-2024 23:22 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A local daycare is calling for action, pleading for school buses in the Buffalo Public school system to arrive on time consistently. The daycare says that is not happening right now, and they want things to improve.Latrice Martin, the director of the Kidz Zone Childcare Center in Buffalo says the ongoing bus driver shortage is affecting kids in their education and their eating and sleeping habits.Martin says within the last couple of weeks, new bus routes went into effect
  
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• The Latest: Harris delivers concession speech, Jack Smith mulls winding down probes

  06-11-2024 22:26 via wivb.com
  
  Democrat Kamala Harris urged unity in a concession speech at Howard University following her defeat to Republican Donald Trump. The election results prompted foreign leaders and President Joe Biden to congratulate Trump and left Democrats downtrodden after the former president scored victories in swing states.Trump's victory was felt down ballot, with the GOP reclaiming control of the Senate by flipping seats in Montana, West Virginia and Ohio. House Republicans hold the upper hand to retain con
  
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• How to watch, stream and listen Buffalo Bills vs. Indianapolis Colts Week 10 game

  06-11-2024 21:51 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Bills ride a four-game winning streak to Indianapolis on Sunday for a matchup with the 4-5 Colts.Here's how you can watch, stream and listen to the game.TelevisionThe game's on 4! The game will air locally on WIVB in the Buffalo market and on your local CBS station out of market. Andrew Catalon will be the play-by-play broadcaster with Tiki Barber and Jason McCourty doing the color commentary and AJ Ross serving as the sideline reporter.Coverage begins at
  
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• The Latest: Biden and Harris call Trump to congratulate him, Jack Smith mulls winding down probes

  06-11-2024 21:20 via wivb.com
  
  Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his election vict
  
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• Bills unsure how long WR Keon Coleman will be out with wrist injury

  06-11-2024 20:58 via wivb.com
  
  ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Wide receiver Keon Coleman did not participate in the Bills' walk-through practice Wednesday because of a wrist injury, and the team is still determining how long the rookie will be unavailable.Coach Sean McDermott said that Coleman has not yet been ruled out for Sunday's game at Indianapolis, but that the injury also could keep him out of the lineup beyond this week.Coleman got hurt late in Sunday's 30-27 win against the Dolphins when he got hit by former Bills
  
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• The Latest: Biden and Harris call President-elect Trump to congratulate him on win

  06-11-2024 20:43 via wivb.com
  
  Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his election vict
  
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• Hochul talks 2024 election aftermath

  06-11-2024 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul is scheduled to address New Yorkers at 2 p.m. Alongside Attorney General Letitia James, she's delivering remarks on the election results from New York City.
  Hochul talks 2024 election aftermath
  Harris called President-elect Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him: AP source
  Barr says prosecutors should drop Trump cases: 'Do the right thing'
  Trump projected as winner in Michigan: AP
  Section VI boys soccer champions: Lancaster, Clarence, Grand Island
  
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• Hochul, James talk election aftermath

  06-11-2024 19:57 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Gov. Kathy Hochul addressed New Yorkers alongside Attorney General Letitia James. They congratulated the winners of the 2024 General Election and highlighted preparations they've taken to uphold the rights of New Yorkers going forward.Hochul spoke first:
  "We honor the results of this election and we'll work with anyone who wants to be a partner in achieving the goals of our administration and our state," she said. "That does not mean we'll accept an agenda from Was
  
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