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Now that you can return home after the fires, how do you clean up safely?
A pulmonary doctor is warning survivors to wait, if they can, to visit their fire-damaged homes. If they do go into a burn zone, they should take precautions.
Police release bodycam video in connection with arrest at Walden Galleria
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) -- WIVB News 4 is getting a first look at bodycam footage from Cheektowaga police showing an arrest of a Buffalo man at the Walden Galleria last week. The video, which you will see Only on 4, became the subject of a use of force review by the department after a woman [...]
Teams being deployed to prevent, prosecute insurance fraud after fires
Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a "rapid response effort" to prevent insurance fraud after the devastating fires.
L.A. D.A. charges six in arsons that followed eruption of devastating firestorm
Los Angeles prosecutors have brought arson charges against six men who set small blazes around the county in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires.
Man charged for 2024 murder at Niagara Falls block party
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A man who is accused of shooting and killing a Niagara Falls man last summer during a memorial event was charged with murder after being located in Alabama, the Niagara County District Attorney's Office announced. Rojae Mitchell, 22, allegedly shot and killed Anthony Brantley, 43, during a block party on Aug. [...]
L.A. officials stop use of disappearing Google Chats, citing Palisades fire
Los Angeles officials on Tuesday abruptly stopped a longstanding policy allowing employees to communicate using Google Chat messages that were automatically deleted after 24 hours.
Buttigieg visited this Alabama community. They want a promise before he leaves office
After years of flooding and two presidential administrations, homeowners in Shiloh say they are still waiting for state and federal agencies to make them whole.
Woman loses 'everything' in LA fire just weeks before giving birth
Chloe Garcia, who is seven months pregnant, and her family recently lost their Altadena, California, home in the Eaton Fire.
Jamestown woman admits to stealing money from mail while working for USPS
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown woman who worked as a postal worker pleaded guilty after stealing money and gift cards from mailed envelopes on multiple occasions in 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday. Anita Miller, 41, was employed by the U.S. Postal Service when she committed theft on six occasions between February and [...]
Middle East live updates: Israeli government approves deal
The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks ending with success in Qatar.
How did a cluster of homes near the Eaton fire's ignition point emerge unscathed?
A neighborhood where the deadly Eaton fire began was mostly spared from the devastation in surrounding Altadena, with the same gusting winds that whipped up the inferno thought to have helped those closest to the ignition point avoid disaster.
DOE Title IX memo issues new guidance in paying NIL student-athletes
The U.S. Department of Education has released guidance that says schools must make name, image, and likeness (NIL)-related compensation "proportionately" available.
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