Elizabeth M. Allen, a Williamsville South and SUNY Geneseo grad who has made a career of hopscotching between the State Department and Democratic Party politics, made another jump when the Kamala Harris presidential campaign named her chief of staff for Gov. Tim Walz.
The weekly jobless claims data is one of the most timely glimpses into the region's job market, and the latest data is telling us that there's been a significant upswing in the number of workers who have become unemployed.
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week but remain at slightly elevated though not troubling levels. Jobless claims for the week of Aug. 3 fell by 17,000 to 233,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 240,000 analysts surveyed b…
As Chautauqua Institute celebrates its 150th birthday this summer, some residents say a stringent policy on demonstrations is the latest example of an institution whose governance practices don't measure up to its reputation as a bastion of democracy and free speech.
A friend thinks the cause of his death was Jacob Archambault’s “knowledge, and his involvement, with those that were authority figures in law enforcement.”
The mayhem that swept across world markets this week was partly caused by a market strategy known as the “carry trade.” Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged 12.4% on Monday and other world markets also suffered outsized losses as traders sold stocks to help cover rising risks from investment…
A judge has ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation. It's a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies. The highly anticipated decision issue…
Supporters of psychedelic therapy hoped that MDMA would make history as the first illegal psychedelic to win FDA approval, paving the way for similar drugs to enter the medical mainstream.
Gaza's Health Ministry said another 47 people were wounded when missiles struck the building, used as a shelter and mosque.
The campaign suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents but provided no specific evidence.
Elizabeth M. Allen, a Williamsville South and SUNY Geneseo grad who has made a career of hopscotching between the State Department and Democratic Party politics, made another jump when the Kamala Harris presidential campaign named her chief of staff for Gov. Tim Walz.
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NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing's troubled capsule.
The State Assembly is asking a judge to bar the state Division of Human Rights from holding a public hearing on a sexual discrimination complaint a woman filed against Buffalo-area Assembly Member Patrick Burke.
A 2022 report found that anglers and Burmese refugees who ate fish caught in the Great Lakes area had PFAS in their blood in levels up to six times higher than the general United States population.
The district's policy change and a new Siena poll come as Gov. Kathy Hochul has been conducting a statewide listening tour on the possibility of a statewide ban on students having cellphones in public schools.
Erie County Legislature Chair April Baskin is heading into her November election for state Senate with a campaign war chest more than five times the size of opponent Jack Moretti, the latest campaign filings show.
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James M. Bognar Sr.'s children say the utility knew a pole and the power lines it carried along the edge of the Mid River Marina property were unsafe because someone who survived a similar incident less than a year earlier had pressed the company to fix the problem.
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The oversight bodies – the Council’s Police Oversight Committee, the city’s Commission on Citizens’ Rights and Community Relations and the Community Police Advisory Board – have been in various states of disarray, with vacant board positions, inconsistent meeting schedules and, in the case of the commission on citizens’ rights, no publicly viewable work over the last four years, despite having two full-time employees with a total annual salary of more than $160,000.
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The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down. In a 911 call released Saturday, Armando Ramos told police that his nephew always listened to him and that if he could talk to him he might be able to get him to stop shooting. The call came in about 1 p.m. on May 24, 2022, about 10 minutes after Ramos' nephew, Salvador Ramos, was killed by authorities.
Donald Trump is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign to retake the White House. He is pushing the Republican Party towards an aggressive strategy of deporting millions of people. The plans have raised the stakes of this year’s election beyond the border security that conservatives have typically prioritized to a fundamental change in the American approach to immigration. After the southern border saw a historic number of crossings during the Biden administration, Democrats have also moved rightward on the issue, often leading with promises of border security before talking about relief for the immigrants who are already in the country.
“Alien” Romulus," one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, is set to be one of the scariest, as well. Director Fede Álvarez, the horror filmmaker behind “Evil Dead” and “Don't Breathe,” used animatronic and puppet alien creatures, including the famed “face huggers” and the dreaded xenomorph, as he made the film. The film's star, Cailee Spaeny, says those practical effects made it easy to act terrified. She called the frightful creations “such a gift because you’re not having to act against a tennis ball.” The creatures were created with help from a team who worked with legendary practical effects wizard Stan Winston. “Alien: Romulus” releases in theaters Aug. 16.
Anti-theft software upgrades provided for Hyundai and Kia vehicles regularly targeted by thieves has cut theft rates by more than half, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute. Approximately two dozen 2011-22 Hyundai and Kia models are eligible for the software upgrade. Those vehicles that received it as of December 2023 — a total of 30% of the eligible Hyundais and 28% of the eligible Kias in HLDI’s database — had theft claim frequencies that were 53% lower than vehicles that didn’t get the upgrade, according to HLDI.
The oversight bodies – the Council’s Police Oversight Committee, the city’s Commission on Citizens’ Rights and Community Relations and the Community Police Advisory Board – have been in various states of disarray, with vacant board positions, inconsistent meeting schedules and, in the case of the commission on citizens’ rights, no publicly viewable work over the last four years, despite having two full-time employees with a total annual salary of more than $160,000.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has reappointed Andrew A. SanFilippo to the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority board of directors through June 30, 2027.
The State Assembly is asking a judge to bar the state Division of Human Rights from holding a public hearing on a sexual discrimination complaint a woman filed against Buffalo-area Assembly Member Patrick Burke.
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