Legendary NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski headlines the 2024 class of inductees into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.
In Buffalo, the number of shooting incidents is down by 15% in 2024, compared to the same time period in 2023. The number of victims wounded is down by 12%.
Micah Hyde has narrowed his options down to two. The veteran safety will either retire or return to the Buffalo Bills for an eighth season. As for when that decision comes, Hyde said Thursday that he’s not in any rush.
A crowd gathered outside the rectory of Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica Thursday morning to mark inclusion of the holy site on the State and Nation Registers of Historic Places.
When troopers went to arrest a Buffalo woman on a forged check warrant, they found her toddler confined in a makeshift cage and covered in human feces, according to New York State Police.
Superintendent Tonja M. Williams said she heeded feedback and managed to keep a wide range of priorities in place despite the financial cliff of Covid-19 relief funds' expiration and a need to "right-size" the district.
The state’s rollout of a legal cannabis market has been plagued by problems, and the pace of licensed dispensary openings has been painfully slow, filled with starts and stops.
“Why wouldn’t you want your name in a video game?” UB Bulls offensive lineman Tyler Doty said. “I feel like that’s every kid’s dream. That was my dream, in seeing the NFL guys and then the college guys in there, when I was younger. That’s sick.”
The Buffalo Bandits were 5-6 in early March. They are now two wins away from repeating as NLL champions.
“It’s been like a quiet secret,” said the Rev. Earl Perrin Jr., pastor of DeLaine Waring AME Church. “Buffalo has this direct connection to an event that changed the course of American history.”
Two days after making a significant addition at wide receiver, the Buffalo Bills have released a wideout and added some depth at the safety position.
People who have pets typically think of them as members of the family, mainly because they are. We love them while they're here and mourn them when they're gone, Brady says.
One group trying to lay the groundwork for a second Donald Trump administration is out with a new policy book that aims to articulate an "America First" national security agenda.
In Florida and across the nation, young voters could prove pivotal in the 2024 election, from the presidency to ballot amendments and down ballot races that will determine who controls Congress.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Before the total eclipse of 2017, the last one to cover this much American territory was in 1970. And it will not happen again until 2045.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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A free mobile mammography unit is located in the Tops parking lot at 1275 Jefferson Ave.
State police recovered a body Thursday from the water in Letchworth State Park, the agency said in a news release.
A Flushing man accused of using a drone to fly nearly 3 kilograms of ecstasy from Canada to Niagara County in 2022 was arraigned on four felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Buffalo.
The Buffalo News will keep track of players who commit to the Big 4’s men’s and women’s basketball programs as part of the incoming 2024 class.
Pioneer defeated Williamsville East in an A2 semifinal flag football game on Thursday. Here are photos from the game.
The St. Mary's Lancers defeated the Nichols Vikings 13-12 to win their first Monsignor Martin Athletic Association girls lacrosse championship in team history.
Andreessen has become an archetype of sorts for local football players, particularly at Lancaster, which has become one of the region’s top programs.
The “Grandma McFlurry,” banking on the success of TikTok’s Grandmacore aesthetic popular with TikTok Gen Zers, tastes “like grandma’s favorite treat that she hid in her purse,” McDonald’s jokes.
While Old Sheldon and Young Sheldon don’t interact, it’s possible to see connections between Jim Parsons and Iain Armitage.
The 24,500-square-foot NYBP Beer Lodge will open to the public at 11 a.m. June 14 at 245 Windward Drive, Orchard Park. New York Beer Project members will get early access on June 12 for a "VIP sneak peek" party.
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