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Frontier High School students travel for NASA program
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A group of local high schoolers is contributing to the exploration of the final frontier. After months of hard work, an all-girl group of eight Frontier High School students flew to Texas as finalists in the annual NASA HUNCH competition. The program challenges students to find solutions to real NASA encounters. [...]
Las Vegas company abandons plans for luxury resort near Joshua Tree National Park
A Las Vegas-based hospitality group has abandoned plans to build a luxury eco-resort less than a mile outside Joshua Tree National Park.
L.A. Unified payouts reach $200 million in Mark Berndt student abuse claims after latest settlement
LA Unified to pay $30 million to victims of teacher Mark Berndt, a convicted serial child molester, bringing payouts to $200 million.
Ex-cellmate says he found suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein
A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein is locked inside the case file of Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein's ex-cellmate, Tartaglione told The New York Times.
Western New Yorkers react to astonishing Powerball drawing
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- An unprecedented number of people across the country can now call themselves millionaires after Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. There was a jackpot winner, but that's not what shocked lottery experts and players -- it's the second-tier prize amount that saw a staggering 89 winners, 62 of which won $1 million. The [...]
Footage shows White House correspondents' dinner suspect 'casing' hotel: US attorney
Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting, conceded to remain detained.
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6 facing fraud charges for alleged $1.3M scheme
Erie County first in NY to ban biometric data collection
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Retailers including Wegmans are no longer permitted to collect customers' data through facial recognition technology across Erie County, according to a new law passed by local lawmakers on Thursday. Cameras at select Wegmans stores, including in New York City, use facial recognition technology to collect data on customers. In a previous [...]
Hegseth doubles down on attacking dissenters on Iran war as 'biggest adversary'
Democrats have concerns Trump won't honor the deadline, which falls on Friday.
Trump nominates radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier as surgeon general
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is nominating Dr. Nicole Saphier to be the next surgeon general.
Springtime chills along with spotty showers
…FROST ADVISORY Midnight until 9:00 a.m. Friday for much of Western New York, except Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties, where the growing season has technically yet to begin. A Freeze Warning has also been issued for the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, where it expires at 8:00 a.m. Friday… More spotty rain showers develop Friday, more of them across [...]
WATCH: What does a person have to make to afford the average price of a home?
New polling shows only a quarter of non-homeowners believe they’ll be able to buy a home in the next five years. Chen Zhao, head of economic research at Redfin, discusses more.
Trump administration pitches others to join new coalition to reopen Strait of Hormuz
The "Maritime Freedom Construct" would coordinate diplomatic efforts.
