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Aug 28, 2026

Trump announces 'historic' US-Venezuela oil deal that he says will lower gas prices

President Donald Trump said that the U.S. and Venezuela have reached a deal that he said would give the U.S. a majority control of billions of barrels of oil reserves.

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Aug 28, 2026

Seneca Nation pushes back against Trump's Lake America order

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The president of the Seneca Nation and some of the region's leading experts and researchers on the Great Lakes are reacting after President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this week to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. But where did Lake Ontario's name come from, and how [...]

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Aug 28, 2026

43North announces date for last startup competition

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Accelerator program 43North announced Friday that its final startup competition will take place on Oct. 8 at Shea's Performing Arts Center. This comes after the program announced in May that it would be ending its competition with its 12th and final edition this October, with the program itself ending in 2027. [...]

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Aug 28, 2026

Forget Florida. L.A. humidity is off the charts this summer. What's going on?

Southern California's swampy summer continues to set records, with humidity levels creating conditions that feel more like Florida than the West Coast.

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Aug 28, 2026

WATCH: 18-wheeler outside California's Lake Tahoe left dangling from overpass after crash

The driver of an 18-wheeler outside Lake Tahoe crashed, sending its cab over the edge of a highway overpass.

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Aug 28, 2026

'It stood like a serpent': American who survived deadly Nepal flood tells her story

Anjana Raja of California discussed the split second decision that she and her husband made as the 50-foot flood came towards her and her husband in Nepal.

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Aug 28, 2026

National Park Service backs Trump's arch, despite its impact on Washington's sightline

A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to a host of Washington’s iconic landmarks, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials

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Aug 28, 2026

Canadian tariffs top of mind along New York’s northern border

In parts of New York’s 21st Congressional District, Canadian trade and tourism make up key aspects of the local economy. Could newly announced tariffs change that?

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Aug 28, 2026

1 hurt, 1 charged after car hits building in Hamburg

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — One person was hurt and one person was charged after a car went into a building on Southwestern Boulevard in Hamburg early Friday morning, according to police. Police said a man, identified as Luis Alberto Hernandez, was involved in an argument with a woman in a Walmart parking lot sometime after [...]

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Aug 28, 2026

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand addresses inflation, rising prices

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand addressed rising grocery costs in a visit to Buffalo on Friday, criticizing the war in Iran and claiming that it's directly affecting the cost of living for New Yorkers. Gillibrand highlighted a recent report from the Joint Economic Committee, which said that New York families have spent more [...]

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Aug 28, 2026

Chautauqua County Health Department warns residents about measles

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The Chautauqua County Health Department is warning residents about measles cases spreading across Western New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Measles is highly contagious. It can remain infectious in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area, exposing others to the disease without having direct contact. [...]

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Aug 28, 2026

Why some Democrats running in red states are pushing away Biden, Harris

Some Democrats running in the reddest areas are sending a clear message to former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris: stay out of their races.