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Apr 30, 2026

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. [...]

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

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 [...]

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Apr 30, 2026

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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Apr 30, 2026

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 [...]

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

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 [...]

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Apr 30, 2026

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.

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Apr 30, 2026

Trump administration pitches others to join new coalition to reopen Strait of Hormuz

The "Maritime Freedom Construct" would coordinate diplomatic efforts.