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Bills and Sabres owner Terry Pegula has dissolved the parent company for both franchises and appointed himself Sabres President.
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John Raoux/APFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville on Sunday to mourn the three victims killed in a racially motivated shooting at a local Dollar General. -
AFP via Getty Images60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.
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WBFO Arts & Culture Desk
- Theater Talk: As Shawfest continues, WNY theaters to open on September 1,6,7,8,10,14 with more to come soon (see listings below). MusicalFare to offer Frank Loesser's GUYS AND DOLLS.
- Borderland Festival brings 'Goose' back to Western New York
- Community music schools are bringing harmony to the community
- Theater Talk: ON THE RAZZLE at Shaw is a great farce; this weekend Anthony's shows are at JRT; last chances for ROMEO AND JULIET at SiDP; welcome Keelie Sheridan to ICTC
WBFO Business & Economy Desk
- Buffalo mayor, Council agree to almost $60M in funding cuts to community organizations
- Confusion surrounding approval of ARP funding for Buffalo's small businesses
- Buffalo has an affordable housing problem. A task force has been formed to help solve it
- Buffalo's Affordable Housing Task Force will hold its first public input meeting
WBFO Disabilities Desk
- Do sensory hours make stores more accessible to neurodivergent people?
- Lockport author releases new young adult romance novel that challenges stereotypes
- New accessibility features added to Cobblestone Live Music & Arts Festival
- Local peer-led organization aims to dismantle barriers to disabled people in leadership
WBFO Health & Wellness Desk
- 'Do what's right': ECMC nurses raise issues, demand new contract
- Trauma surgeon will address UB medical school students on gun violence and racism
- 'You made a contract. You agreed to it. Live it.': Nurses voice concerns over staffing problems at ECMC
- Kaleida Health and its unions are looking to strengthen health care, staff and finances
WBFO Mental Health Initiative
- Damar Hamlin's collapse shocked viewers and players. How to cope after witnessing trauma
- Money, mental health help on the mind of Tops shooting survivor
- Buffalo shooting left grieving neighborhood without a grocery store. Counseling and food giveaways are there to help
- The long-lasting impact of Saturday's shootings
WBFO Racial Equity Project
- A Buffalo church founded during the Civil Rights Movement is using faith to oppose racism
- What can Buffalo learn from Charleston's experiences since the attack at Mother Emanuel AME?
- Turning outrage into action: The coalition of congregations working to dismantle racism in policing
- Can hydroponic farms solve food access issues on East Side?
WBFO Older Adults News Desk
- Albany wants to take over an Orleans County nursing home, claiming owner fraud, bad care
- WNY nursing home workers get new contracts, while others threaten to go on five-day strikes
- New York home care shortage’s impact on dementia caregiving: ‘It takes so much out of you’
- ‘$13.20 doesn’t cut it’: Striking WNY nursing home workers seek $15 minimum for service positions
WBFO Women's News Desk
WBFO Education Reporting
- New SUNY Chancellor John King was New York's state education commissioner
- 'This isn't just happening in a few places anymore': There's efforts to ban books in WNY schools
- Black excellence in education: Fostering a sense of being among students of color in Buffalo
- Shortage of bus drivers hurts Buffalo Public Schools' academic recovery from COVID-19
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The wait time for an asylum-seeker in the U.S. to get a work permit is at least half a year. City governments across the country are pressing the federal government to change that. -
Eloise Reynolds encountered a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can come after patients for more money well after a bill has been paid.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville on Sunday to mourn the three victims killed in a racially motivated shooting at a local Dollar General.
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Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Chicago rapper and poet is among the greatest lyricists of her generation. In asking tough questions of the art she practices, her third album reveals a fearless and visionary performer.
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Florida officials reported "potentially widespread" diesel contamination in gasoline in the Tampa area Saturday, raising alarm that car engines and power generators could break as the storm nears.
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A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.
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In a letter to President Biden, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul asks for immediate federal assistance to manage the influx of migrants and asylum seekers arriving New York.
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Ahead of the Actors Expo, Peter Johnson of Casting Buffalo speaks with Jay Moran about what the local casting company has to offer.
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The ballgame is blossoming in Buffalo, but there is only one city-owned cricket field, and it is too small.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford insists that no one had any preferential treatment in his government’s decision to open the Greenbelt, a protected area of green space in southern Ontario to developers. He was defending the decision after this month’s report from the province’s auditor general.
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Comedian Lewis Black is set to host the special dedication to Buffalo-born legend Mark Russell at the National Comedy Center.
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34 and More is Buffalo’s way of increasing recycling and in 2019, Brown implemented that five drop-off locations for all scraps be placed around the city.Scrap It! Curbside brings the compost to you.
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Brian Higgins and Grace Meng, the two lead sponsors of the Aaron Salter, Jr. Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, say the bill is a commonsense law that protects law enforcement and the community.
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As the Kensington Expressway project hits the environmental assessment phase, advocacy groups would still like a say.
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