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The Buffalo Bills’ proposed new $1.4 billion stadium would be built by 2027 and include about 60,000 seats and 60 suites, The Associated Press has learned.
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The Harlem Hellfighters served in a segregated U.S. Army unit and were known for their valor and skill on the battlefield, even while facing discrimination from fellow soldiers and at home. -
Tom Dinki/WBFO NewsThe event is set for Sept. 25 at Canalside, and will feature over 45 breweries from across the state, including 25 from Western New York.
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WBFO Arts & Culture Desk
- Theater Talk: Broadway's Golden Age - Is it ever really "over?" Artie Awards show postponed again. At least six Buffalo openings in September.
- Music is Art returns next month, will auction autographed guitars Saturday
- Theater Talk: Co-host Anthony Chase to kick off 12 'one night only' performances of WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour
- Theater Talk: The arts are not immune to sexually abusive work environments
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WBFO Disabilities Desk
- Partnerships making COVID-19 vaccine accessible to many NYers with disabilities
- WNYers mark 31st anniversary of ADA through virtual Disability Pride celebration
- The Care Crisis: 1 in 4 direct support positions vacant in New York
- Schumer's use of the 'r-word' shows ongoing problem with changing the narrative around disability
WBFO Health & Wellness Desk
- International Overdose Awareness Day remembers the lives lost to drugs and loved ones still grieving
- Vaccinated or not, CDC recommends face masks across NYS
- Roswell Park's new $1.5M spiral CT helps find lung cancer earlier, increase survival rate
- Ransomville residents say they need Love Canal-type help for growing cancer cluster
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WBFO Racial Equity Project
- After four decades, 'Buffalo Five' members have convictions vacated
- American Rescue Plan money to help build vaccine trust in Buffalo’s Black and Brown communities
- What will Buffalo's East Side look like in 2040? Two local groups are planning ahead
- Community organizations call for more transparency from Common Council regarding Rescue Plan funds
WBFO Older Adults News Desk
- How $400 billion elder care plan could impact WNY’s unpaid caregivers, home care aides
- Westminster Commons opens as ‘happy medium’ for older adults to age in place affordably on Buffalo’s East Side
- Senior group presses for caregiver tax credit
- ‘It’s about time’: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day marks year of attention on older adults
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Gov. Ralph Northam said pardoning the "Martinsville Seven" was the state's way of acknowledging that the men were executed without due process. -
Mike Richards had recently been named the new host of "Jeopardy!" His tenure was very short-lived after past sexist and inappropriate comments came to light.
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The massive storm hit near the heart of Gulf oil production and refining, which will affect prices for a few weeks. But nobody expects the kind of price spike the U.S. saw after Hurricane Katrina.
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The Karnofsky Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its outsized impact on Louis Armstrong's life. The family that lived there encouraged him to pursue music.
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The two-person team arrived in Tokyo a week late, after the crisis in Afghanistan threatened to bar them from leaving their home country.
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The stadium is filled with vaccinated fans, even with key players missing. Osaka is back and promising to celebrate her own accomplishments more (and says you should, too).
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The closures start Tuesday night and run through Sept. 17. The U.S. Forest Service is citing the extraordinary risk of wildfires and forecasts that show the threat will only remain high.
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Depew Police recently purchased 25 body cameras with $60,000 in state funding and are expected to begin wearing them in mid-September.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Monday that a $15 million REDI project is now underway, with the dredging of a navigation channel in Oak Orchard Harbor at Point Breeze, north of Albion in Orleans County.
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An Amherst man riding his bike died Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle.
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Multiple sources are saying Ontario will soon unveil a COVID-19 passport system. The move comes after the provincial government had rejected the idea for weeks.
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Saturday afternoon in Jamestown, there will be a celebration of the life of the late Roger Tory Peterson, best known for creating the first modern bird watching field guide.
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The Erie County Board of Elections ruled Friday afternoon that the petitions seeking to put Brown on an alternative party line were filed beyond the deadline, and thus are invalid.
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A fifth suspect has been charged in the multiple rapes of a 16-year girl.
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The mother of an Erie County Holding Center inmate who died two years ago is suing the county, the Sheriff’s Office and the Holding Center.
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