WBFO Women's News Desk
The WBFO Women's News Desk is funded by the Catholic Health System.
The WBFO Women’s News Desk promotes the contributions made by women in the community.
Through these reports WBFO will connect with women throughout the region who may have never been featured in media reports – and give them a platform to tell their stories. The desk explores the rich legacy that women have played in our region, featuring stories about the women who have served as pioneers in helping to advance human rights, fight for equality, and improve standards of living. These reports range from long-form features and interviews to spot news that will help better understand how women are making their mark on the regional landscape on a daily basis.
The WBFO Women’s News Desk promotes the contributions made by women in the community.
Through these reports WBFO will connect with women throughout the region who may have never been featured in media reports – and give them a platform to tell their stories. The desk explores the rich legacy that women have played in our region, featuring stories about the women who have served as pioneers in helping to advance human rights, fight for equality, and improve standards of living. These reports range from long-form features and interviews to spot news that will help better understand how women are making their mark on the regional landscape on a daily basis.
Latest from The WBFO Women's News Desk
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Women's professional hockey is more than doubling the salary cap for each of its six teams to $750,000, adding two expansion franchises next season, increasing the season to 28 games and — the icing on the cake — shifting the league's 2022 All-Star Showcase from Toronto to Buffalo on Jan. 29.
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A new year always brings new resolutions and the most common one is getting into shape. On Buffalo's East Side, a husband and wife team are using the sport of boxing to strengthen bodies, minds — and the community.
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All eyes will be on Kathy Hochul Wednesday afternoon, as she makes her first State of the State address as governor of New York. WBFO's Marian Hetherly talked with three women leaders, who say New York's first female head of state needs to stop being cautious and focus on those "signature issues" that will distinguish herself through the November election.
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Christina Orsi has been a familiar figure in the local corridors of power for years, as she worked her way up in area economic development. Now, in the top group in the region, Orsi has been tapped to be president of the John R. Oishei Foundation.
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The Board of Directors of the John R. Oishei Foundation has announced the selection of its new president.
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The Commonwealth Fund has added up the societal cost of these pregnancy and delivery complications to be more than $32 billion for all babies conceived in 2019 through their fifth birthday — and many of those costs were preventable.
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The New York State Assembly has released its long-awaited report on an impeachment inquiry into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. It finds that Cuomo oversaw a toxic workplace where he sexually harassed multiple women, and that he used staff to write and edit a $5 million memoir at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
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An official complaint from a New Jersey network of priests abuse survivors has been lodged against Niagara County Judge Matthew Murphy in the sexual assault case of Christopher Belter, 20, of Lewiston.
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"This was, basically, raw, uncut Cuomo," said David Lombardo, host of Capital Pressroom during a morning conversation with WBFO.
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Hundreds of pages of testimony from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the women who’ve accused him of sexual harassment this year were released Wednesday by the Attorney General’s Office, which led the probe into those claims.