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EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) -- The search for a brain cancer patient who was on the volunteer medical flight that crashed in a wooded...
Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severe...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associa...
Cell phone video shows Cleveland police moving in on Ariel Castro's home as they pry open the front door. More and more o...
< LEFT :The National Rifle Association logo is placed on the George R. Brown Convention Center by Lynn Creel, left, and Do...
(AP) Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. But he's denying ...
BOSTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to inspire a stricken city and comfort an unnerved nation Thursday, declaring th...
A bipartisan effort to expand background checks is in deep trouble as the Senate approaches a long-awaited vote on the linchp...
BOSTON (AP) -- The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd appear to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Bo...
The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation's Board of Directors has authorized Buffalo Place to fund Canalside events ...
Michigan & Former Canisius Coach John Beilein denied national title, after Louisville turns in strong second half.Louisville ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background ch...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who four months ago broke the news to shocked parents that their children had ...
Gun control measures in Connecticut after the December massacre in Newtown are the latest to be touted as being among the str...
(AP) U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein says The National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers are to blame for the "disco...
(AP) The Senate gun control debate on the near horizon, a National Rifle Association-sponsored report on Tuesday proposed a p...
(AP) In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed g...
(WBEN) Governor Cuomo says that recent changes to the state's gun control law constitute all the "modifications we a...
(CBS) HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the ...
Newly released search warrants in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza's home was packed with...
New York will spend $27.74 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun contr...
A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun co...
(AP) The New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, sportsmen's groups, firearms businesses and individual gun...
(WBEN/AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are considering changes in New York's new gun control law involving t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York's new gun control law now requires federal background checks for private firearms sales. The prov...
After his gun control fight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo became a more polarizing figure but retained his popularity among his fellow N...
(AP) Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging key senators to support expanded background checks for gun purchases in a new t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) — Republicans in the state Senate said they are trying to scale back parts of the landmark gun c...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- National Rifle Association President David Keene told a rally of thousands of opponents of New York...
(AP) New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation's toughest gun control measure into law after the Connectic...
Hear WBEN's Tom BauerleLive From Albany asGun Rights Supporters RallyToday: 9 am- 12 noon (WBEN) A coalition of gun group...
Gun Show Registrations A Sticking Point On National Background Check Plan (AP) A dispute over whether to require record keepi...
(CBS) Law enforcement sources say Adam Lanza was motivated by violent video games and a strong desire to kill more people tha...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
government moneyto create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the de...
Albany, NY (WBEN) The man who ran against Governor Cuomo in 2010 led a rally in Albany Tuesday against the NYSAFE law Cuomo f...
NEW YORKPolice had to use snowmobiles to reach ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, some snowplow trucks and passenger v...
Firefighters from five states are opposing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to limit binding arbitration in union di...
Northeast Deals With Major Snowfall, WindsA behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept t...
A storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond beginning Friday could be one for the rec...
A major winter storm heading toward New England may not be one for the record books, but even some of the nation's snow-h...
(AP) President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is e...
(AP) The fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the pub...
As 26 children in white polo shirts excitedly walked to center of the Superdome field and prepared to sing, a packed Super Bo...
"I want to see my kids! Bang! Bang!" the man shouted as he stormed into the front office of a South Carolina elemen...
ALBANY (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's popularity has plummeted among Republicans, Democrats and independents after ...
The Urban Land Institute will begin looking into the future re-use of One HSBC Center next month. Business First reports a pa...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher ...
A gun advocacy group took the first legal step Tuesday toward halting the newly-signed gun laws in New York state.With the ai...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who's leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort fa...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents from Newtown, Conn., are joining a march on Washington for gun control with parents, pastors, sur...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his ...
The National Rifle Association said the secretive negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun con...
Americans overwhelmingly favor universal background checks on all potential gun buyers, one of the proposals President Barack...
(WBEN) A Western New York Attorney expects to have a class action lawsuit filed within the next three weeks, challenging New ...
After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, politicians in Albany and Washington have both taken steps to contr...
Cheektowaga (WBEN/AP) -- As the debate continued in Albany on Tuesday, concerned gun owners turned to places like the Buffalo...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP) Members of the State Assembly are debating the issue of gun control in the Empire State. This comes a da...
Facing powerful opposition to sweeping gun regulations, President Barack Obama is weighing 19 steps that could be taken throu...
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school s...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Later today, we expect to hear from Vice President Joe Biden on his recommendations for reducing gun viole...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's reviewing a list of proposals from Vice President Joe Biden about how...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Charles Schumer says requiring universal background checks is something that could pass Congress desp...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - People familiar with the internal negotiations say Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have a tenta...
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., is the new Miss America, winning the title after tap dancing to a James Brown ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Looking for broader remedies to gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game i...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says he will deliver recommendations to President Barack Obama on steps to curb v...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting at the White House with victims groups a...
(WBEN) By the time Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of The State message this afternoon, expect either a deal on gun cont...
Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched an initiative aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the seco...
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Jessica Fiveash sees nothing wrong with arming teachers. She's one herself, and learn...
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- The ex-con turned sniper who killed two firefighters wanted to make sure his goodbye note was legible, ...
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Police have found human remains in the burned-out home of the Webster, N.Y., ex-con who killed two fire...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - As Governor Andrew Cuomo invites New Yorkers to observe a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday for ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a fede...
Undated (WBEN) -- A local group is skeptical about the latest national push to develop policies to curb gun violence.Presiden...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer "concrete proposals&q...
Washington DC (WBEN/CBS) - President Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association is breaking its silence four days after a school shooting in Newtown, Conn.,...
New York, N.Y. (CBS News) - Following the devastating mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., support for stricter gun control laws ...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, schools are opening for the first time...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Narrowing a "fiscal cliff" negotiating gap, President Barack Obama is backing off what had once ...
Cheektowaga (WBEN) -- Congressman Brian Higgins says the nation should have a mature, thoughtful response to any policy decis...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A grief-stricken Newtown on Monday began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting...
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - A mediator who worked with Adam Lanza's parents during their divorce in 2009 says his mother said ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a tougher federal law is needed to crack down in the interstate transport of ...
Newtown, CT (AP) -- Remarks by President Barack Obama at the Sandy Hook prayer vigil in Newtown, Conn., Sunday night, as prov...
The Connecticut Shootings were the topic for the entire two hours of WBEN's Hardline program Sunday.Exclusive WBEN Audiof...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Making a sadly familiar journey, President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo Schools Crisis Team was on call the entire weekend -- and is prepared to help students or facul...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A medical examiner says all the victims of the Connecticut school shooting were killed up close by mult...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-sea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) This is the first day back at school locally after the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school claime...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) For young children, school is where they spend their days learning, not worrying about being shot. Locally...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Pamela Brown has issued a statement on the shooting in Newtown, Conn...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congressman Brian Higgins issued a statement on the shootings today in Newtown, CT.“Today’s tr...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Family members are relaying what children told them about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School ...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut State Police say the shooterat a Connecticut elementary school Friday is dead. 26 people a...
A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement official...
Rochester, N.Y. (AP) - About 4,000 students in Rochester will be spending a lot more time in the classroom beginning with the...
UB has begun buying up properties it will clear out for the construction of its downtown medical school. Business First repor...
A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and possibly record-setting wet snow, plunging...
By late Tuesday, the winds and flooding inflicted by the fast-weakening Sandy had subsided, leaving at least 55 people dead a...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or...
Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools ...
Power Outages and Minor Flooding Around WNY in the Wake of Sandy....Scroll Down for Complete Coverage of Sandy's effects ...
SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (WBEN/AP) -- Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular tr...
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town fro...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) In the fall of 1982, the Tralf moved down Main Street to be closer to downtown Buffalo, in the city's ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - First Niagara Financial Group says it's realigning some staffing and will do away with 180 positions...
(AP) Told that her lover had died, the young woman drove for hours to the man's home in Virginia, traveling with her moth...
A kitten that hitched a six-hour ride from Connecticut to western New York curled up on top of a car's gas tank will be p...
(AP) M&T Bank Corp. is buying Hudson City Bancorp Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3.7 billion that will br...
Despite the drought conditions in New York State, some crops are faring well. The Syracuse Post Standard reports that soybean...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Though pleased with the recent NFL blackout policy changes, Congressman Brian Higgins thinks the league ca...
(WBEN/AP) They cut spending, sold assets and even asked public employees to take a financial hit.But budget woes still mounte...
First Niagara Financial Group and Albany-based nfrastructure have a service technology deal. The Albany Business Review repor...
Expect near record breaking heat Wednesday, with enough humidity to make it feel as if it's 95 degrees or warmer, accordi...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- Nik Wallendahas now added another chapter to his family's storied daredevil history which dat...
(AP) WASHINGTON - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel ...
(WBEN) Today is the day that several HSBC branch banks in Western New York begin the transition to ownership by First Niagara...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Officials say a months-old proposal to raise the minimum wage for millions of New Yorkers is dead.The Ass...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The business group created to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies on Friday filed its overdue incom...
Sorry, your browser does not support iframesThe NFL draft begins Thursday night with the first round, continues Friday night ...
Mitt Romney has won all fiveRepublican presidential primaries held Tuesday, including the balloting in New York. The other st...
Mitt Romneyis all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a nearly definitive end to the Repu...
(WBEN/AP) With big postal cuts looming, the Senate is deciding whether to stabilize the ailing U.S. Postal Service with a sho...
SEATTLE (AP) - Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook...
The 16 teams left standing in the NCAA women's tournament include many of the usual suspects and a few surprises too.Brittney...
First Niagara Financial Group has created a business unit solely dedicated to attracting and retaining small-business custome...
Amherst (WBEN) -- Western New Yorkers are adjusting to higher gas pricesthat will eventually go higher.A local car dealer say...
NEW YORK (AP) -- At Columbia University and elsewhere, the fear that the New York Police Department might secretly be infiltr...
More details of First Niagara Financial Group's plans for the Connecticut market are emerging. American Banker reports at...
The AAA reports the average price for a gallon of gas is up seven cents from a week ago. The rate of $3.84 per gallon ref...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - First Niagara Bank expects its $1 billion purchase of HSBC Bank's upstate New York branches to b...
In the space of one work week, the average price for a gallon of unleaded in Western New York has jumped up a nickel. The cur...
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest Empire State Manufacturing Report showed another rise in business condition...
(AP) A Malaysian company's plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York ...
(WBEN) The rules on New York's presidential primary have changed in ways that some experts say could give New Yorkers more cl...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she's behin...
(AP)In an unexpected twist, TVs are topping many Christmas shopping lists this year.Wal-Mart says TVs are among the top gifts...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Federal officials say First Niagara Financial Group and HSBC Holdings PLC have agreed to sell 26 Ne...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will continue to enforce a nightly curfew that's keeping a...
Approx. Three Million In The Dark The number of homes and businesses still without power on the East C...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking ou...
HEBRON, Conn. (AP) -- Dan Patrylak recently moved from Arizona back to New England and was looking forward to seeing snow on ...
(WBEN) Forbes magazine has ranked Buffalo the number one city in America for working women, jumping up from number ten last y...
(WBEN/AP) In the age of instant tweets and impulsive Facebook posts, some companies are still trying to figure out how they c...
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