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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign...
Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severe...
(CBS News) Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack on the Boston...
Josh Knoller, a young professional in New York City, spent years refusing his mother's "Friend Request" on Face...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) The Robert Moses Parkway Project is getting help from Albany. Governor Cuomo announced the state wil...
(AP) A once-powerful New York state senator was arrested on Monday in a widening corruption scandal that has resulted in crim...
(CBS News) "Everybody in the mission" in Benghazi, Libya, thought the attack on a U.S. consulate there last Sept. 1...
(AP) Who are Wilson and Pakula and why is their arcane 1947 law a major issue in Albany today?Wilson-Pakula is the original p...
(WBEN/AP) That investigation into two suspected Al Qaeda members who wanted to blow up a Toronto train continuesand local law...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say a piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks h...
(WBEN) In his first round of interviews since been selected by the Buffalo Bills, E.J. Manuel joined John Zach and Susan Rose...
(WBEN) In his first round of interviews since been selected by the Buffalo Bills, E.J. Manuel joined John Zach and Susan Rose...
(WBEN) In his first round of interviews since been selected by the Buffalo Bills, E.J. Manuel joined John Zach and Susan Rose...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Thursday afternoon, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced the s...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosiv...
(WBEN/AP) A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada at either the Whirlpool Bridge ...
TORONTO (WBEN/AP) - Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Ca...
BOSTON (AP) -- The bombs that ripped through the Boston Marathon crowd appear to have been fashioned out of ordinary kitchen ...
(WBEN)Race Registration records show 36 people from Western New York ZIP codes at in Monday's Boston Marathon, and finish...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London and other cities worldwide are stepping up security following...
Garbage piled high, unsafe parks, failing schools, strikes and choking taxes were all part of the backdrop of early 1970s New...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch is in Albany warning about a fiscal crisis for local governments to New Y...
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the second time in a week, a political corruption scandal has resulted in the arrest of a New York state...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jay Leno says he will be leaving NBC's "Tonight Show" next spring, to be replaced by Jimmy Fal...
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York state lawmaker and several other politicians have been arrested, in an alleged plot to pay bribes ...
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York state lawmaker and several other politicians have been arrested, in an alleged plot to pay bribes ...
New York will spend $27.74 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of its new gun contr...
(WBEN) Buried in the fine print of the new lease agreement between Erie County, New York State and the Buffalo Bills is a pro...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Legislators are starting to sign off on some aspects of the state budget as a final agreement draws near ...
Police in upstate New York stormed an abandoned building Thursday morning where a man suspected of a deadly shooting rampage ...
Eateries from corner delis to movie concession stands have gotten a last-minute reprieve from the nation's first ban on b...
New York, NY (WBEN/AP) New York City's groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks has been struck down by a j...
(WBEN) Still pulling downpopularity ratings that outstrip most politicians nationwide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has seen a dip in hi...
According to the Wall Street Journal's coverage of a new Gartner study, global app revenues will reach the heady heights ...
After his gun control fight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo became a more polarizing figure but retained his popularity among his fellow N...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour with automatic incr...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's vice president announced that President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday, ending 14 yea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) If you hoped to see Kevin Costner in Western New York anytime soon, your field of dreams has been dashed. ...
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...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A recent federal audit of Erie County by the Department of Homeland Security has uncovered that the county ...
Batavia (WBEN) -- An area state lawmaker wants to renew the effort to separate New York into different states.The bill would ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Cadence Case knows all about the discrimination at jobs and in landing an apartment, the fear of bu...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The co-chairwoman of the state Democratic Party says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget should...
(WBEN/AP) Supporters and opponents of the state's new gun restrictions have scheduled competing rallies at the Capitol, w...
According to Business First, Wheatfield developer Calamar has sold part of its ownership interest in a pair of Niagara County...
NEW YORKPolice had to use snowmobiles to reach ambulances, fire trucks, police vehicles, some snowplow trucks and passenger v...
Northeast Deals With Major Snowfall, WindsA behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept t...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares a state of emergency as the winter storm hits the northeastregion.Cuomo s...
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...
Local gas prices have jumped a dime in the past week. The AAA reports it costs an average of $3.83 for a gallon of unlead...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York Army National Guard brigade will be among nine in the nation opening up jobs in combat units t...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a $137 billion state budget that would increase spending abou...
The National Rifle Association said the secretive negotiations and lightning-fast passage of New York's tough new gun con...
Shortly after Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature agreed to fresh new gun control measures in New York State-- including...
After the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, politicians in Albany and Washington have both taken steps to contr...
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school s...
Ben Affleck got some vindication and Jodie Foster made a revelation at the Golden Globe Awards.Affleck's "Argo"...
Albany (WBEN) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a public-health emergency for all of New York in response to this yea...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for closing loopholes on a state ban on assault weapons and ammunition...
(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...
Have you noticed more people off work these days or more people coughing and sneezing their way through the workday?Flu seaso...
Latham, NY (readMedia) -- Twenty-Five Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team re...
The leaders of New York’s Legislature say they are poised for a banner 2013 session and they are — on paper.A Sen...
(WBEN/AP) About a dozen Western New York's men and women serving overseas were able to be home for the holidays. Last eve...
The state Thruway Authority board has dropped plans for a 45-percent increase in truck tolls, saying it's taking a number...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-sea...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut State Police say the shooterat a Connecticut elementary school Friday is dead. 26 people a...
(AP) More than three decades before Superstorm Sandy, a state law and a series of legislative reports began warning New York ...
--Tops Friendly Markets announced that the company has entered into an agreement with the Farrugia family to acquire three Bi...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Buffalo area is expecting a billion dollars for economic development, as the Governor promised in early...
This photo provided by Jennifer Foster shows New York City Police Officer Larry DePrimo presenting a barefoot homeless man in...
Undated (WBEN) -- Armed with credit cards and cash, consumers across Western New York -- and some from Ontario -- are making ...
Widespread destruction from Superstorm Sandy will likely make this the largest U.S. relief effort for the American Red Cross,...
(AP/WBEN) After being accused of a "bait and switch" stealth tactic to try and implement a toll hike while people w...
FORT HAMILTON, NY (DVIDS)– Soldiers, airmen, first responders and other government agencies aid Coney Island residents ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) While rationing of gas is going on in New York City in the days after Sandy, it's business as usual in...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate business group and an Assembly member are claiming the New York Thruway Authority will t...
Albany (WBEN) -- The Retail Council of New York State has released its first survey about the upcoming holiday shopping seaso...
A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and possibly record-setting wet snow, plunging...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has won election to her first full term representing New York, fe...
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 8 million gallons of gas has been delivered in New York.He says another 28 million gal...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- A Buffalowoman,who had been planning to run in the New York City marathon,will instead run the same distanc...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) As members of the 107th Airlift Wing assist in evacuation, rescue and relief efforts following Sandy...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A total of 22 volunteers from the Greater Buffalo Chapter of the American Red Cross are on their way to Ne...
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says limited subway service will resume in New York City on Thursday.Cuomo also s...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) -- It's not clear why, but Western New Yorkers are being gouged at the gas pump.While the price of gas...
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) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says 90 percent of Long Island utility customers are without electricity after San...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the East Coast awoke Tuesday without power or...
NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights an...
NEW YORK (AP) - Major U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed because of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday.It will be the first t...
As Hurricane Sandy threatens the entire eastern Seaboard, hear the latest on WBEN.Gov. Cuomo & EMS OfficialsMonday Morning Br...
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...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in preparation forTropical StormSandy. A state of emergenc...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court will not hear a challenge to the state's 2011 law legalizing same-sex marria...
New York City-based Madison Hawk Company will conduct the auction for the closed Sheehan Memorial Hospital property in downto...
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities have arrested a man they say was plotting to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - She's comforted by the outpouring of support after the death of her brother, but Father Joe Moreno&#...
This is the Columbus Day observance in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Metro Bus and Rail are on a ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A free show tonight at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, marking the 150th anniversary. The gallery is the bu...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A three person panel, chaired by former State court of appeals chief judge Judith Kaye, will start work ne...
With the Buffalo Sabres facing the possibility of some games not being held, the impact of their team is likely to be felt if...
If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the Democrats' short list for president in 2016, he certainly isn't acting like i...
Is it time for a different kind of Sept. 11? In Washington at the National Cathedral, and at the GroundZero site ceremonies a...
If you think Buffalo is one of the happiest friendly and nicest places in the nation, tweet about it and see what kind of rea...
If you think Buffalo is one of the happiest friendly and nicest places in the nation, tweet about it and see what kind of rea...
After voting down earlier proposals twice, nurses at Mercy Hospital haveratified a new contract between Catholic Health Syste...
ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) - At least 12 houses have been deemed uninhabitable after a tornado hit the upstate New York city of Elmira...
COMPLETE COVERAGE: Damage Photos | On Scene Interview | Eliot's Amazing Lightning Strike Map | Campgrounds Evacuated(AP) ...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
The carnage in Aurora, Colorado has re-opened the nation's debate about gun control. The issue came up after the 1999 Col...
Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and Republicans retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama'...
Derby, NY (WBEN) -- A fire intended to burn away brush re-ignites and scorchesapproximately 10 acres of land, one day after t...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has announced the formation of an anti-fraud task force to deal with ...
The House of Representatives has voted more than 30 times to scrap, defund or undercut the law since Obama signed it in March...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state appeals court has ruled against a challenge to New York's year-old same-sex marriage law.The ...
The local gas price slipped three cents over the weekend. The AAA reports it now costs an average of $3.68 for a gallon o...
Expect near record breaking heat Wednesday, with enough humidity to make it feel as if it's 95 degrees or warmer, accordi...
The Wyoming County Board of Supervisors has approved Visiting Nursing Association's purchase of the Wyoming Certified Hom...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to killing a woman 18 years ago.54 year old James Fountain admits to stab...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN/AP) State education numbers are in, and Buffalo's high school graduation rate is moving higher.The Depa...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana, a change in st...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomohas proposed lowering the penalty for public possession of a small amount of ma...
NEW YORK (AP) - A man has been arrested in the 1979 disappearance of a 6-year-old New York City boy. It's the first arres...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineProf. Robert Thompson, Syracuse Univ. Pop Culture ExpertSEE PICTURES OF GIBBS's L...
April 2012 real estate search results are in and Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY was the #96 most searched market in the country in...
(AP) For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades o...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The business group created to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policies on Friday filed its overdue incom...
Rochester, NY (WBEN) Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-Fairport) has been released from Strong Memorial Hospital, where she's been...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Lawyers are set to debate whether Eastman Kodak Co. should pay $13.5 million in bonuses to retain ...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is no longer the top Democrat in New York politics. He faces the ambitio...
(AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2011 tax returns show he's making a tidy bundle in a trust that deals in bonds as...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The list is out. 42 Best Buy stores will close for sure across the country. Buffalo's Best Buy stores ...
"Clearly, he had an emotional or mental type of breakdown,"--Tony Antolino, a security executive who sat in the 10t...
As outrage over the shooting of Trayvon Martin continues, much of the nation's editorial pages and commentators are focus...
Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed is becoming a way of protes...
Buffalo-Niagara Falls gas prices remained steady at an average of $4.02 for a gallon of unleaded gas. The price has gone ...
Occupiers in New York City will commemorate the six-month mark with a rally Saturday in Zuccotti Park, where protesters campe...
(WBEN/AP) New York would see up to seven Las Vegas-style casinos, a doubled DNA database to fight crime and a less cushy pens...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- The wait for prized free agent defensive end Mario Williams to decide whether to sign with the Buf...
(AP) Former New York City Mayor Ed Kochsays Gov. Andrew Cuomo's path on redistricting will break his promise to reform th...
(AP) The license plate on movie projectionist Arnie Herdendorf's Buick is 35MM MAN, a nod to his work in the booth at the...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A deal has been struck on a new teacher evaluation system that should ensure New York gets $1 billion...
(AP/WBEN)- A new poll finds more than two-thirds of New Yorkers oppose a pay hike for state lawmakers and the governor.A Sien...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Lawyers for Facebook are looking for $84,000 in legal fees from a Wellsville man after a judge ruled...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An analysis by a school reform group says New York school districts risk losing $1.7 billion in total...
(WBEN) More than 300 soldiers from Western New York are traveling this weekend to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, for possible de...
The Philadelphia Business Journal confirms First Niagara Financial Group will be laying off assistant branch managers from it...
Albany (WBEN) -- When compared to the New York City area, an area state lawmaker says Western New York doesn't get its fair s...
(AP) A Malaysian company's plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York ...
ALBANY—As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to release his proposed 2012-13 budget next week, some details of the $130 bil...
ALBANY—As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to release his proposed 2012-13 budget next week, some details of the $130 bil...
(WBEN) A federal judge could rule by the end of this week- or possibly even Tuesday - on when New York State's primary electi...
(AP/WBEN) Police have released a composite sketch of an unidentified victim whose remains were among those of 11 people found...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)New York City's comptroller is asking the department overseeing the city's cable contracts to see if there's...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) - Saying it's unacceptable that Buffalo is the nation's third poorest city, Governor Andrew Cuomo is p...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)When it comes to the Time Warner/MSGdispute that's blacked out Sabres games on cable, one TV blogger says th...
New York, NY (WBEN) -- The screen went dark at 12:01 a.m., as MSGfollowed through on its threat to pull its programming off T...
New York, NY (WBEN) -- There's bad news for Sabres fans who hoped MSGand Time Warner would reacha deal to keep the gameson ca...
(WBEN)There are still likely more closures to come,but for now there are no New York state stores on the initial list of stor...
Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN/AccuWeather.com) - With Christmas day less than a week away, everyone is asking "will we have a whit...
NEW YORK (AP) - Two men who say they were sexually abused by an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University are announc...
Albany (WBEN/AP) -- State Senator Pat Gallivan was among the lawmakers who voted in favor of the recently enacted tax-cut bil...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking — a contr...
Buffalo (WBEN) --The man who faced Gov.Andrew Cuomo in last year's election is shaking his head at the tax deal state leaders...
Web Extra-Exclusive WBENAudio HEARANEYEWITNESSABOARDTHEFLIGHT Kimberly Evering of Buffalo, ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - (WBEN)U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of more than 18,000 marijuana pipes and other ...
An American Airlines flight from New York City has made an emergency landing in Buffalo.Officials say Flight 177 landed safel...
Loudonville, N.Y. (WBEN) --More New Yorkers plan to increase their holiday spending, buy gifts for more people, and spend sli...
NEW YORK (AP) - A festive mood prevailed as the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its way through the crowded street...
(AP) Buffalo- A former U.S. Navy seaman who killed two people during an Independence Day 1977 bus hijacking in New York City ...
Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators in New York C...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Unlike the protesters in other locations nationwide, those involved with the Occupy Buffalo demonstration i...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new poll shows that while most New York voters don't believe the Occupy Wall Street movement has a clea...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of police officers in New York City have cleared Zuccotti Park of Occupy Wall Street protesters so ...
(AP)Another woman alleging that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed her in the 1990's will come f...
Tom Parsons of Best Fares.com joined John &Susan Wednesday morning to talk about holiday airfare deals.Exclusive WBENAudioOn ...
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/AP) Occupy Wall Street, meet Occupy the Bar.The nearly 6-week-old social protest in Manhattan has inspired campaigns, h...
(WBEN)The fastest, most talented thumbs in America are facing-off in New York City this afternoon for the chance to be named ...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)Anew Siena Research Institute poll finds two thirds of New Yorkers are paying some attention or a great deal...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The push for a higher tax on New Yorkers making more than $1 million a year is getting fresh life wi...
On The WBENLiveline Jill Schlesinger, CBSMoneywatch.com ...
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Buffalo, NY(WBEN)22 arrests and four indictments have been unsealed in connection with a cocaine pipeline from Puerto Rico to...
(WBEN) Forbes magazine has ranked Buffalo the number one city in America for working women, jumping up from number ten last y...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN / Forbes) -- The Buffalo / Niagara Falls metropolitan area the #1 U.S. city for working mothers, according t...
Ft.Irwin, CA (WBEN/readMedia) -- ABuffalo-based National Guard unit is among nearly 2,900 National Guard Soldiers beginning t...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says Wall Street is again losing jobs because of global economic woes, t...
(AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — More than 250 doctors and other health care professionals have signed a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the East River on Tuesday afternoon after taking off from ...
The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary.Commissioner Ray Kelly tell...
The chief of the New York Police Department says city police could take down a plane if necessary.Commissioner Ray Kelly tell...
