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NEW YORK (AP) -- The man who claimed to leak state secrets on U.S. government eavesdropping sought to break the story through...
The man who claims to be the whistleblower behind the revelation that the National Security Agency is gathering troves of dat...
The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is calling attention to evidence that seemingly contr...
(CBS) First lady Michelle Obama threatened to leave a fundraiser Tuesday evening unless a protester quit interrupting her spe...
(CBS News) WASHINGTON -- The voice of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was heard for...
The Internal Revenue Service, already under fire after officials disclosed that the agency targeted conservative groups, face...
(CBS) Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday expressing &quo...
In an era where campaigns and election cycles seem to endlessly flow together, questions are already starting over what the I...
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has declared a state of emergency in three counties around a collapsed ...
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehi...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has su...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service just as another...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by n...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associa...
Amid a rising tide of outrage following revelations that the IRS targeted conservative tea party groups for excessive review ...
(CBS) National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre linked the April 15 Boston bombings with the ongoing struggle over gun la...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli officials have confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria and say it ...
(WBEN/AP) President Barack Obama argues that his signature health care law is already benefiting most Americans even if they ...
(AP) Andrew Cuomo, the popular governor and a possible presidential contender in 2016, has a book deal. But he's denying ...
Pictured above: An image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the str...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times ...
BOSTON (AP) -- Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombin...
(WBEN/AP) A man accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada at either the Whirlpool Bridge ...
(AP) An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillar...
The Russian FSB intelligence security service told the FBI in early 2011 about information that Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the...
In so many ways, sports can bring out the worst in us.The corruption. The greed. The destructive belief that winning isn'...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the capture of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing closes what he calls &...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday, accused of sending letters to President Barack Obama and a se...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after a pair of deadly bombings at the Bo...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism but inves...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI is taking charge in the criminal investigation of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.The announ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Navy has sent one of its bomb-disposal units to Boston to assist local authorities as needed in the aft...
Buffalo (AP)- Jhonas Enroth stopped 32 shots in helping the Buffalo Sabres keep up their late-season playoff push with a 3-1 ...
TOKYO (AP) -- The United States and Japan on Sunday offered new talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - For years, "The Webster Block," better known to most Buffalonians as the parking lot outside t...
(WBEN/AP) Niagara County lawmakers are enlisting a consultant to try to shield the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station from app...
Aaron Gagnon scored his first NHL goal Tuesday night to help the Winnipeg Jets earn a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.Gagnon ...
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 ...
(AP) In danger of losing congressional momentum, President Barack Obama is drawing attention to Colorado's newly passed g...
(CBS) HARTFORD, Conn.-Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the ...
(AP) David Krejci and Nathan Horton scored goals less than three minutes apart in the third period, and Anton Khudobin stoppe...
MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) - Exxon Mobil Corp. says crews are working to contain and clean up an oil spill near Mayflower, Arkansas...
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials say at least 24 people have become sick from an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to fro...
NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Walters plans to retire next year, ending a television career that made her a trailblazer in news and...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No list of great NCAA championship game moments is complete unless Keith Smart's jumper for Indiana in...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the federal law that prevents legally married gay coup...
Toronto-based CitiPark Corp is pushing hard to get Delaware North Companies to purchase a parking lot it owns at West Huron a...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Governor Cuomo was quick to respond to the latest lawsuit over the NYSAFE Act, filed by the New York State ...
A new $12 million television ad campaign from Mayors Against Illegal Guns will push senators in key states to back gun co...
WASHINGTON (WBEN/AP) -- The new spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday appears to continue the requirement for six-day ...
(CBS) Officials say a Marine killed a male and female colleague at a base in Virginia before committing suicide.Base spokesma...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A federal grand jury has handed up indictments against two violent east side gangs.One indictment charges ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama nominated Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next secretary of labor...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Kyle Turris scored his second goal 3:54 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 victory over th...
(AP) As the Republican Party struggles to broaden its appeal, the GOP's most prominent voices - past and potential presid...
Of the 115 cardinals will elect the next pope, all of them were created either by Benedict XVI or Pope John Paul II, ensuring...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit?It's a hotly debat...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Last week saw four consecutive trading sessions close with record highs for the Dow. A big question now is...
(WBEN/AP) Federal authorities have released a list of New York airports where control towers may be closed or lose overnight ...
The NHL moved a step closer to realignment Thursday as the players' association approved a proposed plan that is set to g...
Osama bin Laden's spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by U.S. intelligence officials and has been brought to New Y...
Niagara Falls (WBEN) -- U.S. Representative Chris Collins (NY-27) on Friday said he believes the federal sequester is unfairl...
(AP) A combative President Barack Obama blamed Republican lawmakers Friday for failing to stop automatic spending cuts that w...
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN/AP) -- National Rifle Association President David Keene told a rally of thousands of opponents of New York...
Hear WBEN's Tom BauerleLive From Albany asGun Rights Supporters RallyToday: 9 am- 12 noon (WBEN) A coalition of gun group...
Washington (WBEN) -- Congressman Brian Higgins still has hope the government can avoid the sequester and talked about his con...
From Congressman Brian HigginsHere's a List of How The CutsWould Hit Western New York:Conservative estimates suggest that...
Exclusive WBEN AudioOn The WBEN LivelineDave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity"President Obama has taken the middle...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Cadence Case knows all about the discrimination at jobs and in landing an apartment, the fear of bu...
Falconer (WBEN) -- U.S. Senator Charles Schumer on Monday encouragedthe federal government to pick up the pace on its purchas...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Since a deadly airline crash in 2009, the government hasn't kept its promise to ensure that major airl...
Albany, NY (WBEN) Following the State of the Union address, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has amended the proposed hike in ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Assemblyman Sean Ryan wants Kaleida Health to start making plans for the existing Women and Children's ...
government moneyto create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the de...
Washington (WBEN) -- The families of victims of Flight 3407,which crashed in Clarence four years ago tonight,are again callin...
(WBEN/AP) With heavy hearts and some tears, some of the family members who lost their loved ones in the crash of Colgan Flt. ...
(AP) President Barack Obama declared Monday on his first trip outside Washington to promote gun control that a consensus is e...
SEATTLE (AP) - From legalizing the industrial production of hemp to establishing a federal tax, an effort is building in Cong...
(AP) The fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the pub...
(AP) The Dow Jones industrial average climbed above 14,000 for the first time since the Great Recession.The index rose as hig...
(AP) The Dow Jones industrial average briefly topped 14,000 on Friday morning, a milestone not seen since before the financia...
"I want to see my kids! Bang! Bang!" the man shouted as he stormed into the front office of a South Carolina elemen...
(WBEN/AP) As state and federal officials discuss restrictions on guns, neither has a monopoly on confusion, contradiction and...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a dramatic appeal, wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords urged Congress on Wednesday to enact tougher ...
(WBEN) At a time when gun safety and gun restrictions are being discussed in Washington, Albany and elsewhere, there are stil...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents from Newtown, Conn., are joining a march on Washington for gun control with parents, pastors, sur...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women servin...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid ...
Washington, DC (WBEN) The leader of Erie County's Democrats says he liked what he heard from President Obama in his inaug...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his ...
As the eyes of the nation turn to Washington for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, there are several Western New Yo...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday in an intimate s...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) says two of its K-9 teams are attending the presidenti...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres will have a total of seven nationally televised games during this abbreviated season. I...
Shortly after Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature agreed to fresh new gun control measures in New York State-- including...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) has invited President Barack Obama to deliver the State of the U...
While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increas...
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...
(WBEN) By the time Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of The State message this afternoon, expect either a deal on gun cont...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next de...
(CBS) After a series of health problems that ultimately landed her in the hospital with a blood clot in her head, Secretary o...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and...
From Howard Simon at WGR Sportsradio 550:Here's some background on the coaches who have interviewed or will interview wit...
(WBEN/AP) Congress is ushering in the new and the old - dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the hars...
Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street after lawmakers averted sweeping cuts in government spending and with a last...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to block the "fiscal cliff" is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama&...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maneuvered into a political corner, House Republicans sorted glumly through unsavory fiscal cliff choices ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Racing the clock, the White House reached a New Year's Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Monday ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Democratic aide says the White House and congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to avert th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says "the hour for immediate action is here" on a deal to avert the fisca...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House will be back in session Sunday evening as the "fiscal cliff" looms, threatening across...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the government appears headed over the so-called fiscal cliff becaus...
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damagin...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a fede...
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the country continues to creep closer to the so-called "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boeh...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking a team led by Vice President Joe Biden to offer "concrete proposals&q...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association is breaking its silence four days after a school shooting in Newtown, Conn.,...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Narrowing a "fiscal cliff" negotiating gap, President Barack Obama is backing off what had once ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority on Monday afternoon said it has received a joint proposal for...
The 29 members of New York's Electoral College--including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown-- are convening in Albany to official...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- The massacre of 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school elicited horror and soul-sea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- As the world's most viewed dancer/rapper of all time finds himself apologizing for singing a song abo...
Albany, NY (WBEN/AP)- We're used to being outraged at the cost per gallon, but not when it comes to a bowl of cereal or i...
Albany (WBEN) -- Most New York retailers say their holiday sales have remained steady since the Black Friday weekend.The Reta...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve will spend $45 billion a month to sustain an aggressive drive to keep long-term int...
HOOKSET, N.H. (AP) -- Fear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular ou...
Undated (WBEN) -- As the nation waits for leaders in Washington to reach agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justic...
New York, NY (WBEN) A warning from New York's fiscal watchdog: if Congress doesn't resolve the fiscal cliff, state ta...
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans negotiating with President Barack Obama on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff are propos...
Buffalo (WBEN/AP) -- New York Lt.Gov.Robert Duffy says the fiscal cliff situation is real, but he believes lawmakers will rea...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congresswoman Kathy Hochul believes a balanced approach will get America away from the fiscal cliff and th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, which have led to the first 2 1/2 months of th...
NEW YORK (AP) -- This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way.It used to be en...
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - CBS News has learned that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) cut specific refe...
Even in the temples of Asia, President Barack Obama cannot escape thoughts of that fiscal cliff back home.Touring the Wat Pho...
John Wawrow, AP sports writerORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Mario Williams and the Buffalo Bills high-priced defense finally flex...
(CBS News) In the wake of the sex scandal that led to David Petraeus' resignation from his position as the director of th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the...
(CBS News) They don't want to take their country back. They just want to leave it behind.As the dust settles in the wake ...
(CBS News) ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The Pentagon says the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, is u...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN / Buffalo News) -- Word is circulating on Capitol Hill that the Air Force might have more use for the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says raising taxes on wealthiest Americans must be part of deficit reduction plan b...
Stocks are closing with their worst one-day loss of the year as investors look past the election and focus on big problems ah...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathleen Hochul has lost her bid for re-election in the Republican-leaning district...
Hamburg, NY (WBEN) The race between Kathy Hochul and Chris Collins for the 27th Congressional District seat is still up in th...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Renewed Republican control of the House has moved into view as Election Day's initial returns show Dem...
President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney storm into the final day of their long presidential contest, mounting one last effort ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Subways started running again in much of New York City on Thursday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy...
BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) -- President Barack Obama inspected Sandy's devastation from high above Wednesday, viewing flooded ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights an...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he's confident that state and federal governments have done all they can t...
AVON LAKE, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is curtailing his campaign schedule as Hurricane Sandy b...
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...
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Associated Press polls finds that racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — What gender gap?Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased Presiden...
Matt Hasselbeck hit Nate Washington for a 15-yard touchdown with 1:03 left in leading the Tennessee Titans to a 35-34 win ove...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's been 43 months since the last deadly airline crash in the United States, the longest period witho...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Congressman Brian Higgins has been calling for it in Washington. Now State Senator Tim Kennedy is calling ...
Affirmative action is rarely discussed on the campaign trail, but it nevertheless is a matter of heated debate in Washington ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential...
PresidentBarack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to r...
(WBEN/AP) The NFL's regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn't have come soon enough for many players,...
What Do You Think?Share A Comment atThe Bottom of This PageExclusive WBEN AudioHear A Student Share Their Story withWBEN'...
(CBS News) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUATERS, New York - President Obama arrived in New York Monday afternoon for the United Nations...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Mike Connelly, has been named editor of The Buffal...
(AP) Told that her lover had died, the young woman drove for hours to the man's home in Virginia, traveling with her moth...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter says he persuaded the source who secretly taped Republican pr...
Sorry, your browser does not support iframes(CBA/AP) BENGHAZI, Libya —Heavily armed militants used a protest of an anti...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve unleashed a series of bold and open-ended steps Thursday to stimulate the economy by m...
An investigation will focus on whether the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to mark the ...
Is it time for a different kind of Sept. 11? In Washington at the National Cathedral, and at the GroundZero site ceremonies a...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres are slated for 15 nationally televised games this upcoming season.The Sabres are schedu...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres are slated for 15 nationally televised games this upcoming season.The Sabres are schedu...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres are slated for 15 nationally televised games this upcoming season.The Sabres are schedu...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new recession is likely if a stalemate over tax and spending cuts continues between Democrats and Republ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on Republican Todd Akin to abandon his Senate bid...
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the ot...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Christian Ponder threw a first-quarter touchdown pass in a sharp three-possession appearance and the Minn...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As pundits go over the numbers in the first poll of the race for Congress between incumbent Democrat Kathy...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Smithsonian is honoring Julia Child on what would have been the celebrated chef's 100th birthday.Th...
(CBS News) DES MOINES - Paul Ryan is a rising star in the Republican Party, has served in office 14 years, and he's well-...
Undated (WBEN/AP) -- Republican vice presidential candidatePaul Ryan spent Monday speaking with voters and campaigning in Iow...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- At least one Buffalo-area political analyst sees Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as a bit a surprise....
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Three was the key for Robert Griffin III.The Washington Redskins rookie quarterback needed only th...
A gunman allegedly killed six people and wounded three others before being shot dead by a police officer at a Sikh temple out...
(CBS News) DENVER - Mitt Romney fired back on Thursday against Democrats questioning his tax proposals and tax-paying history...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Sabres announcedtheir variable ticket pricing plan for the upcoming season.The pricing plan for the 20...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans controlling the House have passed a bill to extend tax cuts due to expire Dec. 31, officially ...
In the past several days, both candidates for the 27th Congressional District seat have specifically invoked the middle class...
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...
A traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall has arrived at the American Legion Post 880 on Legion Drive off Route 62 in Eden.I...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lax controls at Europe's largest bank, HSBC, allowed Mexican drug cartels to launder billions of dolla...
(WBEN/AP) They cut spending, sold assets and even asked public employees to take a financial hit.But budget woes still mounte...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led House has voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. But the electio...
The House of Representatives has voted more than 30 times to scrap, defund or undercut the law since Obama signed it in March...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet users scanning their Twitter feeds or Facebook accounts Sunday might want to add one more qu...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In promoting the health care law, President Barack Obama is repeating his persistent and unsubstantia...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A major union and an outside group committed to electing Democrats to the House have reserved nearly $...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Violent storms that battered the eastern U.S. are being blamed for killing at least a dozenpeople and leavi...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department has declared that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold informati...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has passed a massive measure that will salvage some 2.8 million jobs and shield college students ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- Some members of the local health-care community are also reacting to Thursday'sSupreme Court decision o...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a precedent-setting resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal con...
Today, Republican voters in the newly drawn 27th Congressional Dist. go to the polls to select a candidate to challenge Democ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres have released their 2012-13 schedule. The Sabres will play games on consecutive nights ...
Washington (CBS) A year-and-a-half long investigation into a botched gun trafficking program culminated Wednesday with the Ho...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve is extending a program intended to further lower long-term interest rates, noting hirin...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What do former Bills quarterback Jim Kelly, former Sabre Pat LaFontaine and the the director of the CIA ha...
(WBEN/AP) After a morning shooting at Erie County Medical Center, police SWAT Teams have left the hospital area and are now c...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The sum of what the public knows about the biggest lobbying force in New York politics is a few pages of...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Homeland Security spending bill approved by the GOP-led House on Thursday includes a provision to bar...
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Get ready to pay.With Congress unwilling to conte...
(AP) WASHINGTON - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel ...
(AP) For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades o...
Do you use Facebook for business or pleasure? Has the novelty faded?Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesd...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
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On The Campaign Trail.....Fresh from declaring his support of same-sex marriage, President Barack Obama is diving into the em...
Albany, NY (AP/WBEN) -President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver a speech on the economy that will use the backdrop of a ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner u...
WASHINGTON (AP/CBS) - In a video released Sunday by al Qaeda, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An elephant named Shanthi at the Smithsonian's National Zoo plays a harmonica with her trunk and appea...
Sorry, your browser does not support iframesAre student loans a burden for you or your children? Is Congress on the right tra...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This year's primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secre...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As the debate continues in Washington over how to cover the costs of not doubling federal student loan int...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans ignored a veto threat and overcame a rebellion by party conservatives to push a bill through t...
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...
WASHINGTON - It's official: President Barack Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, ending a ...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has revoked the top secret security clearances for all 11 agents and officers accuse...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) - Officials are hoping that improvements at the Niagara Falls Airport will help out another high pro...
(WBEN) Plans to try and find a new mission for the Niagara Falls Airbase will likely notinclude stealth planes, drones and a ...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- The federal government will take steps to correct the name of a Western New York veteran on the Vietnam Mem...
MILTON, Wash. (AP) -- A quick-thinking Washington state middle school student steered a school bus to safety after he saw the...
BOSTON (AP) -- Tyler Seguin has accomplished plenty before his 21st birthday.Next week, he'll try to add to the list.A St...
Buffalo (WBEN) -- New York is part of the next batch of primaries set for April 24th, anda local expert thinks it's only ...
Philadelphia, PA (WBEN/AP) - The Buffalo Sabres have been eliminated from the NHL playoffs with a loss to Philadelphia Thursd...
One potential Mega Millions Jackpot winner in Maryland was a McDonald's employee who claimed to hold the winning ticket a...
One of Team's Biggest Comeback Ever Keeps Playoff Dreams AliveBUFFALO (AP/WBEN) - Derek Roy scored a power-play goal with...
TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES: Two states and the District of Columbia vote, but the marquee contest is in Wisconsin. It's the ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller was rewarded for his resurgence during the Sabres' playoff bid by th...
TORONTO (WBEN/AP) -- Whatever advantage the Buffalo Sabres gained by beating the Washington Capitals straight-up, has now bee...
Washington, DC (WBEN) The mother of aMarine killed in an ambush in 2009 in Afghanistan went to Washington to seek answers abo...
Police video of George Zimmerman addsto the debate overself-defenseSEE THAT VIDEO HEREWASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Bobby Rush donn...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres will continue their playoff push minus defenseman Christian Ehrhoff, who is out indef...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ryan Miller stopped 44 shots, Drew Stafford scored two goals and the surgingSabres beat Washington 5-1 Tues...
Washington, DC (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres have clawed their way back into the NHL playoff race. Now, they can take sole posses...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Ryan Miller has earned another weekly honor from the NHL. He's the second star of the week.Miller led ...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Chris Collins has officially announced his candidacy for the 27th Congressional District in Western New Yo...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports WriterBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Rookie Marcus Foligno scored a power-play goal 1:45 into the third perio...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) The Buffalo Sabres won Saturday's game against Minnesota Wild. The ending score was 3-1. Buffalo Sabre...
NEW YORK (AP/WBEN) - Travis Turnbull scored his first NHL goal, with some help from the Rangers, and theSabres earned another...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a c...
Undated (WBEN) -- State Senator PatrickGallivan announced Tuesday nightthat he will forgo a campaign for Congress in favor of...
Tampa Bay (WBEN/AP) -- Marcus Folignoand Jason Pominville each scored twice in Buffalo's 7-3 rout of Tampa Bay. The Sabre...
Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) Members of the Niagara Military Affairs Council got an update on efforts to save the 107th from the ...
Occupiers in New York City will commemorate the six-month mark with a rally Saturday in Zuccotti Park, where protesters campe...
(CBS) The U.S. soldier accused in the shooting rampage that left 16 Afghan civilians dead is being transferred back to the Un...
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) A Buffalonian in Washington says the Bills need to sign Mario Williams to a contract.Luke Russert tells WG...
Closely fought primaries in Alabama and Mississippiofferformer Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney a key opportunity in a regi...
BUFFALO (AP) - Tyler Myers scored 2:01 into overtime to lift theSabres to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday nig...
Newt Gingrich says Mitt Romney is the weakest GOP front-runner since 1920, but his sizeable campaign fund allows him to run w...
(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charg...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy is in Washington to make a case for preserving the Niagara ...
(AP) Peyton Manning forever will be thought of around Indiana as No. 18, the quarterback who led the Indianapolis Colts to an...
Voting across 10 states marks the busiest day of the Republican race for president and is expected to determine whether Mitt ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP/WBEN) - Blake Wheeler scored the deciding goal on a breakaway in the third period and Bryan Little had...
(WBEN/AP) Now that the NFL has uncovered a big-money bounty program for players in New Orleans, it likely will zero in on oth...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effo...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contracepti...
Anaheim, CA (WBEN/WGR) - Needing all the victories they can grab to keep their faint playoff hopes alive, the Buffalo Sabres ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Bernanke says the Federal Reserve is sticking with its plan to hold interest rates at record-low levels...
The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the Great Recession - ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A man has been arrested near the U.S. Capitol as part of a long-running investigation by the FBI and the U...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress has passed legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits fo...
The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting.Curious...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution that will protect religious liberty but a...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a bill banning Congress and executive branch officials from insider trading, but brushed ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - WithSabres coach Lindy Ruff nursing three broken ribs and watching from the press box, goalie Ryan Mille...
(AP)WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family m...
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ANALYSIS: Shorn of his front-runner image after a defeat by Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, Romney is campaigning for...
As Gingrich and Romney square off in Florida, they are doing so with ads that target each otherWBEN EXTRA: See The Advertisem...
Niagara Falls (WBEN) -- Officials with the Niagara Military Affairs Council will travel to Washington this week for meetings ...
(WBEN) Reporters who have followed both Ron Paul and Rick Santorum early in their career seem united in one view: Each is out...
Mitt Romney-- in part because of his Mormon faith -- is a family man,enormously generous to neighbors, but enormously strict ...
Undated (WBEN) -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Western New York are reacting to President Obama's St...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the state of the union is getting stronger, and he says the country has come to...
<<< SEE IT HERE:Watch the Entire Monday NightNBC Debate from Florida.Republican contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Ging...
Washington (WBEN/AP) -- Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas says he didn't attend the White House ceremony with President Bar...
Why did Newt Gingrich win South Carolina?His media bashing rebuttal to an ex-wife's charges certainly resonated, accordin...
WASHINGTON (AP/ WBEN) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to...
President Obama visited his hometown of Chicago Wednesday, but in reliably Democratic Illinois the president didn't bother wi...
(AP) WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps said Wednesday it is investigating a video depicting what appears to be four Marines...
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Ron Paul scored a solid second place finish in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, positioning him as...
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A combative Newt Gingrich accused Mitt Romney of "pious baloney" Sunday and charged him with ...
Buffalo,NY (WBEN)- Senator Chuck Schumer says the cable industry isn't federally regulated, and there's actually very little ...
(AP) President Barack Obama is putting his personal stamp on a rejiggered Pentagon strategy for absorbing hundreds of billion...
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Bobby Butler scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Ottawa Senators to...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Coach Chan Gailey and the Buffalo Bills couldn’t escape injuries all year long. And it&rsquo...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brayden McNabb capped Buffalo's four-goal first period with his first NHL goal and the Sabres cruised to a 4-...
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed legislation extending a payroll tax cut for two months. The action conclu...
Washington (AP/WBEN) -- The Ohio Republican said in a statement Thursday that he expects to pass a new bill by Christmas that...
Stuck in a stalemate, President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals are slugging it out in Washington rather than reaching...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to extend a 2 percentage point payroll ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is in session, aiming to wrap up business before the holidays. After a year of partisan battles,...
WASHINGTON (WBEN/AP) -- Like it or not, when someone is talking to you, your brain is listening, processing and thinking abou...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- There's no question, Buffalo Bills coach Chan Gailey would prefer Ryan Fitzpatrick to be playing w...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The presidential nominating contests start in 21 days, and the Republican candidates are turning up the hea...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Randy Babbitt says he will resign as head of the Federal Aviation Administration following his arrest over ...
Currently, first-class mail is supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses within the continental U.S. in one to three d...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN Another deadline has come and gone. The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to take-up Pilot Fatigue rul...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/WBEN) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says criminal charges have been filed against 10 gun sel...
Buffalo, NY(WGR / WBEN)--The shorthanded Buffalo Sabres put on a show for a capacity crowd at First Niagara Center, earning a...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government deb...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow is closing down 249 points as a congressional committee appears close to admitting defeat on its def...
(AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo planned an emergency budget meeting of his top advisers as the special deficit-reduction supercommitte...
It's just about over for a special deficit-reduction supercommittee, which appears set to admit failure on Monday in its ques...
"The supercommittee is nothing more than a supersized extension of the dysfunction of Congress.... " - Cong. Brian...
MIAMI (wben.com/AP) — Not long ago, Karlos Dansby was considered part of the problem for the Miami Dolphins, a too-buoy...
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An Idaho man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since early Apr...
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(AP) WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise &#...
(AP) WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner publicly blessed a Republican deficit-reduction plan Tuesday that would raise &#...
WASHINGTON (WBEN/AP) -- President Barack Obama is taking part in Veterans Day observances in Washington and San Diego before ...
PREVIOUSCOVERAGE Pegula Issues Statement Top Elected Le...
PREVIOUSCOVERAGE Pegula Issues Statement Top Elected Le...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- For the first time in almost a half-century, someone other than Joe Paterno is calling the shots a...
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman says Republican presidential contender Herman Cain reached under her skirt for her genitals and pushe...
Exclusive WBENAudio Bill O'Reilly with John &Susan: ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A New York foreclosure law firm criticized for a 2010 Halloween party in which employees dressed as hom...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A thriving curbside bus industry based on cheap fares has a fatal accident rate seven times higher than ot...
Totonto, ON (AP) -- The Buffalo Bills are dealing with a number of injuries on both sides of the ball, but at least a bye wee...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking ou...
COMPLETEWBENCOVERAGE: Occupy Buffalo Photo Album | Occupy Sesame Street, Legoland, the couch andthe corner bar | ...
Every morning through Election Day, WBEN's Steve Cichon will ask the candidates for County Executive their thoughts on a brie...
As Cain Surges, Perry Proposes Flat Tax (CBS) Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry...
(WBEN/AP) Americans spend billions dollars a year gambling online but the action takes place on foreign websites because of a...
Buffalo, NY(WBEN)President Obama's announcement all troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year has brought rea...
(AP) Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tues...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Buffalo Sabres have had trouble with the Pittsburgh Penguins whether Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin p...
Local Lawmakers: Buffalo-area representatives were split along party lines, withDemocrats Kathy Hochul and Brian H...
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(WBEN) Forbes magazine has ranked Buffalo the number one city in America for working women, jumping up from number ten last y...
WASHINGTON( CBS/AP)- The Justice Department on Tuesday accused agents of the Iranian government of being involved in a plot t...
Complete Coverage: AWBENPhoto Album |Liveline Interviews | Local AnalysisTo veterans of pastmovements, the Occupy Wall Street...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a gove...
(AP) Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.Still, job growth remains to...
(AP) Employers added 103,000 jobs in September, a modest burst of hiring after a sluggish summer.Still, job growth remains to...
(AP)It was just the sort of photo op President Barack Obama didn't need: a former Democratic president who ushered in prosper...
(CBS/AP)A26-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested and accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol with...
(AP)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has reaffirmed to supporters that he isn't running for president, even as a speech he deli...
The Senate on Monday passed a stopgap spending measure that will fund government agencies beyond September 30th and avert a g...
(CBS) Now that President Obama has named an economic proposal after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, some Republicans are...
O n t h e WBEN L i v e l i n e: Game previews from AP's John Wawrow, WBZ's Walt Perkins in Boston &WGRContributo...
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(AP) President Barack Obama makes it sound like there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than thei...
President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce long-term deficits with $1.5 trillion in new taxes is less an opening bid in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's flu vaccine time again - and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk.PHOTOALBUM:...
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