The NHL Draft Lottery comes again Tuesday night and, as usual, the Sabres are involved. The prize is Boston University freshman Macklin Celebrini, who doesn't even turn 18 until June 13. He had 64 points in 38 games and won the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player.
The excitement of the NFL draft is behind us, but the addition of 10 new players to the Buffalo Bills’ roster creates a new set of questions, Jay Skurski says.
Volunteers put the finishing touches this week on the Seneca Chief replica boat that will set sail on Tuesday in advance of its role in the Erie Canal Bicentennial in 2025.
A lawsuit was filed in State Supreme Court on behalf of John M. Ayers' estate alleging negligence, recklessness and wrongful conduct against Ellicott Development Co. and some of its subsidiaries and partners, including Aloft Hotels and Patrick's Rooftop Bar, 500 Pearl St.
Buffalo leads the series 1-0 and will have a chance to clinch a spot in the championship round when it hosts Toronto at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at KeyBank Center.Â
"I told him point-blank that I loved him, in the way you love a childhood friend who knows exactly who you are before you start attempting, as a teenager, to be somebody else," Kirst writes of his friend Tom Riley.
The Kentucky Derby will be carried Saturday by NBC (Channel 2) and Peacock in a five-hour telecast starting at 2:30 p.m. Post time for the Derby is 6:57 p.m.
ECMC, which is receiving the funding through a state program designed to help financially distressed hospitals, believes the program could boost the health of at-risk populations in Buffalo.
An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country means that the first half of May will favor more tornadoes in the Great Plains.
Much as the Delaware North development has linked sections of Boston, the same may be possible in Buffalo as the Sabres look in the coming years to initiate their own significant renovations to KeyBank Center.
Student organizers held a rally Friday afternoon, pledging to persist in their demands that UB divest of any investments that helped fund Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians.
Sunday may be a little more unsettled than Saturday, says meteorologist Don Paul.
If Gov. Hochul reappoints Grisanti, the chairman of the State Senate’s Judiciary Committee told The Buffalo News he doubts that body would confirm the appointment.
State Supreme Court Justice M. William Boller on Friday sentenced the men for the violent attacks in which the victims were targeted because they recently came into sizable financial settlements.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
The Supreme Court will consider a straightforward but legally untested question: whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts.
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans insisted the ruling would mostly impact those seeking abortions to end unwanted pregnancies. But that hasn’t been the case.
Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
Before the total eclipse of 2017, the last one to cover this much American territory was in 1970. And it will not happen again until 2045.
College basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy (aka KenPom) comes on the podcast to talk about his wildly popular basketball analytics website and his time as a meteorologist.
The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.Â
In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched their parties' presidential nominations with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do not want.
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New study details eight recommendations to improve U.S. immigration enforcement and management, in light of a rapidly evolving reality at the southern border.
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What stores are open and closed for New Year's Eve 2023? See hours for Walmart, Target, CVS and more
While a handful of major chains operate normally on the final day of the year, many others close up shop early. Here's a rundown of New Year's Eve hours for stores across the U.S. this year.
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Three Lockport men have been arrested on felony warrants following investigations by the Niagara County Drug Task Force, Niagara County Sheriff Michael J. Filicetti announced.
Frederick C. Hartman, 51, has been sentenced to three to six years in prison, acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced.
The Chautauqua Center in Dunkirk has been awarded a grant of $3,197,348 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Center Program to support the variety of affordable health care services it offers from its offices at 75 E. Third St.
Volunteers work to prepare the replica Seneca Chief line boat for its launch on the Lackawanna Canal on Tuesday. Sea trials will begin along the western edge of the Erie Canal as a prelude to the boat's grand trip from Buffalo to New York City from Sept. 24 to Oct. 25, 2025.
Matt Bradshaw joined the Vikings program in 2021 after spending more than 30 years coaching Lewiston-Porter boys basketball. In three seasons with Nichols, the Vikings went 38-36.
The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s basketball players who enter the transfer portal this spring, during the course of the entry window.
Dolac announced Friday afternoon on his social media feeds that he’ll return to UB, which will be a boost not only for UB’s linebackers, but for the entire defense.
The Buffalo News will keep track of players who transfer in and out of the UB football program prior to the 2024 season.
Nancy Wilson from Heart, whose pioneering female leads helped create one of the most successful bands of all time, stops in for a career-spanning chat to kick off their the Royal Flush Tour.Â
The decision to end the series rests in the hands of CBS, says Executive Producer Gina Yashere. “The industry’s in flux right now."
May 4 is National Star Wars Day. It’s about as official as an unofficial holiday can be.
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