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Jul 2, 2025
Under Trump pressure, UC says student governments are banned from boycotting Israel
Amid growing anti-Israel boycotts and Trump administration opposition, the University of California said student governments are banned from boycotting Israel or any other country.
Jul 2, 2025
Blue Star Mothers speak on sons' service, power of connection
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- With Independence Day quickly approaching, mothers who helped raise some of the nation's heroes are sharing the importance of connection with their loved ones and each other. "We are the ones who are behind the scenes, and we're carrying our troops and our loved ones through their deployments," said Anne Gross, [...]
Jul 2, 2025
Tonawanda doctor pleads guilty for role in $8.7M prescription scam
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Tonawanda doctor pleaded guilty for his role in a prescription scam, which resulted in health care benefit programs paying over $8 million in reimbursements for prescriptions and refills that were already filled out, the United States Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. 65-year-old William Stephan, who is a medical doctor with a [...]
Jul 2, 2025
Rep. Bacon backs Trump tax bill despite Medicaid changes, urges House GOP support
Rep. Don Bacon defended Trump's $4 trillion tax bill, arguing its middle-class benefits while addressing GOP concerns over Medicaid cuts and mounting deficit fears.
Jul 2, 2025
Judge blocks Trump's asylum ban at southern border
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has blocked the Trump administration policy that restricts migrants who cross the southern border from seeking asylum.
Jul 2, 2025
Jamestown man pleads guilty to enticing travel to engage in sexual activity
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Jamestown man pleaded guilty to two counts of enticing travel to engage in sexual activity after he coerced two victims into performing commercial sex acts in 2021 by threatening physical violence, the United States Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Officials said between January and March 11, 2021, 34-year-old Anthony Burris coerced [...]
Jul 2, 2025
Young boy now blind and quadriplegic — authorities blame his parents' extreme health views
The parents were convicted of exposing the infant to extreme heat and cold and witholding needed nourishment, which caused severe brain damage that left him a quadriplegic, and unable to talk or see.
Jul 2, 2025
Nine hospitalized after drug incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Probation officials said youths and staff members were hospitalized after a 'suspected overdose and possible exposure to an unidentified substance.'
Jul 2, 2025
Sean Combs verdict: What will his sentence be?
After Sean "Diddy" Combs was found guilty of two of the five charges he faced in his racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking trial, what's next for the rap mogul?
Jul 2, 2025
Trump ramps up pressure on House Republicans to pass major tax cut and spending bill
Several House Republicans arrived White House on Wednesday morning for meetings as the president presses his party to pass the sweeping legislation.
Jul 2, 2025
Lopez: Bass defends her turf: 'Let me be clear: I won't be intimidated' by Trump
'Where are the hardened criminals?' Bass asks. 'They're chasing them through parking lots at Home Depot? They're washing cars? I don't think so.'
Jul 2, 2025
Woman sentenced to 25 years for fatal shooting in June 2024
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection to a fatal shooting in the city's Emerson neighborhood last year, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday. Shana Rowe, 40, shot and killed 43-year-old Shawneequa Pearson on the 100 block of Liddell Street, near Brier Street, [...]
