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Congress passes 45-day FISA extension, sends to Trump for signature

The House passed a 3-year reauthorization of FISA Section 702 by a vote of 235-191, but the bill could run into problems in the Senate.

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Bill allowing 12- and 13-year-olds to hunt deer passes in county legislature

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A bill allowing 12-and 13-year-olds to obtain licenses to hunt deer in Erie County passes within the Erie County Legislature on Thursday. The vote passed 7-3, with legislators Lawrence Dupre (D-Buffalo), Taisha St. Jean Tard (D-Buffalo) and Jeanne Vinal (D-Amherst) voting against the bill. Erie County is the only upstate New [...]

Erie County first in NY to ban biometric data collection

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Retailers including Wegmans are no longer permitted to collect customers' data through facial recognition technology across Erie County, according to a new law passed by local lawmakers on Thursday. Cameras at select Wegmans stores, including in New York City, use facial recognition technology to collect data on customers. In a previous [...]

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Hegseth doubles down on attacking dissenters on Iran war as 'biggest adversary'

Democrats have concerns Trump won't honor the deadline, which falls on Friday.

Trump nominates radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier as surgeon general

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is nominating Dr. Nicole Saphier to be the next surgeon general.