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November SNAP benefits on hold: Erie County Executive

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or SNAP benefits, will be on hold next month due to an ongoing federal government shutdown. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz announced the news on social media on Friday. He also said that the opening of the HEAP season will be delayed until Nov. 17 and [...]

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Golisano Institute's presence could move along Buffalo Pro Soccer stadium process

EAST AURORA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The presence of the new Golisano Institute in downtown Buffalo has a chance at helping out the stadium site selection process for Buffalo Pro Soccer. Team president Peter Marlette said that billionaire Tom Golisano's purchase of the former Buffalo News building with the intent of turning it into a business [...]

54-year-old woman dead after crash involving juveniles

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 54-year-old woman died Thursday night after she was ejected from a vehicle during a crash involving juveniles, according to Cheektowaga Police. The collision occurred on Union Road at the off-ramp of Route 33 around 11:30 p.m. Thursday night. A woman and two 15-year-olds were allegedly involved. The woman was ejected [...]

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Deputies in L.A. County jails to be equipped with body-worn cameras

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has agreed to outfit the deputies that run its jails with thousands of body-worn cameras, a measure that officials say will increase "transparency and accountability" amid a spike in inmate deaths.

Unions opposing Trump agenda pouring money into Proposition 50 campaign

With the fate of President's Trump's right-wing agenda at stake, the California ballot measure crafted to tilt Congress to Democratic control has turned into a fight among millionaires and billionaires, a former president, a past movie-star governor and the nation's top partisans.