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Reporter, The Buffalo News - public safety and breaking news. • abesecker[at]buffnews[dot]com • Signal: @AaronBesecker.01 Proud @buffaloguild.bsky.social member My work: buffalonews.com/users/profile/aaron…

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 11h
Cheektowaga police seek suspect in bank robbery buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Cheektowaga police seek suspect in bank robbery
A man who claimed to have a gun robbed a KeyBank branch on French Road in Cheektowaga on Tuesday afternoon.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 17h
NFTA police arrest three in connection with teens' attack on Metro Rail passenger buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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NFTA police arrest three in connection with students' attack on Metro Rail passenger
NFTA police arrested three teens, including an 18-year-old, and charged them in connection with an attack on a 39-year-old attorney on a Buffalo Metro Rail car.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 17h
Trial of parents accused of waterboarding 7-year-old boy pushed to next year buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Trial of parents accused of waterboarding 7-year-old boy pushed to next year
The trial of Jacklyn Balabis and Parris Woods, accused of waterboarding and attempting to drown a 7-year-old boy, has been delayed until April.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Additionally, the officer ticketed by Officer Joshua Patchett has filed the precursor to a lawsuit.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New @buffalonews.com: Buffalo cop who pulled over fellow officer abused his authority, Internal Affairs finds buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Buffalo cop who pulled over fellow officer abused his authority, Internal Affairs finds
Three internal charges were sustained in an Internal Affairs Division review of the conduct of Officer Joshua Patchett, who pulled over another officer who had pulled over his girlfriend.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2 dead, 2 injured in 3 Buffalo shootings buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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2 dead, 2 injured in 3 Buffalo shootings
Two people were killed and two others were injured in three shootings late Sunday and early Monday, Buffalo police said.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Goo Goo Dolls to play 2 more benefit concerts for FeedMore WNY buffalonews.com/life-enterta...
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Goo Goo Dolls to play 2 more benefit concerts for FeedMore WNY
A year after playing two sold-out shows at Town Ballroom, Goo Goo Dolls will play two more benefit concerts Nov. 20 and 21.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hochul and Blakeman differ on much, but nothing more than immigration via @robertgavinbn.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Hochul and Blakeman differ on much, but nothing more than immigration
With less than six weeks left before Election Day, Republican Bruce Blakeman and Democrat Kathy Hochul's contrasting positions on immigration represent arguably their area of starkest disagreement.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Protests against Uniland’s office lease with ICE conclude with 8 arrests buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Protests against Uniland’s office lease with ICE conclude with 8 arrests
The protest was part of a larger campaign to remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the its Buffalo offices at 250 Delaware Ave.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Buffalo Peacemakers are on a mission. Here's how they try to prevent youth violence buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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The Buffalo Peacemakers are on a mission. Here's how they try to prevent youth violence
Peacemakers is a Buffalo organization that attempts to prevent violence by intervening in situations where tempers are high.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New @buffalonews.com: Man charged with shooting cop in May faces 18 felony weapons charges buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Man charged with shooting cop in May faces 18 felony weapons charges
The Buffalo man charged with shooting a police officer Street in May faces 18 new felony charges accusing him of possessing eight assault-style rifles and nine large-capacity magazines.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Buffalo police Internal Affairs investigating after claim of excessive force against teen via @justinsondel.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Buffalo police Internal Affairs investigating after claim of excessive force against teen
The Buffalo Police Department has opened an Internal Affairs investigation after the mother of a teenager filed a complaint claiming her son was jumped on and beaten by officers.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the trailer that all the major platforms refuse to run as a paid ad:
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reform advocates call for ‘full implementation’ of HALT law in New York’s prisons buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Reform advocates call for ‘full implementation’ of HALT law in New York’s prisons
Advocates for reform of the prison system called for the removal of the commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and criticized conditions inside the state’s prisons.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Town of Tonawanda husband pleads guilty to murdering his wife with hammer buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Town of Tonawanda husband pleads guilty to murdering his wife with hammer
Nicholas M. Malvaso, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to murdering his wife in their Town of Tonawanda home in May.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Supreme Court allows Trump's voter verification database, described by voting rights and privacy advocates as "an error-laden master citizenship database that endangers millions of Americans' privacy and voting rights" buffalonews.com/news/nation-...
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Supreme Court allows Trump's voter verification database
The Supreme Court on Friday handed the Trump administration a win in its effort to increase federal involvement in the midterm elections.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Troopers identify driver in fatal rollover crash in Rushford buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Troopers identify driver in fatal rollover crash in Rushford
Thursday’s crash in Allegany County involved a cement mixer driven by an Arcade man, state police said.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In Buffalo, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez launches push to motivate inactive Democrats buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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In Buffalo, Ocasio-Cortez launches push to motivate inactive Democrats
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to Buffalo Thursday to launch her program to get inactive Democrats to the polls in November.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New @buffalonews.com via @justinsondel.bsky.social Talks underway for a Buffalo police contract – quietly buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Talks underway for a Buffalo police contract – quietly
After a long and contentious summer, negotiations are underway between the city and the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, the officers’ union, to get a new contract in place.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Investigation into pollution widens on Niagara Falls’ Cayuga Island buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Investigation into pollution widens on Niagara Falls’ Cayuga Island
Many homes on Cayuga Island were built on industrial fill from Niagara Falls’ chemical industry beginning in the early 1900s and lasting through the 1960s.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New @buffalonews.com: Reform advocates call for ‘full implementation’ of HALT law in New York’s prisons buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Reform advocates call for ‘full implementation’ of HALT law in New York’s prisons
Advocates for reform of the prison system called for the removal of the commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and criticized conditions inside the state’s prisons.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Driver killed in rollover crash in Rushford buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Driver killed in rollover crash in Rushford
The fatal crash happened at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday on County Route 7B in Allegany County.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Buffalo lawmakers to subpoena former police commissioners over probe into false timesheets via @justinsondel.bsky.social buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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City lawmakers to subpoena former police commissioners over probe into false timesheets
Common Council members intend to subpoena two former Buffalo Police commissioners after an Internal Affairs investigation found that eight officers left their post and falsified their timesheets.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Paaché Spikes-Redding, a wife and mother, died after she was struck crossing William Street by the driver of a Cybertruck going about 65 mph. The impact sent her airborne about 200 feet. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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'This man took my happiness away': Driver who struck and killed woman gets 5 to 15 years in prison
Wendell M. Brooks, 45, pleaded guilty this summer to the July 2025 incident that killed 37-year-old Paache Spikes-Redding.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Full story on today's sentencing of Wendell Brooks, new @buffalonews.com 'This man took my happiness away': Driver who struck and killed woman gets 5 to 15 years in prison buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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'This man took my happiness away': Driver who struck and killed woman gets 5 to 15 years in prison
Wendell M. Brooks, 45, pleaded guilty this summer to the July 2025 incident that killed 37-year-old Paache Spikes-Redding.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One person dead in crash after West Seneca police chase; second such incident this month buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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One person dead in crash after West Seneca police chase; second such incident this month
Police are not identifying the name of the deceased. The chase Tuesday night was the second this month that ended with a fatality.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Driver who killed pedestrian, hid Cybertruck gets 5 to 15 years in prison buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Driver who killed pedestrian, hid Cybertruck gets 5 to 15 years in prison
Wendell M. Brooks, 45, pleaded guilty this summer to the July 2025 incident that killed 37-year-old Paache Spikes-Redding.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Erie County DA's homicide bureau chief Ashley Morgan told the judge the trauma and destruction Peter Brown brought his family will be felt for generations. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Buffalo man who admitted killing 20-year-old stepdaughter gets 25 years in prison
Peter D. Brown, 39, pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter in the August 2024 slaying of Kayshawnna Jordan.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New: hackers say they have personal data on all FBI employees and spouses. I got a sample of 5,000 alleged employees, including name, physical address, phone number, and in some cases spouses. Could be a massive national security and counterintelligence risk www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Peter D. Brown, 39, sentenced in 2024 slaying of Kayshawnna M. Jordan. Buffalo man who admitted killing 20-year-old stepdaughter gets 25 years in prison buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Buffalo man who admitted killing 20-year-old stepdaughter gets 25 years in prison
Peter D. Brown, 39, pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter in the August 2024 slaying of Kayshawnna Jordan.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amazon driver accused of chasing bicyclist, striking her with his vehicle buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Amazon driver accused of chasing bicyclist, striking her with his vehicle
An Amazon delivery driver was charged with assault after being accused of chasing a bicyclist and striking her with his vehicle, Buffalo police said.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Photos from Borderland Festival on Saturday buffalonews.com/multimedia/c...
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Jack White rocks Day 2 of Borderland festival at Knox Farm State Park
Music fans flocked to Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora to see Jack White, the Pixies and many more on Day 2 of the Borderland festival on Saturday, Sept.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
PETA says Buffalo Bills should be ‘ashamed’ of using bison calf as ‘pregame prop’ buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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PETA says Buffalo Bills should be ‘ashamed’ of using bison calf as ‘pregame prop’
PETA is criticizing the Buffalo Bills for bringing Bruce, a bison calf, to Highmark Stadium before Thursday’s first regular-season game at the new stadium.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Murphy's exclusion from the press box has led to questions about whether WIVB-TV (Channel 4) is practicing self-censorship and giving into implied pressure from the team. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Did John Murphy's criticism of Joe Brady cost him a press box seat? | Alan Pergament
John Murphy's exclusion from the area where reporters sit to cover games has led to questions about whether WIVB-TV (Channel 4) is practicing self-censorship and giving into pressure from the Bills.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org · 18/09/2026
President Trump today announced in a Truth Social post that he would ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House. The president’s action is “doubly unconstitutional,” says Knight Institute Executive Director @jameeljaffer.bsky.social. knightcolumbia.org/content/trum...
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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Update: The actual amount of the settlement is far, for more than $10M. It is ... $24M ... paid for by state taxpayers like the person typing this and many of the people reading it. I can't name a larger sum for a settlement in this kind of case.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lackawanna woman accused of striking person with vehicle in stadium lot during Bills game buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Lackawanna woman accused of striking person with vehicle in stadium lot during Bills game
A Lackawanna woman faces charges of assault and leaving the scene of a crash after the incident Thursday night in a lot on Southwestern Boulevard.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: Niagara Falls man accused of stalking, threatening his neighbor, a Level 2 sex offender buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Niagara Falls man accused of stalking, threatening his neighbor, a Level 2 sex offender
Michael M. Shepherd, 38, faces a misdemeanor menacing charge following his arrest Wednesday night. The victim told police Shepherd’s been threatening him for weeks.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
American, United, Southwest scale back schedules as fuel shock reshapes flying
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American, United, Southwest scale back schedules as fuel shock reshapes flying
American Airlines , United Airlines and Southwest Airlines are scaling back planned flight schedules following a ‌recent surge in fuel prices that threatens their profits, executives said Wednesday.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Foundation helps Gowanda family of state trooper who responded to ground zero buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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Foundation helps Gowanda family of state trooper who responded to ground zero
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgage of the family home of retired State Trooper Mark Ondus, who died in 2025 from a 9/11-related illness.
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katherine fitzgerald @kfitz134.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
stadium is rocking rn, can't imagine how loud it'll be for one republic 🤩
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katherine fitzgerald @kfitz134.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
hello!!!!!!
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
During his arrest, Michael M. Shepherd reportedly said, “I don’t want this (expletive) pedophile living here. Someone should kill him,” according to court documents.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New @buffalonews.com: Niagara Falls man accused of stalking, threatening his neighbor, a Level 2 sex offender buffalonews.com/news/local/c...
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Niagara Falls man accused of stalking, threatening his neighbor, a Level 2 sex offender
Michael M. Shepherd, 38, faces a misdemeanor menacing charge following his arrest Wednesday night. The victim told police Shepherd’s been threatening him for weeks.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New discovery deepens fears for family living near Love Canal buffalonews.com/news/local/a...
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New discovery deepens fears for family living near Love Canal
The McKiernan family’s home is located just 100 yards north of Love Canal, and they are requesting that the New York DEC relocate them immediately.
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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bills home opener resale seats were super expensive. Now they're just expensive buffalonews.com/news/local/b...
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Bills home opener resale seats were super expensive. Now they're just expensive
Seats on the secondary market start at around $445 to see the Bills' game against the Detroit Lions. It's still not affordable for most fans or families hoping to go.
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SCOOP: A group of staffers from the right-wing think tank, America First Policy Initiative, have been detailed to the Census Bureau, where they have access to sensitive data +contributed to a public report that bolsters conspiracy theories undermining trust in elections www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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The Buffalo News @buffalonews.com · 15/09/2026
The owner of Nietzsche's, one of Buffalo’s best-known bars and entertainment venues, wants to have the Allentown building declared a local landmark.
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Is Nietzsche's a landmark? Its owner thinks so
The owner of Nietzsche's, one of Buffalo’s best-known bars and entertainment venues, wants to have the Allentown building declared a local landmark.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots, says 'these are not the people I interviewed.' @apnews.com
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