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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York's special congressional election

Apr. 26, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans’ majority could tighten by another vote after Tuesday’s special congressional election in Buffalo — at least, temporarily. Voters are choosing a replacement for Democrat Brian Higgins, a longtime House member who cited the “slow and...

Buffalo Bills make 2 deals to trade out of 1st round of NFL draft. Open 2nd round with first pick

Apr. 26, 2024 02:12 AM EDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Unable to find a trade partner to move up in the NFL draft order and fill the Buffalo Bills' various needs, particularly at receiver, general manager Brandon Beane settled for the next best thing on Thursday. He traded out of the first round entirely. ...

2024 NFL Draft: List of first round picks

Apr. 26, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

The players selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night in Detroit. ___ 1. Chicago Bears (via trade with Carolina) - Caleb Williams, QB, 6-foot-1, 214 pounds, USC. Scouting report: Mahomes-esque traits with the instincts, mobility and arm...

Sabres hire Lindy Ruff as coach. He guided Buffalo to the playoffs in 2011

Apr. 22, 2024 19:38 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Lindy Ruff has some unfinished business in Buffalo. Some 11 years after being fired as the Sabres' winningest coach, and following head-coaching stops in Dallas and New Jersey, the 64-year-old Ruff is getting his old job back after being hired by the Sabres on...

Bills would preferably be on the receiving end in the NFL draft after dealing Diggs to Houston

Apr. 18, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — One day, Brandon Beane joked the Buffalo Bills are going to select a receiver in each of the seven rounds of the NFL draft. The next, the Bills general manager saying there's no lock he’s drafting a receiver in the first round. Don’t be...

After the remains of a missing boy are found inside a Buffalo home, the focus shifts to how he died

Apr. 15, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The remains of a 12-year-old boy who went missing in 2020 have been found inside a Buffalo house, and the death is being investigated as a homicide, police said Monday. Jaylen Griffin was last seen on Aug. 4, 2020, when he left his East Buffalo home for a...

Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

Apr. 12, 2024 19:35 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents. But jurors acquitted Joseph Bongiovanni of a charge that he improperly wiped his DEA cellphone and failed to reach a verdict on a...

Luukkonen stops 22 shots and Buffalo Sabres play spoilers in beating the Washington Capitals 4-2

Apr. 11, 2024 23:16 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An improved performance still wasn’t good enough for Nic Dowd and the spiraling Washington Capitals who dropped their second outing to the Buffalo Sabres in nine days, and slipped out of the top eight of the Eastern Conference standings. “It’s tough. I...

Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson

Apr. 11, 2024 15:28 PM EDT

Reaction to the death of O.J. Simpson after prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s family announced the news on his X account. Relatives said he died Wednesday. ___ “I feel that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere. I don’t...

Super Bowl champion receiver Watkins heads nine named to Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame

Apr. 11, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Super Bowl champion receiver Sammy Watkins was among nine players named to the Clemson Hall of Fame. The school announced the group Thursday, which also included Watkins' quarterback with the Tigers and 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in Tajh...