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Buffalo's mayor is offered a job as president and CEO of regional Off-Track Betting Corporation

Sep. 05, 2024 18:35 PM EDT

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's longest-serving mayor, Byron Brown, was offered a position Thursday to lead Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. The public benefit corporation's board of directors voted unanimously to offer Brown the job as president and chief executive...

Tornado briefly sweeps into Buffalo, damaging buildings and scattering tree limbs

Aug. 05, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A small tornado took Buffalo by surprise Monday, damaging buildings, flipping cars and sending debris swirling over downtown. A spiraling column was caught on multiple videos shortly before 1 p.m. One video showed the cell appearing to move from Lake Erie into...

'Babies killing babies:' Teenagers charged in shooting that killed 3-year-old and wounded 7-year-old

Jun. 25, 2024 19:42 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two teenage boys were indicted Tuesday in the shooting death of a 3-year-old who was killed while riding his tricycle outside his Buffalo home last week, officials said. The toddler's 7-year-old sister was wounded. “Literally, babies killing babies,” Mayor...

Shooting in Buffalo leaves 3-year-old boy on tricycle dead and his 7-year-old sister wounded

Jun. 22, 2024 16:52 PM EDT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy riding a tricycle was fatally shot and his 7-year-old sister was grazed by gunfire at a family gathering in Buffalo, officials said Saturday. The children were not targeted in the Friday night shooting on a city street, Mayor Byron Brown said....