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Did Bruce Springsteen call Trump an ‘unfit president’?
Springsteen spoke about the state of the U.S. and Trump before a song in a May 2025 concert.
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Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
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Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham has died
He died at 71 after suffering a "brief and sudden illness."
Politics & Government
Organized labor leaders celebrate Western New York primary victories
Wence Valentin of the United Auto Workers leads the room in chants celebrating wins by Adam Bojak and Jonathan Rivera in the...
Politics & Government
Commission, fellow inmates call jail death preventable
William Hager. Photo: The Hager family.
Nearly three years after a homeless veteran died in an Erie County jail by water intoxication, a state oversight...
Politics & Government
Buffalo charter commission drafting major reforms
Members of the Charter Revision Commission. Photo by Joshua Thermidor.
There’s an old joke on Hollywood movie sets: Anything that gets messed up can be...
Politics & Government
Feds investigating refugee death
More than three months after his death, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that the agency is conducting an investigation into the death...
Politics & Government
Deadly housing, deadbeat landlord
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Landlord Joseph Parlato owns at least 14 residential properties in Erie County, all but one in the City of Buffalo. He has failed to...
Politics & Government
Site of fatal fire heading to housing court
A UB student died last year of injuries sustained in a fire in an attic bedroom later deemed "illegal." Landlord Joseph Parlato...
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Fact Check
Did Bruce Springsteen call Trump an ‘unfit president’?
Springsteen spoke about the state of the U.S. and Trump before a song in a May 2025 concert.
Fact Check
Donald Trump – Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices
President Joe Biden "raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units."
Fact Check
Yes, Sen. Lindsey Graham has died
He died at 71 after suffering a "brief and sudden illness."
Sports
GAME RECAP: Buffalo Bisons vs Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 7/12/26
Although the Buffalo Bisons took the game...
