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Lackawanna couple sentenced after SPCA investigation finds starving dogs
Stephen and Tara Andres of Lackawanna pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and were sentenced Oct. 1; a lifetime order bars them from owning animals after SPCA officers found a starving dog and the body of a second dog at their home.
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Tonisha A. Green pleads guilty to menacing charges after Amherst officer-involved shooting
Erie County prosecutors say Tonisha A. Green, 27, of Amherst pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to multiple menacing charges tied to an officer-involved shooting in October 2025; sentencing is set for Dec. 3, 2026.
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Gillibrand criticizes $1.8 billion in Trump ‘vanity projects,’ cites JEC report on alternative uses
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Oct. 1 called out what her office calls $1.8 billion in President Trump’s "vanity projects," saying the money could fund school lunches, veterans’ care and other programs, citing a Joint Economic Committee report.
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Report reveals ‘dirty little secret’ of Trump’s agenda that may ‘stun most Americans’
President Donald Trump’s enormous Pentagon budget request comes with a “dirty little secret,” as Americans already pay far more for the military than its official budget suggests, writer David Vine argued in Mother Jones.“We’re already spending more—way more—than what the Pentagon reports, and most media…
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A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear Becerra v. Braidwood Management, the latest in a long line of lawsuits seeking to...
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The president who could not choose
“To govern is to choose, however difficult the choices may be.”
—Pierre Mendès France, prime minister of France 1954–’55
If you want to understand where...
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The real danger of Trump’s Greenland gambit
It is an era of superpower conflict and competition for natural resources. Newly accessible sea routes are transforming the world’s political geography. The US...
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Wildfires impact wildlife and pets, too. Here’s how you can help them.
In just four days, blazing wildfires across Los Angeles neighborhoods have put 150,000 residents under evacuation orders, burned over 30,000 acres, destroyed more than...
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Why does Trump hate this tiny fish so much?
As devastating wildfires continue to burn through Los Angeles, so far killing at least 10 people and forcing well over 100,000 people to evacuate,...
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The unusually strong force behind the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles
Sustained powerful winds reaching nearly 100 miles per hour are driving fast-moving wildfires near Los Angeles, spewing smoke, destroying homes, closing roads, and forcing...
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Lackawanna couple sentenced after SPCA investigation finds starving dogs
Stephen and Tara Andres of Lackawanna pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals and were sentenced Oct. 1; a lifetime order bars them from owning animals after SPCA officers found a starving dog and the body of a second dog at their home.
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Tonisha A. Green pleads guilty to menacing charges after Amherst officer-involved shooting
Erie County prosecutors say Tonisha A. Green, 27, of Amherst pleaded guilty Oct. 1 to multiple menacing charges tied to an officer-involved shooting in October 2025; sentencing is set for Dec. 3, 2026.
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Gillibrand criticizes $1.8 billion in Trump ‘vanity projects,’ cites JEC report on alternative uses
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Oct. 1 called out what her office calls $1.8 billion in President Trump’s "vanity projects," saying the money could fund school lunches, veterans’ care and other programs, citing a Joint Economic Committee report.
National News
Report reveals ‘dirty little secret’ of Trump’s agenda that may ‘stun most Americans’
President Donald Trump’s enormous Pentagon budget request comes with a “dirty little secret,” as Americans already pay far more for the military than its official budget suggests, writer David Vine argued in Mother Jones.“We’re already spending more—way more—than what the Pentagon reports, and most media…
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Poloncarz office files 2027 budget report; property tax rate to fall to $3.01
Erie County submitted its 2027 budget revenues-and-expenses report, saying assessment growth will let the county cut the property tax rate to $3.01 while the tax levy rises to $327.1 million; the full proposed budget is due Oct. 15.
