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Vera Eccarius-Kelly died Saturday at her home in Delmar after a long battle with Cancer.
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There has much coverage of the plight of sunflower sea stars, the large starfishes with 16 to 24 arms that inhabit the Pacific Coast of North America. A wasting disease that hit the population starting in 2013 killed off more than 90% of the population from Mexico to Alaska. Only recently has the underlying cause of the disease been identified: a specific bacterium of the Vibrio genus. But sunflower sea stars aren’t the only species that have fallen victim to the wasting disease. In fact, it has killed billions of sea stars in up to 20 species.
The Met Opera also returns this season with wide-ranging performances that bring joy to the ears, beginning with Puccini's "La bohème." The season will also bring all the classics from Carmen's "Bizet" to Verdi's "La Traviata." The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Buffalo Mayor-Elect Sean Ryan announced his first administrative appointees Friday, Dec. 5, as he prepares to transition into City Hall.
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The Erie County Executive, County Office for People with Disabilities Executive Director and several local disability organizations have publicly denounced President Trump’s use of a slur last week. -
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Last week, President Trump used the word "retarded" in a post. He's not the only elected official to use the slur. Is this alienating disabled voters and their families?
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President Trump said he was closely involved with picking the honorees, and on Sunday he became the first president to host the Kennedy Center awards ceremony.
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Craig Garthwaite, Director of the Program on Healthcare at Northwestern University and co-author of a new paper from the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, talks about reforms that could make healthcare cheaper and more efficient.
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Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, says there is no scientific basis for scaling back newborn hepatitis B shots.
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In a speech on Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the strikes, saying: "President Trump can and will take decisive military action as he sees fit to defend our nation's interests."
