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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 2h

Fight around closing time leads to man shot in foot inside Niagara Falls Boulevard bar buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Fight around closing time leads to man shot in foot inside Niagara Falls Boulevard bar

A man apparently trying to help a bartender stop a fight and get patrons to leave the Wagon Wheel bar on Niagara Falls Boulevard early Sunday got shot in the foot, Niagara Falls police said.

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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 7h

On this day in 1997, David Bowie released ’I'm Afraid of Americans‘, from EART HL I NG.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 7h

'Leave the apartment if you have to, to be safe': 911 operator told woman to flee shortly before she was murdered buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

"Leave the apartment if you have to, to be safe": 911 operator told woman to flee shortly before she was murdered

A text exchange between a 911 operator and a woman who was murdered by her abusive boyfriend are at the center of a lawsuit file by the woman's family against Buffalo and Erie County.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 7h

It's going cost more to heat your home this winter buffalonews.com/news/local/b...

It's going cost more to heat your home this winter

A combination of higher natural gas prices and a big increase in utility rates will push up the average residential heating bill by an estimated 16%, according to a forecast from National Fuel Gas Co.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 21h

The juror said there was a point every juror agreed on: The work of City of Tonawanda investigators on the original case was subpar. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

'Glaring' doubts: Juror who voted to acquit in Deborah Meindl murder case says Lorenz 'railroaded'

One of the jurors in Brian Scott Lorenz's murder trial said prosecutors didn't prove their case and some jurors were too credulous in the retrial that ended in a deadlocked jury and mistrial.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 22h

The District Attorney’s Office agreed that nothing Esquilin told them in the interview could be used in any case against her, a standard agreement made in circumstances like this, Seaman and Personius said. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Granville's sister-in-law, a Buffalo police lieutenant, spoke with prosecutors in 'final step' of probe

The District Attorney's Office agreed that nothing Buffalo Police Lt. Lucia C. Esquilin told them in the interview could be used in any case against her, a standard agreement made in circumstances lik...

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 1d

Post No. 1 wins for use of the word rearend. #Sabres

BlueSky posts from Joe Yerdon, Matthew Fairburn and Bill Hoppe about Nathan MacKinnon's goal against the Sabres.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s me talking about my front-page story about my interview with a juror who deliberated in the Deborah Meindl murder trial. The jury deadlocked and it was a mistrial. Here’s the story: buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 1d

'Glaring' doubts: Juror who voted to acquit in Deborah Meindl murder case says Lorenz 'railroaded' buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

'Glaring' doubts: Juror who voted to acquit in Deborah Meindl murder case says Lorenz 'railroaded'

One of the jurors in Brian Scott Lorenz's murder trial said prosecutors didn't prove their case and some jurors were too credulous in the retrial that ended in a deadlocked jury and mistrial.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 1d

Granville's sister-in-law, a Buffalo police lieutenant, spoke with prosecutors in 'final step' of probe buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Granville's sister-in-law, a Buffalo police lieutenant, spoke with prosecutors in 'final step' of probe

The District Attorney's Office agreed that nothing Buffalo Police Lt. Lucia C. Esquilin told them in the interview could be used in any case against her, a standard agreement made in circumstances like this.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 2d

My once beloved hometown hockey team: You’re not getting me back when there are headlines like this

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff: ‘Our ‘compete’ was terrible’ in a 3-1 loss at Boston

Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 2d

ICE Propaganda Video Hit with DMCA Takedown Over Use of The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love”
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ICE Propaganda Video Hit with DMCA Takedown Over Use of The Cure's "Friday I'm in Love"

A Department of Homeland Security social media post featuring The Cure’s “Friday I’m in Love” has been removed following a DMCA takedown request.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 3d

Erie County adds Covid-19 clinic sites, adds appointments at two other clinics buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

Erie County adds Covid-19 clinic sites, adds appointments at two other clinics

Four clinics have been added and more appointments are available at two previously announced clinics in response to demand for the Covid-19 vaccine.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 3d

Hockey. Freaking. Heaven.

Joe Yerdon @joeyerdon.bsky.social · 3d

Lindy Ruff told media in Boston this morning that Josh Norris will miss a significant amount of time with his upper-body injury. It’s a crushing blow for him and for the Sabres who were banking on him to be the 1C.

Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 4d

Updated story w/ comments from union and police commissioner

No charges for any Buffalo cops involved in D.J. Granville incident buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

No charges for any Buffalo cops involved in D.J. Granville incident

None of the five Buffalo police officers tied to the investigation of Daniel "D.J." Granville's series of hit-and-run crashes in April 2024 will be criminally charged, Niagara County District Attorney

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 4d

No charges for any Buffalo cops involved in D.J. Granville incident buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

No charges for any Buffalo cops involved in D.J. Granville incident

None of the five Buffalo police officers tied to the investigation of Daniel "D.J." Granville's series of hit-and-run crashes in March 2024 will be criminally charged, Niagara County District Attorney

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 4d

Here's your lede:

Less than three weeks after Donald Trump ordered his attorney general to hurry up and start charging his enemies, the Justice Department indicted a second one: New York Attorney General Letitia James, the prosecutor who defeated him in court.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 5d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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katherine fitzgerald @kfitz134.bsky.social · 5d

Asked if he's confident that CB Maxwell Hairston and K Tyler Bass will play at some point this season, Sean McDermott says "We'll see."

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 5d

Ride share driver gets 60 days for sexually abusing passenger buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

Ride share driver gets 60 days for sexually abusing passenger

Joseph M. Folvarcik, 49, was sentenced Wednesday to the jail term, followed by six years of probation for sexual misconduct, according to a news release from Erie County District Attorney Michael J. K...

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Justin Sondel @justinsondel.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: State Assembly Member @JonRivera149 plans to run for state Sen. Sean Ryan's seat, should Ryan win the race to be Buffalo's next mayor. Story incoming.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 5d

Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino blasts tree removal coverage www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_n...

Restaino blasts tree removal coverage

In a message posted to his office’s Facebook channel on Wednesday, Mayor Robert Restaino said a tree removed from the right-of-way in front of his College Avenue home was marked

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Justin Sondel @justinsondel.bsky.social · 6d

Here's how mayoral hopefuls tell me they plan to address public safety, if they are elected: buffalonews.com/news/local/g...

How the candidates for Buffalo mayor would address public safety

The three candidates for mayor of Buffalo talk about their plans for public safety.

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Aaron Besecker @aaronbesecker.bsky.social · 6d

18-year-old pleads guilty to attempted murder for Depew Dollar Tree shooting buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

18-year-old pleads guilty to attempted murder for Depew Dollar Tree shooting

An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to attempted murder for shooting a woman in May outside a Dollar Tree store in Depew, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday

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libby march @libbymarch.bsky.social · 6d

Scenes from Saturday's interfaith rally for solidarity with Gaza. Protesters called on Senator Tim Kennedy to co-sponsor H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs” Act. See more on @buffalonews.com -
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demonstrators march around Niagara Square during a Multi-Faith Solidarity Rally for Gaza in downtown Buffalo, Oct. 3, 2025. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and community organizations including the WNY Peace Center and Access WNY sponsored the rally, pressuring Rep. Tim Kennedy to join 55 other House Democrats in cosponsoring H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs” Act. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Carolyn Jordan stands with an arm around Shirley Burns during a Multi-Faith Solidarity Rally for Gaza in downtown Buffalo, Oct. 3, 2025. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and community organizations including the WNY Peace Center and Access WNY sponsored the rally, pressuring Rep. Tim Kennedy to join 55 other House Democrats in cosponsoring H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs” Act. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

A child holds a sign reading “Stop killing Palestinian children” during a Multi-Faith Solidarity Rally for Gaza in downtown Buffalo, Oct. 3, 2025. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and community organizations including the WNY Peace Center and Access WNY sponsored the rally, pressuring Rep. Tim Kennedy to join 55 other House Democrats in cosponsoring H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs” Act. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

Demonstrators gather for an interfaith rally for Gaza at Niagara Square in Buffalo, Oct. 3, 2025. Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and community organizations including the WNY Peace Center and Access WNY sponsored the rally, pressuring Rep. Tim Kennedy to join over 50 other House Democrats in cosponsoring H.R. 3565, the “Block the Bombs” Act. (Libby March/Buffalo News)

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