Newfane Town Supervisor John Syracuse says the major sewage leak in Olcott is now 'under control,' after more than 1 million gallons of raw, untreated sewage leaked into the Olcott Harbor.

A 63-year-old Bengali woman was pistol-whipped and robbed while walking to early morning prayers at her mosque on Walden Avenue just before 3:30 Tuesday morning.

President Donald Trump has suggested Iran could be behind a deadly strike on a girls school in the country that killed more than 165 people. But a new analysis says otherwise.

Thanks to the explosion of AI, booming markets and friendly fiscal policies, a record number of people made the 2026 World's Billionaire's List by Forbes.

A judge has ruled that the federal trial for Payton Gendron, the man who shot and killed 10 Black people at Tops on Jefferson Avenue in 2022, will stay in Buffalo.

Students at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in the Northtowns are getting hands-on experience calling live sports on air through the school's new sports broadcasting club.

For the second year in a row, House Republicans this week decamped to the Trump Doral in Miami for their annual policy retreat.

A suspected active shooter was shot and killed by police snipers Tuesday after appearing in a window while holding a hostage at gunpoint in Baltimore, authorities said.

The Erie County Department of Health has shut down two Public Espresso locations in Buffalo. Both locations must stay closed for at least a week.

Buffalo Public Schools scrapped plans to close two elementary schools next year after community outcry, but 7 News has learned the idea has simply been kicked down the road.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iran not to lay sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening retaliation if the country does anything to jeopardize transit through the vital waterway.

The city says construction will begin this month at the intersection of Abbott and Potters Road as part of a long-awaited road improvement project.