Several organizations in Buffalo encourage to go eco-friendly in transportation to help save the planet. Jennifer White along with other cyclists at the Go Bike Buffalo Ride Reels event are raising awareness to go green. It feels so much better to burn calories instead of burning fossil fuels, says White. The movement and getting around with the power of my own body, it makes me feel healthy, it makes me feel happy and its a great lifestyle I save a lot of money biking over driving. The communications director of GoBike Kevin Heffernan says fuel-powered cars impact the planet. In Erie County ..read more

Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc who both lost loved ones to suicide are helping the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide. Judd's mother, country star Naomi Judd, died nearly two years ago. Blacc's frequent collaborator, Tim Bergling, died in 2018. They began their work with the Biden administration at an event this week with Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, who helped unveil the administration's blueprint for reducing suicides in the United States. Some 132 people a day die by suicide in the U.S., the White House ..read more

We are introducing one of the unsung heroes who are playing a critical role when navigating emergency situations. They are usually the first person people interact with when in need of emergency services: dispatchers. Tuesday night, Cheektowaga town board members passed a resolution to change dispatcher residency rules. Anyone hired now in cheektowaga has one year to move into the town, if they do not live here already. Once dispatchers have five years of residency and five years of employment with the town, they will have the option to move anywhere in Erie County. That same resolution pass ..read more

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops, under a law set to go into effect later this year. The rule requires food businesses with 15 storefronts or more to post a warning icon a black and white spoon loaded with sugar next to menu items containing at least 50 grams of added sugar. Businesses will also have to post the following written label to accompany the logo: Warning: indicates that the added sugar content of this item is higher than the total daily recommended limit of added sugar for a 2,000 calorie diet ..read more

A cost-saving decision 10 years ago created one of the more shocking public health scandals in the country killing a dozen residents and exposing 100,000 others in Flint, Michigan, to poisonous water contaminated with lead all while city and state officials claimed the water was safe. When the errors were exposed more than a year later, city and state officials vowed to clean up the mess and replace the corroding pipes poisoning residents. But neither time nor tens of millions of dollars in funding not even orders by a federal judge have brought an end to this devastating chapter in Flint. Eve ..read more

Americans have a new hunger for weight loss drugs but at what cost? A third of Americans in need of weight loss have an appetite for prescription pills or injections to help with weight loss. But do they work? Are there hidden side effects? Scripps News investigates semaglutides, a class of drugs used for weight loss which millions of Americans have started taking in the past few years. Nearly 3 in 4 Americans over the age of 20 are classified as either overweight or obese, and a growing number are warming up to the idea that prescription drugs may be the answer. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans who th ..read more

The Jamestown Police Department and the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office continue to investigate the murder of Jamestown man Trevon Tripp who was fatally shot on March 18, 2024. Today, 53 year-old William Hernandez was taken into custody and charged with Robbery in the First Degree. He will be arraigned in Jamestown City Court. 35 year-old Juan C. Rivera was taken into custody on March 19 and was charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon to the Second Degree. He was taken to the Chautauqua County Jail and his bail was set at $50,000 dollars. Further charges will be presented to ..read more

The Chicago Bears picked the University of Southern California's star quarterback Caleb Williams No. 1 overall in Thursday night's first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. LSU's Jayden Daniels, who won the Heisman Trophy last year, was picked second overall, going to the Washington Commanders. Drake Maye, from North Carolina, went third overall to the New England Patriots. Offensive players were expected to feature heavily in early draft picks this year. First-round offensive picks overall, and picks for quarterbacks and receivers in particular, could approach or even set new records. Nineteen offen ..read more

Health authorities in France are sounding the alarm as cases of dengue continue to rise ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games. Officials say that this year alone there have been about 1,649 imported cases, compared to about 131 cases reported around the same time last year, according to Euronews. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says that the bulk of these cases stem from Guadeloupe and Martinique, where an "epidemic" is currently underway, as French Guiana has reported 7,000 confirmed dengue cases since the beginning of 2024. Officials are concerned because the Paris 2024 Olym ..read more

People are reacting to a new law in the Town of Lewiston banning short-term rentals. The town board voted 3-2 in favor of the ban earlier this week. The Town Supervisor, Steve Broderick, said it bans short-term rentals, like Airbnbs in certain residential areas in the town. Town officials said this comes after some neighbors voiced concerns about noise and some rentals not being kept up. Broderick said he voted against it because he felt there was a better way to deal with potential problems. "I felt like we could allow them where we regulated them, regulated the number of them, regulated the ..read more