Author: Carolyn Thompson
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Buffalo gunman charged with federal hate crimes
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BUFFALO, N.Y. • The gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes that could potentially carry a death penalty. The criminal complaint filed Wednesday against Payton Gendron coincided with a visit to Buffalo by Attorney General Merrick Garland. He met with the…
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Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students
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BOSTON • Colleges and universities pushed back Wednesday against the Trump administration’s decision to make international students leave the country if they plan on taking classes entirely online this fall, with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filing a lawsuit to try to block it, and others promising to work with students to…
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World Video Game Hall of Fame names 2017 finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The World Video Game Hall of Fame’s 2017 finalists span decades and electronic platforms, from the 1981 arcade classic “Donkey Kong” that launched Mario’s plumbing career to the 2006 living room hit “Wii Sports,” that made gamers out of grandparents. The hall of fame at The Strong museum in Rochester says Tuesday…
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Education Secretary King calls for end to paddling students
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a practice he said would be considered “criminal assault or battery” against an adult. King released a letter Tuesday asking leaders to replace corporal punishment with less punitive, more supportive disciplinary practices…
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Feds issue reminder: Test students or risk losing funding
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Education Department is not relenting on requirements to test students on math and language arts abilities, despite the end of No Child Left Behind, and it reminded some states that…
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Security expert in Colorado said he accessed plane controls mid-flight
A security researcher told federal agents he was able to hack into aircraft computer systems mid-flight numerous times through the in-flight entertainment systems, and at one point he caused a plane he was on to move sideways, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. Although the claims are still being investigated, the airline involved, United, cast…
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Mass mobs fill pews, lift prayers
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You’ve heard of flash mobs? Behold the Mass mob. Playing off the idea of using social media to summon crowds for parties or mischief, mobs of Buffalo, N.Y.-area Roman Catholics have been filling pews and lifting spirits at some of the city’s original, now often sparsely attended, churches. It works this way: On a given…
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Firefighters save dog from sinkhole in Buffalo, NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A German shepherd is back on solid ground after being rescued from a sinkhole that opened up in a Buffalo park. The 3-year-old dog named Mack dropped more than 10 feet to the bottom of the watery hole during a Sunday morning walk with his owner, Mattie Moore, who nearly fell in…
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Polar bear cub orphaned in Alaska at Buffalo zoo
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – It may have been the most anticipated package ever delivered to the Buffalo Zoo: an orphaned polar bear cub that arrived Wednesday from Alaska and will spend the summer with another cub born six months ago. Kali arrived aboard a UPS flight at Buffalo Niagara International Airport shortly before 5:30 a.m.,…