NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York elected leaders have come together to announce two new bills in an effort to protect children online. According to the governor's office, recent research has shown the mental health impacts associated with children and young adults' excessive social media use which includes increased rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation
EAST AURORA, NY — New York State Senator Jim Tedisco, of Clifton Park announced new legislation to add security cameras to all NYS parks, campsites, and recreation areas after the kidnapping of 9-year-old at a state park recently. 7 News spoke to a local hiker, and two local Senators to see how they feel about
ANGOLA, NY — Seneca Language Teacher Jordan Cooke says there are only so many elders in the Seneca Nation. So he and other teachers decided to come and empower their community through classes. We've lost quite a few first language elders in during the pandemic. The challenge to find a way to inspire our youth
NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that households enrolled in public assistance with children 17 or younger will receive a one-time payment of $100. According to Hochul, $12 million in federal funding is being used to provide these one-time Family Economic Support payments. “Due to our success in providing assistance from
NEW YORK (WKBW) — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the signing of the Clean Slate Act. New York is now the 12th state in the U.S. to sign Clean Slate legislation. According to the governor's office, the law allows certain criminal records to be sealed years after an individual is sentenced or released if that
DUBLIN — Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in central Dublin on Thursday that police said they had not ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related. The incident sparked clashes between riot police and a group of anti-immigrant protesters, who arrived on the scene near
SALT LAKE CITY — Frozan Hatami never wanted to leave her home in Afghanistan. But when her activism increasingly put her in the path of the Taliban's wrath, fleeing felt like the only safe option. "It was really difficult to leave everything — your family, friends — behind and leave your country," Hatami said. "We
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Friday released 24 hostages it held captive in Gaza for weeks, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison in the first stage of a swap under a four-day cease-fire that offered a small glimmer of relief to both sides. Israel — wrenched by the abduction of nearly 240 people
CAIRO — A future Palestinian state could be demilitarized and have a temporary international security presence to provide guarantees to both it and to Israel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Friday. "We said that we are ready for this state to be demilitarized, and there can also be guarantees of forces, whether NATO
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Saturday launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the capital city for over six hours, military officials said. "Kyiv was the main target," Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his Telegram channel. In total, Russia launched 75
