American Cruelty: L.A. County jail’s ‘potty watch’ policy comes under scrutiny Los Angeles Times | December 29, 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 Dozens of partially or fully naked inmates at a Los Angeles County jail were chained to a wall with their hands behind their backs for hours as officials waited for them to expelRead More

Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State: Environmental Goals and Concerns NEW YORK, N.Y.—Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state of the state address, combined for the first time with his executive budget proposal, discussed a range of pro-environmental initiatives. The Governor’s announcement included proposals to: raise the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) toRead More

NEW YORK, N.Y.— Governor Andrew Cuomo’s state of the state address, combined for the first time with his executive budget proposal, discussed a range of pro-environmental initiatives. The Governor’s announcement included proposals to: raise the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to $300 million; spend $http://southbuffalonews.com5 million on clean energy opportunity trainingRead More

New York is one of http://southbuffalonews.com6 states increasing minimum wages for 20http://southbuffalonews.com6. New York state’s base minimum wage will rise from $8.75 an hour to $9. Fast-food workers minimum wage rises to $http://southbuffalonews.com0.50 in New York City and $9.75 elsewhere in the state. The base hourly rate for restaurant serversRead More

From the Los Angeles Times 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 was Earth’s hottest year on record, according to new data released today by NOAA and NASA. The average surface temperature across the globe was 58.47 Fahrenheit, a seemingly small but significant 0.23-degree increase from 20http://southbuffalonews.com4’s previous record, experts said. The new numbers confirm long-termRead More

Donald Trump is clearly the most polarizing figure in the upcoming 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 election. Whether you love him or hate him, he’s gathering massive amounts of media attention. Though does he have what it takes to not only win the Republican nomination, but take down Hillary Clinton in 20http://southbuffalonews.com6? Conservative thinkRead More

The LA Times has – like many media extensive coverage of Bill Cosby, the Accused More than 40 women have publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Now, Cosby is facing criminal charges after Pennsylvania prosecutors charged him with aggravated indecent assault in connection with a 2004 encounter. As with previous accusations,Read More

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster’s city hall now has its very own version of the hit http://southbuffalonews.com988 romantic comedy, Groundhog Day, that starred Bill Murray and Andie McDowell. Just as Bill Murray, in pursuit of Andie McDowell, was condemned to relive Groundhog Day until he could understand the errors ofRead More

Nor Hillary’s Bullying Of Bill’s Victims To Silence Them By Roger Stone and Robert Morrow The Clintons are criminals and this has nothing to do with any consensual oral sex that Bill had with Monica Lewinsky, martial infidelity or adultery. Like Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton is a sexual predator –Read More

International Planned Parenthood Federation, of which Planned Parenthood Federation of America is an official affiliate, maintains it is a person’s “human right” not to tell their sexual partners they are HIV positive if they don’t want to. The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s booklet for HIV-positive youth entitled “Healthy, Happy andRead More

Is it wrong not to tell a sex partner that you have HIV, a sexually transmitted disease that attacks the immune system. According to International Planned Parenthood Federation, of which Planned Parenthood Federation of America is an official affiliate, it is not wrong. Planned Parenthood says it is a person’sRead More

  According to the New York Post, two anonymous sources said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 58, has been battling his ex-wife Kerry Kennedy, 56, for 2.5 years over child support payments for their three daughters and possibly over alimony. The Reporter surmises that one of the Post’s anonymous sources may have been KennedyRead More

LATHAM, NY (http://southbuffalonews.com2/29/20http://southbuffalonews.com5)– A video produced by Buffalo’s http://southbuffalonews.com52nd Engineer Company has been named winner of the New York National Guard’s first unit video contest. The http://southbuffalonews.com0-minute video was produced by New York Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Erin Morris, a platoon leader in the http://southbuffalonews.com52nd Engineer Company, from videoRead More

Today, Americans pause to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an American icon, baptist minister, winner of the http://southbuffalonews.com964 Nobel Prize for Peace, and leader of the U.S. Civil Rights movement. For thirteen years, beginning with the Bus Boycotts in Montgomery, Dr. King rallied our Nation to live up toRead More

    From:  Carl Paladino To:      Everybody Re:      Volunteers for Trump Date:   December 29, 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 Happy New Year, everyone.  The 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 election is absolutely critical for the future of the United States of America. Will it be merely an election or will it be a political revolution? Do we want toRead More

Jeb Bush’s Education Plan – Fulfilling the American Dream By Jeanne Allen* I disembarked my flight to Tallahassee International the morning of my speaking engagement in http://southbuffalonews.com995, tired from a long flight but ready to help solve Florida’s most pressing problems.  To my surprise, Jeb Bush was waiting for thoseRead More

ALBANY, NY — Earlier this year, the Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline (“Commission”) initiated a review of the State’s attorney-disciplinary system and recommended promulgation of rules to enhance the system’s efficiency and effectiveness. In July, New York State Bar Association President David P. Miranda presented testimonyRead More

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – January http://southbuffalonews.com8, 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 –  AccuWeather reports brutal cold will sweep into the eastern U.S. through early this week and will continue to leave its mark in the Midwest. The new arctic blast will be the harshest the Midwest and East have experienced so far this season.Read More

  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” According to uscourts.gov; “The FirstRead More

The personal finance website, WalletHub, has released a report this week called The True Cost of Smoking by State. WalletHub’s analysts calculated potential monetary losses — including the cumulative cost of a cigarette pack per day over several decades, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs — brought on byRead More