Patrick Lakamp

The federal government said it will restore proof of legal status for thousands of international students, but anxiety and uncertainty remain for University at Buffalo students hit by a student visa crackdown.

A Starpoint Middle School student not vaccinated for whooping cough can remain in the classroom until the school year ends or the court case over her vaccine waiver is resolved, whichever happens first.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo became the most recent federal judge to weigh in with concerns over how U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement treated someone targeted for deportation.

Protesters gathered outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Buffalo as the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court addressed 600 people who gathered to mark the 125th anniversary of the federal court in the Western District of New York.

John W. Burns remains in custody and a hearing is set for May 20 after he was accused of removing his ankle monitor.

A court ruling Monday rejected Payton Gendron’s motion to dismiss the hate-crime count covering Tops' shoppers and employees he did not kill or wound on May 14, 2022.

Some 1,038 days have passed since a federal grand jury indicted Payton Gendron for his deadly racist rampage on May 14, 2022.The start of in-court jury selection for his death penalty trial will not begin until Jan. 5 at the earliest – 1,274 days after the indictment.

Federal agents said the business in Wayne County sold marijuana to local companies but had no license to do so.

The first of three men to be sentenced for a plot to kidnap a family member to Yemen – and strand her there in hopes she would agree to an arranged marriage – was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.

With Josue Ortiz's fight for justice over, the City of Buffalo now owes a $6.5 million bill: Ortiz's $5 million in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages. The final amount could be closer to $7 million after accounting for interest costs during the appeal.