'Cognitive stunting' and the potential threat generative AI poses for children's brains

09/14/26 4:00 PM

As LAUSD starts moratorium, there aren't much data on what AI does to kids. The little information that is available doesn't look good

'We've lost contact': NBC4 covers its own helicopter tragedy with grief, purpose

09/16/26 6:00 AM

NBC4 news reported on its own news chopper that crashed and burst into flames, killing three.

1 arrested after shooting on Donaldson Road

09/17/26 1:28 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A suspect was arrested after another person was hurt in a shooting Wednesday night on Donaldson Road in Buffalo's Hamlin Park neighborhood, according to Buffalo police. Police responded around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday to the first block of Donaldson, in the area of Northland Avenue and Hamlin Road. One man had been [...]

18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student dies after frat party

09/16/26 5:16 PM

Anthony Joseph Blas was pronounced dead shortly after someone dropped him off at Providence St. Jude Medical Center around midnight, Fullerton police said.

2 homes destroyed, another damaged in Palos fire in La Habra Heights

09/14/26 11:04 PM

A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Palos fire erupted Monday in the hills near La Habra Heights, destroying at two structures and damaging a third, authorities said.

70% of Erie County schools test above limit for lead in drinking water, new study finds

09/17/26 10:01 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A new study released Thursday by the Environment America Research and Policy Center and the New York Public Interest Research Group has found that 70% of Erie County School buildings tested above the state limits for lead in school drinking water. The report, which includes both state and county data, also [...]

A California gender gap: Young Latinas want to fight Trump harder than Latinos, study finds

09/17/26 10:00 AM

Young and working-class Latina voters in California care more about protecting immigrant communities and fighting President Trump's agenda than their male counterparts, according to a UCLA study.

A Summer Olympics economic windfall is headed for SoCal, a new analysis says

09/15/26 6:30 PM

L.A.-based analysts say the 2028 Olympics will supercharge revenue, jobs and taxes. Projections for the Paris Olympics didn't pan out.

Alden could be without contracted ambulance service for part of 2026

09/16/26 5:54 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The town of Alden will be without contracted ambulance services for at least part of the rest of 2026 after contract negotiations with Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps broke down this week, according to the ambulance company. Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps said its contract with the town will expire at 11:59 p.m. [...]

At least 5 dead in helicopter crash and bus accident in Chatsworth. Driver arrested

09/16/26 1:11 AM

A helicopter crashed into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth, not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that left three people dead.