Rejecting advice from Rep. Brian Higgins to shrink its plans, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority board Thursday voted to hire a consultant to plan extensions of Metro Rail. The NFTA said the $5 million environmental study might take three years and then more years for final design - all if Washington, DC pays - and around 10 years from now before the Metro Rail extension would be running trains.
The student survivors of Wednesday's massacre - many not even old enough to vote - have been saturating the airwaves and social media with a resounding message: Something is broken in a country that can't stem bloodshed wrought by guns. "We are children; you guys are the adults," senior David Hogg implored lawmakers on CNN 24 hours after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
The partner of a police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman who had called 911 told investigators he was startled by a loud sound near their squad car seconds before his partner fired his weapon. There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer's, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third of dementia cases.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce a free tuition plan for SUNY schools today. Bad idea, especially in a state that's already overtaxed.
Between room and board, a meal plan and books, they face a large financial burden. Oftentimes, they're left paying off loans with high-interest rates for years.